Abhijeet and Arjun in pursuit

Narayanan S L and Amin Tabatabaei are the leaders with 3.0/3 | Photo: Sharjah Chess Club

Round 2: Adham - Arjun: 0-1

GM Adham Fawzy (EGY) made an ambitious sacrifice against GM Arjun Erigaisi.

Position after 16.Nd5

16.Nd5 is a typical sacrifice in this line of Sicilian. However, in this position it does not yield much for White. 16...exd5 17.Nf5 Kf8 and Black escapes to safety. 17.b4 R5c7 and then 18.Nf5 would still have been a better continuation for White. Arjun won the game and moved to 2.0/2.

Arjun Erigaisi 2.5/3 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Round 3: Yilmaz - Narayanan: 0-1

GM Narayanan S L scored a very nice victory with a tactical finish over Turkey no.2 GM Mustafa Yilmaz.

Position after 29..Bg4

It is evident that Black is completely in the above position. Find out the finish for Black after 30.Nxa6.

Narayanan leads the Sharjah Masters with 3.0/3 | Video: ChessBase India

First move is being made at the top board | Photo: Sharjah Chess Club

Abhijeet - Abdusattorov: 1-0

GM Abhijeet Gupta defeated Uzbekistan no.2 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in an exciting game.

Position after 18...Qd7

Black decided to wait and watch 18...Qd7 shifted the balance in White's favor. 19.f4 Neg4 20.Ba7 Ra8 21.Bd4 Qe7 22.Bxg4 Nxg4 23.Bxg7 Qxh4+ 24.Rg3 Nxh2 25.Qg2 and White has enough compensation for the pawn. Abhijeet converted his advantage by showcasing a great technique.

Abhijeet en route his victory over IM Sami Khader (JOR) in round 2 | Photo: Sharjah Chess Club

Highlights

Here are a few interesting finishes from Round 1-3:

GM Salem A R Saleh (UAE) defeated GM Bilel Bellahcene (ALG), Round 1

IM Mohamed Tissir (MAR) defeated GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR), Round 1

GM Sebastian Bogner (SUI) won against GM David Paravyan (RUS), Round 2

GM Vitaly Bernadskiy (UKR) defeated IM Robert Baskin (GER), Round 2

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Top boards | Photo: Sharjah Chess Club

The tournament hall | Photo: Sharjah Chess Club

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Round 3 results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
119
GMYilmaz Mustafa262420 - 12GMNarayanan.S.L2632
12
213
GMMoussard Jules26312½ - ½2GMAdly Ahmed2619
21
317
GMErigaisi Arjun26262½ - ½2GMMchedlishvili Mikheil2571
33
430
GMCan Emre257720 - 12GMTabatabaei M. Amin2624
18
511
GMMartirosyan Haik M.26361½½ - ½1½GMEljanov Pavel2680
3
64
GMSalem A.R. Saleh26791½1 - 01½GMNiemann Hans Moke2609
25
722
GMMastrovasilis Dimitrios26151½½ - ½1½GMAdhiban B.2672
5
86
GMNaiditsch Arkadij26631½½ - ½1½GMYakubboev Nodirbek2604
26
99
GMJumabayev Rinat26511½½ - ½1½GMSadhwani Raunak2603
27
1023
GMGupta Abhijeet26121½1 - 01½GMAbdusattorov Nodirbek2648
10
111
GMAmin Bassem27041½ - ½1½GMBogner Sebastian2574
31
122
GMMaghsoodloo Parham269511 - 01GMFawzy Adham2488
38
1339
GMFirat Burak24661½ - ½1GMNisipeanu Liviu-Dieter2657
8
1442
IMEl Adnani Mokliss242810 - 11GMGanguly Surya Shekhar2630
14
1515
GMSethuraman S.P.262810 - 11IMAlavi Sayed Javad2437
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Round 4 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
112
GMNarayanan.S.L263233GMTabatabaei M. Amin2624
18
221
GMAdly Ahmed26192½2½GMSalem A.R. Saleh2679
4
333
GMMchedlishvili Mikheil25712½2½GMMoussard Jules2631
13
423
GMGupta Abhijeet26122½2½GMErigaisi Arjun2626
17
526
GMYakubboev Nodirbek260422GMMaghsoodloo Parham2695
2
63
GMEljanov Pavel268022GMDelgado Ramirez Neuris2588
28
75
GMAdhiban B.267222GMCan Emre2577
30
827
GMSadhwani Raunak260322GMNaiditsch Arkadij2663
6
929
GMIordachescu Viorel258722GMJumabayev Rinat2651
9
1031
GMBogner Sebastian257422GMMartirosyan Haik M.2636
11
1114
GMGanguly Surya Shekhar263022GMSindarov Javokhir2571
34
1236
GMNikolov Momchil252222GMYilmaz Mustafa2624
19
1341
IMAlavi Sayed Javad243722GMMastrovasilis Dimitrios2615
22
148
GMNisipeanu Liviu-Dieter26571½2IMSaeed Ishaq2411
44
1525
GMNiemann Hans Moke26091½1½GMAmin Bassem2704
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