8th Sharjah Masters R5: Iniyan and Aditya Mittal score

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/05/2025

GM Anish Giri (NED) drew with his coleader, GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB) in Round 5 of 8th Sharjah Masters 2025. GM Changren Dai (CHN) defeated GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) to join them in the lead 4/5. GM Visakh N R drew his game with GM Nikolas Theodorou (GRE) to move to 3.5/5. GM Iniyan Pa and GM Aditya Mittal scored full point against IM Ilamparthi A R and GM Jingyao Tin (SGP) respectively. Both of them join the pursuit at 3.5/5 each. 13 players are trailing the leaders by a half point at 3.5/5. Visakh, Aditya and the reigning National Rapid champion - Iniyan are the three Indians among them. Round 6 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Himank Ghosh

Group B: Mayank and Reza share the lead

IM Mayank Chakraborty defeated IM Seyed Kian Poormosavi (IRI) to maintain his lead 4.5/5 in Group B. IM Reza Mahdavi (IRI) is the only other player at 4.5/5. Mayank and Reza will inevitably clash against each other in Round 6.

GM Aditya Mittal defeated the Singapore no.1, GM Jingyao Tin

GM Anish Giri (NED) - GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB): 0.5-0.5

GM Visakh N R had a well contested draw against GM Nikolas Theodorou (GRE)

Iniyan - Ilamparthi

Position after 20.g4

GM Iniyan Pa (2573) provoked his opponent with 20.g4 IM Ilamparthi A R (2469) decided to sacrifice his knight 20...Nxg4 21.hxg4 Bxg4 22.Rd5 f5 23.Nh2 Ne5 24.Bg2 Bh3 25.Qe2 Qg6 26.Qf1 Re6 27.Ne2 Bxg2 28.Qxg2 Qf7 29.Nf4 Re7 White not only managed to thwart all attempts by Black to stir up trouble but also ensure that Black does not get any compensation for the sacrificed piece. The reigning National Rapid champion went on to win the game.

GM Iniyan Pa moved to 3.5/5 after his emphatic win over IM Ilamparthi A R

Aditya - Jingyao

Position after 18...Rad8?

GM Aditya Mittal's (2547) idea behind 18.Ng3 was to play d5. GM Jingyao Tin (SGP, 2601) enabled him when he played 18...Rad8? 19.d5+- e5 20.Nxf5 Nxf5 21.Bxf5 Bxc4 22.h5 Rh8 23.Be6+ Black's position soon fell apart as the bishop pair played a key role in increasing White's advantage and eventually a win.

GM Pranav Anand had a short and crisp draw against GM Samuel Sevian (USA) | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The All-Indian clash between GM Leon Luke Mendonca and GM Raja Rithvik R ended in a stalemate

IM S Rohith Krishna held GM Ihor Samunenkov (UKR) to a draw | Photo: Sharjah Chess Club

IM Divya Deshmukh - GM David Gavrilescu (ROU): 0.5-0.5

IM Aswath S - GM Giovanni Vescovi (BRA): 1-0

Mayank - Poormosavi

Position after 32...Rc6

The above rook and few pawns endgame ideally should end up in a draw with correct play. However, to win a game you have to ensure that you do not yourself reduce the winning chances. Both 33.Rxa4 and Ra3 leads to a draw but only 33.Ra3 keeps more practical chances. That's what IM Mayank Chakraborty (2436) did. His opponent IM Seyed Kian Poormosavi (IRI, 2379) could not find the correct way to defend and went on to lose the game.

Group B: IM Mayank Chakraborty defeated IM Seyed Kian Poormosavi (IRI) to maintain his lead 4.5/5

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Round 5 Masters A results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Giri, Anish	2738	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2637	8
2	24	GM	Kozak, Adam	2578	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2771	1
3	29	GM	Amar, Elham	2569	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2706	3
4	52	GM	Dai, Changren	2531	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2670	5
5	11	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh *)	2631	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Vetokhin, Savva	2558	36
6	16	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2621	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Woodward, Andy	2547	45
7	63	GM	Visakh, N R	2507	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2611	17
8	6	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2666	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	2516	59
9	58	GM	Kacharava, Nikolozi	2516	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Ivic, Velimir	2630	13
10	20	GM	Azarov, Sergei	2596	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Oro, Faustino	2454	81
11	26	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2573	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	2469	79
12	44	GM	Aditya, Mittal *)	2547	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Tin, Jingyao	2601	19
13	80	GM	Nigmatov, Ortik	2457	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2565	31
14	64	GM	Ohanyan, Emin	2503	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2563	34

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	52	GM	Dai, Changren	CHN	2531	4	16
2	2	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	2738	4	15,5
3	8	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2637	4	13,5
4	63	GM	Visakh, N R	IND	2507	3,5	17,5
5	3	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2706	3,5	15
6	44	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2547	3,5	15
7	29	GM	Amar, Elham	NOR	2569	3,5	14,5
8	17	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2611	3,5	14
9	24	GM	Kozak, Adam	HUN	2578	3,5	14
10	45	GM	Woodward, Andy	USA	2547	3,5	14
11	6	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2666	3,5	13,5
12	13	GM	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2630	3,5	13,5
13	1	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2771	3,5	13
14	26	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2573	3,5	13
15	34	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	RUS	2563	3,5	12

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Round 6 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	8	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2637	4		4	GM	Dai, Changren	2531	52
2	3	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2706	3½		4	GM	Giri, Anish	2738	2
3	1	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2771	3½		3½	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2573	26
4	6	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2666	3½		3½	GM	Amar, Elham	2569	29
5	38	GM	Grebnev, Aleksey	2556	3		3	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh *)	2631	11
6	13	GM	Ivic, Velimir	2630	3½		3½	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2563	34
7	16	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2621	3½		3½	GM	Visakh, N R	2507	63
8	45	GM	Woodward, Andy	2547	3½		3½	GM	Kozak, Adam	2578	24
9	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2670	3		3	IM	Malek, Jan	2511	62
10	68	GM	Xiao, Tong(Qd)	2493	3		3	GM	Azarov, Sergei	2596	20
11	21	GM	Paravyan, David	2596	3		3	GM	Nigmatov, Ortik	2457	80
12	17	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2611	3½		3½	GM	Aditya, Mittal *)	2547	44
13	69	IM	Mamedov, Edgar	2492	3		3	GM	Pichot, Alan	2587	22
14	31	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2565	3		3	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2472	76
15	81	IM	Oro, Faustino	2454	3		3	GM	Vetokhin, Savva	2558	36

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Round 5 Masters B results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	4	IM	Wang, Shixu B	2462	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2435	11
2	14		Zhang, Di	2410	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Levin, Evgeny A.	2453	5
3	6	IM	Mahdavi, Reza	2445	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy	2415	13
4	22	IM	Raahul, V S	2378	3½	½ - ½	3½		Meng, Yihan	2443	7
5	10	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	2436	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Poormosavi, Seyed Kian	2379	21
6	8	IM	Harshavardhan, G B	2441	3	½ - ½	3½	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim	2364	25
7	32	IM	Tissir, Mohamed	2320	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2478	1
8	2	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	2474	3	½ - ½	3	FM	Yurasov, Matfey	2354	29
9	36	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2283	½	½ - ½	½		Elnemr, Mohamed	1937	123
10	42	WIM	Aydin, Gulenay	2240	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2467	3
11	44	FM	Borisova, Ekaterina	2233	3	½ - ½	3		Jiang, Haochen	2439	9
12	12	GM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	2430	3	½ - ½	3		Vasilkov, Nikolay	2201	47
13	16	IM	Arfan, Aditya Bagus	2402	3	½ - ½	3	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	2292	35
14	20	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2387	3	1 - 0	3	WIM	Caglar, Sila	2200	48
15	23	FM	Zia, Tahsin Tajwar	2374	3	½ - ½	3	FM	Sharipov, Davron	2269	39

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	10	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	IND	2436	4,5	15
2	6	IM	Mahdavi, Reza	IRI	2445	4,5	13
3	25	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim	FID	2364	4	17,5
4	5	GM	Levin, Evgeny A.	RUS	2453	4	16,5
5	11	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	RUS	2435	4	16,5
6	14		Zhang, Di	CHN	2410	4	16
7	22	IM	Raahul, V S	IND	2378	4	15,5
8	3	IM	Garifullina, Leya	FID	2467	4	15
9	4	IM	Wang, Shixu B	CHN	2462	4	15
10	7		Meng, Yihan	CHN	2443	4	14,5
11	20	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	SRI	2387	4	14
12	12	GM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	IND	2430	3,5	17
13	2	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	IND	2474	3,5	16,5
14	17		Gong, Sunle	CHN	2398	3,5	16
15	23	FM	Zia, Tahsin Tajwar	BAN	2374	3,5	15,5

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Round 6 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	2436	4½		4½	IM	Mahdavi, Reza	2445	6
2	3	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2467	4		4		Zhang, Di	2410	14
3	25	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim	2364	4		4	IM	Wang, Shixu B	2462	4
4	5	GM	Levin, Evgeny A.	2453	4		4	IM	Raahul, V S	2378	22
5	7		Meng, Yihan	2443	4		4	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2387	20
6	11	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2435	4		3½	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2478	1
7	35	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	2292	3½		3½	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	2474	2
8	37	CM	Davudov, Tunar	2279	3½		3½	IM	Harshavardhan, G B	2441	8
9	125	ACM	Aryan, Goyal	1931	1		1	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2283	36
10	9		Jiang, Haochen	2439	3½		3½	IM	Tissir, Mohamed	2320	32
11	51	AIM	Vihaan, Dumir	2191	3½		3½	GM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	2430	12
12	13	IM	Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy	2415	3½		3½	IM	Kanter, Eduard	2309	34
13	39	FM	Sharipov, Davron	2269	3½		3½	IM	Arfan, Aditya Bagus	2402	16
14	17		Gong, Sunle	2398	3½		3½	FM	Chubakov, Sultan	2271	38
15	47		Vasilkov, Nikolay	2201	3½		3½	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	2394	18

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