Qatar Masters 2023 R3: Aditya Mittal defies World no.7 Anish Giri

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/10/2023

Magnus Carlsen (NOR) bounced back with a victory over IM FT Muthaiah Al in the third round of Qatar Masters 2023. Muthaiah did not go down easily. He put up a very good fight. Only in the complex queen and minor piece endgame, he made an inaccuracy which was enough for the World no.1 to seize. GM Aditya Mittal held GM Anish Giri (NED) to a draw. The teenager played really well against the World no.7. GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM S L Narayanan are the only two Indians at 3/3. They are going to face each other in the fourth round. IM Vaishali R continues her good run. She drew against GM Temur Kuybokarov (AUS). Round 4 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Arjun and S L Narayanan in a five-way lead

GM Aditya Mittal held the World no.7 and Netherlands no.1 - GM Anish Giri to a draw

Before Round 3, an important announcement was shared on the official website:

Fair play measure and playing procedures | Source: Official site

Carlsen - Muthaiah: 1-0

It is well known by now that after a loss, GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2839) is a fierce opponent to face in the following round. IM Muthaiah Al (2470) managed to hold his own. The game reached a queen and minor piece endgame where the IM was down by two pawns.

Position after 43.Qxd4

It was extremely to figure out that 43...Qe7 saves the game as 44.Ne5 Qxg5 tactically defends the bishop. Instead, the game continued with the humane 43...Qe6? 44.Ne5 Qxh3+ 45.Ke1 Qh1+ 46.Kd2 Bf3 47.Nd7 White is making some checkmate threats in the back rank. 47...Qd1+ 48.Ke3 Qxb3+ 49.Kf4 Bc6 50.Nf6+ Kg7 51.Nh5+ Kf8 52.Qd6+ Kg8 53.Qd8+ and checkmate is unstoppable.

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IM Muthaiah Al played really well against the World no.1 Magnus Carlsen

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Aditya Mittal on his phenomenal preparation against Anish Giri | Video: ChessBase India

Getting 37 minutes more on the clock over Anish Giri in the opening - Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

GM Anish Giri (NED) was denied a hat-trick by GM Aditya Mittal

Rasulov - Arjun

Position after 37...d5!

GM Arjun Erigaisi (2712) played an excellent move 37...d5! in response to GM Vugar Rasulov's (AZE, 2560) incorrect decision to sideline his knight 37.Nxa4. 38.Rd3 dxc4 39.Rxd8+ Nxd8 40.Nxb2 c3 and it's over for White.

Arjun Erigaisi makes a scintillating 3/3 start at the Qatar Masters Open 2023 | Video: ChessBase India

Arjun Erigaisi is a tactical beast - Vugar Rasulov vs Arjun Erigaisi | Video: ChessBase India

GM Arjun Erigaisi scored a comfortable win over GM Vugar Rasulov (AZE)

S L Narayanan - Alisher

Position after 29.Kg2

In a complex position, GM Alisher Suleymenov (KAZ, 2512) made an incorrect decision to go after f3-pawn by giving up his e5. 29...Nd4? 30.Rxe5 Nxf3 31.Rf1 g4 32.Re4 Rdd8 33.Qe3 White is in no hurry to take the g4-pawn. First, he increases his firm grip on the position before going for the pawn. White went on to win the game in a little over dozen moves.

GM S L Narayanan defeated the Magnus slayer GM Alisher Suleymenov (KAZ) to become one of the five leaders

IM Vaishali R - GM Temur Kuybokarov (AUS): 0.5-0.5

Sandipan - Gukesh: 0-1

In a battle of trainer vs student, GM Sandipan Chanda (2496) was the one who first gained an upper hand against his WACA mentee, GM D Gukesh (2758).

Position after 17...Rfd8

18.Ba6 Qa3 19.Qd3 or 18...Qf8 19.Rc7 would have put White in a commanding position. The game continued 18.Bd3 Qf8 19.Qa1 Ne4 20.Rc7 Rac8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Ba6 Rd8 23.f3 Nc5 soon Black equalized and turned things around. Black could have probably finished things earlier if he had captured the e3-pawn on move no.37.

Teacher vs Student: Sandipan Chanda vs D Gukesh - Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

India no.1 GM D Gukesh prevailed the test against GM Sandipan Chanda

Laxman - Abhimanyu

Position after 40...Qd4

40...Bd4?? is a blunder. Try to find out why.

GM Laxman R R defeated the in-form GM Abhimanyu Puranik

IM Rakesh Kumar Jena - GM Adhiban B: 0.5-0.5

GM Iniyan P - FM Vedant Panesar: 0.5-0.5

IM Nitin S - GM Raja Rithvik R: 1-0

FM Gaurang Bagwe - IM Read Samadov (AZE): 0.5-0.5

GM Stany G A - WGM Rakshitta Ravi: 0.5-0.5

FM Kashish Manoj Jain - IM P Shyam Nikhil: 1-0

GM Venkatesh M R - IM Raahul V S: 0-1

Videos

GM Laxman on his win over Abhimanyu Puranik | Video: ChessBase India

I didn't expect to draw against both India and South Korea no.1 - IM Nubairshah | Video: ChessBase India

"There's no pressure to win every game!" - IM Eric Rosen | Video: ChessBase India

Schedule

There are one round every day from 11th to 20th October 2023 starting from 3 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Monday 16th October 2023 is a rest day. Only last round on 20th October starts at 12 p.m. local time, 2:30 p.m. IST.

Time control

Time control for each tournament game is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

Prizes

The total prize fund of the tournament is US$ 108250. The top three prizes are $25000, $15000 and $10000 each.

Replay live stream

Replay Round 3 Live Commentary by IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal | Video: ChessBase India

Replay Round 3 Live Commentary by GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko, IM Jovanka Houska, and IM Irene Sukandar | Video: Qatar Chess Association

Replay Round 3 games

Round 3 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Carlsen, Magnus *)		2839	1	1 - 0	1½	IM	Muthaiah, Al		2470	66
2	28	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin		2578	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru *)		2780	2
3	3	GM	Giri, Anish		2760	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Aditya, Mittal	U18	2572	30
4	34	GM	Rasulov, Vugar		2560	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	U20	2712	6
5	35	GM	Kaidanov, Gregory		2554	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	U18	2658	12
6	13	GM	Narayanan.S.L,		2651	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Suleymenov, Alisher		2512	47
7	41	GM	Yilmazyerli, Mert		2533	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh		2632	16
8	19	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek		2616	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	U18	2484	61
9	43	GM	Kevlishvili, Robby		2521	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir		2607	22
10	25	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat		2585	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Baskin, Robert		2451	72
11	75	IM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu		2448	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Kuybokarov, Temur		2584	26
12	5	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	U20	2716	1½	1 - 0	2	FM	Bakhrillaev, Bakhrom	U16	2302	149
13	53	GM	Chanda, Sandipan		2496	1½	0 - 1	1½	GM	Gukesh, D	U18	2758	4
14	55	IM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	U20	2494	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden		2707	8
15	9	GM	Nihal, Sarin	U20	2694	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Vignesh, N R		2527	42
16	63		Xiao, Tong(Qd)	U16	2476	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.		2649	14
17	15	GM	Aryan, Chopra		2634	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Pranesh, M	U18	2515	46
18	17	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	U18	2622	1½	½ - ½	1½	IM	Samant, Aditya S	U18	2511	48
19	142	GM	Laxman, R.R.		2322	1½	1 - 0	1½	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		2618	18
20	69	IM	Chen, Qi B		2465	1½	0 - 1	1½	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali		2611	20

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Standings after Round 3

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	6	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	U20		IND	2712	3	6	3292
2	12	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	U18		UZB	2658	3	12	3278
3	13	GM	Narayanan.S.L,			IND	2651	3	13	3266
4	25	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat			KAZ	2585	3	25	3229
5	43	GM	Kevlishvili, Robby			NED	2521	3	43	3197
6	2	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru			USA	2780	2,5	2	2780
7	3	GM	Giri, Anish			NED	2760	2,5	3	2775
8	4	GM	Gukesh, D	U18		IND	2758	2,5	4	2678
9	5	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	U20		UZB	2716	2,5	5	2681
10	16	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh			UAE	2632	2,5	16	2743
11	19	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek			UZB	2616	2,5	19	2721
12	20	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali			IND	2611	2,5	20	2697
13	26	GM	Kuybokarov, Temur			AUS	2584	2,5	26	2691
14	28	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin			UZB	2578	2,5	28	2788
15	30	GM	Aditya, Mittal	U18		IND	2572	2,5	30	2771

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Round 4 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	Rtg	No.
1	46	GM	Pranesh, M	U18	2515	2		2	GM	Carlsen, Magnus *)		2839	1
2	2	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru *)		2780	2½		3	GM	Kevlishvili, Robby		2521	43
3	6	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	U20	2712	3		3	GM	Narayanan.S.L,		2651	13
4	12	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	U18	2658	3		3	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat		2585	25
5	3	GM	Giri, Anish		2760	2½		2½	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin		2578	28
6	4	GM	Gukesh, D	U18	2758	2½		2½	GM	Yilmazyerli, Mert		2533	41
7	30	GM	Aditya, Mittal	U18	2572	2½		2½	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	U20	2716	5
8	16	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh		2632	2½		2½	IM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	U18	2484	61
9	40	GM	Fawzy, Adham		2535	2½		2½	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek		2616	19
10	20	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali		2611	2½		2½	IM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu		2448	75
11	26	GM	Kuybokarov, Temur		2584	2½		2½	GM	Laxman, R.R.		2322	142
12	47	GM	Suleymenov, Alisher		2512	2		2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham		2707	7
13	8	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden		2707	2		2	GM	Mousavi, Seyed Khalil		2492	57
14	48	IM	Samant, Aditya S	U18	2511	2		2	GM	Nihal, Sarin	U20	2694	9
15	14	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.		2649	2		2	IM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	U20	2494	55
16	50	IM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	U16	2510	2		2	GM	Aryan, Chopra		2634	15
17	52	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	U16	2500	2		2	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	U18	2622	17
18	22	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir		2607	2		2	GM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik		2487	59
19	62	IM	Stearman, Josiah	U20	2476	2		2	GM	Paravyan, David		2599	23
20	24	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		2598	2		2		Xiao, Tong(Qd)	U16	2476	63

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