7th Sharjah Masters R6: Aravindh Chithambaram maintains his sole lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 20/05/2024

GM Aravindh Chithambaram drew with GM Samuel Shankland (USA) to maintain his sole lead 5/6 at 7th Sharjah Masters 2024. The top seed of the tournament, GM Arjun Erigaisi got back to his winning ways. He defeated GM Daniil Yuffa (ESP) to register his fourth win of the event. GM Pranav V won against his second consecutive 2664+ opponent, GM Samuel Sevian (USA). GM Pa Iniyan made a nice tactical save in the endgame against the Czech Republic no.2 - GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen. In the Challengers, IM Divya Deshmukh shared the point against GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez (PAR) in a position where she could have continued. IM Nitish Belurkar defeated GM Hesham Abdelrahman (EGY) and IM Viani Antonio Dcunha scored a victory over IM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov (UZB) to join the five-way lead 5/6. Round 7 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Arjun Erigaisi reduces the gap

Six players are trailing the sole leader - GM Aravindh Chithambaram by a half point at 4.5/6 each. GM Arjun Erigaisi is the sole Indian among them.

GM Aravindh Chithambaram is still in sole lead 5/6

GM Sam Shankland (USA) - GM Aravindh Chithambaram: 0.5-0.5

Analysis: GM Sam Shankland - GM Aravindh Chithambaram | Video: ChessBase India

Yuffa - Arjun

Position after 38.Bf4??

GM Daniil Yuffa (ESP, 2617) blundered 38.Bf4?? Find out the winning continuation for Black which GM Arjun Erigaisi (2761) executed in the game.

GM Arjun Erigaisi is back to his winning ways after a draw in the previous round

Sevian - Pranav V

Position after 22...Nf4

GM Samuel Sevian (USA, 2698) made a correct exchange 23.Rxf4 exf4 24.Bxf4 Rdg8 25.d4 Bb4 26.c3 g6 27.Nh6 Rc8 28.hxg6 Bd6 White did not get much out of the compensation and Black eventually won the game using his material advantage.

GM Pranav V won his second consecutive game against a 2664+

Iniyan - Thai Dai Van

Position after 36.Qxh6!

GM Pa Iniyan (2493) made a nice save 36.Qxh6! Qb6+ 37.Kh1 Qe3 38.Bh7+ Kh8 39.Qf8+ Kxh7 40.Qxf7+ Kh6 41.Qf6+ Kh7 42.Qf7+ Kh6 43.Qf6+ Kh7 and the game ended in a draw as Black cannot get out of perpetual check.

GM Pa Iniyan displayed his tactical alertness in the endgame

Challengers: Divya, Nitish and Viani in a five-way lead

IM Divya Deshmukh (2440) drew against GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez (PAR, 2483) in a favorable position. IM Nitish Belurkar (2449) defeated GM Hesham Abdelrahman (EGY, 2391) and IM Viani Antonio Dcunha (2386) got the better of IM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov (UZB, 2429). Divya, Nitish and Viani are now in a five-way lead 5/6.

Analysis: IM Divya Deshmukh - GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez (PAR) | Video: ChessBase India

GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez (PAR) - IM Divya Deshmukh: 0.5-0.5

Nitish - Hesham

Position after 29...e4??

GM Hesham Abdelrahman (EGY, 2391) blundered 29...e4?? IM Nitish Belurkar (2449) had no trouble spotting 30.Rxb2 Bxb2 31.Qb5 White gained material and won the game eventually.

IM Nitish Belurkar joined the leaders' pack by defeating GM Hesham Abdelrahman (EGY)

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Round 6 starting moments | Video: ChessBase India

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Round 6 Masters results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	18	GM	Shankland, Sam	2671	4	½ - ½	4½	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2670	19	PGN
2	50	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2581	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2688	14	PGN
3	30	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2629	3½	½ - ½	4	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2707	5	PGN
4	35	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	2617	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2761	1	PGN
5	28	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2631	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2728	3	PGN
6	6	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2706	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2531	66	PGN
7	15	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2684	3	1 - 0	3½	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2701	9	PGN
8	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2732	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2616	37	PGN
9	10	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2698	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Pranav, V	2587	49	PGN
10	16	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2680	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2560	56	PGN
11	32	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2621	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	2678	17	PGN
12	84	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2493	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	2649	23	PGN
13	34	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria	2617	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2640	25	PGN
14	88	IM	Royal, Shreyas	2463	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2629	29	PGN
15	12	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2692	2½	1 - 0	3	GM	Adhiban, B.	2520	73	PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	19	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2670	5	19,5	16,5
2	50	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2581	4,5	20,5	17
3	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2707	4,5	20,5	17
4	6	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2706	4,5	19	16
5	14	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2688	4,5	18,5	16
6	18	GM	Shankland, Sam	USA	2671	4,5	17,5	15
7	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2761	4,5	16,5	13,5
8	30	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2629	4	21	17,5
9	28	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2631	4	20	16,5
10	15	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2684	4	17	14
11	3	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2728	4	16,5	14
12	49	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2587	4	16	14
13	32	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2621	4	15,5	13,5
14	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2732	4	15,5	13,5
15	56	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2560	3,5	20	16,5

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	19	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2670	5	4½	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2581	50
2	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2707	4½	4½	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2706	6
3	14	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2688	4½	4½	GM	Shankland, Sam	2671	18
4	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2761	4½	4	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2732	2
5	3	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2728	4	4	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2629	30
6	32	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2621	4	4	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2684	15
7	49	GM	Pranav, V	2587	4	4	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2631	28
8	56	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2560	3½	3½	GM	Radjabov, Teimour	2723	4
9	7	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2705	3½	3½	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria	2617	34
10	9	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2701	3½	3½	FM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2516	75
11	66	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2531	3½	3½	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2692	12
12	46	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2591	3½	3½	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2680	16
13	78	GM	Blohberger, Felix	2505	3½	3½	GM	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	2650	22
14	23	GM	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	2649	3½	3½	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	2617	35
15	25	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2640	3½	3½	GM	Kuybokarov, Temur	2600	42

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Round 6 Challengers results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	10	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2430	4½	½ - ½	4½	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	2449	7	PGN
2	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	2483	4	½ - ½	4½	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	2440	8	PGN
3	6	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2449	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Hesham, Abdelrahman	2391	15	PGN
4	16	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2386	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2429	11	PGN
5	31	FM	Laddha, Shubh Jayesh	2324	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2480	3	PGN
6	19	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2380	2½	½ - ½	2½		Abdulkarimli, Eljan	2070	64	PGN
7	4	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2466	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Kanyamarala, Tarun	2301	35	PGN
8	22	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2352	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	2431	9	PGN
9	13	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2414	3½	1 - 0	3½	FM	Borisova, Ekaterina	2181	50	PGN
10	17	IM	Aradhya, Garg	2385	3½	1 - 0	3½	FM	Peycheva, Gergana	2295	38	PGN
11	20	IM	Al Qudaimi, Basheer	2375	3½	1 - 0	3½	CM	Sindarov, Islombek	1990	77	PGN
12	51	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja *)	2181	2	1 - 0	2	AIM	Vihaan, Dumir	1994	76	PGN
13	24	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	2345	3½	½ - ½	3½		Dhruva, Thota	2349	23
14	29	FM	Sahakyan, Aleks	2332	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Pang, Tao	2496	1
15	34	WGM	Heinemann, Josefine	2303	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Movahed, Sina	2463	5

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	7	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	MDA	2449	5	20	17
2	8	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2440	5	19,5	16,5
3	10	IM	Garifullina, Leya	FID	2430	5	19	16
4	6	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	IND	2449	5	19	15,5
5	16	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	IND	2386	5	18,5	15,5
6	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	PAR	2483	4,5	19,5	16
7	3	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	RUS	2480	4,5	18	15
8	17	IM	Aradhya, Garg	IND	2385	4,5	18	15
9	13	IM	Harsh, Suresh	IND	2414	4,5	16	13
10	20	IM	Al Qudaimi, Basheer	YEM	2375	4,5	15	12,5
11	35	IM	Kanyamarala, Tarun	IRL	2301	4	21	18
12	23		Dhruva, Thota	IND	2349	4	20,5	17,5
13	24	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	IND	2345	4	19,5	17,5
14	22	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	SRI	2352	4	19	16
15	27	FM	Hakobyan, Erik	ARM	2335	4	17,5	15,5

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	7	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	2449	5	5	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2449	6
2	8	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	2440	5	5	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2386	16
3	10	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2430	5	4½	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2414	13
4	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	2483	4½	4½	IM	Aradhya, Garg	2385	17
5	3	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2480	4½	4½	IM	Al Qudaimi, Basheer	2375	20
6	52		Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	2174	3	3	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2380	19
7	23		Dhruva, Thota	2349	4	4	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2466	4
8	5	IM	Movahed, Sina	2463	4	4	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	2345	24
9	9	IM	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	2431	4	4	IM	Kanter, Eduard	2344	25
10	11	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2429	4	4	FM	Hakobyan, Erik	2335	27
11	35	IM	Kanyamarala, Tarun	2301	4	4		Wang, Yanbin	2415	12
12	97		Abdulrahim, Salem	1824	3	3	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja *)	2181	51
13	15	GM	Hesham, Abdelrahman	2391	4	4	FM	Baranciuc, Alexandr	2332	28
14	66		Alhassadi, Yousef A.	2066	4	4	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2352	22
15	1	IM	Pang, Tao	2496	3½	3½	FM	Nagarkatte, Vedant	2299	37

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