Sharjah Masters 07: The day the queens were deposed

by Albert Silver
3/30/2017 – A key round, as they all are so near the finish, with nerves taking their toll as was evidenced by several games suffering from irrecoverable catastrophes early on. The biggest game of the say was Wang Hao's victory over Adhiban with black, when the Indian unwittingly entered a line the Chinese player had prepared in detail with a student! He analyzes his win with Daniel King in this illustrated report.

FM Claus Dieter Meyer has put under the microscope a comprehensive fund of topical and timeless games / fragments. On video Hamburg GM Dr. Karsten Müller has outlined corner points of Meyer's work and created 14 tests plus 10 interactive test sets.

All photos by Anastasiya Karlovich

Geoffrey Borg, the FIDE CEO, arrives to tournament

Before the round starts, Adhiban, Bok, and Saleh enjoy a friendly chat

It isn't often that a grandmaster's queen finds itself attacked with nowhere to hide, yet that is precisely what took place in not one, but two games.

Radoslaw Wojtaszek vs Benjamin Bok

 

Centralization is key strategical concept in chess, but to every rule there is an exception. Here, just 15 moves have been played, but after 16. Nb3! (oops!), the queen was caught smack in the middle of the board. Black played 16...a4, but eventually waved the white flag 15 moves later. (Note: You can move the pieces on the diagram)

Top seed Wojtaszek probably could not believe his good fortune to find himself winning the queen after just 16 moves

Matthias Bluebaum vs Vishnu Prasanna V

 

In this game, Black only did better by one move, and after 17. Qb2! resigned in view of the inevitable 18. Nb3! winning the black queen

The queen related tragedies did not stop there, and even decided the top board and the top spot.

Baskaran Adhiban vs Wang Hao

 

It was a crucial game for the standings, and Wang Hao admitted he had planned to not push hard for tournament strategy reasons, only to find his opponent had other ideas. The opening play seems very offbeat, but little did the Indian know, Wang Hao had analyzed it all in detail.... with one of his students! Daniel King is astonished to learn that an active elite player such as Wang Hao is also a teacher.

When asked how he spent his free days in such events, Wang Hao said he is very relaxed and usually spends it watching anime (Japanese cartoons) or playing video games

Although the chance for a GM norm is no longer on the table, 11-year-old Praggnanandhaa will nevertheless add some Elo points to his already impressive 2455 rating.

Aditya Mital vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov

 

We are treated to a game between to very young fighters: Aditya Mittal, 11 years old, and Nodirbek Abdusattorov, 13, and already clearly of strong IM strength. The young Uzbeki shares his win with Daniel King.

16-year-old WGM Zhansaya Abdumalik has had a challenging event and stands at 4.0/7

Official photographer Maria Emelianova

The very likable Gawain Jones suffered another setback in round seven, and after a 4.0/4 start, has now lost two straight games

Vasanta Wettasinha is 60 years old, and rated a very modest 1718, but the incredibly out-giving player teaches children chess for free in Sri Lanka.

Saleh Salem vs Viani Antonio Dcunha

Top UAE player, Salem Saleh, rated 2652, reached a powerful position against his Indian opponent, but as he explains to Daniel King, who agreed, how he could break through was not at all obvious. He then hit upon a powerful plan, which he executed to eventually convert his advantage to a win. A fascinating video.

After his first round 'slip' when he drew 11-year-old IM Praggnanandhaa, Arkadij Naiditsch is now well on track with 5.5/7 and 5th in the standings. It will all come down to the last two rounds.

French GM Laurent Fressinet is also on 5.5/7 and 6th in the standings

Standings after seven rounds

Rk
SNo
Ti.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts
 TB 
rtg+/-
1 5 GM Wang Hao CHN 2683 6,0 26,5 12,3
2 21 GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2641 6,0 23,5 12,9
3 6 GM Adhiban B. IND 2682 5,5 26,5 6,8
4 17 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2660 5,5 26,5 3,9
5 4 GM Naiditsch Arkadij AZE 2702 5,5 25,0 0,8
  16 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2662 5,5 25,0 5,5
7 22 GM Bluebaum Matthias GER 2632 5,5 25,0 0,9
8 1 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2745 5,5 25,0 -1,7
9 47   Xu Yinglun CHN 2540 5,5 24,5 10,8
10 15 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2664 5,5 24,0 1,8
11 23 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2629 5,5 24,0 4,0
12 31 GM Gledura Benjamin HUN 2588 5,5 24,0 7,5
13 2 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2708 5,5 24,0 0,8
14 36 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2576 5,5 21,5 7,5
15 11 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2675 5,0 28,5 -2,1
16 7 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2682 5,0 25,0 -3,7
17 20 GM Oleksiyenko Mykhaylo UKR 2643 5,0 25,0 -5,3
18 45 GM Pichot Alan ARG 2556 5,0 24,0 5,8
19 64 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2472 5,0 24,0 13,1
20 13 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2666 5,0 24,0 -6,4
21 28 GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2593 5,0 23,5 6,6
22 12 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2673 5,0 23,5 -4,1
23 80 GM Laxman R.R. IND 2403 5,0 23,0 19,6
24 46 GM Schroeder Jan-Christian GER 2543 5,0 23,0 2,8
  54 IM Xu Xiangyu CHN 2503 5,0 23,0 7,0
26 57 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 2483 5,0 22,5 9,8
27 72 FM Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2429 5,0 22,5 6,4
28 18 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2652 5,0 22,0 -10,1
29 48 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2539 5,0 21,0 5,3
30 142 WFM Srija Seshadri IND 2166 5,0 19,0 44,0

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Abdusattorov,N2771Salem,A26318.55147632
Maghsoodloo,P2706Xiao,T24938.185147650
Tabatabaei,M2670Visakh N R25078.45147631
Sargissian,G2641Kacharava,N25168.265147664
Indjic,A2637Sargsyan,S26668.25147628
Theodorou,N2611Vetokhin,S25588.75147636
Tin,J2601Sethuraman,S25528.215147654
Paravyan,D2596Amar,E25698.95147639
Vescovi,G2584Vakhidov,J25468.385147679
Gupta,A2577Rohith Krishna S24908.335147672
Bai,J2572Assaubayeva,B24948.135147644
Karthik Venkataraman2565Huang,R24918.235147657
Akobian,V2564Siddharth,J24728.155147646
Sankalp Gupta2559Pang,T24858.255147663
Bharath Subramaniyam H2556Nguyen,N26328.195147651
Pranav Anand2555Daneshvar,B26218.65147635
Sanal,V2555Mendonca,L26308.205147652
Gavrilescu,D2554Nigmatov,O24578.175147649
Jumabayev,R2551Samunenkov,I25728.145147645
Aditya Mittal2547Pichot,A25878.125147643
Woodward,A2547Azarov,S25968.115147642
Petkov,M2524Isik,A24828.315147670
Samadov,R2521Malek,J25118.325147671
Madaminov,M2520Seemann,J24538.395147680
Nikitenko,M2516Tarhan,A24728.375147677
Aronyak Ghosh2514Predke,A26318.275147665
Klimkowski,J2503Grebnev,A25568.295147667
Royal,S2493Zhu,J25418.305147668
Mamedov,E2492Muradli,M26038.85147638
Divya Deshmukh2469Kuybokarov,T25428.345147673
Ilamparthi A R2469Ahmadzada,A25648.245147658
Tippa,A1614Ferreira,J25378.355147674
Levin,E2453Tissir,M23208.115147707
Meng,Y2443Mayank Chakraborty24368.15147694
Jiang,H2439Raahul V S23788.85147702
Burmakin,V2435Plotnikov,B20568.35147696
Tarigan,G2415Zhang,D24108.45147697
Poormosavi,S2379Mahdavi,R24458.25147695
Zia,T2374Prraneeth Vuppala24748.55147698
Popovic,M2334Shyaam Nikhil P24308.125147708
Mkrtchyan,M2292Wang,S24628.65147699
Davudov,T2279Beydullayeva,G23948.105147705
Sharipov,D2269Harshavardhan G B24418.75147701
Jagreet Misra1999Ahmad,A22838.95147704
Ivic,V2630Giri,A27388.15147627
Kozak,A2578Sevian,S26948.35147630
Xu,X2623Dai,C25318.105147641
Oro,F2454Zemlyanskii,I25638.165147647
Raja Rithvik R2545Iniyan,P25738.225147655
Movahed,S2518Can,E25688.285147666
Giri,A2738Indjic,A26375.14909066
Kozak,A2578Abdusattorov,N27715.24909067
Zhang,D2410Levin,E24535.24909137
Daneshvar,B2621Woodward,A25475.64909071
Prraneeth Vuppala2474Yurasov,M23545.84909145
Borisova,E2233Jiang,H24395.114909149
Shyaam Nikhil P2430Vasilkov,N22015.124909150
Sevian,S2694Pranav Anand25555.154909084
Idani,P2630Sanal,V25555.174909086
Assaubayeva,B2494Xu,X26235.194909089
Zhu,J2541Paravyan,D25965.204909090
Can,E2568Pang,T24855.234909094
Ahmadzada,A2564Mamedov,E24925.244909096
Kuybokarov,T2542Aronyak Ghosh25145.394909124
Zemlyanskii,I2563Giri,A27384.14832140
Schekachikhin,M2364Mayank Chakraborty24364.14832208
Nikitenko,M2516Indjic,A26374.24832141
Burmakin,V2435Zhang,D24104.24832209
Levin,E2453Aydin,G22404.34832210
Visakh N R2507Kozak,A25784.44832144
Garifullina,L2467Zia,T23744.44832211
Salem,A2631Madaminov,M25204.54832146
Ritviz,P2362Wang,S24624.54832213
Maghsoodloo,P2706Ahmadzada,A25644.74832148
Meng,Y2443Bharadia Yash23554.74832216
Tabatabaei,M2670Grebnev,A25564.84832149
Sharipov,D2269Shyaam Nikhil P24304.84832217
Vetokhin,S2558Sargsyan,S26664.94832152
Umarov,M1942Ahmad,A22834.94832219
Woodward,A2547Mendonca,L26304.104832153
Tarigan,G2415Akshat,K23354.104832220
Klimkowski,J2503Daneshvar,B26214.114832154
Mkrtchyan,M2292Liyanage,R23874.114832221
Poormosavi,S2379Abdulkarimli,E21734.124832223
Tin,J2601Kacharava,N25164.134832156
Ilamparthi A R2469Azarov,S25964.144832158
Oro,F2454Iniyan,P25734.154832160
Amar,E2569Assaubayeva,B24944.164832161
Karthik Venkataraman2565Ohanyan,E25034.174832162
Sankalp Gupta2559Sevian,S26944.184832164
Nguyen,N2632Sanal,V25554.194832165
Bharath Subramaniyam H2556Idani,P26304.204832166
Xu,X2623Zhu,J25414.214832167
Paravyan,D2596Xiao,T24934.224832168
Pranav Anand2555Pichot,A25874.234832170
Akobian,V2564Huang,R24914.254832178
Rohith Krishna S2490Sargissian,G26414.264832179
Lobanov,S2527Predke,A26314.274832180
Vescovi,G2584Malek,J25114.294832184
Bai,J2572Petkov,M25244.304832185
Movahed,S2518Samunenkov,I25724.314832186
Gavrilescu,D2554Isik,A24824.324832187
Jumabayev,R2551Divya Deshmukh24694.334832189
Pang,T2485Vakhidov,J25464.344832190
Raja Rithvik R2545Seemann,J24534.354832191
Tarhan,A2472Kuybokarov,T25424.364832192
Sychev,K2542Siddharth,J24724.374832193
Gupta,A2577Tippa,A16144.384832194
Aronyak Ghosh2514Sethuraman,S25524.394832195
Ferreira,J2537Davtyan,A24854.404832197
Royal,S2493Injac,T24744.414832198
Karthik Venkataraman2565Giri,A27382.14677262
Sakline Mostafa,S2234Prraneeth Vuppala24742.14677335
Tabatabaei,M2670Zemlyanskii,I25632.24677265
Borisova,E2233Wang,S24622.24677336
Akobian,V2564Sargsyan,S26662.34677266
Levin,E2453said,H-2.34677337
Bharath Subramaniyam H2556Indjic,A26372.44677268
Sultan,I2222Mahdavi,R24452.44677339
Salem,A2631Malek,J25112.54677269
Vasilkov,N2201Harshavardhan G B24412.54677340
Ivic,V2630Vetokhin,S25582.64677270
Jiang,H2439AbuAzizah,R21822.64677341
Tin,J2601Grebnev,A25562.74677271
Tabada,J2197Mayank Chakraborty24362.74677342
Nikitenko,M2516Azarov,S25962.84677273
Burmakin,V2435Dimitrova,A21762.84677343
Paravyan,D2596Dai,C25312.94677275
Assaad,J2187Shyaam Nikhil P24302.94677344
Visakh N R2507Iniyan,P25732.104677276
Tarigan,G2415Abdulkarimli,E21732.104677346
Mamedov,E2492Sevian,S26942.114677277
Arshiya Das2174Zhang,D24102.114677347
Abdusattorov,N2771Aditya Mittal25472.124677278
Du,Y1973Ahmad,A22832.124677350
Maghsoodloo,P2706Sethuraman,S25522.134677279
Sargissian,G2641Zhu,J25412.144677281
Nguyen,N2632Kuybokarov,T25422.154677283
Woodward,A2547Predke,A26312.164677285
Ferreira,J2537Idani,P26302.174677286
Lobanov,S2527Mendonca,L26302.184677288
Xu,X2623Kacharava,N25162.194677289
Samadov,R2521Daneshvar,B26212.204677290
Theodorou,N2611Madaminov,M25202.214677293
Vescovi,G2584Assaubayeva,B24942.224677294
Movahed,S2518Kozak,A25782.234677295
Gupta,A2577Ohanyan,E25032.244677297
Bai,J2572Huang,R24912.254677301
Amar,E2569Xiao,T24932.264677302
Klimkowski,J2503Can,E25682.274677304
Rohith Krishna S2490Ahmadzada,A25642.284677305
Sankalp Gupta2559Nigmatov,O24572.294677306
Pranav Anand2555Seemann,J24532.304677307
Pang,T2485Sanal,V25552.314677309
Gavrilescu,D2554Siddharth,J24722.324677310
Oro,F2454Muradli,M26032.334677312
Aronyak Ghosh2514Pichot,A25872.344677314
Royal,S2493Samunenkov,I25722.354677315
Jumabayev,R2551Davtyan,A24852.364677316
Injac,T2474Vakhidov,J25462.374677317
Raja Rithvik R2545Isik,A24822.384677318
Sychev,K2542Divya Deshmukh24692.394677320
Tarhan,A2472Petkov,M25242.404677321
Ilamparthi A R2469Tippa,A16142.414677323
Sethuraman,S2552Abdusattorov,N27711.14604271
Preobrazhenskaya,D2103Ayush Sharma24781.14604331
Giri,A2738Jumabayev,R25511.24604272
Prraneeth Vuppala2474Nyazi,N21031.24604333
Aditya Mittal2547Maghsoodloo,P27061.34604273
Xu,Z2102Garifullina,L24671.34604334
Sevian,S2694Woodward,A25471.44604274
Wang,S2462Vishwa Vasnawala20901.44604335
Dai,C2531Salem,A26311.54604276
Zhou,Y2087Levin,E24531.54604337
Vakhidov,J2546Tabatabaei,M26701.64604277
Mahdavi,R2445Muhammed,S20821.64604338
Sargsyan,S2666Raja Rithvik R25451.74604278
Imomkuzieva,N2080Meng,Y24431.74604339
Kuybokarov,T2542Sargissian,G26411.84604279
Harshavardhan G B2441Vandan Alankar Sawai20751.84604340
Indjic,A2637Sychev,K25421.94604280
Mukund Hemant Agarwal2075Jiang,H24391.94604342
Zhu,J2541Nguyen,N26321.104604281
Mayank Chakraborty2436Shashish Subbiah20681.104604343
Predke,A2631Ferreira,J25371.114604282
Alhejab,M2067Burmakin,V24351.114604345
Idani,P2630Lobanov,S25271.124604284
Ahmad,A2283Aamuktha Guntaka19791.124604347
Petkov,M2524Ivic,V26301.134604286
Mendonca,L2630Samadov,R25211.144604288
Madaminov,M2520Xu,X26231.154604289
Daneshvar,B2621Movahed,S25181.164604291
Kacharava,N2516Theodorou,N26111.174604292
Muradli,M2603Nikitenko,M25161.184604294
Tippa,A1614Tin,J26011.194604296
Azarov,S2596Aronyak Ghosh25141.204604297
Malek,J2511Paravyan,D25961.214604298
Pichot,A2587Visakh N R25071.224604299
Ohanyan,E2503Vescovi,G25841.234604300
Kozak,A2578Klimkowski,J25031.244604301
Assaubayeva,B2494Gupta,A25771.254604304
Iniyan,P2573Royal,S24931.264604306
Xiao,T2493Bai,J25721.274604307
Samunenkov,I2572Mamedov,E24921.284604308
Huang,R2491Amar,E25691.294604309
Can,E2568Rohith Krishna S24901.304604310
Davtyan,A2485Karthik Venkataraman25651.314604311
Ahmadzada,A2564Pang,T24851.324604312
Isik,A2482Akobian,V25641.334604314
Zemlyanskii,I2563Injac,T24741.344604315
Siddharth,J2472Sankalp Gupta25591.354604317
Vetokhin,S2558Tarhan,A24721.364604319
Divya Deshmukh2469Bharath Subramaniyam H25561.374604320
Grebnev,A2556Ilamparthi A R24691.384604321
Nigmatov,O2457Pranav Anand25551.394604322
Sanal,V2555Oro,F24541.404604324
Seemann,J2453Gavrilescu,D25541.414604326
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