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22nd Dubai Open 2022 R4: Praggnanandhaa and Rinat Jumabayev are the coleaders

by Shahid Ahmed - 31/08/2022

Praggnanandhaa continues his superb form from FTX Crypto Cup 2022. The 17-year-old defeated Aram Hakobyan (ARM) in the fourth round to share the lead with Kazakhstan no.1 Rinat Jumabayev at 22nd Dubai Open 2022. They will obviously face each other in the fifth round. The highest rated Indian player in the field, Arjun Erigaisi made a good escape against Serbia no.1 Aleksandar Indjic. Raunak Sadhwani was the other one who averted a loss against IM Aditya Samant. FM Ayush Sharma continues his great run as he defeated his second consecutive GM of the tournament, Arjun Kalyan. Round 5 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Ayush on a GM hunt spree

Apart from Ayush, Ritviz Parab, Vaibhav Jayant Raut, WIM Priyanka K and Rohit S defeated IM Benjamin Haldorsen (NOR), WIM Meruert Kamalidenova (KAZ), IM S Rohith Krishnan and IM Ishaq Saeed (UAE).

GM Praggnanandhaa is in the lead 4/4 and now World no.53 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Indjic - Arjun Erigaisi: 0.5-0.5

GM Arjun Erigaisi (2689) overpushed in the endgame against Serbia no.1 GM Aleksandar Indjic (2613).

Position after 38...c5

Black made an attempt to block things 38...c5. It created an opportunity for White. He obviously took the pawn 39.bxc6 Rc7 40.Nf5+ Kh7 and now 41.c5 Rxc6 42.Ne7 Rxc5 43.Rxc5 bxc5 44.Nc6 Nd7 45.Nxa5 Nb6 46.Nc4 Nxa4 47.Ke3 Nc3 48.Nxe5 would have certainly made things incredibly difficult for Black to defend. Fortunately, White played 41.Rb3 which allowed Black to escape with a draw.

GM Arjun Erigaisi salvaged a draw which almost went out of hand | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Praggnanandhaa - Aram Hakobyan: 1-0

The Sicilian Dragodorf by GM Aram Hakobyan (ARM, 2612) did not work out against GM Praggnanandhaa (2661).

Position after 20.e5

Black has sacrificed an exchange to preserve his Dragon bishop. 20.e5! is such a fantastic move. Black is virtually forced to play Bxe5 as 20...dxe5 leads to 21.Ne4 and Black's Dragon bishop has no breathing space, let alone breathe any fire. 21.Qxg5 to force the exchange of queens Nd5 22.Qxg7+ Kxg7 23.Nxd5 Bxb2+ 24.Kd2 cxd5 25.Bxa6 Ra8? 26.Rb1+- and Black does not have enough left to put up a resistance.

Praggnanandhaa beats GM Aram Hakobyan, moves to 2685 | Video: ChessBase India
Praggnanandhaa's stunning bishop sacrifice against Aram Hakobyan | Video: ChessBase India

GM Praggnanandhaa defeated GM Aram Hakobyan (ARM) convincingly | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Vignesh N R - GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI):  0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Srihari L R - GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (GER): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Raunak - Aditya Samant: 0.5-0.5

IM Aditya Samant (2430) was completely winning against GM Raunak Sadhwani (2622). He missed a brilliant combination.

Position after 32.Rc1

Black was completely dominating the position for the past 15 moves. 32.Rc1 created the winning opportunity for Black. Can you find the winning combination in the above position? After a few missed opportunities by Black, White managed to escape with a draw.

IM Aditya Samant is in terrific form | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Viani Antonio Dcunha - GM Aravindh Chithambaram: 0.5-0.5

Arjun Kalyan - Ayush: 0-1

GM Arjun Kalyan's (2513) attack backfired against FM Ayush Sharma (2158).

Position after 29.c5

Although it may seem like the black king is in peril, the reality is far from it. White does not have sufficient pieces to realize the attack. Thus, 29.c5 created a target for Black instead of attempting to weaken Black's king. 29...Rc6 30.b4 Re8 31.Rg2 dxc5 32.bxc5 Kf7 33.Rc2 Rxc5 34.Rxc5 Qxc5+ 35.Qxc5 Bxc5 now Black is completely winning. 29.Kb1/Kd1/Ra3 would have been a better choice for White to wait a bit.

FM Ayush Sharma defeated his second consecutive GM of the tournament | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Sambit Panda - GM Adly Ahmed (EGY): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

FM Suyog Wagh - IM P Shyam Nikhil: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Ritviz Parab (pictured) - IM Benjamin Haldorsen (NOR): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Oliver Dimakiling (PHI) - FM Sharan Rao: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Siddharth Jagadeesh (SGP) - Sanket Chakravarty: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Vaibhav Jayant Raut - WIM Meruert Kamalidenova (KAZ): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Shaik Sumer Arsh - WGM Vantika Agrawal: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

WIM Priyanka K - IM Rohith Krishnan: 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

For more Round 4 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 4 games

Round 4 results

Rd.Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
4114
GMIndjic AleksandarSRB26133½ - ½3GMErigaisi ArjunIND2689
2
424
GMPraggnanandhaa RIND266131 - 03GMHakobyan AramARM2612
15
4412
GMJumabayev RinatKAZ261531 - 03GMGrover SahajIND2505
25
4628
IMVignesh N RIND2467½ - ½GMTabatabaei M. AminIRI2664
3
476
GMNisipeanu Liviu-DieterGER2644½ - ½IMSrihari L RIND2436
39
4850
FMPoormosavi Seyed KianIRI2404½ - ½GMGupta AbhijeetIND2631
7
498
GMSethuraman S.P.IND26251 - 0IMRathanvel V SIND2455
34
41010
GMSadhwani RaunakIND2622½ - ½FMSamant Aditya SIND2430
41
41168
IMViani Antonio DcunhaIND2327½ - ½GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr.IND2614
13
41218
GMHarsha BharathakotiIND2557½ - ½GMRahman ZiaurBAN2427
43
41324
GMArjun KalyanIND25130 - 1FMAyush SharmaIND2158
106
4149
GMTer-Sahakyan SamvelARM262521 - 0Aditya Varun GampaIND2127
109
41565
Panda SambitIND23462½ - ½2GMAdly AhmedEGY2582
17
41622
GMSuleymanli AydinAZE254721 - 02FMJain Kashish ManojIND2315
75
41769
FMKarthik RajaaIND232720 - 12GMGagare ShardulIND2521
23
41826
IMAditya MittalIND249621 - 02FMTanmay ChopraIND2337
67
41974
WGMDivya DeshmukhIND231920 - 12GMRaja Rithvik RIND2491
27
42076
FMWagh SuyogIND23152½ - ½2IMShyaamnikhil PIND2465
29
42130
CMPrraneeth VuppalaIND246421 - 02FMZujev OlegLTU2305
77
42278
Ritviz ParabIND229921 - 02IMHaldorsen BenjaminNOR2461
31

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Round 5 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
5112
GMJumabayev RinatKAZ261544GMPraggnanandhaa RIND2661
4
532
GMErigaisi ArjunIND2689GMMuradli MahammadAZE2552
20
5411
GMAkopian VladimirUSA2616GMSethuraman S.P.IND2625
8
55106
FMAyush SharmaIND21583GMNisipeanu Liviu-DieterGER2644
6
563
GMTabatabaei M. AminIRI266433GMChanda SandipanIND2458
32
577
GMGupta AbhijeetIND263133IMSong JulienFRA2384
54
5833
IMMohammad Nubairshah ShaikhIND245733GMTer-Sahakyan SamvelARM2625
9
5939
IMSrihari L RIND243633GMSadhwani RaunakIND2622
10
51013
GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr.IND261433FMNazari AradIRI2389
53
51241
FMSamant Aditya SIND243033GMHarsha BharathakotiIND2557
18
51423
GMGagare ShardulIND252133IMAjay Krishna SIND2367
60
51525
GMGrover SahajIND250533IMViani Antonio DcunhaIND2327
68
51678
Ritviz ParabIND229933IMAditya MittalIND2496
26
51727
GMRaja Rithvik RIND249133FMLiyanage Ranindu DilshanSRI2286
84
51886
Laddha Shubh JayeshUSA226233IMVignesh N RIND2467
28
51994
Vaibhav Jayant RautIND221733CMPrraneeth VuppalaIND2464
30
52017
GMAdly AhmedEGY25823WIMPriyanka KIND2052
120
52159
WGMVantika AgrawalIND2371GMMareco SandroARG2657
5
52219
GMIniyan PIND2556Panda SambitIND2346
65
52381
FMSharan RaoIND2292GMArjun KalyanIND2513
24

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