Qatar 03: bad day for the top half

by Priyadarshan Banjan - 22/12/2015

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.

Salem A.R. Saleh (2622) held Harikrishna to a draw.

Sethuraman was crushed by Li Chao (2750), who, it turns out, was actually playing for a draw in the opening.

Analysis by IM Sagar Shah:

[Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]
[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"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {After the game Li Chao mentioned that his opponent always
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

Surya Shekhar Ganguly managed to put it across the young and dangerous WGM Zhanasya Abdumalik (2390) of Kazakhistan.

Harika was doing perfectly fine against GM Ni Hua (2693), but a terrible blunder left her king in tears.

Analysis by IM Sagar Shah:

[Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]
[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"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
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

Giving Harika company was Adhiban, who had is own ideas of getting mated, with an unfortunate blunder.

Analysis by IM Sagar Shah:

[Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]
[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"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
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

Untitled Chinese Xu Yunglun (2470) didn’t allow Vidit to win.

Not all was bleak, as Sasikiran held Sergey Karjakin (2768) with the black pieces...

...while Shardul Gagare had another fantastic day as he drew with the world’s strongest female, a girl who became a GM at 14 and has been a nightmare for many a top women player ever since.

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:

[Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]
[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"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8.
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

IM Abhimanyu Puranik held GM Ildar Khairullin (2647) with black, in another draw for the solid Maharashtrian.

His state-mate IM Abhishek Kelkar drew with GM Lu Shanglei (2618).

The most joyous result, though, was IM Vignesh NR’s victory over Polish GM Mateusz Bartel (2620)

[Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]
[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"]

1. Nf3 {98} Nf6 {7} 2. g3 {136} d5 {60} 3. Bg2 {14} c6 {44} 4. O-O {59} g6 {7}
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

GM Venkatesh’s woeful run, however, continued as he was held to a draw. He is at 0.5/3.

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.

WIM Bodda Pratyusha took down IM Shahin Lorparizangeneh (2454)

[Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]
[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"]

1. d4 {54} Nf6 {19} 2. c4 {61} e6 {16} 3. Nc3 {22} Bb4 {15} 4. Qc2 {16} b6 {23}
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

Kelkar, apparently, has Spanish fans...

Oh wait, is it Xavi?! Xavi Hernandez?!

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

Links:

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All photos by Amruta Mokal