8th Sharjah Masters B R6: Mayank Chakraborty emerges sole leader

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/05/2025

GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB) and GM Anish Giri (NED) won their respective games in Round 6 of 8th Sharjah Masters 2025. Indjic got the better of GM Changren Dai (CHN) in the endgame. GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) made an unforced error against Giri. The reigning National Rapid champion, GM Iniyan Pa fought well against World Rapid 2021 champion, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB). However, he made a mistake in a complex endgame and could not stop his opponent's connected passed pawns. GM Visakh N R and GM Aditya Mittal drew with the newly crowned Asian Individual 2025 champion, GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI) and GM Nikolas Theodorou (GRE) respectively. IM Mayank Chakraborty 5.5/6 and Shubham Shukla 6/6 have emerged sole leaders in Group B and C respectively. Round 7 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Himank Ghosh

Group A: Giri and Indjic are coleaders again

Both IM Mayank Chakraborty and Shubham Shukla have great chances to win Group B and C respectively. In Group A, GM Anish Giri (NED) will face quite possibly the toughest challenge so far in the form of 44th Olympiad Gold medalist, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) in Round 7. They had nine draws in Classical rated games and the sole win was scored by Abdusattorov.

Group B: IM Mayank Chakraborty gained sole lead 5.5/6

Indjic - Changren

Position after 44.Kxf7

To ensure the game ended in a draw, GM Changren Dai (CHN, 2531) had to play either 44...Kd7 or Kd6, even a6/a5 would have been fine too. However, 44...g2?? spelled doom for Black. GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB, 2637) played the correct continuation 45.f6!+- Rf2 46.Ke7 Rxa2 47.f7 Re2+ 48.Kf6 and White went on to win the game.

GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB) got the better of GM Changren Dai (CHN) to maintain his lead 5/6

Parham - Giri

Position after 22...Nc5

GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI, 2706) made an unforced error when he sacrificed an exchange unnecessarily 23.Rxc5? bxc5 24.a6 Ba8 27.Nc4 the a-pawn is not going to promote. It renders the sacrifice meaningless. Soon White lost the pawn and the game too against GM Anish Giri (NED, 2738).

GM Anish Giri (NED) had his first decisive Classical rated game against GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI)

Abdusattorov - Iniyan

Position after 33.f5

GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB, 2771) offered his knight as a sacrifice because he wanted strong connected passed pawns on the kingside, hence 33.f5 GM Iniyan Pa (2573) decided to take the knight 33...Rxd3 34.fxg6 Rxe3 35.exf6 Rd7 36.gxf7 Rxf7 37.Bg6 Rf8 38.Bxh5

Position after 38.Bxh5

Black needed to fast track bringing his knights starting with 38...Nac7. The game continued 38...Re6 39.f7 Nc3? 40.Rbf1+- Black played the moves which White wanted to play himself anyway, so Re6, Nc3 did not gain any tempo, it helped White. The World Rapid 2021 champion won the game in five more moves.

GM Iniyan Pa played well, only in the end he faltered

GM Visakh N R had well contested draw against the newly crowned Asian individual 2025 champion, GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI)

GM Nikolas Theodorou (GRE) - GM Aditya Mittal: 0.5-0.5

IM Mayank Chakraborty defeated IM Reza Mahdavi (IRI) to gain sole lead 5.5/6

GM Evgeny Levin - IM Raahul V S: 0.5-0.5

Group C: Shubham Shukla defeated his coleader Mansoor Abdalla Abdalla (SUD) to score a double hat-trick and become sole leader | Photo: Sharjah Chess Club

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Round 6 Masters A results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	8	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2637	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Dai, Changren	2531	52
2	3	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2706	3½	0 - 1	4	GM	Giri, Anish	2738	2
3	1	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2771	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2573	26
4	6	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2666	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Amar, Elham	2569	29
5	38	GM	Grebnev, Aleksey	2556	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh *)	2631	11
6	13	GM	Ivic, Velimir	2630	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2563	34
7	16	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2621	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Visakh, N R	2507	63
8	45	GM	Woodward, Andy	2547	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Kozak, Adam	2578	24
9	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2670	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Malek, Jan	2511	62
10	68	GM	Xiao, Tong(Qd)	2493	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Azarov, Sergei	2596	20
11	21	GM	Paravyan, David	2596	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Nigmatov, Ortik	2457	80
12	17	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2611	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Aditya, Mittal *)	2547	44
13	69	IM	Mamedov, Edgar	2492	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Pichot, Alan	2587	22
14	31	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2565	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2472	76
15	81	IM	Oro, Faustino	2454	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Vetokhin, Savva	2558	36

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	2	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	2738	5	23
2	8	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2637	5	20
3	1	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2771	4,5	18,5
4	52	GM	Dai, Changren	CHN	2531	4	24,5
5	63	GM	Visakh, N R	IND	2507	4	24
6	24	GM	Kozak, Adam	HUN	2578	4	21,5
7	44	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2547	4	21,5
8	45	GM	Woodward, Andy	USA	2547	4	21
9	6	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2666	4	20
10	29	GM	Amar, Elham	NOR	2569	4	20
11	13	GM	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2630	4	19,5
12	34	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	RUS	2563	4	19,5
13	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2670	4	19
14	17	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2611	4	19
15	16	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2621	4	18,5

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Giri, Anish	2738	5		4½	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2771	1
2	24	GM	Kozak, Adam	2578	4		4	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2670	5
3	34	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2563	4		4	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2666	6
4	52	GM	Dai, Changren	2531	4		4	GM	Ivic, Velimir	2630	13
5	11	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh *)	2631	4		5	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2637	8
6	29	GM	Amar, Elham	2569	4		4	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2611	17
7	63	GM	Visakh, N R	2507	4		4	GM	Paravyan, David	2596	21
8	18	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2603	3½		4	GM	Woodward, Andy	2547	45
9	36	GM	Vetokhin, Savva	2558	3½		3½	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2706	3
10	4	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2694	3½		3½	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2565	31
11	14	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2630	3½		3½	GM	Pranav, Anand	2555	39
12	44	GM	Aditya, Mittal *)	2547	4		4	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2621	16
13	20	GM	Azarov, Sergei	2596	3½		3½	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	2551	43
14	22	GM	Pichot, Alan	2587	3½		3½	GM	Xiao, Tong(Qd)	2493	68
15	26	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2573	3½		3½	IM	Mamedov, Edgar	2492	69

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Round 6 Masters B results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	2436	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Mahdavi, Reza	2445	6
2	3	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2467	4	0 - 1	4		Zhang, Di	2410	14
3	25	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim	2364	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Wang, Shixu B	2462	4
4	5	GM	Levin, Evgeny A.	2453	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Raahul, V S	2378	22
5	7		Meng, Yihan	2443	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2387	20
6	11	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2435	4	½ - ½	3½	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2478	1
7	35	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	2292	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	2474	2
8	37	CM	Davudov, Tunar	2279	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Harshavardhan, G B	2441	8
9	125	ACM	Aryan, Goyal	1931	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2283	36
10	9		Jiang, Haochen	2439	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Tissir, Mohamed	2320	32
11	51	AIM	Vihaan, Dumir	2191	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	2430	12
12	13	IM	Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy	2415	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Kanter, Eduard	2309	34
13	39	FM	Sharipov, Davron	2269	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Arfan, Aditya Bagus	2402	16
14	17		Gong, Sunle	2398	3½	0 - 1	3½	FM	Chubakov, Sultan	2271	38
15	47		Vasilkov, Nikolay	2201	3½	½ - ½	3½	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	2394	18

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	10	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	IND	2436	5,5	21,5
2	7		Meng, Yihan	CHN	2443	5	22
3	14		Zhang, Di	CHN	2410	5	21,5
4	5	GM	Levin, Evgeny A.	RUS	2453	4,5	25
5	25	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim	FID	2364	4,5	25
6	11	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	RUS	2435	4,5	23
7	6	IM	Mahdavi, Reza	IRI	2445	4,5	22,5
8	4	IM	Wang, Shixu B	CHN	2462	4,5	22
9	21	IM	Poormosavi, Seyed Kian	IRI	2379	4,5	22
10	22	IM	Raahul, V S	IND	2378	4,5	21,5
11	23	FM	Zia, Tahsin Tajwar	BAN	2374	4,5	21
12	13	IM	Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy	INA	2415	4,5	20,5
13	28	FM	Bharadia, Yash	IND	2355	4,5	20,5
14	39	FM	Sharipov, Davron	UZB	2269	4,5	20,5
15	38	FM	Chubakov, Sultan	KGZ	2271	4,5	18,5

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	14		Zhang, Di	2410	5		5½	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	2436	10
2	4	IM	Wang, Shixu B	2462	4½		5		Meng, Yihan	2443	7
3	23	FM	Zia, Tahsin Tajwar	2374	4½		4½	GM	Levin, Evgeny A.	2453	5
4	6	IM	Mahdavi, Reza	2445	4½		4½	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim	2364	25
5	28	FM	Bharadia, Yash	2355	4½		4½	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2435	11
6	38	FM	Chubakov, Sultan	2271	4½		4½	IM	Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy	2415	13
7	68		Umarov, Bekhruz	2119	4½		4½	IM	Poormosavi, Seyed Kian	2379	21
8	22	IM	Raahul, V S	2378	4½		4½	FM	Sharipov, Davron	2269	39
9	36	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2283	2		2½		Rashed Abubaker, Alhemeiri	1840	138
10	88		Plotnikov, Boris	2056	4½		4	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2467	3
11	1	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2478	4		4	CM	Davudov, Tunar	2279	37
12	2	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	2474	4		4		Vasilkov, Nikolay	2201	47
13	8	IM	Harshavardhan, G B	2441	4		4	AIM	Vihaan, Dumir	2191	51
14	42	WIM	Aydin, Gulenay	2240	4		4		Jiang, Haochen	2439	9
15	12	GM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	2430	4		4	WIM	Caglar, Sila	2200	48

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Round 6 Masters C results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Black	Rtg	No.
1	11	AGM	Shubham, Shukla	1823	5	1 - 0	5	Abdalla, Mansoor Abdalla	1756	27
2	1	AIM	Buirzayqah, Mohammed	1889	4	0 - 1	4½	Naziraliev, Kilichbek	1731	35
3	5		Kirthika, B	1860	4	½ - ½	4	Abdulazizov, Asilbek	1759	26
4	30		Nookala, Nikhil Sriram	1737	4	½ - ½	4	Al Namas, Kanan	1841	9
5	39		Gurubaran, Raghuraman	1713	4	0 - 1	4	Al Balushi, Emad	1792	16

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	11	AGM	Shubham, Shukla	IND	1823	6	23,5
2	35		Naziraliev, Kilichbek	UZB	1731	5,5	21,5
3	16		Al Balushi, Emad	OMA	1792	5	23,5
4	27		Abdalla, Mansoor Abdalla	SUD	1756	5	19
5	54	ACM	Aditi, Arun	IND	1632	4,5	23

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	35		Naziraliev, Kilichbek	1731	5½		6	AGM	Shubham, Shukla	1823	11
2	27		Abdalla, Mansoor Abdalla	1756	5		5		Al Balushi, Emad	1792	16
3	4	AIM	Muhammad, Shayan Noushad Ibrahim	1860	4½		4½		Vaibhav, Krishnan K P	1785	19
4	34		Daiwik, Jain	1733	4½		4½		Kirthika, B	1860	5
5	9		Al Namas, Kanan	1841	4½		4½		Alotaibi, Dayfullah M	1702	46

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