Andrey Esipenko clinches Qatar Masters 2024, Arjun Erigaisi second

by Shahid Ahmed - 13/12/2024

GM Andrey Esipenko clinched Qatar Masters 2024 as he drew with the World no.4, GM Arjun Erigaisi in the final round. World no.6, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) defeated GM Leon Luke Mendonca to finish with the same score as Arjun 7/9 each. Arjun secured second place due to better tie-break score, Abdusattorov was placed third. GM Karthikeyan Murali scored a win over GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) to finish fifth. GM Pranesh M was victorious over IM Ayush Sharma to be placed tenth. The total prize fund of the tournament was US$ 108250, $94250 for Open A (≥2300) and $14400 for Open B (≤2299). The top three prizes are $25000, $15000 and $10000 each. Photos: Anna Shtourman

Karthikeyan and Pranesh in Top 10, Abdusattorov makes a great comeback

World Rapid 2021 champion and 44th Olympiad Gold medalist, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) made a fantastic comeback. After a 0.5/2 start, he scored 6.5/7 in the remaining seven games to finish third.

Champion - GM Andrey Esipenko 7/9 | Photo: Anna Shtourman

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd GM Arjun Erigaisi 7/9, 1st GM Andrey Esipenko 7.5/9 and 3rd GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) 7/9 | Photo: Anna Shtourman

GM Karthikeyan Murali (2637) capitalized well on his opponent GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov's (UZB) mistakes to finish with 6.5/9 and get fifth place.

5th GM Karthikeyan Murali 6.5/9 | Photo: Anna Shtourman

10th GM Pranesh M 6/9 | Photo: Saji Mathew

Time control

Time control for each tournament game was 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 was 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 9 Live Commentary by GM Srinath Narayanan and IM Irene Sukandar | Video: Qatar Chess Association

Replay Round 9 games

Round 9 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2801	6½	½ - ½	7	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	2682	6
2	2	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2777	6	1 - 0	6	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2642	14
3	13	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2646	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2622	18
4	4	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2701	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2543	30
5	22	GM	Idani, Pouya	2603	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2695	5
6	15	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	2637	5½	1 - 0	5½	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2681	7
7	8	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2676	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2600	23
8	31	GM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	2536	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2668	9
9	36	IM	Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys	2508	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Narayanan, S L	2647	11
10	28	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	2561	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	2646	12

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	6	GM	Esipenko, Andrey		FID	2682	7,5	2860	46,5	2
2	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun		IND	2801	7	2787	48	3
3	2	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	U20	UZB	2777	7	2695	40	2
4	13	GM	Sargsyan, Shant		ARM	2646	6,5	2758	48	3
5	15	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali		IND	2637	6,5	2738	45,5	2
6	18	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh		UAE	2622	6,5	2690	46	2
7	22	GM	Idani, Pouya		IRI	2603	6	2683	44	1
8	31	GM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik		UZB	2536	6	2680	44	1
9	30	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	U14	FID	2543	6	2677	43,5	1
10	24	GM	Pranesh, M	U18	IND	2582	6	2654	42	1
11	8	GM	Nihal, Sarin	U20	IND	2676	6	2646	45,5	2
12	26	GM	Lodici, Lorenzo		ITA	2564	6	2643	40	3
13	23	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	U18	IRI	2600	6	2630	45,5	1
14	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin		IRI	2695	6	2620	43	1
15	20	GM	Paravyan, David		FID	2620	6	2617	42	2
16	14	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	U18	IND	2642	6	2608	42,5	3
17	4	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav		FID	2701	6	2604	42	0
18	9	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek		UZB	2668	6	2603	43,5	1
19	19	GM	Pranav, V	U18	IND	2621	6	2566	39	2
20	41	IM	Srihari, L R	U20	IND	2484	6	2566	37,5	3

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