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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
