Nodirbek Abdusattorov wins Sharjah Masters

by André Schulz
5/30/2022 – Nodirbek Abdusattorov (pictured) won the strong 5th Sharjah Masters in the United Arab Emirates. After nine rounds Abdusattorov and local hero Saleh Salem shared first place with 7.0/9, but thanks to his better tiebreak Abdusattorov won the tournament. The best woman player in the 80-player field was Valentina Gunina. | Photos: Tournament page

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A number of ambitious young Grandmasters had made the trip to the Persian Gulf, including Romanian Bogdan-Daniel Deac, US Grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann, Iranian Amin Tabatabaei, Russian Grandmaster Alexey Sarana, Dutchman Lucas van Foreest and the Indian aces Gukesh, Nihal Sarin and Arjun Erigaisi.

In the end, Abdusattorov, who is also a young ambitious Grandmaster, won the tournament on tiebreak. A crucial game was his win against Saleh Salem in round 7, in which the young Grandmaster from Uzbekistan demonstrated the potential of the Sicilian Paulsen-Taimanov.

 
Salem, A.R. Saleh26900–1Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2661
5th Sharjah Masters 2022
27.05.2022[André Schulz]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 The knight goes to the rim but hopes to come back into the game via c2. Be7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Qb3 Nd7 12...Na5 13.Qxb6 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Qxd8 Bxd8 16.Rad1 d5 17.f3 Bf5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Rxd5 Be6 20.Rd6 Bxa2 21.Rxa6 Rb8 22.Bc5 Re8 23.Bb5 Re6 24.b4 Nb7 25.Bf2 Be7 26.Nc2 Bd5 27.Rd1 Bb3 28.Rd7 Rd8 29.Rxe6 Rxd7 30.Re1 Rc7 31.Bb6 1-0 (31) Karpov, A (2700)-Kasparov,G (2710) Moscow 1984 13.Rfd1 Nc5 14.Qc2 Bf6
Increasing the pressure on the pawn on e4. 15.f3?! An interesting alternative is 15.Rab1!? Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Nxe4 17.Qb3 f5 But not 17...Nc5?? 18.Bxc5 bxc5 19.Qxb7+- 18.Bxb6 15...Be5 16.Bf1 f5 Black seizes the initiative. Less powerful is 16...Qh4 17.g3 Qh5 18.Bg2 though Black has a pleasant and comfortable game. 17.f4 17.exf5 Rxf5 18.Rab1 Qh4 19.g3 Qf6 20.f4 Nd4 21.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 22.Rxd4 Qxd4+ 23.Qf2 Qxf2+ 24.Kxf2 g5 25.Bh3 Rf6 26.Ke3 gxf4+ 27.gxf4 Kf7 28.b4 Nd7 29.Bg4 Ke7 30.Ne2 Rh6 31.h3 Nf6 32.c5 Nxg4+ 0-1 (32) Hartoch,R-Sigurjonsson,G Raach 1969 17...Bxc3 18.Qxc3 Nxe4 Winning a pawn. 19.Qb3 Rb8 19...g5!? 20.Bxb6 Qe7 21.fxg5 f4 20.Bxb6 Qh4 21.Qe3 e5 22.g3 Qf6 22...Qh5!? 23.Bg2 exf4 24.gxf4 Qg6 25.Nc2 The Na3 finally moves again. Ne5 26.Qe2 26.fxe5 f4 27.Qh3 f3-+ 26...Ng4 27.Rd3 Nef6 28.Bd4 Rfe8 29.Qf1 Nh5
White is under severe pressure and finds no defense. 30.Rd2 Re4 31.Re1 31.Bxe4 Bxe4 Not 31...Ne3+? 32.Rg2 Nxg2 33.Bxg2= 32.Rg2 Bxg2 33.Qxg2 Nxf4-+ 31...Rxf4 32.Qd3 Nf2
0–1

After seven rounds Abdusattorov was sole leader with 6.0/7, half a point ahead of Bogdan-Daniel Deac (5.5). Five players 5.0/7 each followed, hoping to catch up. With two draws against Deac and Gupta in rounds eight and nine Abdusattorov narrowly saved his lead as his rivals took points away from each other. Only Saleh Salem, who won his two last games, managed to catch up to Abdusattorov on points.

Saleh Salem

However, the reigning World Champion in rapid chess had the better tiebreak and won the tournament. Abhijeet Gupta and Haik Martirosyan tied for third and fourth place with 6.5/9 each while Deac, Gukesh and Niemann led the group of players with 6.0/9.

Hans Moke Niemann

The results of some of the pre-tournament favourites show how strong the field was. Nihal Sarin (37th), Baskaran Adhiban (43rd) and top seed Vladimir Fedoseev (44th) only finished in the middle.

With 4.0/9 Valentina Gunina finished on place 60 and won the women's prize. Six Russian players used the chance to play a tournament outside of Russia and started under the FIDE flag.

Valentina Gunina

Final standings

Rk. Name Pts.  TB1 
1 Abdusattorov Nodirbek 7,0 1,0
2 Salem A.R. Saleh 7,0 0,0
3 Gupta Abhijeet 6,5 0,5
4 Martirosyan Haik M. 6,5 0,5
5 Deac Bogdan-Daniel 6,0 0,0
6 Gukesh D 6,0 0,0
7 Niemann Hans Moke 6,0 0,0
8 Chigaev Maksim 6,0 0,0
9 Erigaisi Arjun 6,0 0,0
10 Sargissian Gabriel 6,0 0,0
11 Sethuraman S.P. 5,5 0,0
12 Tabatabaei M. Amin 5,5 0,0
13 Sargsyan Shant 5,5 0,0
14 Sindarov Javokhir 5,5 0,0
15 Yilmaz Mustafa 5,5 0,0
16 Idani Pouya 5,5 0,0
17 Can Emre 5,5 0,0
18 Vokhidov Shamsiddin 5,5 0,0
19 Iskandarov Misratdin 5,0 0,0
20 Ponkratov Pavel 5,0 0,0
21 Sarana Alexey 5,0 0,0
22 Van Foreest Lucas 5,0 0,0

...80 players

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