28th Abu Dhabi Masters 2022 R6: Arjun Erigaisi regains his lead, now India no.4 and World no.29

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/08/2022

Arjun Erigaisi defeated Raunak Sadhwani to get back in the lead at 28th Abu Dhabi Masters 2022. Arjun has not only joined Ray Robson (USA) in the lead 5/6 but also climbed to India no.4 and World no.29 in the live ratings. 13 players including three Indians, Karthikeyan Murali, Nihal Sarin and Sethuraman S P are in pursuit at 4.5/6 each. Indonesia no.1 woman, IM Irene Sukandar is having a phenomenal run. She defeated GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) and moved to 4.5/6. CM Soham Kamotra continues his impressive performance as he seized his opportunity against IM Prraneeth Vuppala in a difficult position. 44th Chess Olympiad individual Bronze medalist, WGM Divya Deshmukh got the better of WGM Vantika Agrawal. Round 7 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Soham Kamotra superb against Prraneeth

MPL 31st National Under-18 Open champion, CM Soham Kamotra defeated IM Prraneeth Vuppala after the latter was unable to capitalize on his opportunity. GM Harsha Bharathakoti had a good opportunity to win against GM Alexandr Predke in the endgame. Vaibhav Jayant Raut defeated WGM Nandhidhaa P V. IM P Shyam Nikhil, CM Kushagra Mohan, FM Suyog Wagh and Sanket Chakravarty drew with GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (GER), GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM), IM Arghyadip Das and IM Raahil Mullick.

GM Arjun Erigaisi has become now World no.29 and India no.4 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Raunak - Arjun Erigaisi: 0-1

GM Raunak Sadhwani (2622) had a substantial advantage for the better part of the game against GM Arjun Erigaisi (2689).

Position after 32.h6

32.h6 dissipated White's attack and upper hand at the same time. 32...Rg6 33.Rd1 Bd8 quickly turned things in Black's favor and he went on to win the game in another eight moves.

I am not a big fan of sacrificing material while playing - Arjun Erigaisi | Video: ChessBase India

Arjun Erigaisi is now World no.29 and India no.4 in live ratings | Source: 2700chess.com

GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB) - GM Nihal Sarin: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Predke - Harsha: 0.5-0.5

GM Harsha Bharathakoti (2557) was completely winning the rook and same color bishop endgame against GM Alexandr Predke (2692).

Position after 51.f4

White's position was already dwindling. 51.f4 did not help his case. 51...Rc2+ 52.Kf3 g4+ 53.Kxg4 Rxg2+ is completely winning for Black. 54.Kxh4 runs into Be1+ causes White to lose his bishop. Black opted for 51...gxf4 52.Bxf4 Rc4 and he was still winning.

Position after 61.Ke5

How should Black capture on a3 here? If your answer is 61...Bxa3 which was played in the game, it reduces Black's chances drastically. However, 61...Rxa3 is completely winning for Black, despite having the wrong colored bishop for the h-pawn. The difference makers are White still having a pawn at g2 and the king being too advance to get back to h1 on time or sacrifice the g-pawn to save the game.

Prraneeth - Soham: 0-1

IM Prraneeth Vuppala (2464) in a completely winning position erred against CM Soham Kamotra (2251).

Position after 29...f6

White made a big mistake 30.Rc7?? which allowed Black not only to save the game 30...Re7 31.Rxe7 Nxe7 32.Bxf6 Nf5 but also win it too. Find out the better and winning continuation of White in the above position.

CM Soham Kamotra continues his fantastic unbeaten run 4/6 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

WGM Divya Deshmukh - WGM Vantika Agrawal: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

These two kids have a great life lesson to share | Video: ChessBase India

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A total of 148 players including 43 GMs, 35 IMs, 7 WGMs and 3 WIMs are taking part from 31 countries across the world including India. The tournament is being organized by Abu Dhabi Chess Club & Mind Games from 17th to 25th August 2022 at Abu Dhabi, UAE. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Round 6 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
6	2	19	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2622	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2689	4
6	3	21	GM	Indjic Aleksandar	2613	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Nihal Sarin	2651	12
6	7	2	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2702	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Adhiban B.	2598	26
6	8	3	GM	Predke Alexandr	2692	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	2557	30
6	12	11	GM	Mareco Sandro	2657	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2513	38
6	13	13	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2644	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	2465	44
6	14	29	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2571	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Aryan Chopra	2627	16
6	15	17	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2625	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2457	48
6	16	31	GM	Iniyan P	2556	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	2625	18
6	17	47	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2458	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2613	22
6	19	57	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2427	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2631	14
6	20	59	CM	Kushagra Mohan	2426	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2610	24
6	21	33	GM	Vokhidov Shamsiddin	2552	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Nitish Belurkar	2416	60
6	22	35	GM	Gagare Shardul	2521	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Mohammad Fahad Rahman	2401	66
6	23	61	FM	Madaminov Mukhiddin	2408	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Sengupta Deep	2520	36
6	24	37	IM	Davtyan Artur	2520	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete	2381	70
6	25	41	IM	Aditya Mittal	2496	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Ajay Krishna S	2367	75
6	26	45	CM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2464	3	0 - 1	3	CM	Soham Kamotra	2251	123
6	28	49	IM	Rathanvel V S	2455	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Raahul V S	2323	93
6	29	78	FM	Rohith Krishna S	2358	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Tahbaz Arash	2449	51

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Round 7 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
7	1	4	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2689	5		5	GM	Robson Ray	2682	6
7	7	12	GM	Nihal Sarin	2651	4½		4½	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2625	17
7	8	22	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2613	4½		4	GM	Predke Alexandr	2692	3
7	11	41	IM	Aditya Mittal	2496	4		4	GM	Mareco Sandro	2657	11
7	13	16	GM	Aryan Chopra	2627	4		4	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2427	57
7	14	38	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2513	4		4	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2622	19
7	15	44	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	2465	4		4	GM	Hakobyan Aram	2612	23
7	16	55	FM	Samant Aditya S	2430	4		4	GM	Kuybokarov Temur	2583	28
7	17	123	CM	Soham Kamotra	2251	4		4	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2571	29
7	18	30	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	2557	4		4	FM	Madaminov Mukhiddin	2408	61
7	19	24	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2610	3½		4	FM	Rohith Krishna S	2358	78
7	20	26	GM	Adhiban B.	2598	3½		3½	CM	Kushagra Mohan	2426	59
7	22	66	IM	Mohammad Fahad Rahman	2401	3½		3½	GM	Iniyan P	2556	31
7	24	89	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha	2327	3½		3½	GM	Gagare Shardul	2521	35
7	25	46	IM	Haldorsen Benjamin	2461	3½		3½	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2319	96
7	26	93	IM	Raahul V S	2323	3½		3½	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2458	47
7	27	48	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2457	3½		3½	FM	Wagh Suyog	2315	100
7	28	119	FM	Tolentino Rustum	2259	3½		3½	IM	Rathanvel V S	2455	49
7	29	52	IM	Das Arghyadip	2446	3½		3½		Ashraf Artin	2289	111
7	30	14	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2631	3		3½	FM	Jubin Jimmy	2252	122

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