Sharjah Masters 2018: Adhiban in Superman mode!
After a lacklustre start to the year at the Tata Steel Masters 2018 B. Adhiban has powered his way back to the top and shown to the world why exactly he is one of the finest chess players of India. He did well at the National Team Championships in February, won the Reykjavik Open in March and is now in superb form at the Sharjah Masters 2018. In the fourth round he beat his 2700+ opponent Yuri Kryvoruchko with a scintillating attack. Check out this special game!
Adhiban's win against Kryvoruchko, who is rated 2703 was an amazing one! The Indian GM won in just 21 moves with a scintillating attack against the white king! Have a look at the game and see how Adhiban mounts the attack:
In the previous round Adhiban played a very nice game to beat the young talent Javokhir Sindarov:
Ranking after round 4
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
| 1 | 20 | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | IRI | 2615 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 8,5 | 6,5 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 17 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2631 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 8,0 | 7,0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 12 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2653 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 8,0 | 6,0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 19 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo | VEN | 2624 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 9,5 | 7,5 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 15 | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | BLR | 2648 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 8,5 | 7,0 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 22 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L. | ARM | 2609 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 8,5 | 6,5 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 1 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2707 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 7,5 | 6,5 | 3 | ||
| 6 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2700 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 7,5 | 6,5 | 3 | |||
| 9 | 11 | GM | Adhiban B. | IND | 2661 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 7,0 | 6,0 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 13 | GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2652 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 7,0 | 6,0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 3 | GM | Artemiev Vladislav | RUS | 2701 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 10,0 | 8,0 | 3 | ||
| 29 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2510 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 10,0 | 8,0 | 3 | |||
| 13 | 27 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | UZB | 2540 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 9,0 | 7,0 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 7 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2680 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 8,0 | 7,0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2675 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 8,0 | 7,0 | 2 | |||
| 16 | 8 | GM | Kravtsiv Martyn | UKR | 2680 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 8,0 | 6,5 | 3 | ||
| 17 | 28 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | IND | 2520 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 8,0 | 5,0 | 3 | ||
| 18 | 55 | WGM | Hejazipour Mitra | w | IRI | 2304 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 8,0 | 4,0 | 3 | |
| 19 | 24 | IM | Firouzja Alireza | IRI | 2572 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 7,5 | 6,5 | 3 | ||
| 20 | 14 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2652 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 7,5 | 6,0 | 2 |
Pairings of round 5
| Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 17 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2631 | 4 | 4 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2653 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 1 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2707 | 3½ | 4 | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | IRI | 2615 | 20 | |||
| 3 | 6 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2700 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo | VEN | 2624 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 11 | GM | Adhiban B. | IND | 2661 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Petrosian Tigran L. | ARM | 2609 | 22 | |||
| 5 | 15 | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | BLR | 2648 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2652 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 3 | GM | Artemiev Vladislav | RUS | 2701 | 3 | 3 | IM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | UZB | 2482 | 34 | |||
| 7 | 35 | FM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2481 | 3 | 3 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | AZE | 2701 | 4 | |||
| 8 | 7 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2680 | 3 | 3 | GM | Darini Pouria | IRI | 2478 | 36 | |||
| 9 | 37 | IM | Vignesh N R | IND | 2475 | 3 | 3 | GM | Kravtsiv Martyn | UKR | 2680 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 9 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2675 | 3 | 3 | IM | Chakravarthi Reddy M | IND | 2442 | 40 |