Qatar Masters 2024 R7: Shant Sargsyan draws with Arjun Erigaisi, maintains his lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/12/2024

GM Shant Sargsyan (ARM) held World no.4, GM Arjun Erigaisi to a solid draw in Round 7 of Qatar Masters 2024. GM Andrey Esipenko defeated the UAE no.1, GM Salem Saleh to join Shant in the lead 6/7. GM Karthikeyan Murali scored a fine victory over GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI). Karthikeyan joined Arjun in the pursuit at 5.5/7 each. Karthikeyan will face Arjun in the penultimate round and two coleaders - Esipenko and Shant will clash against each other. A total of eleven players are at 5/7. GM Leon Luke Mendonca is the sole Indian among them. Round 8 starts today at 4 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Saji Mathew

Karthikeyan Murali joins Arjun in the hunt

GM Shant Sargsyan held GM Arjun Erigaisi to a solid draw

Karthikeyan - Tabatabaei: 1-0

GM Karthikeyan Murali (2637) faced GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI, 2695) twice in Classical rated games. First one was back in 2016 at World Youth Olympiad. It ended in a draw. Tabatabaei won the recent encounter at Grand Swiss last year. It was time for Tabatabaei to settle the score.

Position after 26.g4!

26.g4! was a necessity for White 26...Bg7 27.gxh5 instead Nd6 was a definitive way for White to maintain the decisive advantage, threatening Qe7. 27...Nxe5 28.Bxe5 Bxe5 29.Qg4 Bg7 30.Qg2 Qe7 31.Ng5 Qf6?? 32.Qxd5!+- exd5 33.Re8+ Bf8 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.Nh7+ and it's over as Kg7 36.Nxf6 Kxf6 37.h6 and the pawn ending is winning for White.

GM Karthikeyan Murali scored a fine victory over GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI)

GM B Adhiban had a well contested draw against GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB)

IM Goutham Krishna H - GM S L Narayanan: 0.5-0.5

Schedule

There is one round every day from 3rd to 12th December 2024 starting from 4 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Sunday 8th December 2024 is a rest day. Only last round on 12th December starts at 12 p.m. local time, 2:30 p.m. IST.

Time control

Time control for each tournament game is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

Prizes

The total prize fund of the tournament is US$ 108250, $94250 for Open A (≥2300) and $14400 for Open B (≤2299). The top three prizes are $25000, $15000 and $10000 each.

Replay live stream

Replay Round 7 Live Commentary by GM Srinath Narayanan and IM Irene Sukandar | Video: Qatar Chess Association

Replay Round 7 games

Round 7 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	13	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2646	5½	½ - ½	5	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2801	1
2	6	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	2682	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2622	18
3	15	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	2637	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2695	5
4	38	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	2501	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2668	9
5	14	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2642	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	2536	31
6	2	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2777	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	2561	28
7	26	GM	Lodici, Lorenzo	2564	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2703	3
8	4	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2701	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Raja, Rithvik R	2521	34
9	32	GM	Adhiban, B.	2535	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2681	7
10	8	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2676	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Shuvalova, Polina	2504	37

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	13	GM	Sargsyan, Shant		ARM	2646	6	2884	28,5	3
2	6	GM	Esipenko, Andrey		FID	2682	6	2857	26,5	2
3	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun		IND	2801	5,5	2770	28	3
4	15	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali		IND	2637	5,5	2754	27,5	2
5	22	GM	Idani, Pouya		IRI	2603	5	2680	27,5	1
6	31	GM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik		UZB	2536	5	2676	26	1
7	18	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh		UAE	2622	5	2667	26,5	2
8	26	GM	Lodici, Lorenzo		ITA	2564	5	2663	24	2
9	38	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	U18	UZB	2501	5	2649	22,5	2
10	4	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav		FID	2701	5	2619	24,5	0
11	9	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek		UZB	2668	5	2610	25,5	1
12	20	GM	Paravyan, David		FID	2620	5	2610	23	1
13	39	GM	Fawzy, Adham		EGY	2493	5	2600	24	2
14	14	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	U18	IND	2642	5	2588	22,5	2
15	2	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	U20	UZB	2777	5	2588	22	1
16	30	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	U14	FID	2543	4,5	2650	24,5	1
17	24	GM	Pranesh, M	U18	IND	2582	4,5	2643	24	1
18	8	GM	Nihal, Sarin	U20	IND	2676	4,5	2610	26	1
19	23	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	U18	IRI	2600	4,5	2596	28,5	1
20	7	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin		UZB	2681	4,5	2590	25,5	1

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	6	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	2682	6		6	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2646	13
2	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2801	5½		5½	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	2637	15
3	20	GM	Paravyan, David	2620	5		5	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2777	2
4	31	GM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	2536	5		5	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2701	4
5	9	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2668	5		5	GM	Idani, Pouya	2603	22
6	26	GM	Lodici, Lorenzo	2564	5		5	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2642	14
7	18	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2622	5		5	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	2501	38
8	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2695	4½		5	GM	Fawzy, Adham	2493	39
9	7	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2681	4½		4½	IM	Xu, Zhihang	2511	35
10	32	GM	Adhiban, B.	2535	4½		4½	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2676	8

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