Wang Hao and Inarkiev set up the all important round 7 clash in Sharjah
The Sharjah Masters 2019 is excitingly placed after six rounds. Ernesto Inarkiev is in excellent form and has just dropped half a point. He is on 5.5/6. Wang Hao, the top seed of the tournament is on 5.0/6 and has set up an all important round seven clash with the leader. Indian hopes are pinned on seven Indians - Abhijeet Gupta, Nihal Sarin, Deepan Chakkravarthy, Vignesh NR, Vishnu Prasanna, Raunak Sadhwani and Aditya Mittal, who are on 4.5/6. In round six, the 12-year-old Aditya Mittal played an exciting game to beat Eduardo Iturrizaga. We have the complete analysis of that game. Photos and videos from Sharjah by Niklesh Jain.
Abhijeet Gupta is the highest scoring Indian and is on 4.5/6. After a fine win against Sargissian in round five, he lost his game to Inarkiev in round 6
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The sole leader of the tournament - Ernesto Inarkiev
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The board two clash between Inarkiev and Gupta which ended in the Russian getting the full point
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Aditya Mittal with his mother Kusum and organizing secretary Talal Alzaabi. In round 6 Aditya played an excellent game to beat Eduardo Iturrizaga.
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If Raunak Sadhwani can finish well, he may well go back home with his second GM norm
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Nihal Sarin won his round 6 game and faces Vladimir Fedoseev in round 7
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The top board clash between Wang Hao and Maghsoodloo ended in a draw
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Can Deepan show his fire on board approach in the last three rounds and finish on the top?
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The Uzbek boys are in top form at the Sharjah Masters!
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India's most experienced arbiter Anantharam with press officer of the Sharjah Masters Kema Goryaeva | Photo: Niklesh Jain
Inarkiev is the sole leader with 5.5/6 and is followed by Wang Hao, Parham Maghsoodloo, Shamsiddin Vokhidov and Nodirbek Yakkuboev
Inarkiev versus Wang Hao is the mouth watering clash that everyone is looking forward to
Player overview for IND
| SNo | Name | Rtg | RtgI | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts. | Rk. | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 13 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2633 | 2633 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4,0 | 31 | 10 | -6,30 | ||||
| 17 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2602 | 2602 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4,5 | 6 | 10 | 6,40 | ||||
| 19 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2578 | 2578 | IND | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4,5 | 19 | 10 | 4,80 | ||||
| 23 | GM | Chanda Sandipan | 2534 | 2534 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4,0 | 27 | 10 | -0,80 | ||||
| 24 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | 2534 | 2534 | IND | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4,5 | 17 | 10 | 3,80 | ||||
| 25 | GM | Debashis Das | 2532 | 2532 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 3,5 | 56 | 10 | -6,00 | ||||
| 26 | IM | Gukesh D | 2529 | 2529 | IND | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3,5 | 66 | 10 | -9,00 | ||||
| 28 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | 2524 | 2524 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4,5 | 22 | 10 | 3,00 | ||||
| 30 | GM | Venkatesh M.R. | 2517 | 2517 | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3,5 | 60 | 10 | -1,50 | ||||
| 31 | GM | Stany G.A. | 2507 | 2507 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 3,5 | 50 | 10 | -1,60 | ||||
| 35 | GM | Harsha Bharathakoti | 2497 | 2497 | IND | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3,5 | 62 | 10 | -9,00 | ||||
| 36 | GM | Karthik Venkataraman | 2494 | 2494 | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 3,0 | 85 | 10 | -12,50 | ||||
| 39 | IM | Iniyan P | 2487 | 2487 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 3,5 | 59 | 10 | -4,50 | ||||
| 42 | IM | Vignesh N R | 2476 | 2476 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4,5 | 14 | 10 | 9,80 | ||||
| 45 | IM | Sadhwani Raunak | 2455 | 2455 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4,5 | 21 | 10 | 2,20 | ||||
| 46 | CM | Aditya Mittal | 2454 | 2454 | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4,5 | 20 | 10 | 11,20 | ||||
| 47 | CM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2446 | 2446 | IND | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4,0 | 41 | 10 | 7,30 | ||||
| 50 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | 2429 | 2429 | IND | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,5 | 70 | 10 | -2,90 | ||||
| 51 | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2425 | 2425 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4,0 | 35 | 10 | 3,70 | ||||
| 53 | IM | Raja Rithvik R | 2423 | 2423 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 3,5 | 58 | 10 | -2,10 | ||||
| 55 | IM | Akshat Khamparia | 2415 | 2415 | IND | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,5 | 67 | 10 | -2,40 | ||||
| 56 | GM | Sundararajan Kidambi | 2413 | 2413 | IND | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4,0 | 34 | 10 | 6,90 | ||||
| 57 | IM | Akash G | 2411 | 2411 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3,0 | 86 | 10 | -6,70 | ||||
| 58 | IM | Nitin S. | 2408 | 2408 | IND | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,5 | 63 | 10 | -0,60 | ||||
| 62 | Saurabh Anand | 2385 | 2385 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4,0 | 38 | 20 | 1,00 | |||||
| 63 | IM | Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad | 2384 | 2384 | IND | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4,0 | 30 | 20 | 20,60 | ||||
| 67 | IM | Rathnakaran K. | 2361 | 2361 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 42 | 10 | 2,70 | ||||
| 68 | IM | Fenil Shah | 2360 | 2360 | IND | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 48 | 10 | -5,40 | ||||
| 69 | FM | Pranav Anand | 2359 | 2359 | IND | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,5 | 75 | 20 | -13,60 | ||||
| 71 | IM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | 2352 | 2352 | IND | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3,5 | 55 | 10 | 12,30 | ||||
| 72 | IM | Sidhant Mohapatra | 2348 | 2348 | IND | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 3,0 | 88 | 10 | -3,60 | ||||
| 73 | FM | Shailesh Dravid | 2316 | 2316 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3,0 | 80 | 20 | 6,00 | ||||
| 74 | CM | Bharath Subramaniyam H | 2301 | 2301 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3,5 | 72 | 20 | 15,00 | ||||
| 75 | Ajay Karthikeyan | 2298 | 2298 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 3,0 | 90 | 40 | 9,60 | |||||
| 76 | WIM | Priyanka Nutakki | 2297 | 2297 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 47 | 40 | 31,20 | ||||
| 78 | IM | Sharma Dinesh K. | 2286 | 2286 | IND | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3,5 | 65 | 10 | 4,30 | ||||
| 80 | IM | Ravi Thandalam Shanmugam | 2276 | 2276 | IND | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,5 | 125 | 10 | -21,70 | ||||
| 82 | CM | Mullick Raahil | 2275 | 2275 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3,0 | 92 | 40 | -11,20 | ||||
| 84 | WIM | Divya Deshmukh | 2266 | 2266 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3,0 | 93 | 40 | -14,00 | ||||
| 86 | Kunal M. | 2258 | 2258 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4,0 | 39 | 20 | 40,60 | |||||
| 87 | Pranav V | 2258 | 2258 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4,0 | 46 | 20 | 20,00 | |||||
| 88 | IM | Praveen Kumar C | 2243 | 2243 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 3,5 | 49 | 10 | 16,00 | ||||
| 91 | FM | Jeet Jain | 2219 | 2219 | IND | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4,0 | 37 | 20 | 29,00 | ||||
| 93 | Panda Sambit | 2218 | 2218 | IND | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 3,0 | 83 | 40 | 4,40 | |||||
| 95 | FM | Srihari L R | 2211 | 2211 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,0 | 96 | 20 | -9,80 | ||||
| 101 | IM | Gokhale Chandrashekhar | 2185 | 2185 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,0 | 102 | 10 | -7,30 | ||||
| 103 | Gandhi Anish | 2156 | 2156 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 2,5 | 123 | 20 | -19,40 | |||||
| 106 | Jaeel Atharva | 2145 | 2145 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3,0 | 103 | 40 | -25,20 | |||||
| 110 | Thrish Karthik | 2096 | 2096 | IND | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3,5 | 64 | 40 | 79,20 | |||||
| 111 | Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U | 2093 | 2093 | IND | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,5 | 117 | 20 | -10,20 | |||||
| 114 | WCM | Mrudul Dehankar | 2078 | 2078 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 2,5 | 121 | 40 | -20,00 | ||||
| 115 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | 2076 | 2076 | IND | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,5 | 112 | 40 | 10,40 | ||||
| 116 | Kumar Gaurav | 2074 | 2074 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,0 | 100 | 20 | 0,00 | |||||
| 119 | Shanya Mishra | 2026 | 2026 | IND | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 2,5 | 110 | 40 | 41,20 | |||||
| 121 | Sri Sai Baswanth P | 2018 | 2018 | IND | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 107 | 20 | 37,20 | |||||
| 122 | CM | Shahil Dey | 2007 | 2007 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 2,5 | 116 | 40 | 7,60 | ||||
| 123 | WFM | Sanskriti Goyal | 2006 | 2006 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,0 | 105 | 40 | -4,00 | ||||
| 124 | Mohammed Dilshad | 2006 | 2006 | IND | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,5 | 114 | 20 | 4,60 | |||||
| 125 | Krithigga K | 2002 | 2002 | IND | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,0 | 132 | 40 | 19,20 | |||||
| 126 | Niklesh Kumar Jain | 1995 | 1995 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,0 | 138 | 20 | -24,00 | ||
| 127 | WIM | Gokhale Anupama | 1994 | 1994 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3,0 | 97 | 20 | 13,60 | ||||
| 128 | Parthasarathy R | 1989 | 1989 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,0 | 135 | 20 | -6,80 | |||||
| 132 | Anilkumar O.T. | 1975 | 1975 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,0 | 133 | 20 | -9,00 | |||||
| 133 | Mota Pankit | 1974 | 1974 | IND | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2,5 | 118 | 20 | 2,80 | |||||
| 138 | WCM | Isha Sharma | 1935 | 1935 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 2,5 | 111 | 20 | 33,40 | ||||
| 139 | Rakshith Srinivasan | 1923 | 1923 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 2,5 | 126 | 40 | 0,00 | |||||
| 141 | Souradip Deb | 1899 | 1899 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3,0 | 106 | 20 | 11,00 | |||||
| 142 | Gokhale Rishabh Chandrashekhar | 1895 | 1895 | IND | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,0 | 149 | 40 | 13,20 | |||||
| 144 | Abid Ali Mujawar | 1869 | 1869 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | 128 | 20 | -13,00 | |||||
| 145 | Rohit S | 1868 | 1868 | IND | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,5 | 113 | 40 | 69,60 | |||||
| 146 | WFM | Meghna C H | 1863 | 1863 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 2,5 | 124 | 20 | 17,60 | ||||
| 147 | WFM | Dhyana Patel | 1848 | 1848 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1,5 | 158 | 40 | -5,20 | ||||
| 148 | Jinan Jomon | 1848 | 1848 | IND | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 3,0 | 87 | 40 | 61,20 | |||||
| 150 | Varsha Ramesh | 1831 | 1831 | IND | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 2,0 | 153 | 40 | -10,00 | |||||
| 151 | AIM | Kaushik G Iyer | 1771 | 1771 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1,5 | 166 | 40 | -2,40 | ||||
| 153 | AIM | Sidharth Balaji Sridharan | 1732 | 1732 | IND | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1,5 | 164 | 40 | -18,40 | ||||
| 155 | Devnani Kush | 1650 | 1650 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,0 | 141 | 40 | 30,80 | |||||
| 156 | Aagam Aditya E | 1649 | 1649 | IND | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1,5 | 161 | 40 | -6,40 | |||||
| 157 | Antony Jesumarian Leslie | 1621 | 1621 | IND | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 2,0 | 148 | 40 | 30,80 | |||||
| 159 | Singh Gurmeher | 1589 | 1589 | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,0 | 171 | 40 | -31,60 | |||||
| 162 | Rebecca Jesumarian | 1561 | 1561 | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1,5 | 167 | 40 | 14,40 | |||||
| 167 | AIM | Vishal Choudary B | 1519 | 1519 | IND | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,5 | 160 | 40 | 34,80 | ||||
| 168 | Harikrishnan C | 1514 | 1514 | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1,5 | 165 | 40 | 14,80 | ||||
| 169 | Sharon Rafael | 1474 | 1474 | IND | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 2,0 | 143 | 40 | 60,80 |
Round 6 highlights by Niklesh Jain from the Sharjah Chess Club
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