29th Abu Dhabi Masters 2023 R4: Hari Madhavan wins a wild game against Kobalia

by Shahid Ahmed - 20/08/2023

GM-elect IM Rathanvel V S drew against the 44th Olympiad Gold medalist GM Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) in the fourth round of 29th Abu Dhabi Masters 2023. GM Aryan Chopra defeated GM Sankalp Gupta after the latter made a huge positional mistake in the endgame. Both Rathanvel and Aryan are at 3.5/4 each. They will face each other in the fifth round. GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO) and GM Xiangyu Xu (CHN) are the coleaders with a perfect score 4/4. GM Karthik Venkataraman, GM Sandipan Chanda, GM Aravindh Chithambaram, FM Ethan Vaz, GM Pranav V and IM Hari Madhavan N B are at 3/4 each. Round 5 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Rathanvel and Aryan in pursuit

134th seeded 11-year-old FM Ethan Vaz has made a phenomenal start. He defeated IM Ajay Karthikeyan, IM Ravi Teja S and 2521-rated Amirezza Pour Agha Bala (IRI). He will face GM Volodar Murzin in the fifth round.

GM Aryan Chopra and IM Rathanvel V S are at 3.5/4 each

Sankalp - Aryan: 0-1

The only other time GM Sankalp Gupta (2522) faced GM Aryan Chopra (2641) in a Classical rated game was back in 2019 at Asian Continental in China. That game ended in a draw. This one in Abu Dhabi was also heading towards a draw until Sankalp made a significant change in the position.

Position after 41.c4?

Changing structures in the endgame can have a huge impact. 41.c4? caused one. It shut White's bishop out completely. In the above position, it can be seen that the bishop has no safe squares to go to. 41...Be6 42.Rf1 Bg4 43.Rb1 Rf6 White cannot prevent Rf3+ 44.Kd2 Rf2+ 45.Kd3 Rf3+ and Black won the game soon.

IM Rathanvel V S - GM Javokhir Sindarov (UZB): 0.5-0.5

GM Sandipan Chanda - GM Lu Shanglei (CHN): 0.5-0.5

IM FT Harikrishnan A Ra - GM Jaime Santos Latasa (ESP): 0.5-0.5

Vantika - Yakubboev

Position after 53...Qg6

53...Qg6?? is a blunder according to the computer as it allows White to advance his king. If Black wishes to trade the queens after 54.Qd8+ Qf6 it leads to a loss in the resultant pawn endgame which can transform into another queen endgame eventually. 55.Qxf6+ Kf6 56.f4 h4+ 57.Kxh4 exf4 58.Kg4 Ke5 59.Kf3 a5 60.a4 Kd4 61.Kxf4 Kxc4 62.Kf5 Kd3 63.e5 c4 64.exd6 c3 65.d7 c2 68.d8Q c1Q 69.Qb6 is a computer line, quite difficult for a human to calculate, especially if they are low on time.

Final moments: IM Vantika Agrawal - GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) | Video: ChessBase India

IM Vantika Agrawal could have probably pushed for a win against GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB)

Hari Madhavan - Kobalia

Position after 20...Nxe4

White cannot take the knight at e4 due to Bf5! However, there is nothing wrong with taking the other knight. So, IM Hari Madhavan N B (2418) went 21.Bxh5 Bf5 22.Ka1 exf4 23.Bxf4 Bg5 24.Bxg5 fxg5 25.Qh2 gxh5 26.Qxh5 Qg7 27.Nge2 Nf2 28.Rdg1 Bg6 29.Qxg5 Nxh1 30.Nf4 Nf2 31.Qh4 and White went on to win the game. This is a game that should be enjoyed because two humans played it, no computer preparation or anything is involved.

IM Hari Madhavan N B won a wild game against GM Mikhail Kobalia

IM Ajay Karthikeyan - GM Jakhongir Vakhidov (UZB): 0.5-0.5

IM Nitish Belukar - GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB): 0.5-0.5

GM B Adhiban - IM S Rohith Krishna: 0.5-0.5

FM Vedant Panesar - GM Raja Rithvik R: 0.5-0.5

Sanket Chakravarty - GM Stany G A: 0.5-0.5

IM Viani Antonio Dcunha - CM Mayank Chakraborty: 0.5-0.5

GM Karthikeyan Murali's bold attack did not work out against IM Divya Deshmukh

Arhan Chethan Anand - IM Guanchu Liu (CHN): 0.5-0.5

IM L M S T De Silva (SRI) - FM Ayush Sharma: 0-1

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A total of 145 players including 41 GMs, 54 IMs, 6 WGMs and 3 WIMs are taking part from 22 countries across the world. The tournament is being organized by Abu Dhabi Chess Club & Mind Games from 16th to 24th August 2023 at Radisson Blu Hotel & Resort in Abu Dhabi Corniche Abu Dhabi, 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 4 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Rtg		No.
4	3	40	Rathanvel V S	2491	3	½ - ½	2½	Sindarov Javokhir	2659	7
4	5	10	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2645	2½	½ - ½	2½	Li Di	2561	25
4	6	29	Sankalp Gupta	2522	2½	0 - 1	2½	Aryan Chopra	2641	11
4	9	39	Chanda Sandipan	2491	2½	½ - ½	2½	Lu Shanglei	2598	19
4	10	49	Jubin Jimmy	2460	2	0 - 1	2	Artemiev Vladislav	2698	1
4	12	51	Muthaiah Al	2458	2	0 - 1	2	Matlakov Maxim	2677	3
4	14	8	Narayanan.S.L	2656	2	½ - ½	2	Rahman Ziaur	2448	57
4	15	60	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	2437	2	½ - ½	2	Santos Latasa Jaime	2656	9
4	16	61	Vantika Agrawal	2430	2	½ - ½	2	Yakubboev Nodirbek	2630	15
4	17	62	Ajay Karthikeyan	2429	2	½ - ½	2	Vakhidov Jakhongir	2618	17
4	18	65	Nitish Belurkar	2425	2	½ - ½	2	Vokhidov Shamsiddin	2597	20
4	19	66	Saydaliev Saidakbar	2424	2	0 - 1	2	Pranav V	2588	21
4	20	22	Adhiban B.	2587	2	½ - ½	2	Rohith Krishna S	2423	67
4	21	24	Karthik Venkataraman	2562	2	1 - 0	2	Movahed Sina	2417	69
4	23	68	Hari Madhavan N B	2418	2	1 - 0	2	Kobalia Mikhail	2547	27
4	25	34	Pranesh M	2503	2	½ - ½	2	Xiang Zeyu	2391	88
4	26	90	Panesar Vedant	2391	2	½ - ½	2	Raja Rithvik R	2502	35
4	28	44	Swapnil S. Dhopade	2479	2	½ - ½	2	Xie Kaifan	2369	104
4	32	30	Pour Agha Bala Amirreza	2521	1½	0 - 1	2	Vaz Ethan	2306	134
4	35	93	Ajay Krishna S	2388	1½	1 - 0	1½	Nogerbek Kazybek	2487	41

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	18	Xu, Xiangyu	CHN	2608	4	0	4	10
2	4	Fedoseev, Vladimir	SLO	2676	4	0	4	10
3	40	Rathanvel, V S	IND	2491	3,5	0	3	9,5
4	11	Aryan, Chopra	IND	2641	3,5	0	3	8,5
5	71	Atakhan, Abtin	IRI	2414	3	0	3	11
6	33	Suleymenov, Alisher	KAZ	2509	3	0	3	10,5
7	134	Vaz, Ethan	IND	2306	3	0	3	9,5
8	21	Pranav, V	IND	2588	3	0	3	9,5
9	2	Anton Guijarro, David	ESP	2693	3	0	3	8
10	1	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2698	3	0	3	7,5
11	7	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2659	3	0	2	10
12	59	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	UZB	2438	3	0	2	10
13	6	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2660	3	0	2	10
14	14	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2631	3	0	2	9,5
15	37	Dai, Changren	CHN	2499	3	0	2	9,5
16	23	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2586	3	0	2	8,5
17	19	Lu, Shanglei	CHN	2598	3	0	2	8
	24	Karthik, Venkataraman	IND	2562	3	0	2	8
19	25	Li, Di	CHN	2561	3	0	2	8
20	39	Chanda, Sandipan	IND	2491	3	0	2	7,5

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Round 5 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Rtg		No.
5	2	11	Aryan Chopra	2641	3½		3½	Rathanvel V S	2491	40
5	3	1	Artemiev Vladislav	2698	3		3	Karthik Venkataraman	2562	24
5	7	7	Sindarov Javokhir	2659	3		3	Chanda Sandipan	2491	39
5	8	37	Dai Changren	2499	3		3	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2645	10
5	10	134	Vaz Ethan	2306	3		3	Murzin Volodar	2631	14
5	12	21	Pranav V	2588	3		3	Hari Madhavan N B	2418	68
5	14	58	Zhalmakhanov Ramazan	2444	2½		2½	Narayanan.S.L	2656	8
5	15	9	Santos Latasa Jaime	2656	2½		2½	Vantika Agrawal	2430	61
5	16	15	Yakubboev Nodirbek	2630	2½		2½	Ajay Karthikeyan	2429	62
5	17	17	Vakhidov Jakhongir	2618	2½		2½	Nitish Belurkar	2425	65
5	18	20	Vokhidov Shamsiddin	2597	2½		2½	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	2437	60
5	19	81	Aizenberg Benny	2400	2½		2½	Adhiban B.	2587	22
5	20	67	Rohith Krishna S	2423	2½		2½	Socko Bartosz	2551	26
5	21	72	Gholami Orimi Mahdi	2413	2½		2½	Sankalp Gupta	2522	29
5	22	32	Song Raymond	2512	2½		2½	Panesar Vedant	2391	90
5	23	93	Ajay Krishna S	2388	2½		2½	Pranesh M	2503	34
5	24	35	Raja Rithvik R	2502	2½		2½	Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali	2384	98
5	26	88	Xiang Zeyu	2391	2½		2½	Swapnil S. Dhopade	2479	44
5	28	47	Hakemi Arman	2463	2½		2½	Dushyant Sharma	2325	125
5	33	27	Kobalia Mikhail	2547	2		2	Kushagra Mohan	2397	85

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