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23rd Dubai Open 2023 R5-6: Aravindh Chitambaram still in sole lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 02/06/2023

Aravindh Chithambaram drew his fifth and sixth round games to maintain his sole lead 5/6. He had great winning chances against both GM Yangyi Yu (CHN) and GM M Amin Tabatabei (IRI) in fifth and sixth rounds respectively. However, he missed seizing his chances and the game ended in a draw. Six players including GM Arjun Erigaisi, are trailing by a half point at 4.5/6; B Adhiban, Abhijeet Gupta and Karthikeyan Murali are at 4/6 each. After two consecutive draws, Arjun defeated GM Nikolas Theodorou (GRE) by delivering a checkmate. IM Anuj Shrivatri defeated two GMs in consecutive rounds to move to 3.5/6. Round 7 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Anuj Shrivatri beats two GMs in-a-row

IM Anuj Shrivatri got the better of GM Raja Rithvik R and GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili (GEO) in round 5 and 6 respectively to take his score to 3.5/6.

Aravindh Chithambaram maintains his sole lead 5/6

Aravindh - Yangyi, Round 5

Position after 32.Qxc5

32.Qxc5 attacked both knight and bishop. The only way to save them was 32...Bd7 33.Ne5 Nb5 34.Nxb5 Bxb5 35.Qd5 Bd7 and the position remains balanced. 32...Nb5? 33.Qxf5 Qe3+ 34.Kh2 Qxc3 and now White needed to go 35.d7 to win the game. Instead, the game continued 35.Qd5 Nxd6 36.Qxd6 Qxb3 37.Ne5 Qe6 38.Qd8+ Kh7 39.Nd7 and it was a draw as Black can start a barrage of checks.

GM Aravindh Chithambaram could have pushed for a win against GM Yangyi Yu (CHN)

GM Arjun Erigaisi - GM Harsha Bharathakoti: 0.5-0.5

GM Aditya Mittal - GM Maxim Chigaev: 0.5-0.5

GM B Adhiban - GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB): 0.5-0.5

GM Sankalp Gupta - GM Abhijeet Gupta: 0.5-0.5

GM Karthikeyan Murali - GM Karthik Venkataraman: 1-0

GM Vugar Asadli (AZE) - GM Sandipan Chanda: 0.5-0.5

Tabatabaei - Aravindh, Round 6

Position after 22.Bf5

22.Bf5 does more good for Black than White. Black should have taken the bishop Bxf5 23.Qxd5 g4 24.Qxf5 gxf3 25.gxf3 Qh4+ 26.Rh2 Qd4 27.Rxh6 Bf6 and Black is out of danger. Instead, 22...Nf8 lost the opportunity 23.Bxe6 Nxe6 and the game eventually ended in a draw.

Aravindh had a great opportunity against Tabatabaei

Theorodorou - Arjun

Position after 24.Nd5??

GM Nikolas Theodorou (GRE, 2591) made a big mistake when he played 24.Nd5?? Rxd5! -+ 25.cxd5 Qd7 threatening Ne3+, Qh3+ 26.Qe2 Nxf3 27.Qxf3 Ne5 28.Rg1 Qh3#

Final moments: GM Arjun Erigaisi vs GM Nikolas Theodorou (GRE) | Video: ChessBase India

GM B Adhiban - GM Karthikeyan Murali: 0.5-0.5

GM Abhijeet Gupta - GM Adham Fawzy (EGY): 1-0

GM Lalit Rohit - GM Vahap Sanal (TUR): 0.5-0.5

Mchedlishvili - Anuj

Position after 50...Rc2

It is difficult to make progress for either side, unless one of them makes a mistake. 51.Nd3? landed GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili (GEO, 2553) in a pickle. His opponent, IM Anuj Shrivatri (2404) immediately seized his opportunity 51...Qc4 52.Rb7+ Kh6 53.Nf4 Ne4 54.Rb1 Nxf2 55.Qb4 Qxb4 56.Rxb4 Nh3+ 57.Nxh3 gxh3 the resultant rook endgame is winning for Black. Anuj had no trouble converting it into a win.

IM Anuj Shrivatri scored his second consecutive win against a GM at this event

For more Round 5 and Round 6 photos, please click at the respective links.

Final moments: GM Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) vs GM Vahap Sanal (TUR), Round 5  | Video: ChessBase India
Final moments: Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) vs Yangyi Yu (CHN), Round 6 | Video: ChessBase India

A total of 81 players including 47 GMs, 19 IMs, a WGM and 3 WIMs are taking part in the Category A (>2200) from 31 countries across the world. The tournament is being organized by Dubai Chess & Culture Club from 27th May to 4th June 2023 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 5-6 games

Round 6 results

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
615
GMTabatabaei M. Amin26774½ - ½GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr.2633
9
6423
GMTheodorou Nikolas25910 - 1GMErigaisi Arjun2701
3
666
GMMatlakov Maxim26621 - 0GMAditya Mittal2522
36
6718
GMHarsha Bharathakoti26020 - 1GMSargsyan Shant2630
11
6924
GMAdhiban B.2589½ - ½GMKarthikeyan Murali2627
13
6118
GMIturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo263731 - 03GMSankalp Gupta2504
39
61210
GMGupta Abhijeet263031 - 03GMFawzy Adham2495
41
61433
GMLalit Babu M R25293½ - ½3GMSanal Vahap2600
19
61850
GMChanda Sandipan246030 - 13GMIskandarov Misratdin2577
27
61928
GMMchedlishvili Mikheil25530 - 1IMAnuj Shrivatri2404
60
62134
GMKarthik Venkataraman25281 - 0FMMamatov Melis2399
63
63282
FMWinkelman Albert222721 - 02IMPanda Sambit2436
52
63546
GMRaja Rithvik R24760 - 1FMLiyanage Ranindu Dilshan2342
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Standings after Round 6

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 Krtg+/-
19
GMAravindh, Chithambaram Vr.IND2633526250191016,9
25
GMTabatabaei, M. AminIRI26774,52620018,5108,4
31
GMYu, YangyiCHN27294,52614020,5104,3
47
GMSindarov, JavokhirUZB26614,52610018108,9
53
GMErigaisi, ArjunIND27014,52588015,5104,5
66
GMMatlakov, MaximRUS26624,52578019106,7
711
GMSargsyan, ShantARM26304,52542016,5106,1
815
GMKovalev, VladislavFID261242621019,5108,1
914
GMIndjic, AleksandarSRB261842613019104,6
102
GMNiemann, Hans MokeUSA27084258602010-1,1
1124
GMAdhiban, B.IND258942583018,5103,3
1275
Xue, HaowenCHN2335425630162052,6
1325
GMAsadli, VugarAZE258442561017,5105,6
1421
GMBernadskiy, VitaliyUKR259242560017,5104,6
1517
GMMurzin, VolodarFID260442546017,5103,5

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Round 7 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
719
GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr.26335GMMatlakov Maxim2662
6
733
GMErigaisi Arjun2701GMTabatabaei M. Amin2677
5
7725
GMAsadli Vugar258444GMGupta Abhijeet2630
10
7913
GMKarthikeyan Murali262744GMSmirin Ilia2599
20
71216
GMVakhidov Jakhongir26074GMAdhiban B.2589
24
71334
GMKarthik Venkataraman2528GMHarsha Bharathakoti2602
18
71536
GMAditya Mittal2522GMTheodorou Nikolas2591
23
71760
IMAnuj Shrivatri2404GMLalit Babu M R2529
33
71931
Sviridov Valery254533GMChanda Sandipan2460
50
72139
GMSankalp Gupta250433IMBuksa Nataliya2406
59
73473
GMAhmad Al Khatib234422IMPanda Sambit2436
52
73984
WGMEric Jovana2217½GMRaja Rithvik R2476
46

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