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24th Dubai Open R7: Sina and Ivic join Muradli in a three-way lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/06/2024

GM Mahammad Muradli (AZE) survived a massive scare against IM Aronyak Ghosh in Round 7 of 24th Dubai Open 2024. First, Aronyak sacrificed his bishop to expose his opponent's kingside. He could not follow through correctly. However, he later he got one more opportunity. He panicked and moved his king into safety, soon the queens got traded and the attacking chaces evaporated. GM Raunak Sadhwani had a relatively calm draw against GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR). IM Srihari L R stunned GM Luca Moroni Jr. (ITA) after the latter's Greek gift sacrifice did not work out. WIM Srishti Pandey won her second game in-a-row to maintain her pursuit 6/7 in Category B. She is now just a half point behind the sole leader, Yousef A Alhassadi (LBA). Round 8 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Dubai Chess and Culture Club

Aronyak misses big against Muradli

IM Aronyak Ghosh is playing well at this event. He is able to create winning chances for himself. However, for the third consecutive time, he missed a winning opportunity. If he manages to convert his advantages, he will definitely finish at the very top.

GM Raunak Sadhwani played sublime chess to beat GM Sethuraman S P

Aronyak - Muradli

Position after 18...h6?

GM Mahammad Muradli (AZE, 2560) provoked the bishop 18...h6? IM Aronyak Ghosh (2528) did the obvious thing, sacrificed it on h6 to expose the black king. 19.Bxh6 gxh6 20.Qxh6 Ncxe5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Rxe5 instead Qxe5 would have allowed White to finish things much earlier. The black queen is stranded at the wrong side of the board. White's queen and rook were making things difficult for Black. The undeveloped a1-rook was also ready to join the entourage when needed.

Position after 36...Qa1

White does not need to worry about Rg1+ and Qf1+ as the king can safely stay at h4. So, 37.Qxf7 Rg8 38.Rxc7 would have been winning for White. He panicked 37.Kh3 Rg1 38.Qe2 Be5 39.Ra6 Re1 40.Rxa1 Rxe2 41.Ra5 and the game ended in a draw.

IM Aronyak Ghosh missed a win in his third consecutive game

GM Raunak Sadhwani had a relatively quiet draw against...

...GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR)

Luca - Srihari L R

Position after 17...Be7

GM Luca Moroni (ITA, 2580) went 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Rh3 Kg8 21.Qh5 Bxh4 22.Rxh4 f5 23.Qh7+ Kf7 24.Qh5+? Ke6 and IM Srihari L R (2485) defended his king well. To make 19.Bxh7+ sacrifice work, White needed to be computer-like accurate to continue the attack which was certainly not an easy task.

IM Srihari L R (pictured) defeated GM Luca Moroni (ITA) to move to 5/7

WIM Srishti Pandey continues her winning momentum and moves to 6/7, trailing the sole leader Yousef A Alhassadi (LBA) by a half point

A total of 81 players including 47 GMs, 19 IMs, a WGM and 3 WIMs are taking part in the Category A (>2200) from 31 countries across the world. The tournament is being organized by Dubai Chess & Culture Club from 27th May to 4th June 2023 at Dubai Chess & Culture Club, UAE. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Replay Round 7 games

Round 7 results in Category A

Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.PGN
116
IMAronyak, GhoshIND2528½ - ½5GMMuradli, MahammadAZE2560
13PGN
22
GMSadhwani, RaunakIND2654½ - ½IMErdogmus, Yagiz KaanTUR2553
14PGN
36
GMIvic, VelimirSRB25951 - 0GMIniyan, PaIND2493
21PGN
428
IMMovahed, SinaIRI24631 - 04GMVakhidov, JakhongirUZB2599
5PGN
519
GMDai, ChangrenCHN251041 - 04GMIndjic, AleksandarSRB2603
4PGN
629
IMZhao, YuanheCHN246341 - 04GMSethuraman, S.P.IND2588
9PGN
710
GMMoroni, Luca JrITA258040 - 14IMSrihari, L RIND2485
23PGN
812
GMLi, DiCHN256341 - 04FMHakobyan, ErikARM2335
60PGN
915
GMCan, EmreTUR25494½ - ½4IMGholami Orimi, MahdiIRI2470
27PGN
1036
IMSibashvili, GiorgiGEO2423½ - ½GMJumabayev, RinatKAZ2595
7PGN

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 Krtg+/-
16
GMIvic, VelimirSRB25955,52496028,523,51109,4
213
GMMuradli, MahammadAZE25605,52494024,52021010,6
328
IMMovahed, SinaIRI24635,52490022,518,531019,9
429
IMZhao, YuanheCHN246352566027,52221021,4
519
GMDai, ChangrenCHN251052557026,52111016,8
616
IMAronyak, GhoshIND2528525230282211011,2
72
GMSadhwani, RaunakIND265452518026,5213101,3
814
IMErdogmus, Yagiz KaanTUR255352507027211108,5
923
IMSrihari, L RIND248552454023,51811010,3
1012
GMLi, DiCHN25635241902418,50100,6

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
113
GMMuradli, MahammadAZE2560IMMovahed, SinaIRI2463
28
212
GMLi, DiCHN25635GMIvic, VelimirSRB2595
6
323
IMSrihari, L RIND248555GMSadhwani, RaunakIND2654
2
414
IMErdogmus, Yagiz KaanTUR255355GMDai, ChangrenCHN2510
19
516
IMAronyak, GhoshIND252855IMZhao, YuanheCHN2463
29
621
GMIniyan, PaIND2493GMCan, EmreTUR2549
15
727
IMGholami Orimi, MahdiIRI2470GMIoannidis, EvgeniosGRE2518
18
83
GMMendonca, Leon LukeIND26404GMSafarli, EltajAZE2594
8
931
IMMammadzada, GunayAZE243644GMIndjic, AleksandarSRB2603
4
105
GMVakhidov, JakhongirUZB259944IMDurak, CanTUR2434
32

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Round 7 results in Category B

Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
123
FMAhmed, FareedUAE19780 - 1Alhassadi, Yousef A.LBA2066
13
227
AGMVishal, Choudary BIND194050 - 15WIMPandey, SrishtiIND2203
3
37
FMTemirov, BakhytKAZ211451 - 05Al Kathiri, ManaOMA1815
52
432
Saif, AhmedUAE19141 - 0Steiners, EmilsLAT2069
11
542
Wang, Hao(Zj)CHN18781 - 0Redor, MenandroPHI2032
16
644
Yang, ZilongCHN18741 - 0Sasikumar, AnusweudIND1925
31
72
FMMulenga, Prince DanielZAM222041 - 0Daiwik, JainIND1702
80
830
FMAl-Hajiri, BaderKUW192541 - 04AGMLopez, HenryPHI2100
9
912
Bernardo, DarryPHI20684½ - ½4Sharma, TakshIND1708
77
1015
Arakelyan, ManvelARM203341 - 04Alviz, Joshua EzekielPHI1672
89

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 Krtg+/-
113
Alhassadi, Yousef A.LBA20666,52014029,523,532044,4
23
WIMPandey, SrishtiwIND220361938030,5243204,2
37
FMTemirov, BakhytKAZ211461927030,52412014
442
Wang, Hao(Zj)CHN18785,52062025,520240124,4
544
Yang, ZilongCHN18745,52028027,522,5140114,8
623
FMAhmed, FareedUAE19785,5196303225,532031,2
732
Saif, AhmedUAE19145,51922024,51932035,2
852
Al Kathiri, ManaOMA1815519800262032045,8
956
Ghaith, Saeed AlnuaimiUAE179951952026,520,524093,2
1030
FMAl-Hajiri, BaderKUW1925519290251912023,6

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
113
Alhassadi, Yousef A.LBA2066Saif, AhmedUAE1914
32
23
WIMPandey, SrishtiIND220366FMTemirov, BakhytKAZ2114
7
323
FMAhmed, FareedUAE1978Yang, ZilongCHN1874
44
415
Arakelyan, ManvelARM20335Wang, Hao(Zj)CHN1878
42
52
FMMulenga, Prince DanielZAM222055FMAl-Hajiri, BaderKUW1925
30
652
Al Kathiri, ManaOMA181555AGMVishal, Choudary BIND1940
27
711
Steiners, EmilsLAT20695Ghaith, Saeed AlnuaimiUAE1799
56
880
Daiwik, JainIND1702Bernardo, DarryPHI2068
12
916
Redor, MenandroPHI2032Sameir, RamezEGY1895
39
1018
Kantalamba, MushotaZAM2016Darsith, Manoj NairIND1881
41

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