Pranav Venkatesh convincingly clinches Fujairah Global Superstars with a 2843 performance

Superstars: Jiner Zhu and Aditya Mittal impressive, Masters: Brewington Hardaway becomes the champion

GM Brandon Jacobson (USA), GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (MEX) and GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) scored 6/9 each. They secured second to fourth place according to tie-breaks. GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) scored an impressive 5.5/9 to finish fifth. GM Aditya Mittal was placed sixth. He also scored 5.5/9. In the Masters section, GM Brewington Hardaway (USA) scored 7.5/9 to win the event. Five players - IM Umut Ata Akbas (TUR), FM Artin Ashraf (IRI), GM Karthik Venkataraman, IM Reza Mahdavi (IRI) and IM Nico Chasin (USA) scored 7/9 each. They were placed second to sixth respectively according to tie-breaks. Karthik was the sole Indian among top ten finishers in Masters. The total prize fund of all events was US$ 125000, $80000 in the Superstars (>2600), $30000 in Masters (2200-2599) and $15000 in Open (<2200). Top three prizes were - US$ 23000, $13000 and $9000 each.

Superstars Champion: GM Pranav Venkatesh 7/9 | Photo: IA Vivek Sohani and Anna Shtourman

Interview with GM Pranav Venkatesh | Video: ChessBase India

Top 3 in Superstars: 3rd GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (MEX) 6/9, 1st GM Pranav Venkatesh 7/9 and 2nd GM Brandon Jacobson (USA) 6/9 | Photo: Anna Shtourman

Pranav V - Pichot

Position after 36...a4?

GM Alan Pichot (ESP, 2581) misplayed the equal rook and many pawns endgame against GM Pranav Venkatesh (2597). 36...a4? was his final mistake. 37.bxa4+- g6 38.Re5+ Kf6 39.a5 White went on to win the game comfortably. Thus, Pranav became a champion by finishing a full point ahead of the rest.

GM Alan Pichot (ESP) realizing how he squandered a half point against the eventual champion, GM Pranav Venkatesh | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Pranav Venkatesh scored 7/9, finished a full point ahead of the competition, performed at 2843 and increased his Elo rating by 28.2 points

5th GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) 5.5/9 | Photo: Anna Shtourman

GM Aditya Mittal defeated GM Ivan Zemlyanskii to finish sixth | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

6th in Superstars - GM Aditya Mittal 5.5/9 | Photo: Anna Shtourman

Masters Champion - GM Brewington Hardaway (USA) 7.5/9 | Photo: IA Vivek Sohani

Interview with GM Brewington Hardaway (USA) | Video: ChessBase India

Open Champion - FM Alimzhan Zauynbay (KAZ) 8/9 | Photo: IA Vivek Sohani

The Champions - GM Brewington Hardaway (USA) 7.5/9, GM Pranav Venkatesh 7/9 annd FM Alimzhan Zauynbay (KAZ) 8/9 | Photo: IA Vivek Sohani

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Round 9 Superstars results

Bo.	No.		White	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	23	GM	PRANAV, V	IND	2597	6	1 - 0	5	GM	PICHOT, Alan	ESP	2581	34	PGN
2	17	GM	DONCHENKO, Alexander	GER	2616	5	½ - ½	5½	GM	TABATABAEI, M. Amin	IRI	2673	3	PGN
3	1	GM	NIHAL, Sarin	IND	2692	5	½ - ½	5½	GM	JACOBSON, Brandon	USA	2594	27	PGN
4	9	GM	SJUGIROV, Sanan	HUN	2636	5	½ - ½	5	GM	MISHRA, Abhimanyu	USA	2610	18	PGN
5	4	GM	SHANKLAND, Sam	USA	2670	4½	0 - 1	5	GM	MARTINEZ ALCANTARA, Jose Eduardo	MEX	2636	8	PGN
6	35	GM	HONG, Andrew	USA	2580	4½	0 - 1	4½	GM	LU, Shanglei	CHN	2647	5	PGN
7	44	GM	ZHU, Jiner	CHN	2536	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	CHEPARINOV, Ivan	BUL	2625	12	PGN
8	13	GM	DANESHVAR, Bardiya	IRI	2625	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	MURADLI, Mahammad	AZE	2586	31	PGN
9	19	GM	SULEYMANLI, Aydin	AZE	2609	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	NARAYANAN, S L	IND	2595	26	PGN
10	42	GM	ADITYA, Mittal	IND	2560	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	ZEMLYANSKII, Ivan	FID	2586	32	PGN
11	33	GM	DUDIN, Gleb	HUN	2583	4	½ - ½	4	GM	THEODOROU, Nikolas	GRE	2646	6	PGN
12	15	GM	IVANCHUK, Vasyl	UKR	2623	4	½ - ½	4	GM	GREBNEV, Aleksey	FID	2595	24	PGN
13	29	GM	PRANESH, M	IND	2589	4	1 - 0	4	GM	BHARATH, Subramaniyam H	IND	2562	41	PGN
14	43	GM	MOVAHED, Sina	IRI	2558	4	1 - 0	3½	GM	VOLOKITIN, Andrei	UKR	2628	11	PGN
15	40	GM	PIORUN, Kacper	POL	2568	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	MENDONCA, Leon Luke	IND	2606	20	PGN
16	25	GM	MOTYLEV, Alexander	ROU	2595	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	KUZUBOV, Yuriy	UKR	2600	22	PGN
17	37	GM	SOCKO, Bartosz	POL	2574	3	1 - 0	3	GM	KANTOR, Gergely	HUN	2569	39	PGN
18	38	GM	GORSHTEIN, Ido	ISR	2571	2½	½ - ½	3	GM	DARDHA, Daniel	BEL	2616	16	PGN

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	K	rtg+/-
1	23	GM	PRANAV, V		IND	2597	7	2629	0	39	4	10	28,2
2	27	GM	JACOBSON, Brandon		USA	2594	6	2642	0	39	4	10	20,2
3	8	GM	MARTINEZ ALCANTARA, Jose Eduardo		MEX	2636	6	2606	0	34	5	10	10,7
4	3	GM	TABATABAEI, M. Amin		IRI	2673	6	2602	0	35,5	5	10	5,8
5	44	GM	ZHU, Jiner	w	CHN	2536	5,5	2627	0	35	4	10	20,5
6	42	GM	ADITYA, Mittal		IND	2560	5,5	2625	0	31,5	4	10	17,6
7	17	GM	DONCHENKO, Alexander		GER	2616	5,5	2614	0	32,5	4	10	8,9
8	9	GM	SJUGIROV, Sanan		HUN	2636	5,5	2609	0	37	4	10	5,6
9	18	GM	MISHRA, Abhimanyu		USA	2610	5,5	2608	0	34,5	5	10	8,8
10	5	GM	LU, Shanglei		CHN	2647	5,5	2606	0	29,5	4	10	4,5
11	19	GM	SULEYMANLI, Aydin		AZE	2609	5,5	2599	0	35	4	10	7,8
12	1	GM	NIHAL, Sarin		IND	2692	5,5	2593	0	35,5	4	10	-2,7
13	29	GM	PRANESH, M		IND	2589	5	2637	0	35	4	10	10
14	31	GM	MURADLI, Mahammad		AZE	2586	5	2637	0	31,5	5	10	10,6
15	34	GM	PICHOT, Alan		ESP	2581	5	2634	0	32,5	5	10	11

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Masters Round 9 results

9	2	50	IM	SAPENOV Daniyal	KAZ	2429	6	0 - 1	6	GM	KARTHIK Venkataraman	IND	2556	2
9	4	72	IM	KUSHAGRA Mohan	IND	2408	6	½ - ½	6	GM	SIVUK Vitaly	SWE	2495	16
9	7	55	IM	AKBAS Umut Ata	TUR	2425	6	1 - 0	6	IM	JUBIN Jimmy	IND	2464	34
9	9	85	IM	AADITYA Dhingra	IND	2394	6	0 - 1	6	IM	MAHDAVI Reza	IRI	2454	39
9	10	80	IM	SHAHIL Dey	IND	2401	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	SANAL Vahap	TUR	2550	3
9	13	25	IM	STRIBUK Artiom	FID	2474	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	SOHAM Kamotra	IND	2407	74
9	15	36	GM	PRRANEETH Vuppala	IND	2458	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	GASPARYAN Erik R.	ARM	2372	101
9	16	49	IM	KURU Atilla	TUR	2435	5½	½ - ½	5½	IM	VIANI Antonio Dcunha	IND	2364	104
9	17	51	IM	MOHAMED Anees M	IND	2428	5½	0 - 1	5½	FM	NOVOZHILOV Semen	RUS	2358	109
9	18	71	IM	JAIN Kashish Manoj	IND	2408	5	0 - 1	5	GM	GHARIBYAN Mamikon	ARM	2495	15

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	K	rtg+/-
1	14	GM	HARDAWAY, Brewington		USA	2499	7,5	2454	0	43	4	10	19
2	55	IM	AKBAS, Umut Ata		TUR	2425	7	2449	0	36	4	10	25,9
3	52	FM	ASHRAF, Artin		IRI	2428	7	2438	0	34,5	5	10	24,2
4	2	GM	KARTHIK, Venkataraman		IND	2556	7	2433	0	40	5	10	9,1
5	39	IM	MAHDAVI, Reza		IRI	2454	7	2396	0	36,5	4	10	11,7
6	37	IM	CHASIN, Nico		USA	2458	7	2392	0	39,5	4	10	15
7	65	IM	SONG, Yuxin	w	CHN	2414	6,5	2444	0	41,5	4	10	15,6
8	16	GM	SIVUK, Vitaly		SWE	2495	6,5	2442	0	43	4	10	8,3
9	109	FM	NOVOZHILOV, Semen		RUS	2358	6,5	2431	0	36,5	4	20	51,8
10	54	GM	ROZUM, Ivan		RUS	2426	6,5	2424	0	36	4	10	17,7

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Final standings in Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB3	TB4
1	37	FM	ZHAUYNBAY, Alimzhan	U12	KAZ	2071	8	46	38,5	5
2	25		BAGHDASARYAN, Davit	U16	ARM	2116	7,5	50,5	42,5	5
3	5	CM	SHIRLIYEV, Allayar		TKM	2181	7,5	50	42,5	4
4	35	CM	BABANIYA, Benyamin		IRI	2083	7,5	48,5	41	4
5	97		LIU, Huaqi	U14	CHN	1870	7,5	42	35	5
6	11	CM	TOROSYAN, Volodya	U16	ARM	2156	7	52,5	44,5	5
7	21	CM	SUSLOV, Dmitrii	U18	FID	2125	7	48,5	41	4
8	38		YESSENGALI, Adizhan	U16	KAZ	2071	7	47	39,5	5
9	95		ELEMES, Beibarys	U12	KAZ	1876	7	45	37,5	5
10	58		BAGHIROV, Mahammad	U16	AZE	1994	7	43,5	36,5	4

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Pranav Venkatesh convincingly clinches Fujairah Global Superstars with a 2843 performance