Gukesh and Arjun cannot make it to Abu Dhabi
A total of 145 players — including 41 GMs, 54 IMs, 6 WGMs and 3 WIMs — made their way to the United Arab Emirates to participate in the 29th edition of the Abu Dhabi Masters.
Originally, it was announced that Dommaraju Gukesh and defending champion Arjun Erigaisi would be the top seeds in the strong open tournament. Most likely, the Indian duo registered to play with the proviso that they would not make it to the final stages at the FIDE World Cup in Baku. Gukesh reached the round-of-16, however, while Arjun was only eliminated in a close match against Praggnanandhaa in the quarterfinals.
In this Fritztrainer: “Attack like a Super GM” with Gukesh we touch upon all aspects of his play, with special emphasis on how you can become a better attacking player.Other World Cup participants did make it to the event after being knocked out in earlier stages — i.e. David Anton, Vladimir Fedoseev, Saleh Salem, Javokhir Sindarov, S.L. Narayanan and Jaime Santos, among others.
Russian representatives Vladislav Artemiev and Maxim Matlakov also registered to participate, and are the first and third seed in Abu Dhabu, respectively.
After three rounds, five players have managed to score a perfect 3 out of 3: Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia), Xu Xiangyu (China), Alisher Suleymenov (Kazakhstan), Rathanvel V S (India) and Abtin Atakhan (Iran). Fifteen players, including US rising star Hans Niemann, stand a half point behind.
An exciting draw and a king march
Highlights by Shahid Ahmed
S L Narayanan sacrificed an exchange on e6 here: 12.Rxe6 fxe6 13.Qh5 g6 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.Qxg6+ Kh8 and the exposed black king definitely gives White an advantage.
However, converting it into a full point was not easy. The computer recommends taking the e6-pawn with a check, which is quite difficult for a human to play. The game eventually ended in a draw by repetition, when Black could have pushed for a win.
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4 c6 8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Be7 11.Re1 Be6 12.Rxe6! fxe6 13.Qh5 g6 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.Qxg6+ Kh8 16.Qh5+ 16.Qh6+ Kg8 17.Qxe6+ 16...Kg8 17.Bh6 Bf6 18.Re1 Rf7 19.Ne5 Qe7 20.Re4 Rh7 21.Qg6+ Kh8 22.Rg4 Na6 23.Qh5 Rg8 24.Ng6+ Rxg6 25.Rxg6 Nc7 26.Qg4 Qf7 27.c4 Ne8 28.Be3 Rg7 29.Rh6+ Rh7 30.Rg6 Rg7 30...Rh4 31.Qg3 Kh7 31.Rh6+ Rh7 32.Rg6 ½–½
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| S L Narayanan | 2656 | Swayams Mishra | 2452 | ½–½ | 2023 | C43 | 29th Abu Dhabi Festival Masters 2023 | 2.7 |
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The aim of this course is to help you understand how to make tactical opportunities arise as well as to sharpen your tactical vision - these selected lectures will help to foster your overall tactical understanding.
S L Narayanan played an exciting game against one of the top trainers of India, GM FT Swayams Mishra | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Sanket Chakravarty’s plan is simple: march the king down the board and use the rooks to deliver checkmate. And that is what he did in the game against Ahmad Ahmadzada.
Black needed to prevent the king’s advance with 33...h6 34.Kxh6 Re6+ 35.Kh5 Rf3, which would have been fine. Instead, 33...Re2 34.Rg5+ Kf8 35.h4 Ree3 36.g4 Rab3 37.Kh6 f6 38.Rgg7 Re4 39.Kxh7 led to an unstoppable checkmate.
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1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.Nc3 0-0 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nge2 Re8 7.0-0 d6 8.a3 a6 9.d3 Ba7 10.b4 Bd7 11.Bb2 Qc8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Ne7 14.Rc1 Bh3 15.Qb3 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qg4 17.f3 Qd7 18.e4 c6 19.dxc6 Nxc6 20.d4 exd4 21.Rfd1 d5 22.Nxd4 Bxd4 23.Bxd4 dxe4 24.Bxg7 Qf5 25.Ba1 Ne5 26.Bxe5 exf3+ 27.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 28.Kxf3 Rxe5 29.Rd7 Rae8 30.Rxb7 Re3+ 31.Kg4 Rxa3 32.Rc5 Re4+ 33.Kh5 Re2 33...h6 34.Kxh6 Re6+ 35.Kh5 Rf3 34.Rg5+ Kf8 35.h4 Ree3? 35...Rae3 36.g4 Rab3 37.Kh6 f6 38.Rgg7 Re4 39.Kxh7 1–0
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| Sanket Chakravarty | 2385 | Ahmadzada,A | 2519 | 1–0 | 2023 | A25 | 29th Abu Dhabi Festival Masters 2023 | 2.34 |
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Sanket Chakravarty vs. Ahmad Ahmadzada (1-0) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Standings after round 3
| 1 |
18 |
|
GM |
Xu, Xiangyu |
|
2608 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
5,5 |
|
71 |
|
FM |
Atakhan, Abtin |
|
2414 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
5,5 |
| 3 |
4 |
|
GM |
Fedoseev, Vladimir |
|
2676 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
| 4 |
40 |
|
IM |
Rathanvel, V S |
|
2491 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
4,5 |
| 5 |
33 |
|
GM |
Suleymenov, Alisher |
|
2509 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3,5 |
| 6 |
6 |
|
GM |
Niemann, Hans Moke |
|
2660 |
2,5 |
0 |
2 |
5,5 |
|
14 |
|
GM |
Murzin, Volodar |
|
2631 |
2,5 |
0 |
2 |
5,5 |
| 8 |
11 |
|
GM |
Aryan, Chopra |
|
2641 |
2,5 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
| 9 |
7 |
|
GM |
Sindarov, Javokhir |
|
2659 |
2,5 |
0 |
2 |
4,5 |
|
19 |
|
GM |
Lu, Shanglei |
|
2598 |
2,5 |
0 |
2 |
4,5 |
| 11 |
59 |
|
IM |
Abdisalimov, Abdimalik |
|
2438 |
2,5 |
0 |
2 |
4,5 |
| 12 |
23 |
|
GM |
Suleymanli, Aydin |
|
2586 |
2,5 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
| 13 |
37 |
|
GM |
Dai, Changren |
|
2499 |
2,5 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
| 14 |
12 |
|
GM |
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son |
|
2641 |
2,5 |
0 |
2 |
3,5 |
|
25 |
|
GM |
Li, Di |
|
2561 |
2,5 |
0 |
2 |
3,5 |
|
29 |
|
GM |
Sankalp, Gupta |
|
2522 |
2,5 |
0 |
2 |
3,5 |
| 17 |
39 |
|
GM |
Chanda, Sandipan |
|
2491 |
2,5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| 18 |
10 |
|
GM |
Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. |
|
2645 |
2,5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| 19 |
9 |
|
GM |
Santos Latasa, Jaime |
|
2656 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
| 20 |
43 |
|
IM |
Madaminov, Mukhiddin |
|
2484 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
...145 players
All available games - Round 3
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