8th Sharjah Masters R4: Anish Giri and Aleksandar Indjic emerge coleaders

by Shahid Ahmed - 21/05/2025

GM Anish Giri (NED) and GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB) won their respective games in Round 4 to emerge coleaders at 8th Sharjah Masters 2025. Anish defeated GM Ivan Zemlyanskii and Indjic got the better of GM Mihail Nikitenko. They will inevitably clash against each other in the fifth round. GM Visakh N R made a quick 14-move draw against GM Adam Kozak (HUN) to move to 3/4. UAE no.1, GM Salem Saleh scored a crushing victory over GM Madminov Mukhiddin (UZB). IM Ilamparthi A R managed to escape with a draw agianst GM Sergei Azarov. Round 5 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Himank Ghosh

Visakh in the chase

GM Aditya Mittal, GM Sankalp Gupta, GM Bharath Subramaniyam H and GM Pranav Anand drew with GM Velimir Ivic (SRB), GM Samuel Sevian (USA), GM Pouya Idani (IRI) and GM Alan Pichot (ESP) respectively. IM S Rohith Krishna, IM Divya Deshmukh, IM Aswath S and IM Aronyak Ghosh shared the point with GM Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), GM Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ), GM Abhijeet Gupta and GM Sethuraman S P respectively. IM Mayank Chakraborty and IM Raahul V S are among the eleven-player leaders' pack in Group B.

GM Visakh N R 3/4

GM Anish Giri's (NED) outside passed pawns were stronger than GM Ivan Zemlyanskii's center passed pawns

Nikitenko - Indjic

Position after 25.f5

GM Mihail Nikitenko (2516) went for an all-out attack 25.f5. Earlier he had already sacrificed a piece, so he went all-in. 25...c2? actually allowed White to get back in the game 26.fxg6 cxd1Q 27.gxf7+ Kxf7 28.Rxd1 Black actually needed to play 25...Qd8 first before going c2. White eventually blundered in a queen vs rook, bishop and knight endgame to lose.

GM Mihail Nikitenko's ambitious approach did not work out against GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB)

GM Visakh N R - GM Adam Kozak (HUN): 0.5-0.5

UAE no.1 - GM Salem Saleh scored a crushing victory over GM Madaminov Mukhiddin (UZB)

GM Velimir Ivic (SRB) - GM Aditya Mittal: 0.5-0.5

IM Ilamparthi A R escaped with a draw against GM Sergei Azarov

Group B: IM Mayank Chakraborty is in the leaders' group 3.5/4

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Round 4 Masters A results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	34	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2563	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Giri, Anish	2738	2
2	59	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	2516	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2637	8
3	17	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2611	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Dai, Changren	2531	52
4	63	GM	Visakh, N R	2507	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Kozak, Adam	2578	24
5	11	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh *)	2631	1½	1 - 0	1½	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	2520	56
6	1	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2771	2	1 - 0	2½	GM	Nigmatov, Ortik	2457	80
7	3	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2706	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	2564	32
8	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2670	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Grebnev, Aleksey	2556	38
9	36	GM	Vetokhin, Savva	2558	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2666	6
10	45	GM	Woodward, Andy	2547	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2630	14
11	65	IM	Klimkowski, Jan	2503	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2621	16
12	13	GM	Ivic, Velimir	2630	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Aditya, Mittal *)	2547	44
13	19	GM	Tin, Jingyao	2601	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Kacharava, Nikolozi	2516	58
14	79	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	2469	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Azarov, Sergei	2596	20
15	81	IM	Oro, Faustino	2454	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2573	26

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	2	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	2738	3,5	8,5
2	8	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2637	3,5	8,5
3	63	GM	Visakh, N R	IND	2507	3	11
4	52	GM	Dai, Changren	CHN	2531	3	10,5
5	17	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2611	3	9
6	3	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2706	3	8,5
7	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2670	3	8
8	24	GM	Kozak, Adam	HUN	2578	3	8
9	29	GM	Amar, Elham	NOR	2569	3	8
10	45	GM	Woodward, Andy	USA	2547	3	8
11	1	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2771	3	7
12	16	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2621	3	6
13	36	GM	Vetokhin, Savva	FID	2558	2,5	10
14	44	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2547	2,5	10
15	6	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2666	2,5	9,5

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Giri, Anish	2738	3½		3½	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2637	8
2	24	GM	Kozak, Adam	2578	3		3	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2771	1
3	29	GM	Amar, Elham	2569	3		3	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2706	3
4	52	GM	Dai, Changren	2531	3		3	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2670	5
5	11	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh *)	2631	2½		2½	GM	Vetokhin, Savva	2558	36
6	16	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2621	3		3	GM	Woodward, Andy	2547	45
7	63	GM	Visakh, N R	2507	3		3	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2611	17
8	6	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2666	2½		2½	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	2516	59
9	58	GM	Kacharava, Nikolozi	2516	2½		2½	GM	Ivic, Velimir	2630	13
10	20	GM	Azarov, Sergei	2596	2½		2½	IM	Oro, Faustino	2454	81
11	26	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2573	2½		2½	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	2469	79
12	44	GM	Aditya, Mittal *)	2547	2½		2½	GM	Tin, Jingyao	2601	19
13	80	GM	Nigmatov, Ortik	2457	2½		2½	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2565	31
14	64	GM	Ohanyan, Emin	2503	2½		2½	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2563	34
15	4	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2694	2		2	GM	Pranav, Anand	2555	39

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Round 4 Masters B results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	25	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim	2364	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	2436	10
2	11	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2435	3	½ - ½	3		Zhang, Di	2410	14
3	5	GM	Levin, Evgeny A.	2453	2½	1 - 0	3	WIM	Aydin, Gulenay	2240	42
4	3	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2467	2½	½ - ½	2½	FM	Zia, Tahsin Tajwar	2374	23
5	27	IM	Ritviz, Parab	2362	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Wang, Shixu B	2462	4
6	26	IM	Setyaki, Azarya Jodi	2364	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Mahdavi, Reza	2445	6
7	7		Meng, Yihan	2443	2½	1 - 0	2½	FM	Bharadia, Yash	2355	28
8	39	FM	Sharipov, Davron	2269	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	2430	12
9	119		Umarov, Mukhammadrizo	1942	½	1 - 0	½	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2283	36
10	13	IM	Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy	2415	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Akshat, Khamparia	2335	30
11	35	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	2292	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2387	20
12	21	IM	Poormosavi, Seyed Kian	2379	2½	1 - 0	2½		Abdulkarimli, Eljan	2173	58
13	51	AIM	Vihaan, Dumir	2191	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Raahul, V S	2378	22
14	65		Zhang, Zhi	2126	2½	0 - 1	2	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	2474	2
15	1	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2478	2	1 - 0	2	FM	Abuazizah, Raji	2182	54

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	25	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim	FID	2364	3,5	10,5
2	4	IM	Wang, Shixu B	CHN	2462	3,5	10
3	10	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	IND	2436	3,5	10
4	5	GM	Levin, Evgeny A.	RUS	2453	3,5	9,5
5	11	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	RUS	2435	3,5	9,5
6	14		Zhang, Di	CHN	2410	3,5	9,5
7	6	IM	Mahdavi, Reza	IRI	2445	3,5	9
8	22	IM	Raahul, V S	IND	2378	3,5	8,5
9	13	IM	Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy	INA	2415	3,5	8
10	21	IM	Poormosavi, Seyed Kian	IRI	2379	3,5	8
11	7		Meng, Yihan	CHN	2443	3,5	7,5
12	12	GM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	IND	2430	3	10,5
13	2	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	IND	2474	3	10
14	47		Vasilkov, Nikolay	FID	2201	3	10
15	3	IM	Garifullina, Leya	FID	2467	3	9,5

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	4	IM	Wang, Shixu B	2462	3½		3½	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2435	11
2	14		Zhang, Di	2410	3½		3½	GM	Levin, Evgeny A.	2453	5
3	6	IM	Mahdavi, Reza	2445	3½		3½	IM	Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy	2415	13
4	22	IM	Raahul, V S	2378	3½		3½		Meng, Yihan	2443	7
5	10	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	2436	3½		3½	IM	Poormosavi, Seyed Kian	2379	21
6	8	IM	Harshavardhan, G B	2441	3		3½	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim	2364	25
7	32	IM	Tissir, Mohamed	2320	3		3	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2478	1
8	2	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	2474	3		3	FM	Yurasov, Matfey	2354	29
9	36	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2283	½		½		Elnemr, Mohamed	1937	123
10	42	WIM	Aydin, Gulenay	2240	3		3	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2467	3
11	44	FM	Borisova, Ekaterina	2233	3		3		Jiang, Haochen	2439	9
12	12	GM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	2430	3		3		Vasilkov, Nikolay	2201	47
13	16	IM	Arfan, Aditya Bagus	2402	3		3	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	2292	35
14	20	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2387	3		3	WIM	Caglar, Sila	2200	48
15	23	FM	Zia, Tahsin Tajwar	2374	3		3	FM	Sharipov, Davron	2269	39

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