S L Narayanan and Swayams play an exciting game

CM Mayank Chakraborty defeated IM Chen Zou (CHN). Arhan Chethan Anand and Aditya Varun Gampa drew against IM Muthial Al and IM Hari Madhavan N B respectively.

Sanket scored a nice victory against IM Ahmad Ahmadzada (AZE)

S L Narayanan - Swayams

Position after 11...Be6

GM S L Narayanan (2656) sacrificed an exchange on e6. 12.Rxe6 fxe6 13.Qh5 g6 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.Qxg6+ Kh8 the exposed black king definitely gives White an advantage. However, converting it practically into a full point was not easy. Computer recommends to take the e6-pawn with a check which is quite difficult for a human to play. The game eventually ended in a draw by repetition, when Black could have pushed for a win.

GM S L Narayanan had an exciting game against one of the top trainers of India - GM FT Swayams Mishra

GM Swapnil Dhopade (pictured) drew against the UAE no.1 GM Salem Saleh

IM FT Harikrishnan A Ra - GM Jakhongir Vakhidov (UZB): 0.5-0.5

Sanket - Ahmad

Position after 33.Kh5

Sanket Chakravarty's (2385) plan is simple. March the king down the board and use the rooks to deliver the checkmate which is what he did in the game against IM Ahmad Ahmadzada (AZE, 2519). Black needed to prevent the king's advances 33...h6 34.Kxh6 Re6+ 35.Kh5 Rf3 would have been fine. 33...Re2 34.Rg5+ Kf8 35.h4 Ree3 36.g4 Rab3 37.Kh6 f6 38.Rgg7 Re4 39.Kxh7 and it's over as the checkmate is unstoppable.

Sanket Chakravarty beats IM Ahmad Ahmadzada | Video: ChessBase India

Sanket Chakravarty - IM Ahmad Ahmadzada (AZE): 1-0

FM Ojasva Singh - GM Stany G A: 0.5-0.5

Arhan Chethan Anand (pictured) - IM Muthaiah Al: 0.5-0.5

CM Mayank Chakraborty (pictured) - IM Zou Chen (CHN): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Hari Madhavan N B - Aditya Varun Gampa: 0.5-0.5

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Replay 29th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival Masters 2023 Round 2 live commentary by WGM Maria Gevorgyan | Video: ADChess
Final moments - IM Viani Antonio Dcunha vs WGM Priyanka Nutakki | Video: ChessBase India
Final moments - GM Hans Niemann (USA) vs IM Jubin Jimmy | Video: ChessBase India
Final moments - GM Volodar Murzin vs IM Vantika Agrawal | Video: ChessBase India

A total of 145 players including 41 GMs, 54 IMs, 6 WGMs and 3 WIMs are taking part from 22 countries across the world. The tournament is being organized by Abu Dhabi Chess Club & Mind Games from 16th to 24th August 2023 at Radisson Blu Hotel & Resort in Abu Dhabi Corniche Abu Dhabi, UAE. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Round 2 results

Rd.Bo.No. RtgPts.ResultPts.Rtg No.
2142
Prraneeth Vuppala248510 - 11Artemiev Vladislav2698
1
2444
Swapnil S. Dhopade24791½ - ½1Salem A.R. Saleh2661
5
256
Niemann Hans Moke266011 - 01Jubin Jimmy2460
49
278
Narayanan.S.L26561½ - ½1Swayams Mishra2452
53
2957
Rahman Ziaur244810 - 11Aryan Chopra2641
11
21114
Murzin Volodar263111 - 01Vantika Agrawal2430
61
21260
Harikrishnan.A.Ra24371½ - ½1Vakhidov Jakhongir2618
17
21318
Xu Xiangyu260811 - 01Nitish Belurkar2425
65
21571
Atakhan Abtin241411 - 01Pranav V2588
21
21724
Karthik Venkataraman25621½ - ½1Xiang Zeyu2391
88
218100
Divya Deshmukh237210 - 11Kobalia Mikhail2547
27
219113
Atakishiyev Elmar23511½ - ½1Sankalp Gupta2522
29
220128
Ayush Sharma232110 - 11Suleymenov Alisher2509
33
221130
Aziz Husain231510 - 11Raja Rithvik R2502
35
222139
Rakesh Kumar Jena228910 - 11Dai Changren2499
37
223145
Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher212810 - 11Chanda Sandipan2491
39
22440
Rathanvel V S249111 - 01Vaz Ethan2306
134
22510
Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.2645½1 - 01Ebrahimi Herab Hamidreza2302
136
22712
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son2641½1 - 0½Jinan Jomon2400
82
23022
Adhiban B.2587½1 - 0½Milikow Yoav2389
92

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Standings after Round 2

Rk.SNo RtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
16
Niemann, Hans MokeUSA26602022
9
Santos Latasa, JaimeESP26562022
59
Abdisalimov, AbdimalikUZB24382022
418
Xu, XiangyuCHN26082021,5
71
Atakhan, AbtinIRI24142021,5
61
Artemiev, VladislavRUS26982021,5
4
Fedoseev, VladimirSLO26762021,5
11
Aryan, ChopraIND26412021,5
27
Kobalia, MikhailFID25472021,5
33
Suleymenov, AlisherKAZ25092021,5
37
Dai, ChangrenCHN24992021,5
40
Rathanvel, V SIND24912021,5
43
Madaminov, MukhiddinUZB24842021,5
1414
Murzin, VolodarFID26312021
35
Raja, Rithvik RIND25022021
1639
Chanda, SandipanIND24912020,5
175
Salem, A.R. SalehUAE26611,5012,5
53
Swayams, MishraIND24521,5012,5
197
Sindarov, JavokhirUZB26591,5012
17
Vakhidov, JakhongirUZB26181,5012

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Round 3 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. RtgPts.ResultPts.Rtg No.
3235
Raja Rithvik R250222Fedoseev Vladimir2676
4
349
Santos Latasa Jaime265622Rathanvel V S2491
40
3511
Aryan Chopra264122Abdisalimov Abdimalik2438
59
3639
Chanda Sandipan249122Murzin Volodar2631
14
31254
Babazada Khazar24511½1½Narayanan.S.L2656
8
31353
Swayams Mishra24521½1½Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.2645
10
31455
Sammed Jaykumar Shete24511½1½Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son2641
12
31515
Yakubboev Nodirbek26301½1½Harikrishnan.A.Ra2437
60
31719
Lu Shanglei25981½1½Viani Antonio Dcunha2415
70
31972
Gholami Orimi Mahdi24131½1½Adhiban B.2587
22
32023
Suleymanli Aydin25861½1½Sanket Chakravarty2385
97
32198
Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali23841½1½Karthik Venkataraman2562
24
32429
Sankalp Gupta25221½1½Mayank Chakraborty2322
127
325106
Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan23591½1½Swapnil S. Dhopade2479
44
32678
Panda Sambit240211Anton Guijarro David2693
2
32821
Pranav V258811Kushagra Mohan2397
85
32928
Pranav Anand252911Panesar Vedant2391
90
33032
Song Raymond251211Divya Deshmukh2372
100
331102
Pham Le Thao Nguyen237011Pranesh M2503
34
333108
Beydullayeva Govhar235511Prraneeth Vuppala2485
42

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