Bulletin 10 April 2019 Maxim Matlakov Wins 8-Way Tie in Dubai Open

GM Maxim Matlakov of Russia won the 8 way tie to take the Sheikh Rashid bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup and the top prize of $13,000 in the 21st Dubai Open Championship at the Dubai in Dubai.

Matlakov, 28, drew a 56 move 5-hour game in the final round against the Benoni Defense of Aleksandar Indjic of Serbia. The Russian won the European Individual Championship in 2017 and was a member of the Russian team which won silver in the World Team Championship.

In photo, Chief Arbiter Mahdi Abdulrahim starts the top board game between Matlakov (left) and Indjic. Matlakov, second seed with a high rating of 2692, won by the Buccholz Cut 1 tie break system which measures the strength of all player’s opponents except the weakest.

Tied with Matlakov at 7 points each in the 9-round Swiss were 15-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan (left photo playing white) who won second prize of $7,000 , top seed Le Quang Liem of Vietnam in third for $5,000, Yuriy Kuzubov of Ukraine, Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli of Venezuela, Sanal Vahap of Turkey, Indjic and the surprise winner P. Iniyan of India, the only International Master among the prize winners.

Iniyan used the ’s Indian Defense to win in 37 moves against a savage attack by his compatriot, S.P. Sethuraman. In the other decisive games, Le Quang Liem (right, playing black) used the Sicilian Defense against GM Alan Pichot of Argentina to win an endgame of and opposite colored Bishops in 65 moves. Sanal Vahap beat Amin Tabatabaei of Iran as the Turk was about to promote a in 48 moves of a Guioco Piano game. The other games of leaders were draws between Abdusattorov and GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili of Georgia, and between Kuzubov and Iturrizaga.

The top 15 received cash prizes. Also in the money were 6.5 pointers GMs Mchedlishvili, Ahmed Adly of Egypt, Emre Can of Turkey and Indians Deepan Chakkravarthy, Aravindh Chithambaram, Debashhis Das and IM N.R. Vignesh.

Winnning Best Women were WGM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim of Uzbekistan with 6 points followed by FM Assaubayeva Bibisara of Kazakhstan with 5.5 points.

Best Arab Player was Bellahcene Bilel of Algeria with 5.5 points. IM Ibrahim Sultan emerged Best UAE Player with 4.5 points. Winning Best Dubai Players were FM Ahmed Fareed with 4 points followed by Ali Abdulaziz with 3.5 points. points.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 2 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2692 7 0 50 43 5 2 15 GM Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2578 7 0 49 42 5 3 1 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2711 7 0 48 41 5 4 3 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2653 7 0 48 41 5 5 5 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2633 7 0 48 41 5 6 27 GM Sanal Vahap TUR 2513 7 0 47 40 6 7 14 GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2592 7 0 45 38 5 8 28 IM Iniyan P IND 2512 7 0 43 36 6 9 9 GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2620 6.5 0 47 40 6 10 11 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2610 6.5 0 47 40 4 11 20 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 2534 6.5 0 46 39 6 12 13 GM Can Emre TUR 2599 6.5 0 44 38 5 13 12 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2602 6.5 0 43 37 5 14 19 GM Debashis Das IND 2538 6.5 0 43 36 4 15 36 IM Vignesh N R IND 2457 6.5 0 41 35 4

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Game between IM Shyaamnikhil and Pranav.

Position after 32.Nxg4!

Find the mate in mate in 4

32… fxg4 33. Bc3 Qd8 34. Bh7+ Kf7 35.Qg6+! Nxg6 36.hxg6#