Ajay Krishna and Rakesh Kumar Jena beat GMs

IM Rathanvel V S is moving steadily towards his GM title

GM Sandipan Chanda - GM Maxim Matlakov: 0.5-0.5

S L Narayanan - Nitish: 1-0

A four vs three pawns in the rook endgame ideally should end in a draw. However, the defender must play correctly to secure the draw. IM Nitish Belukar (2425) went wrong against GM S L Narayanan (2656).

Position after 57.f4

Black needed to play 57...Ra4 to prevent White from creating a passed pawn on e-file. 57...Ra3?? just enabled it 58.e5 fxe5 59.fxe5 and now Black can no longer save the game.

GM S L Narayanan capitalized on IM Nitish Belukar's mistake in the endgame

Swapnil - Ajay Krishna

Position after 33...Ne5

Black is making some deadly threats of Nf3+ followed by discover checks if king walks into the long h1-a8 diagonal. White's best defence was to take the e8-rook 34.Nxe8 Rxe8 and allow perpetual check 35.Rb8 Nf3+ 36.Kf1 Nxh2+ 37.Kg1 Nf3+. However, GM Swapnil Dhopade (2479) went wrong 34.Qb3?? Nf3+ 35.Kh1 Qh5 36.Kg2 Nd2 37.Qd1 Qd5+ 38.f3 Nxb1 39.Nxe8 Rxe8 40.Rxb1 Qxc5 and IM Ajay Krishna S (2388) went on to win the game.

GM Swapnil Dhopade - IM Ajay Krishna S: 0-1

IM Rakesh Kumar Jena won from a losing double rook endgame against GM Sankalp Gupta

FM Vedant Panesar (pictured) - GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE): 0.5-0.5

IM Divya Deshmukh defeated 2521-rated Amirezza Pour Agha Bala (IRI) after a 102-move long battle

Sanket Chakravarty - IM Jubin Jimmy: 1-0

FM Arhan Chethan Anand - GM Swayams Mishra: 0.5-0.5

FM Kashish Manoj Jain - IM Nogerbek Kazybek (KAZ):1-0

IM Raahul V S - FM Aditya Vikram Paul: 0.5-0.5

CM Mayank Chakraborty - IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman: 1-0

FM Ritviz Parab - WGM Priyanka Nutakki: 0.5-0.5

FM Ojasva Singh - IM Moksh Amit Doshi: 1-0

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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 6 results

Rd.Bo.No. RtgPts.ResultPts.Rtg No.
6218
Xu Xiangyu26084½½ - ½4Aryan Chopra2641
11
6310
Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.26454½ - ½4Abdisalimov Abdimalik2438
59
6540
Rathanvel V S24914½ - ½4Pranav V2588
21
6739
Chanda Sandipan24913½½ - ½3½Matlakov Maxim2677
3
613134
Vaz Ethan23063½0 - 13½Song Raymond2512
32
6158
Narayanan.S.L265631 - 03Nitish Belurkar2425
65
61868
Hari Madhavan N B241830 - 13Vakhidov Jakhongir2618
17
61922
Adhiban B.258730 - 13Movahed Sina2417
69
62024
Karthik Venkataraman256231 - 03Rohith Krishna S2423
67
62262
Ajay Karthikeyan242930 - 13Kobalia Mikhail2547
27
62334
Pranesh M25033½ - ½3Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali2384
98
62466
Saydaliev Saidakbar24243½ - ½3Raja Rithvik R2502
35
62742
Prraneeth Vuppala248531 - 03Xie Kaifan2369
104
62844
Swapnil S. Dhopade247930 - 13Ajay Krishna S2388
93
62946
Assaubayeva Bibisara246931 - 03Ayush Sharma2321
128
631139
Rakesh Kumar Jena228931 - 02½Sankalp Gupta2522
29
63290
Panesar Vedant23912½½ - ½2½Nguyen Thai Dai Van2637
13
63328
Pranav Anand25292½0 - 12½Tarhan Adar2388
94
63430
Pour Agha Bala Amirreza25212½0 - 12½Divya Deshmukh2372
100
63587
Manafov Vugar23922½½ - ½2½Stany G.A.2472
45

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.SNo RtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
118
Xu, XiangyuCHN260850,5423,5
24
Fedoseev, VladimirSLO267650,5422,5
371
Atakhan, AbtinIRI24144,50423
421
Pranav, VIND25884,50422,5
52
Anton Guijarro, DavidESP26934,50421
61
Artemiev, VladislavRUS26984,50420
740
Rathanvel, V SIND24914,50323,5
859
Abdisalimov, AbdimalikUZB24384,50322,5
911
Aryan, ChopraIND26414,50322
107
Sindarov, JavokhirUZB26594,50321,5
1114
Murzin, VolodarFID26314,50320
1232
Song, RaymondTPE25124,50319
1310
Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.IND26454,50318,5
1419
Lu, ShangleiCHN25984,50318,5
1554
Babazada, KhazarAZE24514,50317
1627
Kobalia, MikhailFID254740419,5
1742
Prraneeth, VuppalaIND248540418,5
18139
Rakesh, Kumar JenaIND228940416
1943
Madaminov, MukhiddinUZB248440322,5
2025
Li, DiCHN256140322

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Round 7 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. RtgPts.ResultPts.Rtg No.
731
Artemiev Vladislav26984½4½Rathanvel V S2491
40
7521
Pranav V25884½4½Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.2645
10
7611
Aryan Chopra26414½4½Atakhan Abtin2414
71
71093
Ajay Krishna S238844Narayanan.S.L2656
8
7119
Santos Latasa Jaime265644Chanda Sandipan2491
39
71217
Vakhidov Jakhongir261844Prraneeth Vuppala2485
42
714106
Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan235944Karthik Venkataraman2562
24
71627
Kobalia Mikhail254744Rakesh Kumar Jena2289
139
72181
Aizenberg Benny24003½3½Pranesh M2503
34
72235
Raja Rithvik R25023½3½Xiang Zeyu2391
88
72437
Dai Changren24993½3½Sanket Chakravarty2385
97
72751
Muthaiah Al24583½3½Vaz Ethan2306
134
728100
Divya Deshmukh23723½3½Zhao Yuanhe2456
52
73085
Kushagra Mohan239733Adhiban B.2587
22
732102
Pham Le Thao Nguyen237033Swapnil S. Dhopade2479
44
73345
Stany G.A.247233Panesar Vedant2391
90
73553
Swayams Mishra245233Jain Kashish Manoj2350
114
736107
Nazari Arad235833Ravi Teja S.2450
56
738108
Beydullayeva Govhar235533Harikrishnan.A.Ra2437
60
73961
Vantika Agrawal243033Arhan Chethan Anand2341
117

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