24th Dubai Open R7: Sina and Ivic join Muradli in a three-way lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/06/2024

GM Mahammad Muradli (AZE) survived a massive scare against IM Aronyak Ghosh in Round 7 of 24th Dubai Open 2024. First, Aronyak sacrificed his bishop to expose his opponent's kingside. He could not follow through correctly. However, he later he got one more opportunity. He panicked and moved his king into safety, soon the queens got traded and the attacking chaces evaporated. GM Raunak Sadhwani had a relatively calm draw against GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR). IM Srihari L R stunned GM Luca Moroni Jr. (ITA) after the latter's Greek gift sacrifice did not work out. WIM Srishti Pandey won her second game in-a-row to maintain her pursuit 6/7 in Category B. She is now just a half point behind the sole leader, Yousef A Alhassadi (LBA). Round 8 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Dubai Chess and Culture Club

Aronyak misses big against Muradli

IM Aronyak Ghosh is playing well at this event. He is able to create winning chances for himself. However, for the third consecutive time, he missed a winning opportunity. If he manages to convert his advantages, he will definitely finish at the very top.

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

Aronyak - Muradli

Position after 18...h6?

GM Mahammad Muradli (AZE, 2560) provoked the bishop 18...h6? IM Aronyak Ghosh (2528) did the obvious thing, sacrificed it on h6 to expose the black king. 19.Bxh6 gxh6 20.Qxh6 Ncxe5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Rxe5 instead Qxe5 would have allowed White to finish things much earlier. The black queen is stranded at the wrong side of the board. White's queen and rook were making things difficult for Black. The undeveloped a1-rook was also ready to join the entourage when needed.

Position after 36...Qa1

White does not need to worry about Rg1+ and Qf1+ as the king can safely stay at h4. So, 37.Qxf7 Rg8 38.Rxc7 would have been winning for White. He panicked 37.Kh3 Rg1 38.Qe2 Be5 39.Ra6 Re1 40.Rxa1 Rxe2 41.Ra5 and the game ended in a draw.

IM Aronyak Ghosh missed a win in his third consecutive game

GM Raunak Sadhwani had a relatively quiet draw against...

...GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR)

Luca - Srihari L R

Position after 17...Be7

GM Luca Moroni (ITA, 2580) went 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Rh3 Kg8 21.Qh5 Bxh4 22.Rxh4 f5 23.Qh7+ Kf7 24.Qh5+? Ke6 and IM Srihari L R (2485) defended his king well. To make 19.Bxh7+ sacrifice work, White needed to be computer-like accurate to continue the attack which was certainly not an easy task.

IM Srihari L R (pictured) defeated GM Luca Moroni (ITA) to move to 5/7

WIM Srishti Pandey continues her winning momentum and moves to 6/7, trailing the sole leader Yousef A Alhassadi (LBA) by a half point

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 7 results in Category A

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	16	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2528	4½	½ - ½	5	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2560	13	PGN
2	2	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2654	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2553	14	PGN
3	6	GM	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2595	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2493	21	PGN
4	28	IM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2463	4½	1 - 0	4	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2599	5	PGN
5	19	GM	Dai, Changren	CHN	2510	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2603	4	PGN
6	29	IM	Zhao, Yuanhe	CHN	2463	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2588	9	PGN
7	10	GM	Moroni, Luca Jr	ITA	2580	4	0 - 1	4	IM	Srihari, L R	IND	2485	23	PGN
8	12	GM	Li, Di	CHN	2563	4	1 - 0	4	FM	Hakobyan, Erik	ARM	2335	60	PGN
9	15	GM	Can, Emre	TUR	2549	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Gholami Orimi, Mahdi	IRI	2470	27	PGN
10	36	IM	Sibashvili, Giorgi	GEO	2423	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	2595	7	PGN

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	6	GM	Ivic, Velimir			SRB	2595	5,5	2496	0	28,5	23,5	1	10	9,4
2	13	GM	Muradli, Mahammad			AZE	2560	5,5	2494	0	24,5	20	2	10	10,6
3	28	IM	Movahed, Sina			IRI	2463	5,5	2490	0	22,5	18,5	3	10	19,9
4	29	IM	Zhao, Yuanhe			CHN	2463	5	2566	0	27,5	22	2	10	21,4
5	19	GM	Dai, Changren			CHN	2510	5	2557	0	26,5	21	1	10	16,8
6	16	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh			IND	2528	5	2523	0	28	22	1	10	11,2
7	2	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak			IND	2654	5	2518	0	26,5	21	3	10	1,3
8	14	IM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan			TUR	2553	5	2507	0	27	21	1	10	8,5
9	23	IM	Srihari, L R			IND	2485	5	2454	0	23,5	18	1	10	10,3
10	12	GM	Li, Di			CHN	2563	5	2419	0	24	18,5	0	10	0,6

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	13	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2560	5½	5½	IM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2463	28
2	12	GM	Li, Di	CHN	2563	5	5½	GM	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2595	6
3	23	IM	Srihari, L R	IND	2485	5	5	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2654	2
4	14	IM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2553	5	5	GM	Dai, Changren	CHN	2510	19
5	16	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2528	5	5	IM	Zhao, Yuanhe	CHN	2463	29
6	21	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2493	4½	4½	GM	Can, Emre	TUR	2549	15
7	27	IM	Gholami Orimi, Mahdi	IRI	2470	4½	4½	GM	Ioannidis, Evgenios	GRE	2518	18
8	3	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	IND	2640	4	4½	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2594	8
9	31	IM	Mammadzada, Gunay	AZE	2436	4	4	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2603	4
10	5	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2599	4	4	IM	Durak, Can	TUR	2434	32

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Round 7 results in Category B

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	23	FM	Ahmed, Fareed	UAE	1978	5½	0 - 1	5½		Alhassadi, Yousef A.	LBA	2066	13
2	27	AGM	Vishal, Choudary B	IND	1940	5	0 - 1	5	WIM	Pandey, Srishti	IND	2203	3
3	7	FM	Temirov, Bakhyt	KAZ	2114	5	1 - 0	5		Al Kathiri, Mana	OMA	1815	52
4	32		Saif, Ahmed	UAE	1914	4½	1 - 0	4½		Steiners, Emils	LAT	2069	11
5	42		Wang, Hao(Zj)	CHN	1878	4½	1 - 0	4½		Redor, Menandro	PHI	2032	16
6	44		Yang, Zilong	CHN	1874	4½	1 - 0	4½		Sasikumar, Anusweud	IND	1925	31
7	2	FM	Mulenga, Prince Daniel	ZAM	2220	4	1 - 0	4½		Daiwik, Jain	IND	1702	80
8	30	FM	Al-Hajiri, Bader	KUW	1925	4	1 - 0	4	AGM	Lopez, Henry	PHI	2100	9
9	12		Bernardo, Darry	PHI	2068	4	½ - ½	4		Sharma, Taksh	IND	1708	77
10	15		Arakelyan, Manvel	ARM	2033	4	1 - 0	4		Alviz, Joshua Ezekiel	PHI	1672	89

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	13		Alhassadi, Yousef A.			LBA	2066	6,5	2014	0	29,5	23,5	3	20	44,4
2	3	WIM	Pandey, Srishti		w	IND	2203	6	1938	0	30,5	24	3	20	4,2
3	7	FM	Temirov, Bakhyt			KAZ	2114	6	1927	0	30,5	24	1	20	14
4	42		Wang, Hao(Zj)			CHN	1878	5,5	2062	0	25,5	20	2	40	124,4
5	44		Yang, Zilong			CHN	1874	5,5	2028	0	27,5	22,5	1	40	114,8
6	23	FM	Ahmed, Fareed			UAE	1978	5,5	1963	0	32	25,5	3	20	31,2
7	32		Saif, Ahmed			UAE	1914	5,5	1922	0	24,5	19	3	20	35,2
8	52		Al Kathiri, Mana			OMA	1815	5	1980	0	26	20	3	20	45,8
9	56		Ghaith, Saeed Alnuaimi			UAE	1799	5	1952	0	26,5	20,5	2	40	93,2
10	30	FM	Al-Hajiri, Bader			KUW	1925	5	1929	0	25	19	1	20	23,6

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	13		Alhassadi, Yousef A.	LBA	2066	6½	5½		Saif, Ahmed	UAE	1914	32
2	3	WIM	Pandey, Srishti	IND	2203	6	6	FM	Temirov, Bakhyt	KAZ	2114	7
3	23	FM	Ahmed, Fareed	UAE	1978	5½	5½		Yang, Zilong	CHN	1874	44
4	15		Arakelyan, Manvel	ARM	2033	5	5½		Wang, Hao(Zj)	CHN	1878	42
5	2	FM	Mulenga, Prince Daniel	ZAM	2220	5	5	FM	Al-Hajiri, Bader	KUW	1925	30
6	52		Al Kathiri, Mana	OMA	1815	5	5	AGM	Vishal, Choudary B	IND	1940	27
7	11		Steiners, Emils	LAT	2069	4½	5		Ghaith, Saeed Alnuaimi	UAE	1799	56
8	80		Daiwik, Jain	IND	1702	4½	4½		Bernardo, Darry	PHI	2068	12
9	16		Redor, Menandro	PHI	2032	4½	4½		Sameir, Ramez	EGY	1895	39
10	18		Kantalamba, Mushota	ZAM	2016	4½	4½		Darsith, Manoj Nair	IND	1881	41

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