Divya Deshmukh wins Sharjah Challengers 2024

Bardiya clinches the Masters, Agshin Futures

A fortnight ago, we mentioned that it is not everyday a female player wins a rating open or a rating restricted event. 18 days later, once again the top two places were claimed by two female players in the Challengers section. We hope it becomes a common occurrence instead of a rare feat. IM Aradhya Garg and IM Harsh Suresh are the only two other Indians to make a top ten finish in the Challengers. They scored 6.5/9 each to secure sixth and seventh place respectively. Agshin Alizada (AZE) won the Futures section scoring 7.5/9. 9-year-old Safin Safarullakhan also scored 7.5/9. He secured second place according to tie-breaks. Apart from Safin, Vivaan Rana and Jayaraj Gowrishankar are two more Indians to make a top ten finish in the Futures. They scored 7/9 and 6.5/9 to be placed fourth and seventh respectively. The top three prizes in all three sections were the following: Masters - US$ 12000, $8000 and $7000, Challengers - $2000, $1600 and $1300, Futures - $1500, $1100 and $900, along with a winner's trophy + medal for all three.

The Champions (L to R): Masters - GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI) 6.5/9, Challengers - IM Divya Deshmukh 7/9 and Futures - Agshin Alizada (AZE) 7.5/9

Champion in Masters - GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI) 6.5/9

Interview with GM Bardiya Daneshvar | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - GM Volodar Murzin 6.5/9

Second Runner-up - GM Sam Shankland (USA) 6.5/9

Divya- Leya

Position after 45...Kh3?

45...Kh3? created some winning chances for IM Divya Deshmukh (2440). 46.Re1 Rc2+ 47.Kf3 Rc3+ 48.Ke4 was one of the ways. Of course, with the championship on the line and a draw being enough to win the tournament, it is understandable that a risk in the final round was not necessary. 46.Re6 Rc2+ 47.Kf3 White's last chance was to play 47.Re2 exchange the rooks and win the game using her bishop and passed c-pawn. The game ended in a draw in the next few moves and Divya became champion.

IM Divya Deshmukh analyzes her game against IM Leya Garifullina | Video: ChessBase India

IM Divya Deshmukh shakes hands with IM Leya Garifullina before the start of the final round

Divya Deshmukh on winning the Sharjah Challengers 2024 | Video: ChessBase India

Champion in Challengers - IM Divya Deshmukh 7/9

Runner-up - IM Leya Garifullina 7/9

Second Runner-up - IM Sina Movahed (IRI) 7/9

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Masters: 4th GM Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) 6.5/9

5th GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) 6/9

6th GM Alexey Sarana (SRB) 6/9

7th GM Arjun Erigaisi 6/9

8th GM Yangyi Yu (CHN) 6/9

9th GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) 6/9

10th GM Aydin Suleymanli (AZE) 6/9

Challengers: 6th IM Aradhya Garg 6.5/9

7th IM Harsh Suresh 6.5/9

Futures: Champion - Agshin Alizada (AZE) 7.5/9

9-year-old Safin wins seven games in-a-row | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - Safin Safarullakhan 7.5/9

Second Runner-up - Yunis Mahmudzade (AZE) 7/9

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Replay Sharjah Masters Round 9 live commentary by Amruta Mokal | Video: ChessBase India

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Round 9 Masters results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	18	GM	Shankland, Sam	2671	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2631	28
2	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2761	5½	½ - ½	6	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2581	50
3	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2732	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2707	5
4	32	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2621	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2706	6
5	30	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2629	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2591	46
6	3	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2728	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Gurel, Ediz	2578	52
7	19	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2670	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2629	29
8	25	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2640	5	0 - 1	5	FM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2516	75
9	27	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2634	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2531	66
10	36	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2616	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2705	7
11	34	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria	2617	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2698	10
12	78	GM	Blohberger, Felix	2505	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2692	12
13	14	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2688	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Idani, Pouya	2605	40
14	15	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2684	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2508	77
15	49	GM	Pranav, V	2587	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2680	16

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	50	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2581	6,5	45,5	41	4	2850
2	28	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2631	6,5	45,5	40,5	2	2796
3	18	GM	Shankland, Sam	USA	2671	6,5	41,5	38,5	3	2772
4	46	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2591	6,5	41,5	37	2	2860
5	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2707	6	46	41	2	2771
6	6	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2706	6	44,5	40	0	2756
7	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2761	6	43	39	2	2749
8	3	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2728	6	43	38,5	1	2723
9	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2732	6	41,5	37,5	1	2738
10	32	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2621	6	41	38,5	2	2735
11	75	FM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	FID	2516	6	40,5	36,5	3	2770
12	27	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	USA	2634	6	34	31,5	1	2657
13	19	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2670	5,5	44,5	41	1	2689
14	29	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2629	5,5	44	40	1	2694
15	14	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2688	5,5	43,5	40	1	2697

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Round 9 Challengers results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	8	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	2440	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2430	10
2	7	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	2449	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2480	3
3	5	IM	Movahed, Sina	2463	6	1 - 0	5½	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2449	6
4	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	2483	5½	½ - ½	5½	FM	Baranciuc, Alexandr	2332	28
5	9	IM	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	2431	5½	0 - 1	5½	FM	Mendes, Aaron Reeve	2306	33
6	97		Abdulrahim, Salem	1824	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2380	19
7	11	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2429	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Aradhya, Garg	2385	17
8	22	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2352	5½	0 - 1	5½		Wang, Yanbin	2415	12
9	82		Nofal, Mohamed *)	1962	3½	0 - 1	3½		Alizada, Pasham	2000	73
10	48	FM	Ammar, Sedrani	2189	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2414	13
11	1	IM	Pang, Tao	2496	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Kanter, Eduard	2344	25
12	51	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja *)	2181	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	2345	24
13	26	IM	Ezat, Mohamed	2340	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2466	4
14	27	FM	Hakobyan, Erik	2335	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Grivas, Efstratios	2396	14
15	29	FM	Sahakyan, Aleks	2332	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2386	16

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	8	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2440	7	47	42,5	1	2584
2	10	IM	Garifullina, Leya	FID	2430	7	45	40,5	3	2567
3	5	IM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2463	7	41	37	3	2515
4	7	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	MDA	2449	6,5	48,5	43,5	2	2536
5	3	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	RUS	2480	6,5	46	41	1	2511
6	17	IM	Aradhya, Garg	IND	2385	6,5	42,5	39	1	2450
7	13	IM	Harsh, Suresh	IND	2414	6,5	41,5	37,5	2	2508
8	33	FM	Mendes, Aaron Reeve	CAN	2306	6,5	38	34,5	3	2314
9	12		Wang, Yanbin	CHN	2415	6,5	37,5	34	2	2377
10	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	PAR	2483	6	47,5	42,5	2	2478
11	24	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	IND	2345	6	44,5	40,5	2	2406
12	1	IM	Pang, Tao	CHN	2496	6	44,5	40	1	2480
13	16	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	IND	2386	6	43,5	40	3	2466
14	27	FM	Hakobyan, Erik	ARM	2335	6	40,5	36,5	2	2393
15	21	FM	Piliposyan, Robert	ARM	2364	6	40,5	36,5	2	2321

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Final standings in Futures

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	8	AFM	Alizada, Agshin	AZE	1866	7,5	0,5	49,5	44,5	3	2020
2	24	AFM	Safin, Safarullakhan	IND	1800	7,5	0,5	41	37,5	4	1949
3	14		Mahmudzade, Yunis	AZE	1850	7	0	47,5	43,5	3	1988
4	33	AFM	Vivaan, Rana	IND	1768	7	0	40,5	36,5	3	1900
5	25		Ibrahimli, Suat	AZE	1799	7	0	39,5	35,5	4	1920
6	30		Aghaverdiyeva, Maryam	AZE	1777	7	0	39	35	2	1905
7	27		Gowrishankar, Jayaraj	IND	1788	6,5	0	49	44,5	2	1963
8	16		German, Santiago	PHI	1840	6,5	0	47	42,5	3	1953
9	21		Isbatov, Kanan	AZE	1808	6,5	0	44,5	40	3	1883
10	1	AIM	Aborezika, Mohamed	LBA	1897	6,5	0	41,5	37,5	3	1903

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Divya Deshmukh wins Sharjah Challengers 2024