Aeroflot R7: Amin Tabatabaei joins Kovalev in the lead

by Niklesh Kumar Jain
2/27/2018 – Amin Tabatabaei might have had a bad start to the tournament but ever since his first round loss to IM Eesha Karavade, the teenaged International Master from Iran has been on the rise. Scoring four wins in a row, he is now jointly leading the event with besides having scored a GM norm with two rounds to spare. With just two rounds to go, this young IM is definitely someone to watch out for. | Photo: Niklesh Jain
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Tabatabaei wins two in a row

It was -21 degrees Celsius in Moscow yesterday morning and the cold outside was in stark contrast to the heat of the competition inside. I had tons of questions in my head walking into the playing hall: will Kovalev keep up his lead or would Artemiev make a comeback? More importantly, the player who has been on the rise since his first-round loss, IM Amin Tabatabaei, will he, after having defeated the top-seeded Fedoseev in the previous round, be able to bring down Sasikiran today? Anyway, amid these questions, I had to occupy myself taking pictures as soon as I got in.

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View of the venue during round 7 of the Aeroflot Open 2018

Some of the best talents from around the world have gathered here at this tournament hall in Moscow! | Photo: Niklesh Jain

seventh round game between Vladislav Kovalev and Igor Lysyj at the Aeroflot Open 2018

Vladislav Kovalev and Igor Lysyj had a fierce battle on the top board | Photo: Niklesh Jain

On the top board, tournament leader, Vladislav Kovalev chose the aggressive King's Indian Defence to counter his opponent, Igor Lysyj's queen pawn opening. As is typical for the King's Indian, Kovalev directed all of his forces towards the white king but his weak pawns in the centre and the queenside gave his opponent good counter-chances. After 30 moves, the players decided to sign the truce.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 Nc6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qd2 Qe7 LiveBook: 9 Games 13.Rae1 E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves 13.Rfe1 f5 14.Bd4 Be5 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bf1 Nf4 18.Na4 Ng6 19.Qa5 Be6 20.Qc5 Rad8 21.Qxe7 Rxe7 1-0 (56) Kozul,Z (2591)-Plenkovic,Z (2413) Mali Losinj 2016 13...f5 14.Bd3 Qf7N Predecessor: 14...Qf8 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Bf2 Be6 17.Re2 Be5 18.Qg5+ Ng7 19.Rfe1 Qf7 20.Qh4 Rab8 21.Bxa7 Rxb2 22.Rxb2 Bxc3 23.Rxe6 Bxb2 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 1-0 (38) Rego,V (2258)-Santos Filho,T (2083) Rio de Janeiro 2014 15.c5 White is better. f4 16.Bf2 Be5 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.b3 White should try 18.Rc1± 18...Be6 19.Rc1 g5 20.Ne2 c5 21.Bc4 a5 22.Rfd1 Kh8 23.Nc3 Bxc4 24.bxc4 Re6 25.Nb5 25.h3= 25...Rg8 26.h3 Nf6 26...Ng3! 27.Kf1
27.Qd3= keeps the balance. 27...h5 27...g4! White must now prevent ...gxh3. 28.hxg4 Nxg4 28.Ke2= a4 Precision: White = 45%, Black = 36%. 29.Qa5 Qg6 30.Qxa4 ½–½
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Lysyj,I2618Kovalev,V2641½–½2018E9415th Aeroflot Open 20187

Bologan: "If you study this DVD carefully and solve the interactive exercises you will also enrich your chess vocabulary, your King's Indian vocabulary, build up confidence in the King's Indian and your chess and win more games."

Artemiev and Petrosian played a quick draw on board two | Photo: Niklesh Jain

On board two, Russian youngster, Vladislav Artemiev and the former world champion's namesake Tigran Petrosian wrapped up their game in merely 23 moves. The game, even though it was a draw, was quite a sharp theoretical battle. Had either side made one false move, the outcome might have been completely different.

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Nc6 A11: English Opening: 1...c6 7.Qxb7 Bd7 8.Qb3 e5 9.0-0 e4 10.Ne1 Rb8 LiveBook: 4 Games 11.Qd1 h5! 11...Bc5 12.d3 h5 13.Nc3 h4 14.dxe4 hxg3 15.hxg3 Bh3 16.Bxh3 Rxh3 17.Kg2 Qc8 18.Nd3 Rh5 19.Rh1 Rxh1 20.Qxh1 1-0 (20) Dubov,D (2648)-Goganov, A (2627) St Petersburg 2016 12.d3 h4 13.Bf4
13...hxg3! 14.Bxg3 14.fxg3 Rxb2 14...Nh5N Predecessor: 14...Rxb2 15.dxe4 dxe4 1-0 (29) Mandetta,J (2332)-Marra,E (2158) Aldeia de Barueri 2017 15.dxe4 15.Bxb8 Qxb8 16.e3 16.dxe4? Nf4 16...Nf6 15...Nxg3 15...Rxb2?! 16.exd5 Nxg3 17.hxg3 16.hxg3 Qf6 White must now prevent ... Qh6. 16...Rxb2?! 17.Nd3± 17.exd5 Ne5± 16...dxe4!? 17.Nc3 f5= 17.Nc3 Qh6 The position is equal. 18.Nf3 Ne5! ( -> ...Nxf3+) 19.Re1! 19.Nh4 g5 19...Bc5! 20.e3! 20.Nxe5 Qh2+ 21.Kf1 Bh3-+ 20.Qxd5
20...Bxf2+! 21.Kf1 21.Kxf2? Ng4+ 22.Kf1 Ne3+ 23.Kf2 Nxd5-+ 21...Ng4 20...Bg4 21.Qa4+! Bd7 22.Qd1! Bg4 Strongly threatening ... Nxf3+. 23.Qa4+! Precision: White = 90%, Black = 89%. ½–½
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Artemiev,V2697Petrosian,T2589½–½2018A1115th Aeroflot Open 20187

Williams main teaching method behind this set of two DVDs is to teach you some simple yet effective set ups, without the need to rely on memorising numerous complicated variations.

Krishnan Sasikiran during his round seven game against Amin Tabatabaei at the Aeroflot Open 2017

Sasikiran's ambitious play cost him a full point | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Indian number four, Krishnan Sasikiran essayed the Slav Defence with the black pieces against IM Amin Tabatabaei. Quite early in the game, Tabatabaei was able to inflict pawn weaknesses on Sasikiran's kingside. With his active queen, however, Sasikiran enough counterplay to keep balance in the position. There were several opportunities for the Indian to drift the game towards a draw but he had more ambitious intentions. In an attempt to create winning chances, Sasikiran mishandled the position and ended up losing the full point.

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 Nd7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Qf4 10.Bd3 Nf6 LiveBook: 3 Games. D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6 10...e5 11.0-0 Be7 12.Rae1 exd4 13.Bb1 0-0 14.Ng3 Bd8 15.Qd3 g6 16.h4 Nf6 17.h5 g5 18.Ne5 1-0 (30) Aronian,L (2802)-Ding,L (2771) Tbilisi 2017 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Bc2N Predecessor: 12.0-0 Rg8 13.Be2 Bd6 14.g3 h5 15.Kh1 Qg4 16.Qe3 Bd7 17.d5 cxd5 18.cxd5 1-0 (37) Kharlov,A (2614) -Malakhov,V (2664) Moscow 2005 12...Bd7 White is slightly better. 13.g3 Qc7 14.0-0-0 0-0-0 15.c5 Kb8 16.Kb1 e5 17.Qc3 Bg4 18.dxe5 Bxc5 19.Qxc5 Bxf3 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Rc1 Bd5 22.Qe3 a6 23.Qf4 fxe5 24.Qxe5+ Ka8 25.Re1 f6 25...Be6= keeps the balance. 26.Qe3 Qg8 27.a3 Qg4 28.Qc3 White should try 28.h4± 28...Rf8 29.Re7 Qh3! 30.Bd3 Threatens to win with Qd4. Qh5 30...Qxh2= 31.Qd4 Qg1+ 32.Kc2 Bf3 31.Kc1 Qf3 32.Qd4 c5 32...Bb3 33.Bc2 Bxc2 34.Kxc2 Qf5+ 35.Kb3 Qa5 33.Qe3± Qh1+ 34.Kc2 Qxh2 34...Bf3 35.Qxc5 Qh5 ...Bb3+! is the strong threat. 36.Kc3! Black must now prevent Rd7. Qh1 37.Kb4 37.Kd2± Rd8 38.Qc7 37...Rb8! 38.Ka5 Hoping for Bxa6! White mounts an attack. Qf3 Don't blunder 38...b6+? 39.Kxa6 Bb7+ 40.Kxb6+- 39.Be2 Qb3 ( -> ... b6+) 40.Qb6 And now Qxb3 would win. Qxb6+? 40...Qc2= and Black is okay. 41.Kxb6= Endgame KRB-KRB Rc8
42.Rc7! Rd8
43.Bg4! Kb8? 43...f5 44.Rd7+- Rxd7 45.Bxd7 KB-KB Bf3 46.b4 Be4 47.a4 Bf3 48.Bf5 Bg2 49.f4 Bf3 50.b5 axb5? 50...a5 51.Kxa5 Kc7 51.axb5 Be2 52.Be4 Bf1 53.Kc5 Ka7 54.f5 h5 55.Kd6 Bxb5 56.Ke7 56.Ke6 Bc4+ 57.Kxf6 56...Bc4 57.Kxf6 White mates. b5 58.Ke7 Kb6 59.f6 Kc5 60.f7 Bxf7 61.Kxf7 Kd4 62.Bg6 b4 63.Kf6 Ke3 64.Kg5 Kf2 65.Kf4 Precision: White = 68%, Black = 36%. 1–0
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Tabatabaei,M2577Sasikiran,K26711–02018D4315th Aeroflot Open 20187

The Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6) can arise via various move orders, has decided World Championships, and is one of Black's most fascinating replies to 1 d4. Magnus Carlsen's second, Grandmaster Peter Heine Nielsen explains in detail what this opening is all about.

Amin Tabatabaei during his seventh round game at the Aeroflot Open 2018

Amin Tabatabaei | Photo: Niklesh Jain

With this victory, Tabatabaei has joined Vladislav Kovalev as the joint tournament leader. His rating performance as of round 7 is 2785 and his live rating has jumped up to 2595. More importantly, this young Iranian IM has also scored a GM norm with not one but two rounds to spare!

Game between Maxim Matlakov and Victor Bologan from the Aeroflot Open 2018

Victor Bologan tried hard to win in his game against Maxim Matlakov but had to settle for a draw in the end. | Photo: Niklesh Jain

 
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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 Bxc3 6.bxc3 0-0 7.0-0 h6 8.d3 e4 9.Nd4 Re8 LiveBook: 38 Games 10.Bf4 4 A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with g3 10.Be3 Ne5 11.h3 b6 12.Qd2 d6 13.f4 exf3 14.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 15.exf3 d5 16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Bf2 c5 0-1 (33) Bareev,E (2663) -Andreikin,D (2723) Novosibirsk 2012 10...d6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qa4 c5N Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games: 12...Bd7 13.Rab1 Qc8 14.c5 exd3 15.exd3 Nd5 16.Bd2 dxc5 17.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 1-0 (43) Nguyen,A (2540) -Chan,P (2344) Ho Chi Minh City 2003 13.d4 Bg4 14.Rfe1 Nd7 15.Qa5 g5 16.Bc1 Nb6 17.dxc5 Re5 18.Qa6 Better is 18.Be3 Nxc4 19.Qa4 Nxe3 20.fxe3 18...dxc5 19.Be3 Bc8 Black has strong initiative. 20.Qb5 Bd7 21.Qa6 Qe7 22.Qb7 Bc8 23.Qc6 Kg7 24.Rab1
24.a4 24...Rb8! 25.a4 a6 26.Red1 Black should prevent Rd5. Bb7 27.Rxb6 Bxc6 28.Rxb8 Qe6 28...Bxa4 29.Rdd8 29.Rdd8 Qxc4 29...Bxa4 30.Rh8 30.Rg8+ Kf6 31.Rh8 Qxa4 32.h4
32...gxh4! 33.Rxh6+ Ke7 And now ...hxg3 would win. 34.gxh4 34.Rc8 34...Bb5 34...Bd7-+ Strongly threatening ...Qd1+. 35.Kh2 Qc4 35.Rb7 Qa1+ 35...Bxe2?! 36.Rxc7+ Kf8 37.Rc8+ 37.Bxc5+ Kg7 37...Kg7 38.Rhh8= Black should try 35...Qd1+ 36.Kh2 Kf8 36.Kh2= The position is equal. Qxc3 37.Rxc7+ Kf8 38.Rh7 Rf5 39.Bh6+ Kg8 40.Rg7+ Qxg7! 41.Bxg7 Kxg7 Endgame KRB-KRB 42.Kg3 Bxe2 Hoping for ...Bd3. 43.Bxe4 Re5 44.f3 Bc4 45.Kf4 Rh5 46.Kg4 Kh6 47.Bf5 Bd5 48.f4 Wrong is 48.Rxc5? Be6-+ 48...a5 49.Bc2 f5 is the strong threat. Don't blunder 49.Rxc5? Be6-+ 49...a4 50.f5 a3 51.Bb1 a2
52.Bxa2! Bxa2 53.Rc6+
53...Be6! 54.fxe6 Intending e7+ and mate. Re5 55.exf7+ Kg7 56.Kf4 Precision: White = 47%, Black = 77%. ½–½
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Matlakov,M2709Bologan,V2600½–½2018A2915th Aeroflot Open 20187

Anton Korobov during his round 7 game at the Aeroflot Open 2018

The best game of the day was clearly Anton Korobov's bout against Parham Maghsoodloo | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Korobov's game against Maghsoodloo was an absolute treat for all spectators. From the white side of a Gruenfeld defence, Korobov dominated the board on all corners. Almost stepping into the middlegame, he gave up the right to castle and did not fear marching his king up the board to retain his advantage. Just one move after the first time control, Maghsoodloo resigned as his opponent's far advanced pawns and active pieces were too much for him to handle.

 
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1.d4 0 Nf6 383 2.c4 0 g6 6 3.Nc3 0 d5 5 4.Bd2 0 We have seen in Aeroflot several theoretical Aces under the sleeves of the players. The most usual is: 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4= 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 a6 8.e5 b5 9.Qb3= 4...Bg7 37 5.cxd5 3 Nxd5 15 6.e4 6 Nb6 104 7.Be3 9 0-0 58 8.Bb5 5 D85: Grünfeldindisch 8.h3 e5 9.Nf3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Nc6 11.Bxg7 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Kxg7 13.Bb5 Nb4 14.a3 a6 15.Be2 Nc6 16.0-0 0-1 (62) Le,Q (2737)-Artemiev, V (2691) Huaian 2017 8...Be6 786 9.Nf3 15 Nc4 24 10.Bxc4 6 Bxc4 10 11.Qa4 Ba6 201 12.h4 16 h6N 976 12...h5 13.0-0-0 Qd7 14.Qb3 Nc6 15.Kb1 b6 1/2-1/2 (37) Legemaat,G (2337)-Waters,G (2365) ICCF email 2009 13.h5 g5 5 14.Nxg5! Anton Korobov has shown that he is in good form, he has only given 1 point where he lost the sense of danger and Gm Bologan did not forgive him (See Round 3) c5 38 Is better 14...b5 15.Qb4 Nc6 16.Qc5 Qd6 15.Nf3± 125 b5 143 16.Qd1! b4 187 17.Ne2 223 Nc6 321
17...Nd7± Continue the fight 18.d5!+- 477 No way: 18.dxc5?! Qa5= 18...Na5 15 19.b3! Of course Korobov found the best movement, his advantage now increases, the square c4 has been controlled in addition to his pieces will be arranged to further weaken the black king's side, there are strong ideas for example to pass the Knight via h4-h5 or the Rook via h3-g3. Bxe2 Nor is it enough: 19...e6 20.Rc1 c4 21.Rh3 Kh7 22.Rg3+- 19...Rc8 20.Rh3 Kh8 21.Rc1+- 20.Kxe2 9 Bxa1 5 21.Qxa1 30 Qd6 2 22.Nh4 167 f6 455 23.Nf5 44 Now the weak white squares could be exploited! 23.Qb1 Rad8 24.Rh3 Kf7 25.Nf5 Qa6+ 26.Kf3+- 23...Qa6+ 12
24.Kf3! 6 A very nice example that teaches once again that the rules are very relative, this is the best continuation even with many pieces on the board, including Queens e6 4 25.Nxh6+ 154 Kh7 171 26.g4 249 c4 214 27.Qb1 235 cxb3 135 27...c3 is probably better. 28.Qc2 Rac8 28.axb3 12 Rac8 151 29.e5+ 143 f5 132 30.gxf5 111 exf5 2 31.Nxf5 576 Rc3 124 32.Rd1 520 Qc8 453 33.e6 33 Rc2 22 34.Kg4 A very active king! Nxb3 1081 35.Qxb3 0 Rc3 35 36.Qb1 52 Qc4+ 46 37.Nd4+ Kh8 7 38.Qe4 33 Rg8+ 123 39.Kh3 130 Rg5 22 40.e7 0 Qc8+ 16 41.Kh4 Today Master Maghsoodloo could not demonstrate his excellent level. Recently we saw him winning in a categorical way the great Mumbai tournament. 1–0
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Korobov,A2664Maghsoodloo,P25941–02018D8515th Aeroflot Open 20187

Vidit's drawing spree continues

The second seed of the tournament, Vidit Gujrathi continued his struggle with form in round seven as well. For the seventh consecutive time in the tournament, Vidit was unable to win his game and had to settle for a draw. Whether this string of draws has something to do with his work with his close friend Anish Giri is quite amusing to think about. Nevertheless, we hope he breaks the shackles of bad form and makes a strong comeback soon.

The game between Vidit Gujrathi and Firouzja Alireza from the seventh round of the Aeroflot Open 2017

Vidit Gujrathi drew his seventh game in a row, this time against IM Firouzja Alireza from Iran | Photo: Niklesh Jain

 

 
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1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Ne2 g6 6.Nbc3 1 A40: Unusual replies to d4 Bg7 LiveBook: 8 Games 7.d5N Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games: 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Qd2 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.e5 0-0 11.0-0 Nb4 12.Bb1 c5 13.f4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 1-0 (35) Bareev,E (2653)-Bauer,C (2634) Ajaccio 2007 7...Ne5 8.f4 White is slightly better. Nxd3+ 9.Qxd3 d6 9...c6= 10.Be3 Nf6 11.0-0-0 0-0 12.h3 exd5 13.cxd5 c6 14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.Nd4! Bb7! 16.Ndb5 Qe7 17.Qxd6 Qxd6 18.Nxd6 Bxe4! 19.Ndxe4 Nxe4 20.Nd5 f5 21.Rd3 Rfc8+ 22.Kb1
Black must now prevent Ne7+. 22...Kf7 23.Rhd1 Ke6 24.Bxb6 axb6 25.Nxb6 Rab8 26.Nxc8 Hoping for Rd6+. Rxc8
26...Rxb2+= 27.Kc1 Rxg2 27.Rc1!± Rb8 28.Rc6+ Ke7 28...Kf7! 29.Rc7+ Kf8 30.b3 h5 31.Kc2 31.a4± 31...Bh6! 32.a4 32.g3 32...Bxf4= 33.Rc6 Ke7! 34.a5 Bd6 35.a6 White has compensation. Ra8 White should prevent ...Kd7. 36.Rb6 g5 37.Rd5 Ke6 37...Rc8+= 38.Kb2 Bc5 38.Ra5 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.a7 aiming for Rba6. Kd7 41.Kd3 Bc7 42.Rd5+ Kc8 43.Rg6 Ng3 44.Rg8+ Kb7 45.Rxa8 Kxa8 46.Rd7 Bb6 47.Rf7 Bxa7 48.b4 Bb8 49.b5 f4 50.b6 Threatens to win with Kc4. f3 51.gxf3 gxf3 52.Rxf3 Kb7 53.Rf6 Nh5 54.Rh6 Ng3 55.Kc4 Strongly threatening Kb5. Nf5 56.Re6 Nd6+ 57.Kc5 Nc8 58.Rh6 Nxb6 59.Rxb6+= Endgame KR-KB Ka8 60.Kc6 Ba7 61.Rb4 Bb8 62.Kb6 Intending Ra4+ and mate. Ba7+ 63.Ka6 Bb8 64.Ra4 Kb6+ would kill now. Ba7 65.Ra1 Bd4 66.Ra4 Ba7 67.Ra2 Bd4 68.Kb5+ Ba7 69.Kc6 Kb8 70.Rb2+ Ka8! 71.Kc7 Be3 72.Re2 Bf4+ 73.Kb6 Bg3 74.Ra2+ Kb8 75.Rg2 Bc7+ 76.Kc6 White threatens Rg8+ and mate. Bf4 77.Rg8+ Ka7 78.Rg4 Be5 79.Rb4 Bg3 80.Rb7+ Ka8 81.Rg7 Bb8 82.Rg8 Ka7 83.Rxb8 Kxb8 Precision: White = 57%, Black = 65%. ½–½
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Vidit,S2723Firouzja,A2549½–½2018A4015th Aeroflot Open 20187

Standings after round seven (top 25)

Rk. Name Pts.  TB1 
1 Kovalev Vladislav 5,5 3
2 Tabatabaei M.Amin 5,5 3
3 Petrosian Tigran L. 5,0 3
4 Artemiev Vladislav 5,0 3
5 Lysyj Igor 5,0 3
6 Korobov Anton 5,0 3
7 Sargissian Gabriel 5,0 3
8 Xu Xiangyu 4,5 4
9 Bologan Victor 4,5 4
10 Sethuraman S.P. 4,5 4
11 Gordievsky Dmitry 4,5 4
12 Khalifman Alexander 4,5 3
13 Karthikeyan Murali 4,5 3
14 Matlakov Maxim 4,5 3
15 Mamedov Rauf 4,5 3
16 Najer Evgeniy 4,5 3
17 Romanov Evgeny 4,5 3
18 Maghsoodloo Parham 4,0 4
19 Yakubboev Nodirbek 4,0 4
20 Andreikin Dmitry 4,0 4
21 Piorun Kacper 4,0 4
22 Kamsky Gata 4,0 4
23 Inarkiev Ernesto 4,0 4
  Alekseenko Kirill 4,0 4
25 Sasikiran Krishnan 4,0 4

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FIDE Instructor Niklesh Kumar Jain Jain is an international chess player who has participated in tournaments in almost in 20 different countries, winning the international tournament in Sri Lanka in 2010. He also worked for a television network as an anchor and news writer for two years and reported in Hindi during World Chess Championship 2013 and 2014.

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