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22nd Dubai Open 2022 R7: Praggnanandhaa and Aravindh catch up with Arjun Erigaisi and Predke

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/09/2022

Arjun Erigaisi drew with Alexandr Predke in the seventh round of 22nd Dubai Open 2022. Praggnanandhaa defeated Vladimir Akopian (USA) and Aravindh Chithambaram checkmated Kazakhstan no.1 Rinat Jumabayev in 25 moves. All four of them are now at 6/7 each. Praggnanandhaa will face Predke and Arjun will be up against Aravindh in the penultimate round. Four players are in the chase at 5.5/7. Abhijeet Gupta and Sethuraman are the two Indians among them. Reigning National Women's champion, WGM Divya Deshmukh defeated IM Arash Tahbaz (IRI) to move to 4.5/7. Round 8 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Aravindh checkmates Rinat in 25 moves

IM P Shyam Nikhil and Sanket Chakravarty defeated GM Laxman R R and GM Oliver Dimakiling (PHI) respectively. IM Aditya Mittal, IM Sammed Shete, IM Kushagra Mohan, IM Nitish Belurkar, IM Raahul V S, FM Sharan Rao and FM Suyog Wagh drew with GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (ARM), GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB), GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (GER), GM Raunak Sadhwani, GM Sandro Mareco (ARG), GM Aydin Suleymanli (AZE) and GM Raja Rithvik R respectively.

GM Praggnanandhaa has inserted himself into the title picture | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Alexandr Predke - GM Arjun Erigaisi: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Akopian - Praggnanandhaa: 0-1

In a relatively equal double rook and knight endgame, GM Vladimir Akopian (USA, 2616) made an inaccuracy against GM Praggnanandhaa (2661). He resigned after a move later.

Position after 31.Ng2

At a first glance, 31.Ng2 may seem innocuous, However, it turns out that White puts himself in trouble. 31...Kg8 protects the f8-rook and frees up his own knight. 32.Rfb1 Ne4 and White resigned. White not only has too many pawns under attack, but also the threat of Rff2 is looming large.

Final moments: Akopian vs Praggnanandhaa | Video: ChessBase India

Praggnanandhaa defeated Akopian to move to World no.50 and join the four-way lead | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Praggnanandhaa is now World no.50 in the live ratings | Source: 2700chess.com

Rinat - Aravindh: 0-1

GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2614) undoubtedly played the game of the round as he defeated Kazakhstan no.1 GM Rinat Jumabayev (2615) by checkmating him in 25 moves.

Position after 14...Rxc3

The difference between a strong player and someone who is almost there is, the best ones do not hesitate to seize their opportunities. Aravindh sacrificed an exchange 14...Rxc3 15.bxc3 Qxc3+ 16.Ke2 Qb2+ 17.Kd3. There is no immediate win here for Black, however there is enough to stir up trouble and keep White on his toes to find the precise defence. It goes without saying that it is certainly not easy for a human to find the correct defence. 17...Bb4 18.Rhc1 0-0 19.Qc2 Qa3+ of course Black has no desire to trade the queens as he is the one who is attacking. 20.Ke2 Qxf3+ 21.Kf1 Nc5 Black's position is so good that the moves flow naturally. 22.Kg1 Nd3 23.Qc4?? is what ended things for White.

Position after 23.Qc4

23.Rcb1 would have kept White in the game. Find out the winning continuation for Black after 23.Qc4.

What an amazing way for GM Aravindh Chithambaram to get in the lead | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Shyam - Laxman: 1-0

IM P Shyam Nikhil (2465) defeated GM Laxman R R (2381). The former converted his positional advantage beautifully into a full point.

IM P Shyam Nikhil 5/7 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Rithvik - Suyog

Position after 93...Rd8+

A beautiful finish. No matter how White captures on d8, it will be a Stalemate.

Tahbaz - Divya: 0-1

IM Arash Tahbaz (IRI, 2449) made all the wrong decisions and allowed an onslaught on his kingside. WGM Divya Deshmukh (2319) launched an attack meticulously and won the game.

Position after 13.Nh4

13.Nh4 is a pointless move here as neither Nf5 nor f4 are possible. 13...Nf4 14.Ndf3 Nxg2 15.Kxg2 Ne7 16.Qe2 Qe6 17.Rh1 f5-+ Black is now completely winning positionally.

IM Arash Tahbaz (IRI) - WGM Divya Deshmukh: 0-1 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Sanket Chakravarty - IM Oliver Dimakiling (PHI): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

For more Round 7 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 7 games

Round 7 results

Rd.Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
711
GMPredke AlexandrFID2692½ - ½GMErigaisi ArjunIND2689
2
7211
GMAkopian VladimirUSA261650 - 15GMPraggnanandhaa RIND2661
4
7312
GMJumabayev RinatKAZ261550 - 15GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr.IND2614
13
7425
GMGrover SahajIND250550 - 1GMSethuraman S.P.IND2625
8
7518
GMHarsha BharathakotiIND2557½ - ½GMTabatabaei M. AminIRI2664
3
767
GMGupta AbhijeetIND26311 - 0GMArjun KalyanIND2513
24
779
GMTer-Sahakyan SamvelARM2625½ - ½IMAditya MittalIND2496
26
7857
IMSammed Jaykumar SheteIND2381½ - ½GMIndjic AleksandarSRB2613
14
71017
GMAdly AhmedEGY25821 - 0FMAyush SharmaIND2158
106
71119
GMIniyan PIND255641 - 0GMRahman ZiaurBAN2427
43
71245
CMKushagra MohanIND24264½ - ½4GMNisipeanu Liviu-DieterGER2644
6
71347
IMNitish BelurkarIND24164½ - ½4GMSadhwani RaunakIND2622
10
71523
GMGagare ShardulIND252140 - 14FMPoormosavi Seyed KianIRI2404
50
71654
IMSong JulienFRA238440 - 14IMVignesh N RIND2467
28
71729
IMShyaamnikhil PIND246541 - 04GMLaxman R.R.IND2381
56
71855
WIMKamalidenova MeruertKAZ23844½ - ½4CMPrraneeth VuppalaIND2464
30
71978
Ritviz ParabIND229940 - 14GMChanda SandipanIND2458
32
72033
IMMohammad Nubairshah ShaikhIND24574½ - ½4FMLiyanage Ranindu DilshanSRI2286
84
72194
Vaibhav Jayant RautIND221740 - 14IMDas ArghyadipIND2446
36
722120
WIMPriyanka KIND205240 - 14IMNigmatov OrtikUZB2437
38

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Round 8 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
814
GMPraggnanandhaa RIND266166GMPredke AlexandrFID2692
1
822
GMErigaisi ArjunIND268966GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr.IND2614
13
8317
GMAdly AhmedEGY2582GMGupta AbhijeetIND2631
7
848
GMSethuraman S.P.IND2625GMHakobyan AramARM2612
15
8526
IMAditya MittalIND249655GMTabatabaei M. AminIRI2664
3
8628
IMVignesh N RIND246755GMTer-Sahakyan SamvelARM2625
9
8732
GMChanda SandipanIND245855GMAkopian VladimirUSA2616
11
8836
IMDas ArghyadipIND244655GMJumabayev RinatKAZ2615
12
8914
GMIndjic AleksandarSRB261355IMShyaamnikhil PIND2465
29
81038
IMNigmatov OrtikUZB243755GMHarsha BharathakotiIND2557
18
81150
FMPoormosavi Seyed KianIRI240455GMIniyan PIND2556
19
81257
IMSammed Jaykumar SheteIND238155GMGrover SahajIND2505
25
8136
GMNisipeanu Liviu-DieterGER2644IMNitish BelurkarIND2416
47
81410
GMSadhwani RaunakIND2622FMMadaminov MukhiddinUZB2408
48
81624
GMArjun KalyanIND2513WIMKamalidenova MeruertKAZ2384
55
81730
CMPrraneeth VuppalaIND2464Sanket ChakravartyIND2275
85
81874
WGMDivya DeshmukhIND2319IMMohammad Nubairshah ShaikhIND2457
33
81997
FMDe Silva L M S TSRI2212FMSamant Aditya SIND2430
41
822106
FMAyush SharmaIND2158CMKushagra MohanIND2426
45
8235
GMMareco SandroARG265744Panda SambitIND2346
65

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