Dubai Juniors Express: 28 Indians among 110 players

by ChessBase India - 21/07/2016

A total of 110 players from 12 countries are taking part in the region’s premier annual competition for junior players aged 14-years-old and below. 28 Indians are in the fray, led by Rahu Shrivatshav, in this US$ 10,000 festival. An express report.

Dubai Juniors Express: 28 Indians among 110 players

A total of 110 players from 12 countries are taking part in the region’s premier annual competition for junior players aged 14-years-old and below. The tournament’s opening also coincided with the celebration of the International Chess Day and the 92nd founding anniversary of the FIDE.

Inauguration

"Dubai Juniors Chess Tournament has been recognised as an important training ground for some of the best young players in the world,” said Ibrahim Al Bannai, President of the Arab Chess Federation and Chairman of the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. He continued: “Many of the participants in the past 14 years have become among the leading grandmasters of this generation, and we are therefore proud to have contributed to their success in the sport. With 110 top junior players from a dozen countries competing this year, Dubai Juniors continues to reaffirm its status as a premier event for junior players from around the world.”

The total prize fund of the tournament is a handsome US$ 10,000.

A young participant

The Indian challenge is led by Rahul Srivatshav (2273), seeded second. He has successfully scored 2.0/2.

Ukraine's Viktor Matviishen (2390) is the top seed. Full report to follow...

Pairings for Round 03:

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	FM	Matviishen Viktor	2390	2		2		Mohammed Fawwaaz	1479	14
2	17		Singh Gurmeher	1401	2		2		Rahul Srivatshav P	2273	2
3	3	FM	Mohammad Fahad Rahman	2157	2		2		Sidharth Balaji Sridharan	1420	16
4	19		Devnani Kush	1375	2		2	CM	Ahmadzada Ahmad	2099	4
5	5		Umbetov Kazybek	2002	2		2		Kapoor Gurveen	1358	20
6	21		Aaditya Hari Krishnan	1355	2		2		Aryan Ranjan	1836	6
7	7	CM	Al Hosani Omran	1821	2		2		Al Darmaky Saif	1333	22
8	23		Naik Atharv	1320	2		2		Hakobyan Eduard	1753	8
9	9	CM	Al-Zaabi Sultan	1674	2		2		Fatima Al Wahabi	1285	27
10	11		Kocharyan Hayk	1573	2		2		Shamma Al Serkal	1157	44
11	12		Al Hosani Saeed	1550	2		2		Sivadurga Adduri	0	106
12	37		Gupta Aakarsh	1186	2		2		Al Darmaky Sultan	1500	13
13	45		Viswanath Raghu Rohan	1155	2		1½		Ahlam Rashed	1303	26
14	103		Sidharth Hariharan	0	1½		1½		Yatrik Pratihar	1282	28
15	55		Faraj Mariam	1037	1½		1½		Zamanbek Mereilim	0	109

Full pairings here.

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