7th Sharjah Masters R5: Aravindh Chithambaram emerges sole leader, now World no.36

by Shahid Ahmed - 19/05/2024

GM Aravindh Chithambaram continues his great form at 7th Sharjah Masters 2024. He defeated the UAE no.1 - GM Salem Saleh to emerge sole leader 4.5/5. Salem loves to attack, Aravindh took the game to him. He struck when the opportunity arose and did not allow his opponent to play his natural style. GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI), GM Hans Niemann (USA), GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI) and GM Sam Shankland (USA) are in pursuit at 4/5 each. GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Sankalp Gupta drew with GM Volodar Murzin and GM Samuel Sevian (USA) respectively. They both are at 3.5/5 each. IM Divya Deshmukh defeated IM Aradhya Garg in the Challengers. She now joins the lead with IM Leya Garifullina and FM Jegor Lashkin (MDA). Round 6 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Arjun Erigaisi and Sankalp Gupta at 3.5/5

GM Pa Iniyan held GM Teimour Radjabov (AZE) to a solid draw. GM Pranav V and GM B Adhiban scored victories over GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) and GM Pouya Idani (IRI) respectively.

GM Aravindh Chithambaram gained sole lead 4.5/5

Aravindh - Salem: 1-0

GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2670) faced GM Salem Saleh (UAE, 2629) twice in Classical rated games in 2018. Aravindh drew one and lost the other. About six years later, Aravindh scored his first Classical win over the UAE no.1.

Position after 17.Bxg5!

17.Bxg5! is an interesting sacrifice as White aims for a long-term positional advantage Qxg5 18.Nbxd6 Nxd6 19.Nxd6 Qf6 20.Nxf7 Qxf7 21.a5 Rb8 22.Rfc1 e4 23.axb6 axb6 24.Qc2 Be5 25.Ra7 Bb7 computer might say Black has equalized but it is certainly not easy to play.

Position after 30.Rd4

29...Kh8? allowed White to play 30.Rd4! an incredible momentary exchange sacrifice because White will soon get another minor piece. 30...Bxd4 31.Qxd4+ Kg8 32.Rd1 Rd8 33.Qxd5 Qxd5 34.Rxd5 Kf7 35.Bc4 Ke7 36.Bb3 and White won the game in another dozen moves.

Final moments: GM Aravindh Chithambaram - GM Salem Saleh | Video: ChessBase India

Analysis: GM Aravindh Chithambaram - GM Salem Saleh | Video: ChessBase India

GM Aravindh Chithambaram took the game to GM Salem Saleh (UAE)

GM Aravindh Chithambaram is now World no.36 with a live rating 2697.9 | Source: 2700chess.com

GM Arjun Erigaisi - GM Volodar Murzin: 0.5-0.5

GM Sankalp Gupta - GM Samuel Sevian (USA): 0.5-0.5

GM Pa Iniyan - GM Teimour Radjabov (AZE): 0.5-0.5

Pranav V - Yakubboev

Position after 25...Re6?!

25...Re6?! positional mistake allowed White to gain the upperhand 26.Rd1 Qe7 27.Qd4 g4 28.Qf4 Qg5 29.Qxg5+ hxg5 30.fxg4 Bxg4 31.Rd8 and White won the game in the next few moves.

GM Pranav V capitalized on his opponent GM Nodirbek Yakubboev's (UZB) tiny inaccuracy

Adhiban - Pouya

Position after 13.Ncxd5!

GM B Adhiban (2520) made his signature sacrifice 13.Nxd5! exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxe5 15.Nxc7 Rxd1 16.Rbxd1 Bxc2 Black could not take the c7-knight immediately due to the threats of Bf4 and Rd7. 17.Nd5 Bh4 18.Rc1 Be4 19.Nc3 and White soon won the game.

Interview with GM B Adhiban | Video: ChessBase India

GM B Adhiban will be relieved to score a win in his own style

Challengers: Divya joins the lead with Lashkin and Garifullina

IM Viani Antonio Dcunha (2386) lost to FM Jegor Lashkin (MDA, 2449). IM Divya Deshmukh (2440) defeated IM Aradhya Garg (2385). She joins the lead with IM Leya Garifullina (2430) and Jegor. All of them are at 4.5/5 each.

Analysis: IM Divya Deshmukh and IM Aradhya Garg | Video: ChessBase India

IM Divya Deshmukh - IM Aradhya Garg: 0.5-0.5

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The man behind the 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 - IA IO Abdulla Murad | Video: ChessBase India

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Round 5 Masters results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	19	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2670	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2629	30	PGN
2	14	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2688	3½	½ - ½	3	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2706	6	PGN
3	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2761	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2631	28	PGN
4	29	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2629	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2707	5	PGN
5	9	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2701	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	2617	35	PGN
6	15	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2684	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2581	50	PGN
7	56	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2560	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Shankland, Sam	2671	18	PGN
8	66	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2531	3	½ - ½	2½	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2698	10	PGN
9	3	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2728	2½	1 - 0	2½	FM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2516	75	PGN
10	88	IM	Royal, Shreyas	2463	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2680	16	PGN
11	23	GM	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	2649	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria	2617	34	PGN
12	25	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2640	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2616	37	PGN
13	84	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2493	2½	½ - ½	2	GM	Radjabov, Teimour	2723	4	PGN
14	43	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	2599	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2732	2	PGN
15	46	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2591	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2705	7	PGN

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	19	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2670	4,5	13	10,5
2	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2707	4	14	11
3	14	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2688	4	12,5	10
4	50	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2581	4	12	9,5
5	18	GM	Shankland, Sam	USA	2671	4	10,5	8,5
6	30	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2629	3,5	15	12
7	6	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2706	3,5	14	11,5
8	28	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2631	3,5	14	11
9	9	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	SLO	2701	3,5	12	9,5
10	35	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	ESP	2617	3,5	11,5	9,5
11	66	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	IND	2531	3,5	11,5	9
12	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2761	3,5	11,5	9
13	3	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2728	3,5	11	8,5
14	29	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2629	3	14	11
15	37	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2616	3	14	11

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Round 6 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	18	GM	Shankland, Sam	2671	4	4½	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2670	19
2	50	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2581	4	4	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2688	14
3	30	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2629	3½	4	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2707	5
4	35	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	2617	3½	3½	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2761	1
5	28	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2631	3½	3½	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2728	3
6	6	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2706	3½	3½	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2531	66
7	15	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2684	3	3½	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2701	9
8	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2732	3	3	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2616	37
9	10	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2698	3	3	GM	Pranav, V	2587	49
10	16	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2680	3	3	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2560	56
11	32	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2621	3	3	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	2678	17
12	84	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2493	3	3	GM	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	2649	23
13	34	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria	2617	3	3	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2640	25
14	88	IM	Royal, Shreyas	2463	3	3	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2629	29
15	12	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2692	2½	3	GM	Adhiban, B.	2520	73

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Round 5 Challengers results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	7	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	2449	3½	1 - 0	4	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2386	16	PGN
2	8	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	2440	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Aradhya, Garg	2385	17	PGN
3	35	IM	Kanyamarala, Tarun	2301	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2430	10	PGN
4	18	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2383	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	2483	2	PGN
5	3	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2480	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2352	22	PGN
6	78		Romany, Joy	1980	1½	0 - 1	1½	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2380	19	PGN
7	31	FM	Laddha, Shubh Jayesh	2324	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2466	4	PGN
8	27	FM	Hakobyan, Erik	2335	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2449	6	PGN
9	9	IM	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	2431	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	2345	24	PGN
10	11	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2429	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Ezat, Mohamed	2340	26	PGN
11	38	FM	Peycheva, Gergana	2295	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2414	13	PGN
12	91	WFM	Imomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon	1922	1½	½ - ½	1½	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja *)	2181	51	PGN
13	15	GM	Hesham, Abdelrahman	2391	3	1 - 0	3	FM	Ammar, Sedrani	2189	48
14	77	CM	Sindarov, Islombek	1990	3	½ - ½	2½		Wang, Yanbin	2415	12
15	1	IM	Pang, Tao	2496	2½	½ - ½	2½	WGM	Heinemann, Josefine	2303	34

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	7	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	MDA	2449	4,5	13	10,5
2	8	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2440	4,5	12	9,5
3	10	IM	Garifullina, Leya	FID	2430	4,5	11,5	9,5
4	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	PAR	2483	4	13,5	10,5
5	16	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	IND	2386	4	12,5	10
6	6	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	IND	2449	4	12,5	10
7	11	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	UZB	2429	4	10,5	8,5
8	15	GM	Hesham, Abdelrahman	EGY	2391	4	10,5	8,5
9	23		Dhruva, Thota	IND	2349	3,5	14,5	12
10	35	IM	Kanyamarala, Tarun	IRL	2301	3,5	14	11,5
11	24	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	IND	2345	3,5	13,5	11,5
12	22	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	SRI	2352	3,5	13	10,5
13	17	IM	Aradhya, Garg	IND	2385	3,5	13	10,5
14	31	FM	Laddha, Shubh Jayesh	USA	2324	3,5	12,5	10,5
15	38	FM	Peycheva, Gergana	BUL	2295	3,5	12,5	10

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Round 6 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2430	4½	4½	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	2449	7
2	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	2483	4	4½	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	2440	8
3	6	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2449	4	4	GM	Hesham, Abdelrahman	2391	15
4	16	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2386	4	4	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2429	11
5	31	FM	Laddha, Shubh Jayesh	2324	3½	3½	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2480	3
6	19	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2380	2½	2½		Abdulkarimli, Eljan	2070	64
7	4	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2466	3½	3½	IM	Kanyamarala, Tarun	2301	35
8	22	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2352	3½	3½	IM	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	2431	9
9	13	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2414	3½	3½	FM	Borisova, Ekaterina	2181	50
10	17	IM	Aradhya, Garg	2385	3½	3½	FM	Peycheva, Gergana	2295	38
11	20	IM	Al Qudaimi, Basheer	2375	3½	3½	CM	Sindarov, Islombek	1990	77
12	51	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja *)	2181	2	2	AIM	Vihaan, Dumir	1994	76
13	24	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	2345	3½	3½		Dhruva, Thota	2349	23
14	29	FM	Sahakyan, Aleks	2332	3	3	IM	Pang, Tao	2496	1
15	34	WGM	Heinemann, Josefine	2303	3	3	IM	Movahed, Sina	2463	5

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