24th Dubai Open R6: Raunak outplays Sethuraman, Iniyan escapes against Aronyak

by Shahid Ahmed - 31/05/2024

GM Mahammad Muradli (AZE) drew with GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR) to maintain his sole lead 5/6 at 24th Dubai Open 2024. GM Raunak Sadhwani defeated GM Sethuraman S P to stay in the hunt. This is Raunak's first-ever Classical win over his opponent. The teenager exploited his opponent's tiny positional inaccuracy in the middlegame. GM Pa Iniyan made a great escape against IM Aronyak Ghosh. Aronyak had two good chances to push for a win. Unfortunately for him, he missed both and the game ended in a draw. Six players - Aronyak, Raunak, GM Velimir Ivic (SRB), Iniyan, Yagiz and IM Sina Movahed (IRI) are trailing the leader by a half point at 4.5/6 each. Round 7 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Dubai Chess and Culture Club

Muradli maintains his sole lead

In Category B, Yousef A Alhassadi (LBA) stays in the lead. He drew with FM Bakhyt Temirov (KAZ). Yousef is joined by FM Fareed Ahmed (UAE) as the coleader 5.5/6. WIM Srishti Pandey bounced back with a win over FM Bader Al-Hajiri (KUW). Vishal Choudary B got the better of Taksh Sharma to move to 5/6. Vishal will clash with Srishti in Round 7.

GM Raunak Sadhwani played sublime chess to beat GM Sethuraman S P

GM Mahammad Muradli (AZE) - GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR): 0.5-0.5

Iniyan - Aronyak

Position after 35.Nxa7?

GM Pa Iniyan (2493) made the first mistake of sacrificing an exchange. It worked out practically as his opponent IM Aronyak Ghosh (2528) missed his chance. 35...Nxa4 36.Bxa4 Nc4? Instead 36...Rc7 keeping the a5-rook trapped should have been prioritized. It forces the exchange of pieces resulting in a favorable rook and bishop vs double rook endgame, compared to what happened in the game.

Position after 52.h4

Black's pawns being closer to the promotion square definitely gives a hint that Black should win this, but how? The game continued 52...Ra2? and soon it ended in a draw. 52...e3 is the correct way for Black to proceed.

IM Aronyak Ghosh missed a great opportunity to win and rejoin the lead

Sethuraman - Raunak: 0-1

Raunak Sadhwani (2654) had never beaten Sethuraman S P (2588) in a Classical rated game. Their last battle at Biel in 2021 ended in a draw. Raunak has become much stronger since then. In a game arising out of Caro-Kann, White landed himself with a weakened pawn structure on the queenside.

Position after 20...Qa4

20.Kh2?! invited Qa4 21.Qxa4 Nxa4 22.Rd2 a6 23.Nbd4 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 Nb6 25.Nb3 Nxc4 and Black used his extra pawn advantage into a win eventually.

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.

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Round 6 results in Category A

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	13	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2560	4½	½ - ½	4	IM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2553	14	PGN
2	21	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2493	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2528	16	PGN
3	9	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2588	4	0 - 1	3½	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2654	2	PGN
4	20	IM	Pang, Tao	CHN	2496	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2595	6	PGN
5	7	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	2595	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2463	28	PGN
6	19	GM	Dai, Changren	CHN	2510	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Moroni, Luca Jr	ITA	2580	10	PGN
7	27	IM	Gholami Orimi, Mahdi	IRI	2470	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Li, Di	CHN	2563	12	PGN
8	29	IM	Zhao, Yuanhe	CHN	2463	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Can, Emre	TUR	2549	15	PGN
9	4	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2603	3	1 - 0	3½	IM	Durak, Can	TUR	2434	32	PGN
10	5	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2599	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Rathanvel, V S	IND	2471	26	PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	13	GM	Muradli, Mahammad			AZE	2560	5	2487	0	17	12,5	2	10	11
2	16	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh			IND	2528	4,5	2516	0	20	15	1	10	10,8
3	2	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak			IND	2654	4,5	2511	0	19	14	3	10	2,7
4	6	GM	Ivic, Velimir			SRB	2595	4,5	2496	0	20	15,5	1	10	5,8
5	21	GM	Iniyan, Pa			IND	2493	4,5	2495	0	18	13,5	2	10	13,3
6	14	IM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan			TUR	2553	4,5	2477	0	20,5	15	1	10	7,1
7	28	IM	Movahed, Sina			IRI	2463	4,5	2468	0	15	11,5	3	10	13,1
8	29	IM	Zhao, Yuanhe			CHN	2463	4	2561	0	20	15,5	2	10	14,7
9	19	GM	Dai, Changren			CHN	2510	4	2547	0	20	15,5	1	10	10,5
10	60	FM	Hakobyan, Erik			ARM	2335	4	2544	0	18	12,5	0	20	30,4

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	16	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2528	4½	5	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2560	13
2	2	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2654	4½	4½	IM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2553	14
3	6	GM	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2595	4½	4½	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2493	21
4	28	IM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2463	4½	4	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2599	5
5	19	GM	Dai, Changren	CHN	2510	4	4	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2603	4
6	29	IM	Zhao, Yuanhe	CHN	2463	4	4	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2588	9
7	10	GM	Moroni, Luca Jr	ITA	2580	4	4	IM	Srihari, L R	IND	2485	23
8	12	GM	Li, Di	CHN	2563	4	4	FM	Hakobyan, Erik	ARM	2335	60
9	15	GM	Can, Emre	TUR	2549	4	4	IM	Gholami Orimi, Mahdi	IRI	2470	27
10	36	IM	Sibashvili, Giorgi	GEO	2423	3½	3½	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	2595	7

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Round 6 results in Category B

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	13		Alhassadi, Yousef A.	LBA	2066	5	½ - ½	4½	FM	Temirov, Bakhyt	KAZ	2114	7
2	32		Saif, Ahmed	UAE	1914	4½	0 - 1	4½	FM	Ahmed, Fareed	UAE	1978	23
3	3	WIM	Pandey, Srishti	IND	2203	4	1 - 0	4	FM	Al-Hajiri, Bader	KUW	1925	30
4	77		Sharma, Taksh	IND	1708	4	0 - 1	4	AGM	Vishal, Choudary B	IND	1940	27
5	52		Al Kathiri, Mana	OMA	1815	4	1 - 0	4		Ghaith, Saeed Alnuaimi	UAE	1799	56
6	11		Steiners, Emils	LAT	2069	3½	1 - 0	3½	AIM	Muhammad, Shayan Noushad Ibrahim	IND	1804	53
7	16		Redor, Menandro	PHI	2032	3½	1 - 0	3½		Abhinav, Benny	IND	1615	102
8	44		Yang, Zilong	CHN	1874	3½	1 - 0	3½	AGM	Arellano, Bryle	PHI	2023	17
9	42		Wang, Hao(Zj)	CHN	1878	3½	1 - 0	3½		Anas, Khwaira	JOR	1994	21
10	48		German, Santiago	PHI	1840	3½	- - +	3½		Sasikumar, Anusweud	IND	1925	31

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	13		Alhassadi, Yousef A.			LBA	2066	5,5	2021	0	19,5	14,5	2	20	36,8
2	23	FM	Ahmed, Fareed			UAE	1978	5,5	1942	0	21,5	16,5	3	20	38,8
3	52		Al Kathiri, Mana			OMA	1815	5	1953	0	17	13	3	20	48,8
4	7	FM	Temirov, Bakhyt			KAZ	2114	5	1949	0	22,5	17	1	20	11
5	3	WIM	Pandey, Srishti		w	IND	2203	5	1937	0	21	15,5	2	20	0,6
6	27	AGM	Vishal, Choudary B			IND	1940	5	1790	0	20,5	16	1	40	29,2
7	42		Wang, Hao(Zj)			CHN	1878	4,5	2068	0	18	12,5	2	40	96
8	44		Yang, Zilong			CHN	1874	4,5	2049	0	20	15	1	40	92
9	80		Daiwik, Jain			IND	1702	4,5	1894	0	17	12	2	40	116,8
10	32		Saif, Ahmed			UAE	1914	4,5	1892	0	19	13,5	3	20	21

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	23	FM	Ahmed, Fareed	UAE	1978	5½	5½		Alhassadi, Yousef A.	LBA	2066	13
2	27	AGM	Vishal, Choudary B	IND	1940	5	5	WIM	Pandey, Srishti	IND	2203	3
3	7	FM	Temirov, Bakhyt	KAZ	2114	5	5		Al Kathiri, Mana	OMA	1815	52
4	32		Saif, Ahmed	UAE	1914	4½	4½		Steiners, Emils	LAT	2069	11
5	42		Wang, Hao(Zj)	CHN	1878	4½	4½		Redor, Menandro	PHI	2032	16
6	44		Yang, Zilong	CHN	1874	4½	4½		Sasikumar, Anusweud	IND	1925	31
7	2	FM	Mulenga, Prince Daniel	ZAM	2220	4	4½		Daiwik, Jain	IND	1702	80
8	30	FM	Al-Hajiri, Bader	KUW	1925	4	4	AGM	Lopez, Henry	PHI	2100	9
9	12		Bernardo, Darry	PHI	2068	4	4		Sharma, Taksh	IND	1708	77
10	15		Arakelyan, Manvel	ARM	2033	4	4		Alviz, Joshua Ezekiel	PHI	1672	89

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