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22nd Dubai Open 2022 R1: Aditya Varun Gampa defies Arjun Kalyan

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/08/2022

The 22nd edition of Dubai Open is finally back after over three year-long hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A total of 163 players including 78 Indians are taking part which makes it almost 50% players are Indians. Arjun Erigaisi is the highest rated Indian in the field. Praggnanandhaa is playing his first over-the-board since winning a double Bronze at the 44th Chess Olympiad. He would certainly like to continue his good form from the FTX Crypto Cup 2022. 15 players are rated above 2600. 29 GMs, 29 IMs, 2 WGMs and 3 WIMs are taking part. That should give you an idea about the strength of the tournament. Aditya Varun Gampa held GM Arjun Kalyan to a draw and Md. Imran defeated IM Nubairshah Shaikh. Round 2 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Imran stuns Nubairshah

Aditya Varun Gampa drew with GM Arjun Kalyan and Md. Imran (far right) defeated IM Nubairshah Shaikh (far left) | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Aditya Varun Gampa - Arjun Kalyan: 0.5-0.5

Aditya Varun Gampa (2127) endured a tough queen and knight endgame for 36 moves before he could force a draw against GM Arjun Kalyan (2513).

Nubairshah - Imran: 0-1

IM Nubairshah Shaikh (2457) had a less than desirable start against Md. Imran (2063).

Position after 32.Ra4

The counter-intuitive 32.Ra3 was the correct way to proceed for White. It was not easy to figure that out for a human being. 32.Ra4 Rd8 33.Be3 Bc5 34.Ng2 Bxe3 35.Nxe3 Rd4 Black gained a decisive positional advantage due to the misplaced rook at a4 and eventually went on to win the game.

GM Arjun Erigaisi got a walk over as his opponent was absent | Photo: Rupali Mullick

The tournament is taking place at Sheikh Saeed bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Hall at Dubai Chess and Culture Club | Photo: Rupali Mullick

For more Round 1 photos, please click here.

A total of 163 players including 29 GMs, 29 IMs, 2 WGMs and 3 WIMs are taking part from 34 countries across the world including India. The tournament is being organized by Dubai Chess & Culture Club from 27th August to 4th September 2022 at Dubai Chess & Culture Club, UAE. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Replay Round 1 games

Round 1 results

Rd.Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
1287
FMTolentino RustumPHI22590- - +0GMErigaisi ArjunIND2689
2
133
GMTabatabaei M. AminIRI266401 - 00Ojas KulkarniIND2254
88
1489
FMMahdavi RezaIRI225300 - 10GMPraggnanandhaa RIND2661
4
1691
FMAradhya GargIND224000 - 10GMNisipeanu Liviu-DieterGER2644
6
177
GMGupta AbhijeetIND263101 - 00Gandhi AnishIND2228
92
1893
FMMahitosh DeyIND222000 - 10GMSethuraman S.P.IND2625
8
199
GMTer-Sahakyan SamvelARM262501 - 00Vaibhav Jayant RautIND2217
94
11095
IMManish Anto Cristiano FIND221500 - 10GMSadhwani RaunakIND2622
10
11111
GMAkopian VladimirUSA261601 - 00CMAaditya DhingraIND2214
96
11313
GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr.IND261401 - 00FMMehdi Hasan ParagBAN2211
98
11499
Bharat Kumar Reddy PoluriIND221000 - 10GMIndjic AleksandarSRB2613
14
118103
Prasannaa.SIND218500 - 10GMHarsha BharathakotiIND2557
18
11919
GMIniyan PIND255601 - 00Aniruddh ChatterjeeIND2174
104
12121
GMVokhidov ShamsiddinUZB25520- - +0FMAyush SharmaIND2158
106
12323
GMGagare ShardulIND252101 - 00FMHarshal ShahiIND2136
108
124109
Aditya Varun GampaIND21270½ - ½0GMArjun KalyanIND2513
24
12525
GMGrover SahajIND250501 - 00Shaik Sumer ArshIND2123
110
126111
IMSultan IbrahimUAE21080½ - ½0IMAditya MittalIND2496
26
12727
GMRaja Rithvik RIND249101 - 00Devnani KushIND2095
112
128113
Sharon RafaelIND209500 - 10IMVignesh N RIND2467
28

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Round 2 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
222
GMErigaisi ArjunIND268911IMNitish BelurkarIND2416
47
244
GMPraggnanandhaa RIND266111IMDushyant SharmaIND2406
49
2753
FMNazari AradIRI238911GMGupta AbhijeetIND2631
7
288
GMSethuraman S.P.IND262511WIMKamalidenova MeruertKAZ2384
55
21010
GMSadhwani RaunakIND262211IMSammed Jaykumar SheteIND2381
57
21156
GMLaxman R.R.IND238111GMAkopian VladimirUSA2616
11
21212
GMJumabayev RinatKAZ261511WGMVantika AgrawalIND2371
59
21358
IMAziz HusainQAT237711GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr.IND2614
13
21560
IMAjay Krishna SIND236711GMHakobyan AramARM2612
15
21616
GMKuybokarov TemurAUS258311FMRohith Krishna SIND2358
63
21818
GMHarsha BharathakotiIND255711FMTanmay ChopraIND2337
67
21964
IMMullick RaahilIND235211GMIniyan PIND2556
19
22020
GMMuradli MahammadAZE255211FMKarthik RajaaIND2327
69
22122
GMSuleymanli AydinAZE254711IMRaahul V SIND2323
71
22268
IMViani Antonio DcunhaIND232711GMGagare ShardulIND2521
23
22370
WIMSharma IshaIND232511GMGrover SahajIND2505
25
22472
IMAvinash RameshIND232211GMRaja Rithvik RIND2491
27
22528
IMVignesh N RIND246711FMZia Tahsin TajwarBAN2321
73
22674
WGMDivya DeshmukhIND231911IMShyaamnikhil PIND2465
29
22730
CMPrraneeth VuppalaIND246411FMJain Kashish ManojIND2315
75

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Links

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Tournament Regulations


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