24th Dubai Open R4: Raunak and Sethuraman join Aronyak in a five-way lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 29/05/2024

The top board clash between IM Aronyak Ghosh and GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR) ended in a draw. GM Raunak Sadhwani and GM Sethuraman S P scored wins over IM Oliver Dimakiling (PHI) and GM Evgenios Ioannidis (GRE) respectively to join the lead. Aronyak, Raunak, Sethurama, Yagiz and GM Mahammad Muradli (AZE) are the five players at 3.5/4 at 24th Dubai Open 2024. Sethuraman's win was not so smooth. His Greek opponent had a tough to spot defence in the sharp double rook and bishop vs queen and bishop endgame. WIM Srishti Pandey defeated Taksh Sharma to maintain her perfect score 4/4 in Category B. She will face her coleader Yousef A Alhassadi (LBA) in the fifth round. Round 5 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Dubai Chess and Culture Club

Category B: Srishti and Yousef maintain their perfect score

GM Raunak Sadhwani joined the five-way lead

IM Aronyak Ghosh - GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR): 0.5-0.5

Dimakiling - Raunak

Position after 24...c5

IM Oliver Dimakiling (PHI, 2425) made a positional mistake of trading the queens 25.Qxb4?? cxb4 26.Red1 Nxg5-+ 27.Rab1 Nxh3+ 28.Kf1 Ng4 and things fell apart in a hurry for White.

Sethuraman - Ioannidis

Position after 38...h5

Where should White retreat his bishop? GM Sethuraman S P (2588) was winning against GM Evgenios Ioannidis (GRE, 2518). However, 39.Bf3 created a tiny window of opportunity for Black to get back in the game g4! 40.hxg4 is met by Qe7 and 40.Be4 Qf4 41.Ra8+ Kg7 42.Bd5 gxh3 or e4 Black is doing fine in both cases. It was certainly not easy to spot these. 39...Qf4?? and White once again is back on track 40.b6 he won the game in the next four moves.

GM Sethuraman S P has joined the five-way lead 3.5/4

Category B: WIM Srishti Pandey defeated Taksh Sharma to maintain her perfect score 4/4

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 4 games

Round 4 results in Category A

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	16	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2528	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2553	14	PGN
2	35	IM	Dimakiling, Oliver	PHI	2425	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2654	2	PGN
3	19	GM	Dai, Changren	CHN	2510	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2595	6	PGN
4	7	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	2595	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Can, Emre	TUR	2549	15	PGN
5	9	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2588	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Ioannidis, Evgenios	GRE	2518	18	PGN
6	13	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2560	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Sultan, Ibrahim	UAE	2171	68	PGN
7	21	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2493	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2603	4	PGN
8	27	IM	Gholami Orimi, Mahdi	IRI	2470	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2594	8	PGN
9	29	IM	Zhao, Yuanhe	CHN	2463	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Moroni, Luca Jr	ITA	2580	10	PGN
10	11	GM	Sanal, Vahap	TUR	2566	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Durak, Can	TUR	2434	32	PGN

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	16	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh			IND	2528	3,5	2497	0	8	4,5	1	10	10,4
2	2	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak			IND	2654	3,5	2469	0	8	5	2	10	4,9
3	9	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.			IND	2588	3,5	2453	0	6,5	4	2	10	6,9
4	14	IM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan			TUR	2553	3,5	2413	0	8	4	1	10	6,5
5	13	GM	Muradli, Mahammad			AZE	2560	3,5	2409	0	7	4	1	10	4,8
6	19	GM	Dai, Changren			CHN	2510	3	2536	0	8	4,5	1	10	9
7	7	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat			KAZ	2595	3	2488	0	7	4	1	10	3,1
8	6	GM	Ivic, Velimir			SRB	2595	3	2486	0	8	5	0	10	3,1
9	15	GM	Can, Emre			TUR	2549	3	2462	0	7,5	4	1	10	2,4
10	21	GM	Iniyan, Pa			IND	2493	3	2451	0	5	3	1	10	6,4

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2654	3½	3½	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2560	13
2	14	IM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2553	3½	3½	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2588	9
3	6	GM	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2595	3	3½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2528	16
4	32	IM	Durak, Can	TUR	2434	3	3	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	2595	7
5	15	GM	Can, Emre	TUR	2549	3	3	GM	Dai, Changren	CHN	2510	19
6	8	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2594	2½	3	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2493	21
7	28	IM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2463	2½	2½	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	IND	2640	3
8	30	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike	GEO	2453	2½	2½	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2599	5
9	10	GM	Moroni, Luca Jr	ITA	2580	2½	2½	IM	Mammadzada, Gunay	AZE	2436	31
10	12	GM	Li, Di	CHN	2563	2½	2½	IM	Dimakiling, Oliver	PHI	2425	35

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Round 4 results in Category B

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	3	WIM	Pandey, Srishti	IND	2203	3	1 - 0	3		Sharma, Taksh	IND	1708	77
2	20	AIM	Vihaan, Dumir	IND	1994	3	0 - 1	3		Alhassadi, Yousef A.	LBA	2066	13
3	7	FM	Temirov, Bakhyt	KAZ	2114	2½	1 - 0	2½		Darsith, Manoj Nair	IND	1881	41
4	32		Saif, Ahmed	UAE	1914	2½	1 - 0	2½		Al Yaghshi, M. Hisham	SYR	2110	8
5	11		Steiners, Emils	LAT	2069	2½	1 - 0	2½		Abdulrahim, Salem	UAE	1824	51
6	40		Delloro, Noli	PHI	1884	2½	0 - 1	2½	AGM	Arellano, Bryle	PHI	2023	17
7	42		Wang, Hao(Zj)	CHN	1878	2½	0 - 1	2½	FM	Ahmed, Fareed	UAE	1978	23
8	44		Yang, Zilong	CHN	1874	2½	½ - ½	2½	AGM	Vishal, Choudary B	IND	1940	27
9	31		Sasikumar, Anusweud	IND	1925	2½	1 - 0	2½		Abhinav, Benny	IND	1615	102
10	1	CM	Rajarishi, Karthi	IND	2222	2	1 - 0	2½	AIM	Muhammad, Shayan Noushad Ibrahim	IND	1804	53

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	13		Alhassadi, Yousef A.			LBA	2066	4	1929	0	8	5	2	20	21,8
2	3	WIM	Pandey, Srishti		w	IND	2203	4	1898	0	9	6	2	20	10,8
3	7	FM	Temirov, Bakhyt			KAZ	2114	3,5	1918	0	8,5	5	1	20	7,4
4	23	FM	Ahmed, Fareed			UAE	1978	3,5	1910	0	8	4,5	2	20	18,2
5	17	AGM	Arellano, Bryle			PHI	2023	3,5	1859	0	8	5	2	20	10,2
6	11		Steiners, Emils			LAT	2069	3,5	1859	0	7	4,5	1	40	14,8
7	32		Saif, Ahmed			UAE	1914	3,5	1820	0	6	3,5	2	20	16,2
8	31		Sasikumar, Anusweud			IND	1925	3,5	1670	0	6,5	4	0	20	4
9	44		Yang, Zilong			CHN	1874	3	2076	0	7	4	1	40	57,6
10	77		Sharma, Taksh			IND	1708	3	2063	0	9,5	5,5	1	40	64,4

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	13		Alhassadi, Yousef A.	LBA	2066	4	4	WIM	Pandey, Srishti	IND	2203	3
2	7	FM	Temirov, Bakhyt	KAZ	2114	3½	3½		Sasikumar, Anusweud	IND	1925	31
3	23	FM	Ahmed, Fareed	UAE	1978	3½	3½		Steiners, Emils	LAT	2069	11
4	17	AGM	Arellano, Bryle	PHI	2023	3½	3½		Saif, Ahmed	UAE	1914	32
5	30	FM	Al-Hajiri, Bader	KUW	1925	3	3	CM	Rajarishi, Karthi	IND	2222	1
6	56		Ghaith, Saeed Alnuaimi	UAE	1799	3	3	AGM	Lopez, Henry	PHI	2100	9
7	77		Sharma, Taksh	IND	1708	3	3	AIM	Vihaan, Dumir	IND	1994	20
8	21		Anas, Khwaira	JOR	1994	3	3		Yang, Zilong	CHN	1874	44
9	27	AGM	Vishal, Choudary B	IND	1940	3	3		Tisado, Janmyl Dilan	PHI	1875	43
10	4		Nyazi, Nehad	EGY	2189	2½	3		Al Kathiri, Mana	OMA	1815	52

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