8/30/2016 – With more than a 100 titled players and more than 40 grandmasters the open tournament in Abu Dhabi that was played from 21st to 29th August had a strong field. Top seed was Dmitry Andreikin with a rating of 2733. With 3.0/4 he started the tournament well but not overwhelmingly. After six rounds he had 4.5/6, half-a-point less than the leader, but then won three fine games in a row. This was enough to finish clear first with 7.5/9.
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The Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival is one of the most prominent chess festival in all over the world, which consists of a wide variety of tournaments for all strengths and groups. The 23rd edition, held from August 21 to August 29, included players from 54 countries. The strongest section (Master tournament) had 137 players from 32 countries including 40 grandmasters, 38 international masters, and total of 106 title holder players.
Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, is for its greenery;
the former desert strip today includes numerous parks and gardens.
Abu Dhabi is one of the fastest growing cities in the world.
Opening ceremony of 23rd Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival
Falconry during the event!
Dmitry Andreikin won the first prize of 13,000 dollars, had a 2818 performance, gained nine
rating points and is now the world's number 25 in live ratings.
Andreikin began his strong finish with a fine and complex attacking game against Ukrainian grandmaster Alexander Zubov.
After beating Zubov with White in a Sicilian in round seven, Andreikin played with White again in round eight. Against Anton Demchenko from Russia. This time, Andreikin showed his skills in a Ruy Lopez.
After this win Andreikin had 6.5/8 and before the ninth and final round shared first place with GM Baskaran Adhiban from India and GM Alexandr Predke from Russia. On the black side of a Najdorf Andreikin won with a textbook example of an endgame good knight vs bad bishop.
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When choosing an opening repertoire, it is common to consider two types of variations. One is usually a solid opening, like 1...e5 against 1.e4, with plenty of strategical ideas and quiet paths of play. However, there are of course days when you want to play for a win with Black, when you want to bear down on your opponent’s position with a potentially crushing attack. The Najdorf is perfect for just such occasions – and it’s no coincidence that Garry Kasparov played it the most out of all the variations in the Sicilian – the opening served him well throughout his brilliant career. I myself have played it with both colours, but even I discover more to its endless depths every day! Strategy, combinations, attack and defence, sacrifices and marvellous manoeuvres – exciting chess is all about the Najdorf! Video running time: 6 hours 31 min.
By winning against Predke Andreikin beat one of his direct rivals, and when the other, Baskaran Adhiban, did only draw with White against GM Salem A.R. Saleh from the United Arab Emirates Andreikin was sole winner of the tournament.
Adhiban Baskaran finished second with 7.0/9. In 2008 he was World Under-16 Champion and in July 2014 he won the Biel Chess Festival.
At the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso he contributed to India's bronze medal by scoring 7.0/11 on board four.
GM Bassam Amin from Egyptcame third with 7.0/9
GMAlexandr Predke finished fourth with 6.5/9 and came fourth
GM Salem Abdulrahman Mohamed Saleh (2617), winner of Asian Chess Championships 2015
in Al Ain and winner of the Asian Blitz Chess Championship finished on place five with 6.5/9.
This picture was taken at an excursion to the Abu Dhabi Ferrari world, the first
and only Ferraritheme park which also holds the record for the largest space frame structure ever built.
Chief organizer of the event is Mr.Ismaeil Alkhouri who always strives to offer the players the best. He is afantastic organizer.
Zuhair Ahmad was the General Coordinator of the Festival. He worked hard to
give every player more than one good reasons to come back.
Friendly and helpful: Chief Arbiter IA Saeed Al Khouri and organizing committee member Mr. Mohamed Hamad
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs.
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