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22nd Dubai Open 2022 R3: Vignesh holds Predke to a draw, Arjun Erigaisi now World no.20

by Shahid Ahmed - 30/08/2022

GM Arjun Erigaisi had already become India no.2 in Round 2 of 22nd Dubai Open 2022. A win against India's 70th GM Raja Rithvik R made him now World no.20. IM Vignesh N R held the top seed of the tournament, GM Alexandr Predke to a draw. Eight players including three Indians - GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM Praggnanandhaa and GM Sahaj Grover are at 3/3. FM Suyog Wagh and FM Kashish Manoj Jain had good chances against GM Aram Hakobyan (ARM) and GM Mahammad Muradli (AZE). GM Iniyan P's tough form continues as he lost to IM Viani Antonio Dcunha. FM Ayush Sharma defeated GM Thej Kumar. Round 4 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Viani and Ayush beat GMs

28th Abu Dhabi Open 2022 winner, Prasanna S, Shaik Sumer Arsh and WIM Priyanka K defeated IM Basheer Al Qudaimi (YEM), IM Fahad Rahman (BAN) and IM Ishaq Saeed (UAE) respectively. IM Rathanvel V S, IM Srihari L R, FM Tanmay Chopra, FM Sharan Rao, IM Manish Anto Cristiano F, Abhyudaya Rajpurohit and Raghav Srivasthav V drew with GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (GER), GM Sethuraman S P, GM Aydin Suleymanli (AZE), GM Sandipan Chanda, Argentina no.1, GM Sandro Mareco, GM Laxman R R and IM Sammed Shete.

GM Alexandr Predke - IM Vignesh N R: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated GM Raja Rithvik R comfortably | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Rithvik - Arjun Erigaisi: 0-1

India's 70th GM Raja Rithvik R (2491) made an incorrect decision which destroyed his pawn structure on the kingside against GM Arjun Erigaisi (2689).

Position after 15.Ne2

15.Ne2 is a fundamental positional mistake. It unnecessarily allows Black to destroy White's kingside pawn structure 15...Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Nh5 18.Qd2 f5 Black's moves flow naturally. 19.f4 fxe4 20.dxe4 Qe8 21.Ng3 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Qg6 23.Qd5+?

Position after 23.Qd5+

White had to go for a passive defense 23.Qg2 exf4 24.exf4 Ra3 25.Rf3 Rfa8 26.Rbf1 and hope to survive it. 23.Qd5+ Kh8 24.Rf3 Qg4 25.Rbf1 h5 White does not have a good answer to Black's relentless attack.

Final moments: GM Raja Rithvik R vs GM Arjun Erigaisi | Video: ChessBase India

Arjun Erigaisi is now World no.20 | Source: 2700chess.com

IM Rathanvel V S (pictured) - GM Liviu Dieter-Nisipeanu (GER): 0.5-0.5

IM Srihari L R - GM Sethuraman S P:  0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Aram Hakobyan - Suyog: 1-0

FM Suyog Wagh (2315) had a great opportunity to upstage GM Aram Hakobyan (ARM, 2612).

Position after 19.h5

19...Raf8 was played 20.hxg6 and the moment was gone. 19...Bxg3! is what Black needed to play. Of course, it is not easy to calculate the entire variation and figure out that it is Black who comes out on top in all plausible replies.

FM Suyog Wagh might have lost the game but he did not go down easily against GM Aram Hakobyan (ARM) | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Kashish - Muradli: 0-1

Arguably the most incredible game of the round was between FM Kashish Manoj Jain (2315) and GM Mahammad Muradli (2552).

Position after 52.a8Q

A quick glance at the above position reveals that White is completely winning. Why? Because he has a queen for his opponent's knight. Yes, White king is more exposed and there is no immediate win as Black's king is surprisingly well defended by the knight, bishop and rook, although both bishop and rook are virtually trapped. The biggest thorn White's camp is, the knight at e5. The only way to get rid of it is by capturing it with a rook. Well, the win is easier said than done, because Black eventually turned things around and won the game.52...Kh7 53.Q8a7 Qc3 54.Qb3 Qc8 55.Re1 is one of the winning ways for White.

FM Kashish Manoj Jain had a golden opportunity to beat GM Mahammad Muradli (AZE) | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Iniyan - Viani: 0-1

GM Iniyan P (2556) has had a shaky start. He managed to survive the first two games. However, his luck ran out in the third round against IM Viani Antonio Dcunha (2327).

Position after 50.Kg7

White should have played 50.Ra7 first before moving his king. Find out the key difference and why 50.Kg7 leads to a loss.

Things have not gone well for GM Iniyan P from the very first round | Photo: Rupali Mullick

FM Tanmay Chopra - GM Aydin Suleymanli (AZE): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

FM Sharan Rao - GM Sandipan Chanda: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Sanket Chakravarty - IM Arghyadip Das: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Ayush - Thej Kumar: 1-0

The game between FM Ayush Sharma (2158) and GM Thej Kumar (2430) was a game of second chances. First Ayush had an opportunity in a rook and knight endgame.

Position after 37...Rd2

37...Rd2 is a mistake. First Black needed to trade the pawns 37...hxg4+ 38.hxg4 and then Rd2 would have been fine. As now, White can gain the h5-pawn in no particular order 38.Kxe3 Rxa2 39.gxh5 would have put Black in trouble. White opted for 39.Nd4 Rh2 and Black managed to stay in the game for some time.

Position after 64.Ne6

While both sides are threatening to promote the queen and it seems impossible for Black to prevent e8Q, he can still very much save the game. Find out how. The game continued 64...Ng6?? 65.Rh8+ Nxh8 66.e8Q+ and White won the game in few more moves.

FM Ayush Sharma seized his second chance against GM Thej Kumar | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Sandro Mareco (ARG) - IM Manish Anto Cristiano F: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Prasanna S (pictured) - IM Basheer Al Qudaimi (YEM): 1-0 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Fahad Rahman (BAN) - Shaik Sumer Arsh: 0-1 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Abhyudaya Rajpurohit - GM Laxman R R: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Vishal Choudary - IM Husain Aziz (QAT): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Ishaq Saeed (UAE) - WIM Priyanka K (pictured): 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

For more Round 3 photos, please click here.

 

A total of 163 players including 29 GMs, 29 IMs, 2 WGMs and 3 WIMs are taking part from 34 countries across the world including India. The tournament is being organized by Dubai Chess & Culture Club from 27th August to 4th September 2022 at Dubai Chess & Culture Club, UAE. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Replay Round 3 games

Round 3 results

Rd.Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
311
GMPredke AlexandrFID26922½ - ½2IMVignesh N RIND2467
28
3227
GMRaja Rithvik RIND249120 - 12GMErigaisi ArjunIND2689
2
3329
IMShyaamnikhil PIND246520 - 12GMPraggnanandhaa RIND2661
4
3434
IMRathanvel V SIND24552½ - ½2GMNisipeanu Liviu-DieterGER2644
6
357
GMGupta AbhijeetIND26312½ - ½2IMNigmatov OrtikUZB2437
38
3639
IMSrihari L RIND24362½ - ½2GMSethuraman S.P.IND2625
8
3743
GMRahman ZiaurBAN24272½ - ½2GMSadhwani RaunakIND2622
10
3945
CMKushagra MohanIND242620 - 12GMJumabayev RinatKAZ2615
12
31013
GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr.IND26142½ - ½2FMPoormosavi Seyed KianIRI2404
50
31163
FMRohith Krishna SIND235820 - 12GMIndjic AleksandarSRB2613
14
31215
GMHakobyan AramARM261221 - 02FMWagh SuyogIND2315
76
31375
FMJain Kashish ManojIND231520 - 12GMMuradli MahammadAZE2552
20
31425
GMGrover SahajIND250521 - 02Ritviz ParabIND2299
78
31862
IMTissir MohamedMAR23660 - 1GMHarsha BharathakotiIND2557
18
31919
GMIniyan PIND25560 - 1IMViani Antonio DcunhaIND2327
68
32067
FMTanmay ChopraIND2337½ - ½GMSuleymanli AydinAZE2547
22
32123
GMGagare ShardulIND2521½ - ½FMLiyanage Ranindu DilshanSRI2286
84
32271
IMRaahul V SIND23230 - 1GMArjun KalyanIND2513
24
32377
FMZujev OlegLTU2305½ - ½IMAditya MittalIND2496
26
32481
FMSharan RaoIND2292½ - ½GMChanda SandipanIND2458
32

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Round 4 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
4114
GMIndjic AleksandarSRB261333GMErigaisi ArjunIND2689
2
424
GMPraggnanandhaa RIND266133GMHakobyan AramARM2612
15
4412
GMJumabayev RinatKAZ261533GMGrover SahajIND2505
25
4628
IMVignesh N RIND2467GMTabatabaei M. AminIRI2664
3
476
GMNisipeanu Liviu-DieterGER2644IMSrihari L RIND2436
39
4850
FMPoormosavi Seyed KianIRI2404GMGupta AbhijeetIND2631
7
498
GMSethuraman S.P.IND2625IMRathanvel V SIND2455
34
41010
GMSadhwani RaunakIND2622FMSamant Aditya SIND2430
41
41168
IMViani Antonio DcunhaIND2327GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr.IND2614
13
41218
GMHarsha BharathakotiIND2557GMRahman ZiaurBAN2427
43
41324
GMArjun KalyanIND2513FMAyush SharmaIND2158
106
4149
GMTer-Sahakyan SamvelARM26252Aditya Varun GampaIND2127
109
41565
Panda SambitIND234622GMAdly AhmedEGY2582
17
41622
GMSuleymanli AydinAZE254722FMJain Kashish ManojIND2315
75
41769
FMKarthik RajaaIND232722GMGagare ShardulIND2521
23
41826
IMAditya MittalIND249622FMTanmay ChopraIND2337
67
41974
WGMDivya DeshmukhIND231922GMRaja Rithvik RIND2491
27
42076
FMWagh SuyogIND231522IMShyaamnikhil PIND2465
29
42130
CMPrraneeth VuppalaIND246422FMZujev OlegLTU2305
77
42278
Ritviz ParabIND229922IMHaldorsen BenjaminNOR2461
31

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