15th Dubai Open Championship Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup 6th to 16th April 2013, Dubai, UAE • Bulletin 3

Top seed GM Vladimir Akopian of Armenia (left) beat GM Pontus Carlsson of Sweden in Round 3. Akopian, 12 others Share Lead with Perfect Scores After 3 Rounds

After three rounds, the leaders have briel Sargissian of Armenia, Mikheil been trimmed down to 13 with perfect Mchedlishvili and Levan Pantsulaia of scores of 3 points each in the Dubai Open Georgia, Surya Ganguly of India, Jaan Chess Championship at the Dubai Chess Ehlvest of the USA, Vladimir Burmakin, Club in Dubai, UAE. Sergey Volkov and Aleksandr Rak- Top seed Vladimir Akopian of Arme- khmanov of Russia, Rinat Jumabayev of nia transposed their game to an English Kazakhstan and Woman Grandmasgter Ju Opening and beat GM Pontus Carlsson of Wenjun of China. Sweden in 34 moves. Ju smashed the Gruenfeld defense of Local hero Salem A.R. Saleh of the FM Amir Kowsarinia of Iran in 34 moves. UAE kept pace by making short work of Top games can be seen live on the in- the Queen’s Indian defense of WGM Di- ternet at the Dubai Chess Club website nara Saduaksassov of Kazakhstan in only www.dubaichess.ae. 26 moves. Download pgn files, see the photo gal- GM Edouard Romain of France used lery and watch the video by Vijay Kumar the Saemisch to crush the King’s Indian on youtube: defense of IM Kore Akshayraj of India in http://youtu.be/aLJYOqtiEwQ 49 moves. In the biggest upset of the round, FM GM Gabriel Sargissian essayed the of India, 14, (at Champion of India. “He is very talented,” Classical variation to smash the King’s right) beat GM Viorel Iordachescu of GM Surya Ganguly said. Indian defense of GM Sundar Shyam of Moldova who blundered away a Knight He earned his FIDE Master title in the India in 61 moves. on the 26th move of his Pirc defense. 2011 Asian Youth Under-12 Champion- Also with 3 points each are GMs Ga- Aravindh is the current National Junior ship in Subic, Philippines. 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship

Round 3 on 2013/04/09

Bo. Name IRtg FED Pts Res. Pts Name IRtg FED 1 GM Akopian Vladimir 2704 ARM 2 1 - 0 2 GM Carlsson Pontus 2520 SWE 2 GM Edouard Romain 2670 FRA 2 1 - 0 2 IM 2512 IND 3 GM Darini Pouria 2505 IRI 2 ½ ½ 2 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2668 UKR 4 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2666 ARM 2 1 - 0 2 GM Shyam Sundar M. 2505 IND 5 GM Istratescu Andrei 2648 FRA 2 ½ ½ 2 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2492 GEO 6 IM Hayrapetyan Hovik 2503 ARM 2 0 - 1 2 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2640 GEO 7 IM Shoker Samy 2480 EGY 2 0 - 1 2 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2623 IND 8 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2479 GER 2 0 - 1 2 GM Ehlvest Jaan 2611 USA 9 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2602 ROU 2 ½ ½ 2 IM Debashis Das 2477 IND 10 GM Volkov Sergey 2593 RUS 2 1 - 0 2 IM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2470 IND 11 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2591 RUS 2 1 - 0 2 IM Narayanan Srinath 2440 IND 12 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. 2477 IND 2 0 - 1 2 GM Burmakin Vladimir 2580 RUS 13 IM Swapnil S. Dhopade 2475 IND 2 ½ ½ 2 GM Lalith Babu M.R. 2565 IND 14 GM Grover Sahaj 2467 IND 2 0 - 1 2 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2556 GEO 15 IM Ghosh Diptayan 2451 IND 2 ½ ½ 2 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2554 UKR 16 GM Kotsur Pavel 2552 KAZ 2 ½ ½ 2 IM Gagare Shardul 2397 IND 17 IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2400 QAT 2 0 - 1 2 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2549 KAZ 18 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2530 UAE 2 1 - 0 2 WGM Saduakassova Dinara 2336 KAZ 19 WGM Ju Wenjun 2521 CHN 2 1 - 0 2 FM Kowsarinia Amir 2301 IRI 20 IM Kanter Eduard 2408 RUS 1½ 0 - 1 1½ GM Laznicka Viktor 2674 CZE 21 IM Yap Kim Steven 2418 PHI 1½ 0 - 1 1½ GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2663 ARM 22 GM Amin Bassem 2641 EGY 1½ 1 - 0 1½ IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal 2389 IND 23 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2619 UKR 1½ 1 - 0 1½ FM Anurag Mhamal 2401 IND 24 FM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2333 IND 1½ 1 - 0 1½ GM Iordachescu Viorel 2599 MDA 25 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2561 IRI 1½ 1 - 0 1½ WIM Olsarova Tereza 2260 CZE 26 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2517 QAT 1½ 1 - 0 1½ IM Gameel Mohamed 2250 YEM 27 GM Rahman Ziaur 2511 BAN 1½ 1 - 0 1½ Mohammed Tarig Elther 1993 SUD 28 FM Visweswaran K. 2159 IND 1½ 1 - 0 1½ GM 2509 IND 29 WIM Davletbayeva Madina 2248 KAZ 1½ 1 - 0 1½ IM Ezat Mohamed 2461 EGY 30 WFM Schmidt Jade 2113 GER 1 0 - 1 1 GM Sokolov Ivan 2643 NED 31 GM Wen Yang 2631 CHN 1 ½ ½ 1 Wenzel Birger 2109 GER 32 WIM Ivana Maria Furtado 2093 IND 1 0 - 1 1 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2591 IND 33 GM Shanava Konstantine 2578 GEO 1 ½ ½ 1 WFM Raghavi N. 2096 IND 34 GM Adhiban B. 2555 IND 1 1 - 0 1 WFM Nekrasova Elena 2089 LIB 35 GM Michalik Peter 2535 SVK 1 1 - 0 1 Mehdi Samer 2089 IRI 36 WIM Blanco Acevedo Maria C. 2080 VEN 1 0 - 1 1 2432 IND 37 Elnemr Mohamed 2073 EGY 1 0 - 1 1 IM Ankit R. Rajpara 2421 IND 38 Abdel Rabb Raouf 2036 YEM 1 ½ ½ 1 Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2418 IND 39 IM Houska Jovanka 2417 ENG 1 ½ ½ 1 Salah Romany 2085 EGY 40 Rice Chris B 2032 ENG 1 0 - 1 1 IM Tania Sachdev 2409 IND 41 IM Karavade Eesha 2389 IND 1 1 - 0 1 Sameir Ramez 2078 EGY 42 FM Vandenbussche Thibaut 2387 BEL 1 0 - 1 1 Kohtz Andreas 2068 GER 43 FM Elmejbri Ali A. 2008 LBA 1 0 - 1 1 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2386 GEO 44 Sagar Shah 2376 IND 1 1 - 0 1 Takrory Hosam 2044 PLE 45 Madhurima Shekhar 1991 IND 1 0 - 1 1 IM Isaev Jamshed 2355 TJK 46 FM De Ramos Julius 2350 PHI 1 1 - 0 1 FM Ram Aravind L N 2035 IND 47 Magdy Kassem 1943 EGY 1 0 - 1 1 IM Purtseladze Maka 2347 GEO 48 WGM Hoolt Sarah 2338 GER 1 1 - 0 1 Mahmoud Haitham 2005 SUD 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship

Round 3 on 2013/04/09

49 Krishna C.R.G. 2334 IND 1 1 - 0 1 Ahmed Fayez 1946 UAE 50 IM Galojan Lilit 2323 ARM 1 1 - 0 1 Rafee Mohd Hayel 1909 SYR 51 Walid Anwar 1893 UAE 1 0 - 1 1 IM Praveen Kumar C. 2312 IND 52 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa 2303 IRI 1 1 - 0 1 Sultan Ibrahim 1886 UAE 53 FM Das Sayantan 2299 IND 1 1 - 0 1 Alnami Salaheddin 1825 LBA 54 Vojdani Siavosh 1819 IRI 1 0 - 1 1 WIM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat 2267 IRI 55 WIM Olsarova Karolina 2264 CZE 1 1 - 0 1 Faranka Khaled 1823 LBA 56 Hemant Sharma (del) 2253 IND 1 1 - 0 1 CM Saleh Naif 1811 UAE 57 FM Chahrani Ibrahim 2244 LBA 1 1 - 0 1 WFM Nouman Amna 1809 UAE 58 Raes Abdul Kader 2241 SYR 1 1 - 0 1 Abdulla Abdulwahab 1773 UAE 59 Sudharsan Surya. K 1780 IND 1 0 - 1 1 FM Mohannad Farhan 2231 JOR 60 WGM Makropoulou Marina 2227 GRE 1 1 - 0 1 Abdulla Ali 1746 UAE 61 Nandu Gagarin 1429 IND 1 0 - 1 1 Navalgund Niranjan 2219 IND 62 Ilhomzoda Ikrom 2212 TJK 1 1 - 0 1 Sasikumar Anusweud 1721 IND 63 Al Hosani Omran 0 UAE 1 0 - 1 1 Nyazi Nehad 2203 EGY 64 Phadke Sohan 2187 IND 1 1 - 0 1 Al-Hammadi Fatima Hussein 1565 UAE 65 Bennett John M 2048 ENG 1 0 - 1 1 Sobh Amrou 2177 EGY 66 FM Harshal Shahi 1955 IND 1 ½ ½ 1 Osman Abdelgadir 2157 SUD 67 FM Somoff Abdo 2155 LIB 1 1 - 0 1 FM Yaaqoub Rashid 2203 SUD 68 WGM Mona Khaled 2147 EGY 1 0 - 1 1 Tawfeik Moustafa 2081 EGY 69 Altaher Salman Tarek 1482 UAE 1 0 - 1 1 CM Nadir Samir 2135 SUD 70 Basencyan Mark 2133 ARM 1 1 - 0 1 Dimarucut Francis Erwin 2120 PHI 71 Michelle Catherina P 2123 IND 1 ½ ½ 1 Tabada Jobannie C. 2199 PHI 72 Pabalan Rocky 2138 PHI 1 1 - 0 ½ Al-Zaabi Sultan 1447 UAE 73 Esa A H Almarazeeq 1781 UAE ½ 0 - 1 ½ Nimmy A.G. 2152 IND 74 CM Ahmed Holi Ali Moawia 2066 SUD ½ 1 - 0 ½ Aagney L. Narasimhan 1288 IND 75 Elnaami Hashem A.K. 1854 LBA ½ 1 - 0 ½ Hamad Ahmed 0 UAE 76 Adarsh Saji 1737 IND ½ 1 - 0 0 Klyszcz Michael 2029 GER 77 Albers Andreas 1999 GER 0 ½ ½ 0 Abdulla Shaeri 1609 UAE 78 Mohamed Marshool 1604 UAE 0 0 - 1 0 Al Sori Mohamed 1830 LBA 79 Hamdan Marshool 1756 UAE 0 1 - 0 0 Talal Al-Hammadi 1603 UAE 80 Ali Rashid Ghanem 1741 UAE 0 0 - 1 0 Santosh Sanath 1597 IND 81 Timi Thomas Mulavana 1590 IND 0 0 - 1 0 Murad Abdulla 1741 UAE 82 Jehad Aysha 1586 UAE 0 ½ ½ 0 Sultan Marshool 1736 UAE 83 Ahmed Fareed 1725 UAE 0 1 - 0 0 Harikrishnan Samyuktha 1554 IND 84 Faisal Ali 1557 UAE 0 0 - 1 0 Waleed Mohamed 1724 EGY 85 Salem Ahmed Salem 1548 UAE 0 ½ ½ 0 Keen Cosima C 1712 ENG 86 Sultan Fareed 1538 UAE 0 0 - 1 0 Montaser Kamil 1700 SUD 87 Al-Taher Saeed Tarek 1498 UAE 0 - - + 0 Ambareesh. P 1697 IND 88 Abdullah Al Hamed 1691 UAE 0 ½ ½ 0 Bashaer Khalil 1545 UAE 89 Majed Mosallam 1403 UAE 0 0 - 1 0 Humaid Abdulla Ali 1668 UAE 90 Ali Abdulaziz 1660 UAE 0 1 - 0 0 Naidu Harish 1476 IND 91 Al-Harmoudi Mariam 1307 UAE 0 0 - 1 0 Khaled Ahmed Y. 1652 UAE 92 Saif Idrees 1633 UAE 0 ½ ½ 0 Al Amoudy Khalifa 1411 UAE 93 Soud Mosallam 1242 UAE 0 0 - 1 0 Majed Ali Abdouli 1627 UAE 94 Hassweh Mwaffaq 1886 SYR 0 0 - 1 0 Rashid Mosallam 1388 UAE 95 Abdalsalam Abubukr 2002 SUD 0 1 - 0 0 Niranjan R 1614 IND 96 Abdulaziz Abdulla 1610 UAE 0 1 - 0 0 Hamda Sarhan 1349 UAE Selected Games from Round 3 of the 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship

W: Aravindh, Chithambaram (IND) B: Iordachescu, Viorel (MDA)

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. h3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd6 Ne8 11. Qa3 Nc7 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Bc4 Ne6 15. Ne2 Ndc5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Qe3 a5 18. c3 b6 19. Ng3 Ba6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. b4 Nd7 22. Rd2 Bc8 23. Rad1 axb4 24. cxb4 Rxa4 25. Rd6 Ra1?

GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili (GEO) Rakhmanov-Narayanan position after 20… Bxa3? W: Hayrapetyan, Hovik (ARM) B: Mchedlishvili, Mikheil (GEO)

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 Bg4 9. Be3 Qc8 10. a4 Na6 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Qxc4 Nc2 13. Rac1 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qe6 15. Qd3 Bh6 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. Ne2 Qd6 18. Nf4 Qb4 19. h3 Bc8 20. e5 Nd7 21. Nf3 Nb6 22. b3 Nd5 23. Rc4 Qb6 24. Nd2 Bf5 25. Qe2 Nb4 26. g4 Bc8 27. Rc5 Bxf4 28. Rxf4

26. Rxd7 1-0

W: Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) B: Carlsson, Pontus (SWE) GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov (RUS) 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O W: Yap, Kim Steven (PHI) Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. d3 B: Petrosian, Tigran L (ARM) O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. a3 e5 11. h3 Bh5 12. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 c6 Nh4 Qe6 13. Ndf3 h6 14. g4 e4 15. cxd5 5. Be3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 b5 8. a3 cxd5 16. dxe4 dxe4 17. Nd4 Qe5 18. f4 Nbd7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nd2 a6 11. f4 Nb6 exf3 19. Ndxf3 Qxb2 20. Qxd6 Bg6 21. 12. Qe1 c5 13. Qf2 Nfd7 14. Nb3 Na4 Nxg6 fxg6 22. g5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Qxb3 24. 15.Nd5 Qd8 16. dxc5 Bb7 17. c4 bxc4 18. Qe6+ Qxe6 25. Nxe6 Rf7 26. Ng5 Re7 27. Bxc4 Naxc5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 Bxb7 Rae8 28. Ba6 Ne5 29. Rac1 Nd5 30. 21.xc5 e6 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rad1 Qe8 24. Bb5 Rb8 31. Rc5 Nb6 32. a4 Rc8 33. e5 Rd8 25. Qc7 Ba8 26. b3 Bh6 27. g3 Rxc8+ Nxc8 34. Rd1 1-0 28…Nd3! 29. Qxd3 Qxc5 30. Be4 Qb4 Rb8 28. Qd7 Qd8 29. Rd6 Qa5 30. Rfd1 31. h4 f5 32. gxf5 Bxf5 33. Bxf5 Rxf5 34.Rxf5 gxf5 35. Nf3 e6 36. Kf2 c5 37. Qd1 cxd4 38. Nxd4 Kh8 39. Qh5 f4 40. Nxe6 Qd2+ 0-1

W: Rakhmanov, Aleksandr (RUS) B: Narayanan, Srinath (IND)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. a3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bc2 b6 12. Qd3 Nf6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Qh3 g6 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Ba2 Rc8 17. Nf4 Re8 18. d5 exd5 19. Nfxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxa3

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Resigns because of the threat of back rank 21. Qxa3 Bxd5 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 30…Rb7 31. Qd8 Qc3 32. R6d3 Rxd8 33. mate with Rd8. After 34…. Nf7 35. Bc4 Rxc4 24. Qd3 Rc5 25. b4 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Rxd8+ Bf8 34. Rxf8+ Kg7 35. Rg8+ Kh6 wins material. 1-0 36. Rxa8 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1 Qxf4+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kf2 Rxe7 40. Rad8 Qxe5 0-1