24th Abu Dhabi Masters
The strong open tournament attracted a large number of title-holders, many of them from India. But it was the Egypian Grandmaster Bassem Amin who won without a single loss. Nigel Short could also avoid any losses but he drew one more game than the tournament winner. Short played Amin in the final round and the outcome of this game was influenced by the tournament standings:
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The purpose of this DVD is to teach players how to conduct the attack on the black king using different methods. Although the Italian Game and the Ruy Lopez are mostly positional openings, it is very often possible to make use of attacking methods of play
Nigel Short in action | Photo: adchessfestival.ae
The tournament brought a whole number of interesting games. The young International Master Adham Fawzy from Egypt scored a particularly fine win when his higher-rated opponent neglected to develop in time:
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The Modern Pirc is actually a mixture of the Caro-Kann and the Pirc. In many lines Black combines the ideas of the classical Pirc in which the fianchettoed bishop is important with the Caro-Kann idea to fight for the center with c6-d5.
To start in the Masters you had to have a rating of at least 2100. But apart from the Masters there was an "Open" for players with a rating of 2100 or less and a junior tournament. | Photo: adchessfestival.ae
Chess can be demanding and it is not easy to keep the pieces under control. | Photo: adchessfestival.ae
Final standings after 9 rounds
| Rg. |
Snr |
|
Name |
Country |
Elo |
Pts. |
| 1 |
2 |
GM |
Amin Bassem |
EGY |
2680 |
7,5 |
| 2 |
1 |
GM |
Short Nigel D |
ENG |
2688 |
7,0 |
| 3 |
35 |
GM |
Aryan Chopra |
IND |
2507 |
6,5 |
| 4 |
8 |
GM |
Salem A.R. Saleh |
UAE |
2624 |
6,5 |
| 5 |
28 |
GM |
Batchuluun Tsegmed |
MGL |
2555 |
6,5 |
| 6 |
3 |
GM |
Mamedov Rauf |
AZE |
2680 |
6,5 |
| 7 |
4 |
GM |
Korobov Anton |
UKR |
2668 |
6,5 |
| 8 |
39 |
IM |
Abdusattorov Nodirbek |
UZB |
2470 |
6,5 |
| 9 |
11 |
GM |
Parligras Mircea-Emilian |
ROU |
2616 |
6,5 |
| 10 |
41 |
IM |
Vignesh N R |
IND |
2448 |
6,0 |
| 11 |
9 |
GM |
Adly Ahmed |
EGY |
2619 |
6,0 |
| 12 |
7 |
GM |
Efimenko Zahar |
UKR |
2636 |
6,0 |
| 13 |
25 |
GM |
Gabuzyan Hovhannes |
ARM |
2566 |
6,0 |
| 14 |
23 |
GM |
Stupak Kirill |
BLR |
2573 |
6,0 |
| 15 |
10 |
GM |
Sethuraman S.P. |
IND |
2618 |
6,0 |
| 16 |
33 |
IM |
Firouzja Alireza |
IRI |
2517 |
6,0 |
| 17 |
30 |
GM |
Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag |
BRA |
2534 |
6,0 |
| 18 |
19 |
GM |
Karthikeyan Murali |
IND |
2579 |
6,0 |
| 19 |
37 |
IM |
Puranik Abhimanyu |
IND |
2495 |
5,5 |
| 20 |
40 |
GM |
Gagare Shardul |
IND |
2467 |
5,5 |
| 21 |
17 |
GM |
Paichadze Luka |
GEO |
2581 |
5,5 |
| 22 |
15 |
GM |
Pantsulaia Levan |
GEO |
2585 |
5,5 |
| 23 |
27 |
GM |
Bernadskiy Vitaliy |
UKR |
2562 |
5,5 |
| 24 |
21 |
GM |
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel |
ARM |
2577 |
5,5 |
| 25 |
20 |
GM |
Rozum Ivan |
RUS |
2579 |
5,5 |
| 26 |
6 |
GM |
Lupulescu Constantin |
ROU |
2637 |
5,5 |
| 27 |
14 |
GM |
Andersen Mads |
DEN |
2586 |
5,5 |
| 28 |
57 |
IM |
Sardana Rishi |
AUS |
2386 |
5,5 |
| 29 |
31 |
GM |
Harika Dronavalli |
IND |
2526 |
5,5 |
| 30 |
26 |
GM |
Wagner Dennis |
GER |
2563 |
5,5 |
Games
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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.
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