Aravindh wins Dubai Open

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With nearly 80 of 172 participants, India provided by far the largest contingent at the 22nd Dubai Open, which finished on Sunday, 4 September.

By the end of the tournament, seven players in the top ten were from India. Only Aleksandr Predke (2nd) from Russia, playing under the FIDE flag, Seyed Kian Poormosavi from Iran (8th) and Alexandar Indjic (9th) from Serbia managed the feat of breaking into the Indian phalanx.

The winner was Aravindh Chithambaram, who was the only player to score 7.5/9. Five players followed with 7.0/9 each, and of this group Predke and Praggnanandhaa had the best tiebreak.

Arjun Erigaisi, the player with the best live-elo finished with 6.5/9, which gained him some rating points and helped him to advance two places in the live-ranking list.

In round 7 Aravindh defeated former tournament leader Rinat Jumabayev from Kazakhstan, and in round 8 Aravindh won against Arjun Erigaisi. A draw against Praggnanandhaa in round 9 was then enough for Aravindh to win the tournament.

Interview with the winner

Final standings

Rg.	Snr		Name	Country	Elo	Pts.	TB1	Tb2	Tb3	K	rtg+/-
1	13	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.		2614	7,5	0	44,5	37,5	10	11,4
2	1	GM	Predke Alexandr		2692	7	0	49,5	42,5	10	4,3
3	4	GM	Praggnanandhaa R		2661	7	0	49	41,5	10	11,1
4	7	GM	Gupta Abhijeet		2631	7	0	46,5	40	10	4,4
5	57	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete		2381	7	0	44,5	38	10	22,6
6	8	GM	Sethuraman S.P.		2625	7	0	42,5	36,5	10	6,6
7	2	GM	Erigaisi Arjun		2689	6,5	0	50,5	43	10	2,5
8	50	FM	Poormosavi Seyed Kian		2404	6,5	0	48,5	41	10	32,1
9	14	GM	Indjic Aleksandar		2613	6,5	0	48	41	10	2
10	18	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti		2557	6,5	0	45,5	39	10	9,8
11	43	GM	Rahman Ziaur		2427	6,5	0	43,5	37	10	19,3
12	17	GM	Adly Ahmed		2582	6,5	0	43	36	10	-0,7
13	9	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel		2625	6,5	0	42	35,5	10	-4,7
14	24	GM	Arjun Kalyan		2513	6,5	0	40,5	33,5	10	-2,5
15	15	GM	Hakobyan Aram		2612	6	0	49,5	42,5	10	-4,1
16	12	GM	Jumabayev Rinat		2615	6	0	49	41,5	10	0,3
17	10	GM	Sadhwani Raunak		2622	6	0	47	40	10	-8,6
18	3	GM	Tabatabaei M. Amin		2664	6	0	46	39,5	10	-8,8
19	38	IM	Nigmatov Ortik		2437	6	0	45,5	38,5	10	10,5
20	25	GM	Grover Sahaj		2505	6	0	45	38	10	4,7
21	27	GM	Raja Rithvik R		2491	6	0	44	37,5	10	-1,7
22	106	FM	Ayush Sharma		2158	6	0	43,5	36,5	20	81,6
23	23	GM	Gagare Shardul		2521	6	0	43	36	10	-3,6
24	28	IM	Vignesh N R		2467	6	0	43	36	10	12,6
25	36	IM	Das Arghyadip		2446	6	0	41,5	34,5	10	2,4