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Daniil Dubov had 2 draws in the first 4 rounds. he defeated GM Ansat Aldiyar with the white pieces. On the top board, Iniyan drew against Edgar Mamedov. SL Narayanan defeated Roman Shogdzhiev with the white pieces. The action will resume in Abu Dhabi after the rest day.

Edgar Mamedov vs. Iniyan P.

Iniyan is looking in great shape in this tournament with 3 wins and 2 draws

SL Naryanan vs. Roman Shogdzhiev (1-0)

The clash of talented youngsters Adhiraj Mitra and Aarit Kapil ended in a draw

Antonio Viani vs. Pranav Anand (0-1)

Avirat Chauhan vs. IM Bakhrom Bakhrillaev (1-0)

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Round 5 Results

Bo.

No.

 

White

Rtg

Pts.

Result

Pts.

Black

Rtg

 

No.

1

26

GM

Mamedov, Edgar

2461

3½

½ - ½

3½

GM

Iniyan, Pa

2609

2

2

10

GM

Ahmadzada, Ahmad

2550

3½

½ - ½

3½

IM

Usov, Aleksandr E.

2457

28

3

1

GM

Dubov, Daniil

2652

3

1 - 0

3

GM

Ansat, Aldiyar

2490

21

4

3

GM

Paravyan, David

2597

3

½ - ½

3

IM

Amilal, Munkhdalai

2481

22

5

4

GM

Rakhmanov, Aleksandr

2590

3

1 - 0

3

IM

Talibov, Shiroghlan

2470

23

6

6

GM

Narayanan, S L

2576

3

1 - 0

3

IM

Shogdzhiev, Roman

2464

25

7

8

GM

Gupta, Abhijeet

2553

3

½ - ½

3

IM

Jiang, Haochen

2457

27

8

96

WGM

Zhapova, Yana

2220

3

0 - 1

3

IM

Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid

2551

9

9

18

IM

Zverev, Lev

2496

3

1 - 0

3

IM

Aswath, S

2546

11

10

12

GM

Makarian, Rudik

2543

3

½ - ½

3

IM

Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan

2454

29

Details

Standings after Round 5

Rk.

SNo

 

Name

FED

Rtg

Pts.

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

1

2

GM

Iniyan, Pa

IND

2609

4

0

15

11,5

2

28

IM

Usov, Aleksandr E.

RUS

2457

4

0

13,5

11,5

3

10

GM

Ahmadzada, Ahmad

AZE

2550

4

0

13

11

4

26

GM

Mamedov, Edgar

KAZ

2461

4

0

12,5

10

5

4

GM

Rakhmanov, Aleksandr

FID

2590

4

0

12,5

10

6

1

GM

Dubov, Daniil

RUS

2652

4

0

12

10

7

9

IM

Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid

UZB

2551

4

0

12

9,5

8

14

GM

Vakhidov, Jakhongir

UZB

2508

4

0

11,5

9

9

18

IM

Zverev, Lev

FID

2496

4

0

11

8,5

10

6

GM

Narayanan, S L

IND

2576

4

0

10,5

8,5

Details

Round 6 Pairings

Bo.

No.

 

White

Rtg

Pts.

Result

Pts.

Black

Rtg

 

No.

1

10

GM

Ahmadzada, Ahmad

2550

4

4

GM

Dubov, Daniil

2652

1

2

2

GM

Iniyan, Pa

2609

4

4

GM

Vakhidov, Jakhongir

2508

14

3

18

IM

Zverev, Lev

2496

4

4

GM

Rakhmanov, Aleksandr

2590

4

4

28

IM

Usov, Aleksandr E.

2457

4

4

GM

Narayanan, S L

2576

6

5

9

IM

Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid

2551

4

4

GM

Mamedov, Edgar

2461

26

6

24

IM

Sklokin-Bagiyan, Sergey

2466

3½

3½

GM

Paravyan, David

2597

3

7

5

GM

Pranav, Anand

2584

3½

3½

IM

Amilal, Munkhdalai

2481

22

8

7

GM

Zemlyanskii, Ivan

2569

3½

3½

GM

Srihari, L R

2453

30

9

29

IM

Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan

2454

3½

3½

GM

Gupta, Abhijeet

2553

8

10

32

IM

Kushagra, Mohan

2446

3½

3½

GM

Makarian, Rudik

2543

12

Details


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