This time it is not the beast mode, but the super man mode! | Photo: Twitter page of Sharjah Chess 2018
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:
Sethuraman is currently the leader of the tournament with 4.0/4 along with Parham Maghsoodloo and Eltaj Safarli
Adhiban was the winner in 2017, can he repeat his success again?
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 |
