Jubin and Neelash draw against Shant and Indjic
The Silver jubilee edition has a total prize fund of US$ 52000, same as last year. Category A has a total prize fund of $39500. The top three prizes are $12000 + trophy, $8000 and $6000 each.
The top seed of the tournament - GM Nihal Sarin made a winning start against one of the latest IMs of India - Akshay Borgaonkar | Photo: Dubai Chess & Culture Club
GM Shant Sargsyan (ARM) - IM Jubin Jimmy (pictured): 0.5-0.5
Neelash - Indjic
Position after 39...Be6??
Former European Individual champion, GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB, 2637) blundered 39...Be6?? as it drops the bishop after 40.Nb7+ IM Neelash Saha (2445) spotted it, the game continued 40...Ke8 41.Bxe6 Nxe4 42.Bf5 Nc4 Black has two pawns for the lost bishop. It is not exactly clear how White can win this even though computer says White has a decisive advantage. Since the game was played between humans, it ended in a draw.
IM Neelash Saha has made a great start with a draw against the third seed - GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB) | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
IM Harshavardhan G B won a hard-fought battle against the Singapore no.1, GM Jingyao Tin | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
IM Mayank Chakraborty scored a big win over GM Abhijeet Gupta | Photo: Himank Ghosh
GM Momchil Petkov (BUL) - FM Sahib Singh (pictured): 0.5-0.5
IM Kushagra Mohan defended a difficult position against GM Shreyas Royal (ENG) to salvage a draw | Photo: IA Vivek Sohani
Round 1 in progress | Photo: Dubai Chess & Culture Club
Replay Round 1 games
Round 1 results in Category A
| Bo. | No. | White | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | FED | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 | FM | Borgaonkar, Akshay | IND | 2453 | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Nihal, Sarin | IND | 2693 | 1 | PGN | ||
| 2 | 2 | GM | Sargsyan, Shant | ARM | 2666 | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | IM | Jubin, Jimmy | IND | 2449 | 43 | PGN | ||
| 3 | 44 | IM | Neelash, Saha | IND | 2445 | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | GM | Indjic, Aleksandar | SRB | 2637 | 3 | PGN | ||
| 4 | 4 | GM | Muradli, Mahammad | AZE | 2603 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | IM | Bronstein, Or | ISR | 2443 | 45 | PGN | ||
| 5 | 46 | IM | Harshavardhan, G B | IND | 2441 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | GM | Tin, Jingyao | SGP | 2601 | 5 | PGN | ||
| 6 | 6 | GM | Narayanan, S L | IND | 2598 | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | IM | Celik, Hasan Huseyin | TUR | 2440 | 47 | PGN | ||
| 7 | 48 | Jiang, Haochen | CHN | 2439 | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | GM | Pichot, Alan | ESP | 2587 | 7 | PGN | |||
| 8 | 8 | GM | Gupta, Abhijeet | IND | 2577 | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | IM | Mayank, Chakraborty | IND | 2436 | 49 | PGN | ||
| 9 | 50 | IM | Stribuk, Artiom | FID | 2433 | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Iniyan, Pa | IND | 2573 | 9 | PGN | ||
| 10 | 10 | GM | Can, Emre | TUR | 2568 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | IM | Tsaruk, Maksim | FID | 2431 | 51 | PGN |
Standings after Round 1
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | K | rtg+/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GM | Nihal, Sarin | IND | 2693 | 1 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | |||
| 2 | 9 | GM | Iniyan, Pa | IND | 2573 | 1 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3,1 | |||
| 3 | 25 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | IND | 2514 | 1 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3,5 | |||
| 4 | 29 | IM | Muthaiah, Al | IND | 2487 | 1 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3,7 | |||
| 5 | 33 | GM | Siddharth, Jagadeesh | SGP | 2472 | 1 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3,7 | |||
| 6 | 37 | IM | Harikrishnan.A.Ra, | IND | 2467 | 1 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3,1 | |||
| 7 | 39 | IM | Dotzer, Lukas | AUT | 2455 | 1 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2,9 | |||
| 8 | 41 | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | IND | 2454 | 1 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2,1 | |||
| 9 | 49 | IM | Mayank, Chakraborty | IND | 2436 | 1 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6,9 | |||
| 10 | 71 | IM | Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan | SRI | 2387 | 1 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6,3 |
Round 2 pairings
| Bo. | No. | White | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | FED | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GM | Nihal, Sarin | IND | 2693 | 1 | 1 | GM | Prraneeth, Vuppala | IND | 2474 | 32 | |||
| 2 | 29 | IM | Muthaiah, Al | IND | 2487 | 1 | 1 | GM | Muradli, Mahammad | AZE | 2603 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 9 | GM | Iniyan, Pa | IND | 2573 | 1 | 1 | IM | Md, Imran | IND | 2472 | 34 | |||
| 4 | 33 | GM | Siddharth, Jagadeesh | SGP | 2472 | 1 | 1 | GM | Can, Emre | TUR | 2568 | 10 | |||
| 5 | 36 | IM | Srihari, L R | IND | 2468 | 1 | 1 | GM | Gorshtein, Ido | ISR | 2560 | 12 | |||
| 6 | 13 | GM | Bharath, Subramaniyam H | IND | 2556 | 1 | 1 | GM | Shyam, Sundar M. | IND | 2462 | 38 | |||
| 7 | 37 | IM | Harikrishnan.A.Ra, | IND | 2467 | 1 | 1 | GM | Grebnev, Aleksey | FID | 2556 | 14 | |||
| 8 | 39 | IM | Dotzer, Lukas | AUT | 2455 | 1 | 1 | GM | Sanal, Vahap | TUR | 2555 | 16 | |||
| 9 | 40 | FM | Panesar, Vedant | IND | 2455 | 1 | 1 | GM | Aditya, Mittal | IND | 2547 | 18 | |||
| 10 | 41 | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | IND | 2454 | 1 | 1 | GM | Kacharava, Nikolozi | GEO | 2516 | 22 |
