Dubai Masters: Four players start with 3.0/3

by André Schulz
5/7/2024 – After three rounds, the number of players who have won all their games has been reduced to four. Three of these players are from India, which has by far the largest contingent in the Masters with 40 participants. Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun and chess legend Vasyl Ivanchuk both started with 2.0/3. | Photos: ChessBase India

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With 40 players, India has by far the largest contingent at the Dubai Masters Open, which is outstanding in terms of both quantity and quality. Uzbekistan (14 players) and Kazakhstan (11 players) follow at a distance. In addition to the Masters, there is an A-Open and a Youth Open with a total of 600 participants. A large number of players from India are also taking part in the event's other tournaments, well over 100 in total.

After the three rounds played so far, three Indian grandmasters are also in the group of four players who have won all their games in the Masters so far. The fourth in the group is Saleh Salem from the United Arab Emirates.

Of the four leaders, Indian GM Chithambaram Aravindh, with a current rating of 2670 Elo the number eight seed, has the best tiebreak. In round three, he played Jagadeesh Siddarth from Singapore. Aravindh chose the Pirc/Modern, a favourite of top players when they want to play for a win with Black. However, offer the opening Aravindh found himself in a slightly uncomfortable position and offered a silent draw by repeating the position. Siddarth refused, but a few moves later he blundered the game away.

Among the many strong players competing at the Dubai Masters is Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun, who played last week in Malmö, Sweden, where she performed well against strong male competition.

In Dubai, she started with a bye (sitting out a round with 1/2 point) and then scored 1.5 points against two lesser ranked IMs from Iran.

Chess legend Vasyl Ivanchuk, who recently played an open on the Balearic Islands, is also among the participants. With a win and two draws, he also has two points, as does the number one seed, Chinese Grandmaster Yu Yangyi.

Hans Niemann, who has now attracted the attention of Hollywood, drew three times against nominally much weaker opponents, including Teodora Injac (Serbia), and is ranked 76th.

Standings after three rounds

g. Snr Name sex Country Elo Pts.  Tb1   Tb2   Tb3   Tb4   Tb5  K rtg+/-
1 8
GM Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. IND 2670 3 3297 0 3 2 3 10 5,5
2 17
GM Salem, A.R. Saleh UAE 2629 3 3260 0 2,5 1,5 3 10 8,4
3 35
GM Pranesh, M IND 2535 3 3223 0 3 2 3 10 10,4
4 41
GM Visakh, N R IND 2506 3 3166 0 2 1 3 10 9,9
5 48
GM Miladinovic, Igor SRB 2489 2,5 2834 0 1,5 1,5 2 10 12,7
6 53
IM Urazayev, Arystanbek KAZ 2473 2,5 2802 0 2,5 1,5 2 10 12,2
7 57
IM Movahed, Sina IRI 2463 2,5 2750 0 3 2 2 10 10,6
8 3
GM Artemiev, Vladislav RUS 2705 2,5 2744 0 2,5 1,5 2 10 1,3
9 12
GM Sargsyan, Shant ARM 2637 2,5 2730 0 1,5 1,5 2 10 3
10 2
GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin IRI 2707 2,5 2727 0 3 2 2 10 0,8
11 14
GM Donchenko, Alexander GER 2631 2,5 2727 0 2,5 1,5 2 10 3,1
12 23
GM Indjic, Aleksandar SRB 2603 2,5 2715 0 2,5 1,5 2 10 3,6
13 27
GM Pranav, V IND 2587 2,5 2708 0 2 1,5 2 10 3,9
14 29
GM Liu, Yan CHN 2575 2,5 2702 0 2,5 1,5 2 10 4,2
15 21
GM Aditya, Mittal IND 2607 2,5 2699 0 2 1,5 2 10 3
16 37
GM Vignesh, N R IND 2526 2,5 2689 0 3 1,5 2 10 5,5
17 38
GM Makhnev, Denis KAZ 2518 2,5 2688 0 1,5 1,5 2 10 5,8
18 26
GM Sethuraman, S.P. IND 2588 2,5 2674 0 2,5 1,5 2 10 2,7
19 36
GM Pranav, Anand IND 2530 2,5 2625 0 2,5 1,5 2 10 3,1
20 76
IM Shyaamnikhil, P IND 2420 2 2753 0 3 2 1 10 13
21 45
GM Iniyan, Pa IND 2493 2 2707 0 2,5 2 1 10 8,3
22 70
IM Mohammad Fahad, Rahman BAN 2431 2 2699 0 2,5 1,5 1 10 10
23 49
GM Fawzy, Adham EGY 2486 2 2679 0 2 2 1 10 7,6
24 102
IM Nazari, Arad IRI 2370 2 2669 0 3 2 1 10 11,9
25 64
IM Ilamparthi, A R IND 2440 2 2630 0 1,5 1,5 2 10 7,3
26 40
IM Siddharth, Jagadeesh SGP 2508 2 2605 0 2 1 2 10 3,8
27 59
IM Malek, Jan POL 2461 2 2601 0 3 2 2 10 5,6
28 113
IM Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan SRI 2352 2 2599 0 2 1 1 10 10
29 6
GM Sindarov, Javokhir UZB 2684 2 2593 0 3 2 1 10 -3,2
30 65
IM Krishna, C R G IND 2437 2 2589 0 2 2 1 10 6,1
31 47
Xiao, Tong(Qd) CHN 2491 2 2587 0 3 2 1 10 3,7
32 51
IM Srihari, L R IND 2485 2 2586 0 2,5 1,5 2 10 3,9
33 42
IM Madaminov, Mukhiddin UZB 2504 2 2582 0 2 1 2 10 3,1
34 32
GM Ju, Wenjun w CHN 2559 2 2572 0 3 1,5 1 10 0,2
35 7
GM Martirosyan, Haik M. ARM 2678 2 2569 0 3,5 2 1 10 -3,7

...135 participants

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