Sharjah Masters 08: Four at the top

by Albert Silver
3/31/2017 – In round eight, the two leaders Wang Hao and Martyn Kravtsiv drew comfortably against each other, making space for more on the podium. This invitation was graciously accepted by Kryvoruchko and the irrepressible Adhiban who now also share the lead. Once more this illustrated report brings entertaining games analyzed by the players with Daniel King.

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The top players of the Indian contingent chat a bit before the game

Eltaj Safarli has not had a great event so far, but does regain a bit of lost ground with this win over Valeriy Neverov. He now has 5.5/8.

Baskaran Adhiban vs Benjamin Gledura

 

Baskaran Adhiban is back, and takes on 17-year-old Benjamin Gledura, a Hungarian talent. He reminds Daniel King that Gledura had beaten Anand in Gibraltar in 2016, and is not to be taken lightly. Note that while he says that, he does not let go of his improvisational approach to the game, and his comments are flowing with ideas. In spite of being the penultimate round in a major Open, he retains that llight-hearted spirit that makes him such an endearing character.

Co-leaders Wang Hao and Martyn Kravtsiv drew their game without too much effort, and remain among the four leaders with 6.5/8 going into the last round.

Yuriy Kryvoruchko beat Matthias Bluebaum in round eight, and is the fourth player on 6.5/8

Vladimir Akopian vs Srinath Narayanan

 

A fascinating Italian played by Vladimir Akopian as he enjoys the modern trend to deviate from his lifelong Ruy Lopez. It must be noted that Akopian is Speedy Gonzales when analying out loud. He is thorough though.

Untitled Chinese player, Xu Yinglun, rated 2540, has performed superbly and has a 2620 performance with 6.0/8

13-year-old Abdusattorov has a 2500 performance thus far, and will face Venezuelan GM Iturrizaga in the final round

Deepan Chakkravarthy vs Saleh Salem

Once again, Salem Saleh is the flavor of the day, this time against 30-year-old GM Chakkravarthy from India. The game is a classic Sicilian (not to be confused with Classical Sicilian) with a pawn roller in the center and kingside. Salem's comments and ideas in the game show what an imaginative strategist he is, and it is a pleasure to watch him in action.

WGM Mary Ann Gomes from India beat GM Babu Lalith in round eight, and has 5.0/8

Yuriy Kuzubov from Ukraine had a great first half, but a less stellar second half and is at 5.5/8

Standings after eight rounds

Rk
SNo
Ti.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts
 TB 
rtg+/-
1 5 GM Wang Hao CHN 2683 6,5 37,5 11,7
2 6 GM Adhiban B. IND 2682 6,5 34,5 10,5
3 2 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2708 6,5 33,0 4,8
4 21 GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2641 6,5 32,5 13,5
5 4 GM Naiditsch Arkadij AZE 2702 6,0 36,5 -0,2
6 16 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2662 6,0 35,0 3,8
7 17 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2660 6,0 34,5 5,1
8 11 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2675 6,0 34,5 0,3
9 23 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2629 6,0 33,5 5,0
  45 GM Pichot Alan ARG 2556 6,0 33,5 6,7
11 1 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2745 6,0 33,5 -2,9
12 47   Xu Yinglun CHN 2540 6,0 32,5 12,5
13 15 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2664 6,0 31,5 0,6
14 36 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2576 6,0 31,5 8,7
15 7 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2682 6,0 31,5 -0,6
16 18 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2652 6,0 30,0 -7,3
17 10 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2676 5,5 35,5 -1,6
18 12 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2673 5,5 34,5 -6,3
19 28 GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2593 5,5 34,0 4,4
20 31 GM Gledura Benjamin HUN 2588 5,5 33,5 3,8
21 35 GM Idani Pouya IRI 2576 5,5 33,0 3,4
22 50 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2526 5,5 33,0 5,8
23 19 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2643 5,5 33,0 -7,4
24 22 GM Bluebaum Matthias GER 2632 5,5 32,5 -3,1
25 80 GM Laxman R.R. IND 2403 5,5 32,5 22,6
26 8 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2680 5,5 32,0 -10,7
27 13 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2666 5,5 32,0 -8,1
28 54 IM Xu Xiangyu CHN 2503 5,5 31,5 9,2
  72 FM Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2429 5,5 31,5 8,6
30 20 GM Oleksiyenko Mykhaylo UKR 2643 5,5 31,5 -8,3

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StWhiteEloWBlackEloBResRndid
Indjic,A2637Dai,C25316.14989912
Mayank Chakraborty2436Mahdavi,R24456.14989977
Maghsoodloo,P2706Giri,A27386.24989913
Garifullina,L2467Zhang,D24106.24989978
Abdusattorov,N2771Iniyan,P25736.34989915
Schekachikhin,M2364Wang,S24626.34989979
Sargsyan,S2666Amar,E25696.44989916
Levin,E2453Raahul V S23786.44989980
Grebnev,A2556Salem,A26316.54989917
Meng,Y2443Liyanage,R23876.54989981
Ivic,V2630Zemlyanskii,I25636.64989919
Burmakin,V2435Ayush Sharma24786.64989982
Daneshvar,B2621Visakh N R25076.74989921
Mkrtchyan,M2292Prraneeth Vuppala24746.74989985
Woodward,A2547Kozak,A25786.84989922
Davudov,T2279Harshavardhan G B24416.84989987
Tabatabaei,M2670Malek,J25116.94989923
Aryan Goyal1931Ahmad,A22836.94989988
Xiao,T2493Azarov,S25966.104989924
Jiang,H2439Tissir,M23206.104989990
Paravyan,D2596Nigmatov,O24576.114989925
Vihaan Dumir2191Shyaam Nikhil P24306.114989991
Theodorou,N2611Aditya Mittal25476.124989927
Tarigan,G2415Kanter,E23096.124989992
Mamedov,E2492Pichot,A25876.134989929
Karthik Venkataraman2565Siddharth,J24726.144989930
Oro,F2454Vetokhin,S25586.154989931
Sanal,V2555Sevian,S26946.164989934
Jumabayev,R2551Idani,P26306.174989935
Nikitenko,M2516Mendonca,L26306.184989936
Xu,X2623Raja Rithvik R25456.194989937
Rohith Krishna S2490Muradli,M26036.204989938
Tin,J2601Assaubayeva,B24946.214989939
Bai,J2572Ohanyan,E25036.224989942
Pang,T2485Samunenkov,I25726.234989944
Ilamparthi A R2469Can,E25686.244989945
Sankalp Gupta2559Kacharava,N25166.254989946
Pranav Anand2555Huang,R24916.264989947
Samadov,R2521Sargissian,G26416.274989948
Nguyen,N2632Tippa,A16146.284989949
Klimkowski,J2503Predke,A26316.294989951
Lobanov,S2527Ahmadzada,A25646.304989952
Akobian,V2564Divya Deshmukh24696.314989953
Bharath Subramaniyam H2556Seemann,J24536.324989954
Gavrilescu,D2554Royal,S24936.334989955
Movahed,S2518Sethuraman,S25526.344989957
Tarhan,A2472Zhu,J25416.354989958
Petkov,M2524Kuybokarov,T25426.364989959
Sychev,K2542Isik,A24826.374989961
Aronyak Ghosh2514Madaminov,M25206.384989964
Vescovi,G2584Davtyan,A24856.394989966
Gupta,A2577Vakhidov,J25466.404989968
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
Siddharth,J2472Bharath Subramaniyam H25565.274909106
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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