Qatar 03: bad day for the top half
The Indians in the top half of the tournament standings had an uneventful day. Sethu and Harika crumbled in the face of their higher rated opponents. Many settled for draws with those rated lower than them, except Adhiban, who even lost. Nevertheless, Sasikiran held Karjakin, and Shardul settled for a draw with Hou Yifan. IM Vignesh NR beat GM Bartel, who is rated 200 points above him. The star attraction of the day was the legendary Spanish playmaker Xavi Hernandez, who visited the tournament. A complete report with pictures, games and video interviews.
Qatar 03: bad day for the top half
A handful of Indians were tasked with playing higher-rated players in the third round. The top half had a bad day at work -- Harika and Adhiban both blundered into a mate, while Vidit was held to a draw. Sethu was outplayed by Li Chao (2750). Kidambi and Padmini Rout lost to their higher rated oppoenents.
On a positive note, the youngsters continued to perform admirably as quite a few of them managed to pull off victories.
Analysis by IM Sagar Shah:
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
came to the games well prepared and he just wanted to surprise him and play
for a draw! Quite a surprising statement by a player who is rated 111 Elo
points above his opponent. But he was black and it is not surprising to see
top players being less ambitious with the black pieces.} 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6
$5 (4... exd4 {is much more common and the main move in the position.}) 5. d5 {
It is possible that Sethuraman did not know the theory after Nc6 move and made
the most natural move. However better was} (5. Nf3 e4 6. Qb3 $1 Nh6 (6... exf3
7. Bxf7+) 7. Nfd2 $14 {With a slight edge for White.}) 5... Na5 $1 {Black has
already equalized.} 6. Be2 c6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. e4 Bb4 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nf3 cxd5 11.
Bxf6 (11. exd5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxd5 $17) 11... Qxf6 12. Qxd5 Bg4 13. O-O $6 (13.
Qxe5 {Should have been tried and this would have given White good drawing
chances.} Qxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Rxe4+ 18. Kd3
Rc4 $15 {And only Black can be better.}) 13... Bxc3 $1 14. bxc3 b6 {The c3
pawn is weak and Black has absolutely no weaknesses. This is quite a horrible
position to defend against a technical player like Li Chao.} 15. Rac1 Rac8 16.
Rfd1 Rc5 17. Qd3 Be6 {Keeping total control on the c4 square.} 18. Qd2 h6 19.
Ba6 Qg6 20. Qe2 Bg4 (20... Bc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 {is not such a great idea as the
white light squared bishop is not doing anything while the bishop on e6 can be
used in the attack.}) 21. Kh1 Qc6 {Threatening b5.} 22. Qd3 f5 $1 {A strong
concrete move that leads to a direct win.} (22... b5 23. Qd6 $1 {and Black
doesn't lose the a6 bishop.}) 23. exf5 b5 $1 24. f6 (24. Qd6 Bxf3 $1 {That's
the crucial point.} 25. gxf3 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Rc6 27. Qd5+ Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxa6 $19)
24... Rxf6 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. Qxa5 Bxf3 {A crushing victory for the Chinese
player who moves to 3/3 along with Anish Giri.} 0-1
Analysis by IM Sagar Shah:
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bc1 Nhf6
15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Nc3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. e4 d4 20. Rxd4 Bc5 21.
Rd3 Bc6 22. a3 a5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Qb2 Bc5 26. Nb5 Ra8 27. Rad1
Ra5 28. Nd4 Ba4 29. Nb3 Rb5 30. Qa2 Bxb3 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. Qxb3 Qc7 33. Qb2 Ra8
34. h4 Nf8 35. h5 Rd8 36. Rc1 Qe7 37. Qb3 Ra8 38. Be3 h6 39. Bf1 Bxe3 40. Qxe3
Nd7 41. Rb1 Qd8 42. Qd4 Qc7 43. Qd6 Qa7 44. Rb5 Rc8 45. Rb1 Rc2 46. Rd1 b5 47.
Qd4 Qxd4 48. Rxd4 Nxe5 49. Rd8+ Kh7 50. Bxb5 Rb2 51. Be8 g5 52. f4 Nf3+ 53. Kf1
e5 54. Rd7 exf4 55. gxf4 g4 {Diagram [#] The combination of the rook, knight
and the pawn is quite dangerous. However, White has his own attack and the
objectively the game should be drawn.} 56. Bxf7 g3 57. Be6+ (57. Bc4+ $1 Kh8
58. Be2 Nh2+ 59. Ke1 g2 60. Rd8+ Kg7 61. Rd7+ Kh8 (61... Kf8 62. Rd8+ {The g7
and g8 squares cannot be left by the black king and hence this is a draw. Not
so easy to see but this defence did exist.} Ke7 $2 63. Rg8 $18)) 57... Kh8 58.
Rd8+ Kh7 59. Rd7+ Kh8 60. Rd8+ Kg7 61. Rg8+ Kf6 {Diagram [#]} 62. Bd5 $4 (62.
Rxg3 Nd2+ 63. Ke1 Kxe6 64. Rg6+ Ke7 65. Rxh6 $11 {And White will most probably
lose all his pawns but who cares! The position is theoretically drawn. Instead
the Indian number two made a horrible oversight.}) 62... Rf2# {What a
heartbreak!} 0-1
Analysis by IM Sagar Shah:
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bf6
15. Rc2 Qd7 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Qc1 Rac8 18. Rd1 h6 19. h4 Ne4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
Qb1 Ba6 22. Kh2 Qe8 23. Bf3 Be5 24. Nf5 Nf6 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Qe5 27. Kg2
Ne4 28. e3 Rc5 29. Qa1 Qf6 30. a4 Bc8 31. b4 Rc4 32. Rc1 Qe5 33. Be2 Rxc1 34.
Qxc1 Bd7 35. Bb5 Bg4 36. Qc6 Kh7 37. Bd3 g6 38. Qb7 Kg7 39. Qxa7 {Diagram [#]
White is a pawn up and has a better position. Kosteniuk now goes for unclear
complications hoping to trick her opponent.} Bh3+ $5 40. Kg1 (40. Kxh3 Nxf2+
41. Kh2 Nxd3 42. Qxb6 Kh7 $11 {should be round about equal as the white king
is extremely weak.}) 40... Nxg3 41. Nc6 $4 {A curious case of chess blindness.
The knight moves away opening the a1 square for the queen and allowing Black
to mate his majesty.} (41. Qxb6 Ne4 $14 {And the position is not clear, but
White is not getting mated and Black will have to resourceful to try and force
the draw.}) 41... Qa1+ 42. Kh2 Qh1+ $1 43. Kxg3 g5 $1 {Weaving the mating net!
There is absolutely nothing that White can do now.} 44. hxg5 Qg2+ 45. Kf4 Qxg5+
0-1
Shardul, playing white, displayed very good calculations in this game, as he first allowed a tripling of his pawns on the f-file, then sacrificed a couple of pawns to activate his king, and then he jettisoned a whole piece, while Hou gobbled them all up to close in on the time control, when she saw that she was forced to return all her material, with interest added! Nevertheless, she was just a pawn down in the end, and Shardul agreed that it was a draw.
Analysis by IM Sagar Shah:
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
Nc3 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. O-O Ne7 12. Ne2 a6 13. Bd3 Nbc6 14. Rac1
Qd6 15. Rc3 h5 16. h4 g6 17. Rfc1 Kg7 18. a3 Rhc8 19. Kg2 a5 20. Qg5 Rh8 21.
Bb5 Rac8 22. Ba6 Rb8 23. Bb5 f6 {The reason why I would like to show you this
game is because simply unbelievable things start happening from this point
onwards right until the end of the game.} 24. Qf4 $5 {A bold decision
accepting the tripled pawns.} (24. Qe3 $16 {was objectively stronger and would
have retained the advantage for White but this is nowhere nearly as creative
as what was played in the game.}) 24... Qxf4 25. gxf4 $5 {The tripled pawns
looks hideous but the c-file is beckoning the white rooks.} Nd8 26. Rc7 Kf8 27.
Rd7 Rh7 (27... Nf5 28. Rcc7 Nxh4+ 29. Kh3 Nf5 30. Bd3 Ke8 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Rg7
$16 {is a horrible position for Black. None of his pieces are playing and the
white rooks wreak havoc on the seventh rank.}) 28. f5 $1 Rf7 $1 {Great
defensive move found by the world number one.} (28... exf5 29. Nf4 $18) (28...
gxf5 29. Nf4 $18) 29. fxg6 Nxg6 30. Rcc7 Nxh4+ 31. Kh3 Nxf3 32. Kg3 Ng5 {
Black is two pawns up, but wait, dear folks, this is just the beginning.} 33.
Nf4 {The knight comes in threatening to take back one pawn with Nxh5.} h4+ 34.
Kxh4 Nf3+ 35. Kh5 {The king now joins the attack.} Nxd4 {Another important
pawn bites the dust and the b5 bishop is hanging.} 36. Kg6 {But who cares!}
Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Nxb5 {Black is not only two pawns up but now has an extra piece
as well.} 38. Kxf6 $1 {Ng6 followed by Re7 or Rg7 is a deadly threat. And
imagine having absolutely no time as we are nearing the 40th move.} Nc6 39.
Nxe6+ Ke8 (39... Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Ng5 Nd8 (41... Rf8+ 42. Nf7+ Rxf7+ 43.
Rxf7 $14) 42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. Rg7+ $11) 40. Rxd5 {The knight on b5 surprisingly
lacks good squares to go to!} Rb7 $6 ({It was time to take a draw and go back
home!} 40... Nba7 41. Nc7+ Kf8 42. Ne6+ Ke8 43. Nc7+ Kf8 44. Ne6+ Kg8 45. Rg5+
Kh8 46. Rh5+ Kg8 47. Rg5+ $11 {The black king alone cannot escape the trio of
white king, rook and knight.}) 41. Rxb5 Rf7+ 42. Kg5 Rxf2 43. Rxb6 {White is
the one who can press now as he is pawn up but this is very drawish.} Ne5 44.
b3 Kd7 45. Nc5+ Kc7 46. Re6 Nc6 47. Re3 {The players agreed to a draw. I think
it was a piece of some brilliant attack and defence by both sides especially
from the white player.} 1/2-1/2
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vignesh N R"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
5. b3 {172} Bg7 {8} 6. Bb2 {4} O-O {51} 7. c4 {47} Bg4 {226} 8. d4 {220} Qb6 {
514} 9. Ne5 {284} Be6 {76} 10. cxd5 {175} Bxd5 {108} 11. Nc3 {63} Bxg2 {66} 12.
Kxg2 {4} Nbd7 {315} 13. Nf3 {512} Rfd8 {245} 14. Qc2 {298} Rac8 {520} 15. Rac1
{29} c5 {374} 16. Na4 {253} Qc6 {13} 17. Qb1 {195} b6 {213} 18. Rfd1 {148} Qb7
{225} 19. dxc5 {42} b5 {146} 20. Bxf6 {420} Bxf6 {169} 21. Nb2 {318} a5 {390}
22. b4 {497} axb4 {209} 23. Nd3 {9} Nb8 {7} 24. Qxb4 {80} Nc6 {252} 25. Qe4 {51
} Qa8 {239} 26. Rb1 {256} Rb8 {57} 27. Nf4 {153} Rxd1 {372} 28. Rxd1 {9} Qa4 {7
} 29. Qxa4 {187} bxa4 {3} 30. Nd3 {164} Kf8 {197} 31. Nd2 {107} Ke8 {2} 32. Nc4
{25} Rb5 {148} 33. Nb6 {46} Bd4 {249} 34. Rc1 {55} a3 {122} 35. e3 {74} Bb2 {
102} 36. Rc4 {153} Kd8 {184} 37. Ra4 {223} Ra5 {183} 38. Kf3 {34} Kc7 {161} 39.
Ke2 {48} Rxa4 {95} 40. Nxa4 {0} Bf6 {0} 41. Nb6 {116} Na5 {96} 42. Nd5+ {63}
Kc6 {77} 43. Nxf6 {86} exf6 {58} 44. Kd2 {6} Kb5 {130} 45. Kc3 {139} f5 {49}
46. Kd4 {60} Nb3+ {21} 47. Kd5 {83} Nd2 {2} 48. c6 {202} Kb6 {6} 49. Kd6 {177}
Ne4+ {90} 50. Kd7 {23} Nf6+ {6} 51. Ke7 {4} Ne4 {41} 52. f3 {239} Nc3 {38} 53.
Kd7 {61} Nd5 {20} 54. Ne5 {64} 1-0
Most Indians in the bottom half had a very good day as they massacred their opponents. For IM Aryan Chopra (2436) and FM Rohan Ahuja (2426), it was a relief to score a point after two losses.
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pratyusha, Bodda"]
[Black "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
5. Nf3 {164} Bb7 {31} 6. Bd2 {38} O-O {211} 7. a3 {115} Bxc3 {179} 8. Bxc3 {23}
d6 {1088} 9. e3 {108} Nbd7 {17} 10. Be2 {65} Ne4 {38} 11. O-O {188} f5 {100}
12. Rfd1 {131} Qf6 {224} 13. b4 {214} Qh6 {394} 14. d5 {559} e5 {398} 15. Nd2 {
639} Ng5 {451} 16. Nf3 {452} Ne4 {142} 17. Nd2 {40} Nxd2 {351} 18. Bxd2 {196}
Qh4 {154} 19. Be1 {466} Qg5 {67} 20. Bd2 {583} e4 {62} 21. Bc3 {180} Rae8 {141}
22. Qa4 {174} Ne5 {296} 23. Bxe5 {261} Rxe5 {550} 24. g3 {98} a6 {139} 25. c5 {
151} f4 {539} 26. exf4 {272} Rxf4 {2} 27. cxb6 {16} e3 {142} 28. f3 {80} cxb6 {
24} 29. Qd7 {34} Rf7 {201} 30. Qxd6 {44} Bxd5 {72} 31. f4 {132} Rxf4 {100} 32.
Rxd5 {16} Rxd5 {90} 33. Qxf4 {9} Qxf4 {7} 34. gxf4 {9} Rd2 {2} 35. Bxa6 {93} e2
{9} 36. Re1 {14} 1-0
Many believe that Xavi Hernandez is the greatest Spaniard to have ever played Football. He was a playmaker of godly status and he, along with Andrés Iniesta and Lionel Messi, was the backbone of the Bareclona machinery.
Video report by Vijay Kumar:
Results of Round 03:
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 6 | GM | Li Chao B | 2750 | 3 | 3 | GM | Giri Anish | 2784 | 3 | |||
2 | 25 | GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | 2663 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2834 | 1 | |||
3 | 4 | GM | So Wesley | 2775 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2648 | 29 | |||
4 | 26 | GM | Dubov Daniil | 2655 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2748 | 7 | |||
5 | 30 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2648 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Yu Yangyi | 2736 | 11 | |||
6 | 18 | GM | Ni Hua | 2693 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 2646 | 33 | |||
7 | 34 | GM | Swiercz Dariusz | 2646 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Howell David W L | 2688 | 20 | |||
8 | 56 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2542 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Matlakov Maxim | 2684 | 21 | |||
9 | 2 | GM | Kramnik Vladimir | 2796 | 2 | 2 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2628 | 41 | |||
10 | 39 | GM | Piorun Kacper | 2637 | 2 | 2 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2766 | 5 | |||
11 | 8 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2744 | 2 | 2 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | 2622 | 43 | |||
12 | 40 | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2632 | 2 | 2 | GM | Harikrishna P. | 2743 | 9 | |||
13 | 10 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2737 | 2 | 2 | GM | Ipatov Alexander | 2619 | 45 | |||
14 | 14 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2723 | 2 | 2 | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | 2597 | 49 | |||
15 | 48 | GM | Hamdouchi Hicham | 2597 | 2 | 2 | GM | Korobov Anton | 2713 | 15 | |||
16 | 16 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2710 | 2 | 2 | GM | Bluebaum Matthias | 2590 | 51 | |||
17 | 46 | GM | Zhang Zhong | 2619 | 2 | 2 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2710 | 17 | |||
18 | 22 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2683 | 2 | 2 | GM | Esen Baris | 2562 | 53 | |||
19 | 24 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | 2664 | 2 | 2 | GM | Xu Jun | 2526 | 59 | |||
20 | 50 | GM | Bok Benjamin | 2594 | 2 | 2 | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2654 | 27 | |||
21 | 28 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | 2654 | 2 | 2 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2521 | 61 | |||
22 | 66 | IM | Yuffa Daniil | 2504 | 2 | 2 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2644 | 35 | |||
23 | 36 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | 2642 | 2 | 2 | IM | Gagare Shardul | 2470 | 78 | |||
24 | 79 | Xu Yinglun | 2470 | 2 | 2 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2639 | 37 | ||||
25 | 38 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2638 | 2 | 2 | IM | Wang Yiye | 2438 | 92 | |||
26 | 12 | GM | Wei Yi | 2730 | 1½ | 2 | IM | Vignesh N R | 2422 | 102 | |||
27 | 76 | IM | Tabatabaei M.Amin | 2482 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2724 | 13 | |||
28 | 82 | IM | Ma Zhonghan | 2463 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2689 | 19 | |||
29 | 81 | FM | Moroni Luca Jr | 2466 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Adhiban B. | 2669 | 23 | |||
30 | 88 | IM | Firat Burak | 2446 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Khairullin Ildar | 2647 | 31 | |||
31 | 42 | GM | Lenderman Aleksandr | 2626 | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Sagar Shah | 2441 | 90 | |||
32 | 89 | IM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2442 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Lu Shanglei | 2618 | 47 | |||
33 | 52 | GM | Tregubov Pavel V. | 2589 | 1½ | 1½ | Fang Yuxiang | 2438 | 94 | ||||
34 | 54 | GM | Rambaldi Francesco | 2560 | 1½ | 1½ | WGM | Saduakassova Dinara | 2407 | 106 | |||
35 | 109 | IM | Abhishek Kelkar | 2393 | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Lin Chen | 2532 | 57 | |||
36 | 58 | IM | Svane Rasmus | 2529 | 1½ | 1½ | WGM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | 2390 | 110 | |||
37 | 113 | IM | Christiansen Johan-Sebastian | 2385 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Bromberger Stefan | 2521 | 60 | |||
38 | 62 | GM | Al-Sayed Mohammed | 2520 | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Khademalsharieh Sarasadat | 2380 | 114 | |||
39 | 118 | Firouzja Alireza | 2372 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2513 | 63 | ||||
40 | 64 | GM | Sundararajan Kidambi | 2513 | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Guramishvili Sopiko | 2368 | 120 | |||
41 | 121 | IM | Tissir Mohamed | 2346 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Schroeder Jan-Christian | 2511 | 65 | |||
42 | 119 | Roy Prantik | 2370 | 1½ | 1½ | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2493 | 70 | ||||
43 | 73 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2488 | 1½ | 1½ | Raja Harshit | 2325 | 124 | ||||
44 | 75 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2486 | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Pham Le Thao Nguyen | 2319 | 126 | |||
45 | 32 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 2646 | 1 | 1½ | WIM | Pratyusha Bodda | 2260 | 132 | |||
46 | 44 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2620 | 1 | 1 | FM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | 2429 | 98 | |||
47 | 67 | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2498 | 1 | 1 | FM | Rohan Ahuja | 2426 | 99 | |||
48 | 69 | IM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | 2494 | 1 | 1 | FM | Haria Ravi | 2416 | 104 | |||
49 | 101 | IM | Seyb Alexander | 2425 | 1 | 1 | GM | Shoker Samy | 2489 | 72 | |||
50 | 105 | Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh | 2414 | 1 | 1 | IM | Ly Moulthun | 2462 | 83 | ||||
51 | 115 | IM | Karavade Eesha | 2379 | 1 | 1 | IM | Ali Marandi Cemil Can | 2454 | 84 | |||
52 | 87 | IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | 2448 | 1 | 1 | IM | Saiyn Zhanat | 2394 | 108 | |||
53 | 93 | FM | Basso Pier Luigi | 2438 | 1 | 1 | FM | Li Di | 2389 | 111 | |||
54 | 123 | Dai Changren | 2328 | 1 | 1 | IM | Padmini Rout | 2437 | 95 | ||||
55 | 125 | WGM | Pourkashiyan Atousa | 2322 | 1 | 1 | IM | Aryan Chopra | 2436 | 96 | |||
56 | 97 | GM | Carlsson Pontus | 2433 | ½ | ½ | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2559 | 55 | |||
57 | 68 | GM | Khotenashvili Bela | 2496 | ½ | ½ | IM | Slavin Alexey | 2388 | 112 | |||
58 | 100 | IM | Nezad Husein Aziz | 2425 | ½ | ½ | IM | Ezat Mohamed | 2490 | 71 | |||
59 | 103 | FM | Gholami Aryan | 2422 | ½ | ½ | IM | Sanal Vahap | 2487 | 74 | |||
60 | 116 | IM | Konguvel Ponnuswamy | 2377 | ½ | ½ | GM | Neelotpal Das | 2475 | 77 | |||
61 | 122 | WIM | Bivol Alina | 2344 | ½ | ½ | GM | Krush Irina | 2468 | 80 | |||
62 | 85 | IM | Lorparizangeneh Shahin | 2454 | ½ | ½ | IM | Li Ruofan | 2372 | 117 | |||
63 | 127 | FM | Goriatchkin Jouri | 2318 | ½ | ½ | GM | Venkatesh M.R. | 2451 | 86 | |||
64 | 91 | IM | Vogel Roven | 2439 | ½ | ½ | WGM | Bartel Marta | 2271 | 131 | |||
65 | 107 | Siva Mahadevan | 2400 | 0 | 0 | WIM | Derakhshani Dorsa | 2307 | 129 | ||||
66 | 128 | WFM | Vaishali R | 2313 | 0 | 0 | IM | Piasetski Leon | 2287 | 130 |
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