15th Dubai Open Championship Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup 6th to 16th April 2013, Dubai, UAE • Bulletin 9

Russian GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov (left) avoided risks and played to a draw with GM Yuriy Kuzubov of to clinch the title. Rakhnmanov Wins Alone in 1st for Cup and $10,000 top prize Russian Aleksandr Ra- beautiful game with piece sacrifice. It was Laws of Chess, three time repetition of khmanov drew with Ukrainian Grandmas- then that I decided to win this tournament. position leads to a draw. ter Yuriy Kuzubov to win the title alone Now I will probably play in the European Others had to win their last round with 7½ points out of 9 rounds of the 15th championship in Poland in May and then games to finish on top. Laznicka used the Dubai Open Chess Championship at the the World Rapid and Blitz Championships Semi Slav defense to beat GM Salem A. Dubai Chess Club in Dubai, UAE. He in Khanti Mansiysk, Russia” he said. R. Saleh in 37 moves. Sokolov turned wins the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Eight players finished in a share of 2nd back a sacrificial attack by GM Adhiban Maktoum Cup and the top prize of to 8th places to each win $3,050. Tied of India to win the endgame in 47 moves. $10,000. with 7 points each are Kuzubov, Grand- International Masters Diptayan Ghosh, Rakhmanov played carefully against the masters Sergey Volkov of Russia, Viktor 14, and Das Debashis, 20, both of India, Slav Defense of Kuzubov. In a symmetri- Laznicka of Czech Republic, Estonian earned Grandmaster norms in the tourna- cal variation, the two protagonists ex- Jaan Ehlvest, Frenchman Andrei Istrates- ment as well as $630 each for those finish- changed pieces and transposed to a Knight cu, Peter Michalik of Slovakia and Ivan ing with 6½ points apiece. and pawn endgame for a draw in 31 Sokolov of the Netherlands, and Woman Ten players tied from 10th to 19th plac- moves. Tournament regulations prohibit Grandmaster Ju Wenjun of China, the es, namely GM Vladimir Akopian of Ar- draw offers before Black’s 30th move. highest scoring woman player in the histo- menia, Yuriy Kryvoruchko and Mikhailo “I started out well with 5 out of 5,” Ra- ry of the Dubai Open Chess Champion- Oleksienko, both of Ukraine, Gabriel Sar- khmanov boasted. “I would have settled ship. gissian of Armenia, Surya Ganguly, Babu for draws but yesterday my opponent Istratescu repeated position to draw the Lalith and Abhijeet Gupta, all of India, pushed too hard and played a bad move. Slav defense of Volkov. Ju Wenjun used and Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia. My best game of the tournament was the English opening to similarly draw with Visit www.dubaichess.ae for games, against GM Ganguly in the fourth round, Michalik by repetition of position. In the photo gallery and video reports. 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship 2013

Round 9 on 2013/04/15 at 17:30

Name IRtg FED Pts Res. Pts Name IRtg FED 1 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2591 RUS 7 ½ ½ 6½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2619 UKR 2 GM Istratescu Andrei 2648 FRA 6½ ½ ½ 6½ GM Volkov Sergey 2593 RUS 3 WGM Ju Wenjun 2521 CHN 6½ ½ ½ 6½ GM Michalik Peter 2535 SVK 4 GM Akopian Vladimir 2704 ARM 6 ½ ½ 6 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2591 IND 5 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2530 UAE 6 0 - 1 6 GM Laznicka Viktor 2674 CZE 6 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2668 UKR 6 ½ ½ 6 GM Lalith Babu M.R. 2565 IND 7 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2666 ARM 6 ½ ½ 6 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2554 UKR 8 GM Adhiban B. 2555 IND 6 0 - 1 6 GM Sokolov Ivan 2643 NED 9 IM Debashis Das 2477 IND 6 ½ ½ 6 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2623 IND 10 GM Ehlvest Jaan 2611 USA 6 1 - 0 6 GM Grover Sahaj 2467 IND 11 GM Edouard Romain 2670 FRA 5½ ½ ½ 6 IM Ghosh Diptayan 2451 IND 12 GM Amin Bassem 2641 EGY 5½ ½ ½ 5½ GM Darini Pouria 2505 IRI 13 GM Rahman Ziaur 2511 BAN 5½ 0 - 1 5½ GM Pantsulaia Levan 2556 GEO 14 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2549 KAZ 5½ ½ ½ 5½ IM Hayrapetyan Hovik 2503 ARM 15 GM Wen Yang 2631 CHN 5 1 - 0 5½ Karthikeyan Murali 2432 IND 16 IM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2470 IND 5 1 - 0 5 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2663 ARM 17 IM Ankit R. Rajpara 2421 IND 5 ½ ½ 5 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2640 GEO 18 IM Yap Kim Steven 2418 PHI 5 ½ ½ 5 GM Iordachescu Viorel 2599 MDA 19 IM Isaev Jamshed 2355 TJK 5 0 - 1 5 GM Burmakin Vladimir 2580 RUS 20 IM Kanter Eduard 2408 RUS 5 ½ ½ 5 GM Shanava Konstantine 2578 GEO 21 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2561 IRI 5 1 - 0 5 IM Ezat Mohamed 2461 EGY 22 GM Kotsur Pavel 2552 KAZ 5 1 - 0 5 IM Narayanan Srinath 2440 IND 23 GM Carlsson Pontus 2520 SWE 5 1 - 0 5 IM Tania Sachdev 2409 IND 24 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2517 QAT 5 0 - 1 5 IM Karavade Eesha 2389 IND 25 IM Purtseladze Maka 2347 GEO 5 ½ ½ 5 GM Harika Dronavalli 2509 IND 26 WGM Saduakassova Dinara 2336 KAZ 5 0 - 1 5 GM Shyam Sundar M. 2505 IND 27 Krishna C.R.G. 2334 IND 5 0 - 1 5 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2492 GEO 28 IM Shoker Samy 2480 EGY 5 1 - 0 5 IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal 2389 IND 29 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2479 GER 5 ½ ½ 5 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2386 GEO 30 FM Das Sayantan 2299 IND 5 ½ ½ 5 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. 2477 IND 31 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2602 ROU 4½ 1 - 0 5 FM De Ramos Julius 2350 PHI 32 IM Swapnil S. Dhopade 2475 IND 4½ 1 - 0 4½ WIM Olsarova Tereza 2260 CZE 33 Raes Abdul Kader 2241 SYR 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2418 IND 34 IM Houska Jovanka 2417 ENG 4½ ½ ½ 4½ FM Mohannad Farhan 2231 JOR 35 WGM Makropoulou Marina 2227 GRE 4½ 0 - 1 4½ FM Anurag Mhamal 2401 IND 36 IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2400 QAT 4½ ½ ½ 4½ FM Chahrani Ibrahim 2244 LBA 37 IM Gagare Shardul 2397 IND 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Navalgund Niranjan 2219 IND 38 FM Vandenbussche Thibaut 2387 BEL 4½ 1 - 0 4½ FM Visweswaran K. 2159 IND 39 Sagar Shah 2376 IND 4½ + - - 4½ Phadke Sohan 2187 IND 40 WGM Hoolt Sarah 2338 GER 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Salah Romany 2085 EGY 41 Tabada Jobannie C. 2199 PHI 4½ 1 - 0 4½ WIM Olsarova Karolina 2264 CZE 42 WFM Nekrasova Elena 2089 LIB 4 1 - 0 4 FM Aravindh Chithambaram 2333 IND 43 IM Galojan Lilit 2323 ARM 4 1 - 0 4 Sameir Ramez 2078 EGY 44 Elnemr Mohamed 2073 EGY 4 0 - 1 4 IM Praveen Kumar C. 2312 IND 45 CM Ahmed Holi Ali Moawia 2066 SUD 4 0 - 1 4 FM Kowsarinia Amir 2301 IRI 46 Takrory Hosam 2044 PLE 4 0 - 1 4 WIM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat 2267 IRI 47 Rice Chris B 2032 ENG 4 0 - 1 4 Hemant Sharma (del) 2253 IND 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship 2013

Round 9 on 2013/04/15 at 17:30

Name IRtg FED Pts Res. Pts Name IRtg FED 48 FM Elmejbri Ali A. 2008 LBA 4 0 - 1 4 IM Gameel Mohamed 2250 YEM 49 WIM Davletbayeva Madina 2248 KAZ 4 1 - 0 4 Klyszcz Michael 2029 GER 50 Ilhomzoda Ikrom 2212 TJK 4 - - + 4 Mahmoud Haitham 2005 SUD 51 Nyazi Nehad 2203 EGY 4 ½ ½ 4 Sultan Ibrahim 1886 UAE 52 Madhurima Shekhar 1991 IND 4 ½ ½ 4 Sobh Amrou 2177 EGY 53 Ahmed Fayez 1946 UAE 4 1 - 0 4 FM Somoff Abdo 2155 LIB 54 Al Sori Mohamed 1830 LBA 4 0 - 1 4 Nimmy A.G. 2152 IND 55 Faranka Khaled 1823 LBA 4 0 - 1 4 CM Nadir Samir 2135 SUD 56 Basencyan Mark 2133 ARM 4 ½ ½ 4 Abdulla Abdulwahab 1773 UAE 57 Abdulla Ali 1746 UAE 4 0 - 1 4 WIM Ivana Maria Furtado 2093 IND 58 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa 2303 IRI 3½ 1 - 0 3½ Mohammed Tarig Elther 1993 SUD 59 Rafee Mohd Hayel 1909 SYR 3½ 0 - 1 3½ Osman Abdelgadir 2157 SUD 60 Magdy Kassem 1943 EGY 3½ ½ ½ 3½ Michelle Catherina P 2123 IND 61 WFM Schmidt Jade 2113 GER 3½ 1 - 0 3½ Ali Rashid Ghanem 1741 UAE 62 Elnaami Hashem A.K. 1854 LBA 3½ 0 - 1 3½ Wenzel Birger 2109 GER 63 Walid Anwar 1893 UAE 3½ 0 - 1 3½ WFM Raghavi N. 2096 IND 64 Abdel Rabb Raouf 2036 YEM 3½ 1 - 0 3½ FM Yaaqoub Rashid 2203 SUD 65 Tawfeik Moustafa 2081 EGY 3½ 1 - 0 3½ FM Ram Aravind L N 2035 IND 66 Albers Andreas 1999 GER 3½ 0 - 1 3½ FM Harshal Shahi 1955 IND 67 Ali Abdulaziz 1660 UAE 3 0 - 1 3 WGM Mona Khaled 2147 EGY 68 Mehdi Samer 2089 IRI 3 1 - 0 3 Abdulla Shaeri 1609 UAE 69 Niranjan R 1614 IND 3 0 - 1 3 Kohtz Andreas 2068 GER 70 Vojdani Siavosh 1819 IRI 3 1 - 0 3 Faisal Ali 1557 UAE 71 Abdulaziz Abdulla 1610 UAE 3 0 - 1 3 CM Saleh Naif 1811 UAE 72 WFM Nouman Amna 1809 UAE 3 1 - 0 3 Santosh Sanath 1597 IND 73 Esa A H Almarazeeq 1781 UAE 3 1 - 0 3 Salem Ahmed Salem 1548 UAE 74 Murad Abdulla 1741 UAE 3 ½ ½ 3 Sultan Fareed 1538 UAE 75 Bashaer Khalil 1545 UAE 3 + - - 3 Sultan Marshool 1736 UAE 76 Nandu Gagarin 1429 IND 3 0 - 1 3 Ahmed Fareed 1725 UAE 77 Rashid Mosallam 1388 UAE 3 0 - 1 3 Waleed Mohamed 1724 EGY 78 Ambareesh. P 1697 IND 3 1 - 0 3 Al-Taher Saeed Tarek 1498 UAE 79 Abdalsalam Abubukr 2002 SUD 3 1 - 0 3 Abdullah Al Hamed 1691 UAE 80 WIM Blanco Acevedo Maria C. 2080 VEN 2½ 1 - 0 3 Bennett John M 2048 ENG 81 Adarsh Saji 1737 IND 2½ 1 - 0 2½ Majed Ali Abdouli 1627 UAE 82 Sasikumar Anusweud 1721 IND 2½ 1 - 0 2½ Timi Thomas Mulavana 1590 IND 83 Sudharsan Surya. K 1780 IND 2½ ½ ½ 2½ Keen Cosima C 1712 ENG 84 Al-Hammadi Fatima Hussein 1565 UAE 2½ + - - 2½ Montaser Kamil 1700 SUD 85 Al-Zaabi Sultan 1447 UAE 2½ 0 - 1 2½ Saif Idrees 1633 UAE 86 Naidu Harish 1476 IND 2 0 - 1 2 Alnami Salaheddin 1825 LBA 87 Hamdan Marshool 1756 UAE 2 0 - 1 2 Al Amoudy Khalifa 1411 UAE 88 Al Hosani Omran 0 UAE 2 ½ ½ 2 Humaid Abdulla Ali 1668 UAE 89 Majed Mosallam 1403 UAE 2 0 - 1 2 Khaled Ahmed Y. 1652 UAE 90 Altaher Salman Tarek 1482 UAE 2 ½ ½ 2 Mohamed Marshool 1604 UAE 91 Talal Al-Hammadi 1603 UAE 2 0 - 1 2 Hamad Ahmed 0 UAE 92 Hamda Sarhan 1349 UAE 1 0 - 1 1½ Harikrishnan Samyuktha 1554 IND 93 Aagney L. Narasimhan 1288 IND 1½ 0 - 1 1 Al-Harmoudi Mariam 1307 UAE Jehad Aysha 1586 UAE ½ 1 - - Bye 0 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship 2013

Final Ranking

Rk Sno Name Rtg FED 1.Rd. 2.Rd. 3.Rd. 4.Rd. 5.Rd. 6.Rd. 7.Rd. 8.Rd. 9.Rd. Pts RSum 1 19 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2591 RUS 139 w 1 55 b 1 63 w 1 14 b 1 6 w 1 10 b ½ 2 w ½ 5 b 1 4 w ½ 7½ 20611 2 17 GM Volkov Sergey 2593 RUS 115 w 1 80 b 1 27 w 1 38 b 1 13 b ½ 21 w 1 1 b ½ 3 w ½ 7 b ½ 7 20561 3 31 WGM Ju Wenjun 2521 CHN 109 w 1 73 b 1 71 w 1 5 b ½ 26 w 1 13 w 1 12 b ½ 2 b ½ 8 w ½ 7 20284 4 13 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2619 UKR 119 w 1 67 b ½ 45 w 1 18 b ½ 66 w 1 34 b 1 10 w ½ 21 w 1 1 b ½ 7 20144 5 2 GM Laznicka Viktor 2674 CZE 95 b 1 50 w ½ 39 b 1 3 w ½ 18 b 1 29 w 1 6 b 1 1 w 0 25 b 1 7 20111 6 14 GM Ehlvest Jaan 2611 USA 123 b 1 57 w 1 52 b 1 25 w 1 1 b 0 32 w 1 5 w 0 22 b 1 33 w 1 7 20089 7 7 GM Istratescu Andrei 2648 FRA 93 w 1 66 b 1 22 w ½ 20 b ½ 47 w 1 23 b 1 11 w 1 8 b ½ 2 w ½ 7 20009 8 29 GM Michalik Peter 2535 SVK 138 w 1 71 b 0 126 w 1 76 b 1 77 w 1 62 b 1 24 w 1 7 w ½ 3 b ½ 7 19439 9 8 GM Sokolov Ivan 2643 NED 82 b 1 61 w 0 107 b 1 88 w 1 27 b ½ 16 w 1 15 b ½ 32 w 1 29 b 1 7 19287 10 1 GM Akopian Vladimir 2704 ARM 85 w 1 43 b 1 28 w 1 26 b ½ 16 w 1 1 w ½ 4 b ½ 14 b ½ 19 w ½ 6½ 20512 11 49 IM Ghosh Diptayan 2451 IND 132 w 1 58 b 1 15 w ½ 17 b 1 38 w ½ 31 w 1 7 b 0 30 w 1 21 b ½ 6½ 20389 12 4 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2668 UKR 114 b 1 74 w 1 20 b ½ 68 w 1 31 b ½ 30 w 1 3 w ½ 19 b ½ 17 w ½ 6½ 20229 13 5 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2666 ARM 107 w 1 97 b 1 36 w 1 23 b 1 2 w ½ 3 b 0 17 w ½ 20 b 1 15 w ½ 6½ 20210 14 12 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2623 IND 143 b 1 60 w 1 32 b 1 1 w 0 33 b 1 20 w ½ 28 b 1 10 w ½ 18 b ½ 6½ 20131 15 26 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2554 UKR 108 b 1 76 w 1 11 b ½ 110 w 1 21 b 0 38 b 1 9 w ½ 69 w 1 13 b ½ 6½ 20060 16 24 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2556 GEO 147 b 1 69 w 1 33 b 1 21 w ½ 10 b 0 9 b 0 92 w 1 61 w 1 44 b 1 6½ 19989 17 22 GM Lalith Babu M.R. 2565 IND 121 b 1 56 w 1 47 b ½ 11 w 0 64 b 1 43 w 1 13 b ½ 27 w 1 12 b ½ 6½ 19836 18 44 IM Debashis Das 2477 IND 148 b 1 112 w 1 42 b ½ 4 w ½ 5 w 0 71 b 1 90 w 1 48 b 1 14 w ½ 6½ 19796 19 18 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2591 IND 89 b ½ 29 w ½ 82 b 1 64 w ½ 110 b 1 44 w 1 41 b 1 12 w ½ 10 b ½ 6½ 19621 20 37 GM Darini Pouria 2505 IRI 120 w 1 81 b 1 12 w ½ 7 w ½ 57 b 1 14 b ½ 49 w 1 13 w 0 24 b ½ 6 20452 21 3 GM Edouard Romain 2670 FRA 193 w 1 41 b 1 172 w 1 16 b ½ 15 w 1 2 b 0 22 w 1 4 b 0 11 w ½ 6 20198 22 40 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2492 GEO 133 b 1 59 w 1 7 b ½ 24 w ½ 70 b 1 42 w 1 21 b 0 6 w 0 69 b 1 6 20097 23 28 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2549 KAZ 118 b 1 91 w 1 61 b 1 13 w 0 35 b 1 7 w 0 55 b 1 24 w ½ 34 w ½ 6 19897 24 9 GM Amin Bassem 2641 EGY 83 w 1 45 b ½ 67 w 1 22 b ½ 63 w 1 25 w 1 8 b 0 23 b ½ 20 w ½ 6 19841 25 30 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2530 UAE 142 b 1 46 w 1 64 w 1 6 b 0 111 w 1 24 b 0 72 w 1 62 b 1 5 w 0 6 19691 26 20 GM Burmakin Vladimir 2580 RUS 125 b 1 70 w 1 51 b 1 10 w ½ 3 b 0 27 w ½ 61 b ½ 39 w ½ 80 b 1 6 19685 27 46 IM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2470 IND 144 b 1 90 w 1 2 b 0 79 w 1 9 w ½ 26 b ½ 96 w 1 17 b 0 62 w 1 6 19652 28 32 GM Carlsson Pontus 2520 SWE 145 b 1 94 w 1 10 b 0 91 w ½ 101 b 1 37 w 1 14 w 0 63 b ½ 66 w 1 6 19601 29 25 GM Adhiban B. 2555 IND 137 w ½ 19 b ½ 83 w 1 69 b 1 53 w 1 5 b 0 67 w 1 75 b 1 9 w 0 6 19567 30 27 GM Kotsur Pavel 2552 KAZ 87 w 1 72 b 1 40 w ½ 65 b 1 62 w ½ 12 b 0 70 w 1 11 b 0 63 w 1 6 19529 31 23 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2561 IRI 84 w 1 110 b ½ 92 w 1 40 b 1 12 w ½ 11 b 0 35 w 1 33 b 0 75 w 1 6 19426 32 41 IM Shoker Samy 2480 EGY 100 w 1 103 b 1 14 w 0 71 b 1 154 w 1 6 b 0 65 w 1 9 b 0 67 w 1 6 19156 33 47 GM Grover Sahaj 2467 IND 157 w 1 187 b 1 16 w 0 81 b 1 14 w 0 73 b 1 111 w 1 31 w 1 6 b 0 6 19124 34 39 IM Hayrapetyan Hovik 2503 ARM 194 - + 102 b 1 38 w 0 72 b 1 98 w 1 4 w 0 46 b ½ 56 w 1 23 b ½ 6 19057 35 61 IM Karavade Eesha 2389 IND 159 w 1 38 b 0 119 w 1 96 b 1 23 w 0 103 b 1 31 b 0 65 w 1 68 b 1 6 18973 36 38 GM Shyam Sundar M. 2505 IND 134 b 1 79 w 1 13 b 0 94 w ½ 88 b 1 48 w ½ 69 b 0 76 w 1 64 b 1 6 18904 37 11 GM Wen Yang 2631 CHN 104 w 1 40 b 0 105 w ½ 99 b 1 45 w 1 28 b 0 91 w 1 51 b ½ 43 w 1 6 18796 38 10 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2640 GEO 126 b 1 35 w 1 34 b 1 2 w 0 11 b ½ 15 w 0 40 b ½ 110 w 1 41 b ½ 5½ 19641 39 57 IM Kanter Eduard 2408 RUS 155 w 1 62 b ½ 5 w 0 104 b 1 49 w 0 99 b 1 102 w 1 26 b ½ 48 w ½ 5½ 19555 40 60 IM Gagare Shardul 2397 IND 192 b 1 37 w 1 30 b ½ 31 w 0 48 b 0 113 w 1 38 w ½ 79 b ½ 102 w 1 5½ 19491 41 52 IM Ankit R. Rajpara 2421 IND 174 b 1 21 w 0 123 b 1 101 w ½ 113 b 1 68 w 1 19 w 0 49 b ½ 38 w ½ 5½ 19383 42 15 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2602 ROU 116 w 1 53 b 1 18 w ½ 47 b ½ 73 w 1 22 b 0 63 w ½ 43 b 0 70 w 1 5½ 19319 43 51 Karthikeyan Murali 2432 IND 156 w 1 10 w 0 143 b 1 102 b ½ 78 w 1 17 b 0 137 w 1 42 w 1 37 b 0 5½ 19044 44 35 GM Rahman Ziaur 2511 BAN 124 w 1 78 b ½ 137 w 1 62 b 0 92 w 1 19 b 0 81 w 1 45 b 1 16 w 0 5½ 18945 45 58 FM Anurag Mhamal 2401 IND 151 b 1 24 w ½ 4 b 0 89 w 1 37 b 0 107 w 1 88 b 1 44 w 0 101 b 1 5½ 18937 46 77 FM Das Sayantan 2299 IND 183 w 1 25 b 0 161 w 1 172 b 0 84 w 1 47 b 1 34 w ½ 54 b ½ 51 w ½ 5½ 18836 47 45 IM Swapnil S. Dhopade 2475 IND 149 w 1 99 b 1 17 w ½ 42 w ½ 7 b 0 46 w 0 93 b ½ 85 b 1 92 w 1 5½ 18762 48 21 GM Shanava Konstantine 2578 GEO 128 w 1 64 b 0 93 w ½ 105 b 1 40 w 1 36 b ½ 66 w 1 18 w 0 39 b ½ 5½ 18737 49 16 GM Iordachescu Viorel 2599 MDA 113 b ½ 106 w 1 110 b 0 86 w 1 39 b 1 61 w 1 20 b 0 41 w ½ 50 b ½ 5½ 18703 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship 2013

50 53 IM Yap Kim Steven 2418 PHI 130 w 1 5 b ½ 62 w 0 93 b ½ 119 w 1 65 b 0 116 w 1 73 b 1 49 w ½ 5½ 18693 51 43 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. 2477 IND 117 w 1 96 b 1 26 w 0 77 b 0 82 w 1 91 b ½ 78 w 1 37 w ½ 46 b ½ 5½ 18586 52 42 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2479 GER 182 b 1 101 w 1 6 w 0 73 b 0 102 w 1 72 b 0 83 w 1 71 b 1 53 w ½ 5½ 18412 53 64 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2386 GEO 179 b 1 42 w 0 121 b 1 90 w 1 29 b 0 95 w 0 126 b 1 112 w 1 52 b ½ 5½ 18265 54 36 GM Harika Dronavalli 2509 IND 129 b 1 65 w ½ 88 b 0 95 w 1 91 b ½ 76 w 1 56 b ½ 46 w ½ 55 b ½ 5½ 18150 55 68 IM Purtseladze Maka 2347 GEO 175 b 1 1 w 0 118 b 1 154 - - 139 w 1 140 b 1 23 w 0 111 b 1 54 w ½ 5½ 18123 56 69 WGM Hoolt Sarah 2338 GER 189 w 1 17 b 0 84 w 1 98 b 0 138 w 1 154 b 1 54 w ½ 34 b 0 104 w 1 5½ 17795 57 65 Sagar Shah 2376 IND 184 w 1 6 b 0 115 w 1 85 b 1 20 w 0 96 b 0 139 w ½ 93 b 1 90 - + 5½ 17790 58 92 Tabada Jobannie C. 2199 PHI 136 b 1 11 w 0 114 b ½ 60 w 0 145 b 1 88 w 0 147 b 1 99 b 1 94 w 1 5½ 17687 59 85 Raes Abdul Kader 2241 SYR 190 w 1 22 b 0 100 w 1 63 b 0 124 w 1 66 b 0 140 w ½ 139 b 1 97 w 1 5½ 17593 60 63 FM Vandenbussche Thibaut 2387 BEL 168 w 1 14 b 0 116 w 0 58 b 1 115 w 1 90 b 0 89 w ½ 114 b 1 88 w 1 5½ 17439 61 59 IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2400 QAT 173 w 1 9 b 1 23 w 0 103 b 1 172 w 1 49 b 0 26 w ½ 16 b 0 79 w ½ 5 19886 62 6 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2663 ARM 105 b 1 39 w ½ 50 b 1 44 w 1 30 b ½ 8 w 0 74 b 1 25 w 0 27 b 0 5 19841 63 50 IM Narayanan Srinath 2440 IND 141 b 1 154 w 1 1 b 0 59 w 1 24 b 0 94 w 1 42 b ½ 28 w ½ 30 b 0 5 19549 64 70 WGM Saduakassova Dinara 2336 KAZ 169 w 1 48 w 1 25 b 0 19 b ½ 17 w 0 105 b 1 97 w ½ 86 b 1 36 w 0 5 19448 65 83 WIM Davletbayeva Madina 2248 KAZ 158 w 1 54 b ½ 75 w 1 30 w 0 74 b ½ 50 w 1 32 b 0 35 b 0 128 w 1 5 19255 66 56 IM Tania Sachdev 2409 IND 152 b 1 7 w 0 125 b 1 112 w 1 4 b 0 59 w 1 48 b 0 77 w 1 28 b 0 5 19103 67 62 IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal 2389 IND 153 b 1 4 w ½ 24 b 0 145 w 1 68 b ½ 112 w 1 29 b 0 103 w 1 32 b 0 5 19081 68 33 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2517 QAT 122 w 1 92 b ½ 78 w 1 12 b 0 67 w ½ 41 b 0 82 w 1 72 b 1 35 w 0 5 18782 69 71 Krishna C.R.G. 2334 IND 146 w 1 16 b 0 87 w 1 29 w 0 143 b 1 98 b 1 36 w 1 15 b 0 22 w 0 5 18769 70 67 FM De Ramos Julius 2350 PHI 162 w 1 26 b 0 139 w 1 116 b 1 22 w 0 85 b 1 30 b 0 95 w 1 42 b 0 5 18597 71 76 FM Kowsarinia Amir 2301 IRI 150 b 1 8 w 1 3 b 0 32 w 0 108 b 1 18 w 0 121 b 1 52 w 0 113 b 1 5 18557 72 74 IM Praveen Kumar C. 2312 IND 171 b 1 30 w 0 142 b 1 34 w 0 121 b 1 52 w 1 25 b 0 68 w 0 123 b 1 5 18555 73 78 WIM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat2267 IRI 165 b 1 3 w 0 129 b 1 52 w 1 42 b 0 33 w 0 108 b 1 50 w 0 115 b 1 5 18341 74 55 IM Houska Jovanka 2417 ENG 176 w 1 12 b 0 104 w ½ 137 b 1 65 w ½ 79 b 1 62 w 0 90 b ½ 81 w ½ 5 18319 75 48 IM Ezat Mohamed 2461 EGY 127 b 1 88 w ½ 65 b 0 114 w 1 94 b ½ 77 w 1 95 b 1 29 w 0 31 b 0 5 18296 76 73 IM Galojan Lilit 2323 ARM 180 w 1 15 b 0 138 w 1 8 w 0 123 b 1 54 b 0 84 w 1 36 b 0 119 w 1 5 18168 77 81 Hemant Sharma (del) 2253 IND 166 w 1 172 b 0 120 w 1 51 w 1 8 b 0 75 b 0 122 w 1 66 b 0 125 b 1 5 18067 78 82 IM Gameel Mohamed 2250 YEM 186 b 1 44 w ½ 68 b 0 106 w 1 43 b 0 118 w 1 51 b 0 115 w ½ 121 b 1 5 17887 79 84 FM Chahrani Ibrahim 2244 LBA 196 - + 36 b 0 134 w 1 27 b 0 109 w 1 74 w 0 138 b 1 40 w ½ 61 b ½ 5 17793 80 66 IM Isaev Jamshed 2355 TJK 195 - + 2 w 0 108 b 1 111 - - 116 w 1 111 b 0 125 w 1 96 b 1 26 w 0 5 17751 81 86 FM Mohannad Farhan 2231 JOR 185 b 1 20 w 0 169 b 1 33 w 0 118 b ½ 142 w 1 44 b 0 89 w 1 74 b ½ 5 17552 82 109 WIM Ivana Maria Furtado 2093 IND 9 w 0 173 b 1 19 w 0 149 b 1 51 b 0 124 w 1 68 b 0 129 w 1 117 b 1 5 17357 83 110 WFM Nekrasova Elena 2089 LIB 24 b 0 152 w 1 29 b 0 182 w ½ 144 b ½ 129 w 1 52 b 0 120 - + 110 w 1 5 17131 84 126 Mahmoud Haitham 2005 SUD 31 b 0 167 w 1 56 b 0 152 w 1 46 b 0 153 w 1 76 b 0 131 w 1 112 - + 5 17005 85 101 CM Nadir Samir 2135 SUD 10 b 0 127 w 1 181 b 1 57 w 0 153 b 1 70 w 0 120 b 1 47 w 0 124 b 1 5 16874 86 98 Nimmy A.G. 2152 IND 154 b 0 89 w ½ 133 b 1 49 b 0 134 w ½ 109 b 1 100 w 1 64 w 0 122 b 1 5 16415 87 132 Ahmed Fayez 1946 UAE 30 b 0 171 w 1 69 b 0 153 w 0 159 b 1 131 w 1 94 b 0 167 b 1 111 w 1 5 16088 88 95 FM Visweswaran K. 2159 IND 170 w 1 75 b ½ 54 w 1 9 b 0 36 w 0 58 b 1 45 w 0 137 b 1 60 b 0 4½ 19098 89 121 Abdel Rabb Raouf 2036 YEM 19 w ½ 86 b ½ 97 w ½ 45 b 0 156 w 1 110 w ½ 60 b ½ 81 b 0 140 w 1 4½ 18716 90 93 Phadke Sohan 2187 IND 98 w 1 27 b 0 146 w 1 53 b 0 187 - + 60 w 1 18 b 0 74 w ½ 57 - - 4½ 18714 91 75 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa 2303 IRI 135 w 1 23 b 0 109 w 1 28 b ½ 54 w ½ 51 w ½ 37 b 0 104 b 0 137 w 1 4½ 18650 92 80 WIM Olsarova Tereza 2260 CZE 164 b 1 68 w ½ 31 b 0 144 w 1 44 b 0 147 w 1 16 b 0 107 w 1 47 b 0 4½ 18469 93 108 WFM Raghavi N. 2096 IND 7 b 0 160 w 1 48 b ½ 50 w ½ 140 b 0 161 b 1 47 w ½ 57 w 0 142 b 1 4½ 18416 94 79 WIM Olsarova Karolina 2264 CZE 177 w 1 28 b 0 124 w 1 36 b ½ 75 w ½ 63 b 0 87 w 1 97 b ½ 58 b 0 4½ 18312 95 102 Basencyan Mark 2133 ARM 5 w 0 130 b 1 187 w 1 54 b 0 127 w 1 53 b 1 75 w 0 70 b 0 100 w ½ 4½ 17998 96 94 Sobh Amrou 2177 EGY 178 b 1 51 w 0 163 b 1 35 w 0 155 b 1 57 w 1 27 b 0 80 w 0 108 b ½ 4½ 17758 97 54 Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan2418 IND 160 b 1 13 w 0 89 b ½ 113 w 0 131 b 1 114 w 1 64 b ½ 94 w ½ 59 b 0 4½ 17734 98 113 Tawfeik Moustafa 2081 EGY 90 b 0 148 w 1 136 b 1 56 w 1 34 b 0 69 w 0 112 b 0 138 w ½ 139 w 1 4½ 17665 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship 2013

99 96 Osman Abdelgadir 2157 SUD 163 b 1 47 w 0 106 b ½ 37 w 0 133 b 1 39 w 0 118 b 1 58 w 0 138 b 1 4½ 17568 100 148 Abdulla Abdulwahab 1773 UAE 32 b 0 191 w 1 59 b 0 136 w 1 112 b 0 143 w 1 86 b 0 126 w 1 95 b ½ 4½ 17534 101 87 WGM Makropoulou Marina 2227 GRE 188 w 1 52 b 0 117 w 1 41 b ½ 28 w 0 137 b 0 148 w 1 140 b 1 45 w 0 4½ 17504 102 88 Navalgund Niranjan 2219 IND 191 b 1 34 w 0 164 b 1 43 w ½ 52 b 0 106 w 1 39 b 0 142 w 1 40 b 0 4½ 17496 103 91 Nyazi Nehad 2203 EGY 131 b 1 32 w 0 178 b 1 61 w 0 120 b 1 35 w 0 154 - + 67 b 0 109 w ½ 4½ 17495 104 112 Salah Romany 2085 EGY 37 b 0 151 w 1 74 b ½ 39 w 0 106 b 0 176 w 1 141 b 1 91 w 1 56 b 0 4½ 17441 105 107 Wenzel Birger 2109 GER 62 w 0 155 b 1 37 b ½ 48 w 0 182 b 1 64 w 0 142 b 0 141 w 1 145 b 1 4½ 17432 106 131 FM Harshal Shahi 1955 IND 181 w 1 49 b 0 99 w ½ 78 b 0 104 w 1 102 b 0 115 w 0 144 w 1 147 b 1 4½ 17090 107 106 WFM Schmidt Jade 2113 GER 13 b 0 174 - + 9 w 0 117 b ½ 157 w 1 45 b 0 156 w 1 92 b 0 148 w 1 4½ 16905 108 130 Madhurima Shekhar 1991 IND 15 w 0 180 b 1 80 w 0 162 b 1 71 w 0 132 b 1 73 w 0 152 b 1 96 w ½ 4½ 16635 109 137 Sultan Ibrahim 1886 UAE 3 b 0 165 w 1 91 b 0 164 w 1 79 b 0 86 w 0 159 b 1 153 w 1 103 b ½ 4½ 16145 110 72 FM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.2333 IND 167 b 1 31 w ½ 49 w 1 15 b 0 19 w 0 89 b ½ 128 w 1 38 b 0 83 b 0 4 19099 111 97 FM Somoff Abdo 2155 LIB 187 w 0 132 b 1 140 w 1 80 - + 25 b 0 80 w 1 33 b 0 55 w 0 87 b 0 4 18323 112 89 Ilhomzoda Ikrom 2212 TJK 140 w 1 18 b 0 141 w 1 66 b 0 100 w 1 67 b 0 98 w 1 53 b 0 84 - - 4 17723 113 118 CM Ahmed Holi Ali Moawia 2066 SUD 49 w ½ 137 b 0 188 w 1 97 b 1 41 w 0 40 b 0 157 w ½ 127 b 1 71 w 0 4 17590 114 104 Michelle Catherina P 2123 IND 12 w 0 176 b 1 58 w ½ 75 b 0 117 w 1 97 b 0 149 - + 60 w 0 118 b ½ 4 17563 115 120 Takrory Hosam 2044 PLE 2 b 0 179 w 1 57 b 0 130 w 1 60 b 0 141 w ½ 106 b 1 78 b ½ 73 w 0 4 17246 116 117 Kohtz Andreas 2068 GER 42 b 0 153 w 1 60 b 1 70 w 0 80 b 0 144 w 1 50 b 0 117 w 0 159 b 1 4 17209 117 150 Abdulla Ali 1746 UAE 51 b 0 131 w 1 101 b 0 107 w ½ 114 b 0 166 w 1 123 b ½ 116 b 1 82 w 0 4 17176 118 133 Magdy Kassem 1943 EGY 23 w 0 135 b 1 55 w 0 169 b 1 81 w ½ 78 b 0 99 w 0 173 b 1 114 w ½ 4 17064 119 115 Sameir Ramez 2078 EGY 4 b 0 192 w 1 35 b 0 141 w 1 50 b 0 120 w 0 155 b 1 133 w 1 76 b 0 4 16948 120 143 CM Saleh Naif 1811 UAE 20 b 0 185 w 1 77 b 0 163 - + 103 w 0 119 b 1 85 w 0 83 - - 153 b 1 4 16921 121 125 FM Elmejbri Ali A. 2008 LBA 17 w 0 189 b 1 53 w 0 173 b 1 72 w 0 127 b 1 71 w 0 160 b 1 78 w 0 4 16857 122 139 Al Sori Mohamed 1830 LBA 68 b 0 164 w 0 179 b 1 140 w 0 184 b 1 136 w 1 77 b 0 154 - + 86 w 0 4 16617 123 116 Elnemr Mohamed 2073 EGY 6 w 0 184 b 1 41 w 0 174 b 1 76 w 0 149 b ½ 117 w ½ 157 b 1 72 w 0 4 16590 124 141 Faranka Khaled 1823 LBA 44 b 0 186 w 1 94 b 0 178 w 1 59 b 0 82 b 0 168 w 1 136 b 1 85 w 0 4 16403 125 123 Rice Chris B 2032 ENG 26 w 0 162 b 1 66 w 0 155 - - 151 b 1 152 w 1 80 b 0 132 b 1 77 w 0 4 16266 126 111 Mehdi Samer 2089 IRI 38 w 0 159 b 1 8 b 0 127 - - 173 w 1 134 b 1 53 w 0 100 b 0 168 w 1 4 16109 127 155 Ahmed Fareed 1725 UAE 75 w 0 85 b 0 180 w 1 126 - + 95 b 0 121 w 0 165 b 1 113 w 0 164 b 1 4 15944 128 124 Klyszcz Michael 2029 GER 48 b 0 169 w 0 144 b 0 150 w 1 192 b 1 155 w 1 110 b 0 130 w 1 65 b 0 4 15911 129 142 Vojdani Siavosh 1819 IRI 54 w 0 158 b 1 73 w 0 187 b 0 162 w 1 83 b 0 175 w 1 82 b 0 167 w 1 4 15822 130 160 Ambareesh. P 1697 IND 50 b 0 95 w 0 165 - + 115 b 0 188 w 1 139 b 0 163 w 1 128 b 0 165 w 1 4 15703 131 127 Abdalsalam Abubukr 2002 SUD 103 w 0 117 b 0 159 w 1 161 b 1 97 w 0 87 b 0 174 w 1 84 b 0 160 w 1 4 15534 132 156 Waleed Mohamed 1724 EGY 11 b 0 111 w 0 167 b 1 143 w 0 164 b 1 108 w 0 177 b 1 125 w 0 158 b 1 4 15142 133 146 Esa A H Almarazeeq 1781 UAE 22 w 0 188 b ½ 86 w 0 177 b 1 99 w 0 168 b ½ 162 w 1 119 b 0 171 w 1 4 15080 134 144 WFM Nouman Amna 1809 UAE 36 w 0 190 b 1 79 b 0 181 w ½ 86 b ½ 126 w 0 146 b ½ 158 w ½ 162 w 1 4 15022 135 180 Bashaer Khalil 1545 UAE 91 b 0 118 w 0 160 b ½ 147 w 0 189 b 1 182 w ½ 144 b ½ 149 w ½ 157 - + 4 14906 136 99 WGM Mona Khaled 2147 EGY 58 w 0 156 b 1 98 w 0 100 b 0 158 w 1 122 b 0 176 b 1 124 w 0 152 b 1 4 14746 137 129 Mohammed Tarig Elther 1993 SUD 29 b ½ 113 w 1 44 b 0 74 w 0 181 b 1 101 w 1 43 b 0 88 w 0 91 b 0 3½ 18670 138 134 Rafee Mohd Hayel 1909 SYR 8 b 0 150 w 1 76 b 0 146 w 1 56 b 0 187 - + 79 w 0 98 b ½ 99 w 0 3½ 17363 139 122 FM Ram Aravind L N 2035 IND 1 b 0 175 w 1 70 b 0 176 w 1 55 b 0 130 w 1 57 b ½ 59 w 0 98 b 0 3½ 17351 140 90 FM Yaaqoub Rashid 2203 SUD 112 b 0 182 w 1 111 b 0 122 b 1 93 w 1 55 w 0 59 b ½ 101 w 0 89 b 0 3½ 17144 141 157 Sasikumar Anusweud 1721 IND 63 w 0 193 - + 112 b 0 119 b 0 165 w 1 115 b ½ 104 w 0 105 b 0 175 w 1 3½ 16690 142 135 Walid Anwar 1893 UAE 25 w 0 183 b 1 72 w 0 158 b ½ 168 w 1 81 b 0 105 w 1 102 b 0 93 w 0 3½ 16582 143 114 WIM Blanco Acevedo Maria C. 2080 VEN 14 w 0 168 b 1 43 w 0 132 b 1 69 w 0 100 b 0 152 w 0 175 b ½ 163 w 1 3½ 16203 144 153 Adarsh Saji 1737 IND 27 w 0 170 b ½ 128 w 1 92 b 0 83 w ½ 116 b 0 135 w ½ 106 b 0 173 w 1 3½ 16043 145 138 Elnaami Hashem A.K. 1854 LBA 28 w 0 177 b ½ 170 w 1 67 b 0 58 w 0 174 b ½ 173 w ½ 169 b 1 105 w 0 3½ 15771 146 176 Al-Hammadi Fatima Hussein1565 UAE 69 b 0 147 w 1 90 b 0 138 b 0 149 w 0 191 - + 134 w ½ 148 b 0 174 - + 3½ 15420 147 128 Albers Andreas 1999 GER 16 w 0 146 b 0 168 w ½ 135 b 1 166 w 1 92 b 0 58 w 0 156 b 1 106 w 0 3½ 15401 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship 2013

148 151 Ali Rashid Ghanem 1741 UAE 18 w 0 98 b 0 162 w 0 180 b 1 169 w ½ 158 - + 101 b 0 146 w 1 107 b 0 3½ 15394 149 152 Murad Abdulla 1741 UAE 47 b 0 178 w 0 175 b 1 82 w 0 146 b 1 123 w ½ 114 - - 135 b ½ 150 w ½ 3½ 15002 150 181 Sultan Fareed 1538 UAE 71 w 0 138 b 0 174 w 0 128 b 0 190 w 1 173 b 0 191 - + 155 w 1 149 b ½ 3½ 14308 151 165 Saif Idrees 1633 UAE 45 w 0 104 b 0 166 w ½ 188 b ½ 125 w 0 171 b ½ 158 b 0 183 w 1 177 b 1 3½ 13788 152 163 Ali Abdulaziz 1660 UAE 66 w 0 83 b 0 183 w 1 84 b 0 163 w 1 125 b 0 143 b 1 108 w 0 136 w 0 3 16801 153 168 Abdulaziz Abdulla 1610 UAE 67 w 0 116 b 0 190 w 1 87 b 1 85 w 0 84 b 0 161 w 1 109 b 0 120 w 0 3 16065 154 100 Pabalan Rocky 2138 PHI 86 w 1 63 b 0 177 w 1 55 - + 32 b 0 56 w 0 103 - - 122 - - - - - 3 15790 155 164 Khaled Ahmed Y. 1652 UAE 39 b 0 105 w 0 185 b 1 125 - + 96 w 0 128 b 0 119 w 0 150 b 0 186 b 1 3 15774 156 158 Keen Cosima C 1712 ENG 43 b 0 136 w 0 171 b ½ 189 w 1 89 b 0 181 w 1 107 b 0 147 w 0 169 b ½ 3 15641 157 154 Sultan Marshool 1736 UAE 33 b 0 163 w 0 189 b ½ 171 w 1 107 b 0 178 w 1 113 b ½ 123 w 0 135 - - 3 15446 158 189 Rashid Mosallam 1388 UAE 65 b 0 129 w 0 192 b 1 142 w ½ 136 b 0 148 - - 151 w 1 134 b ½ 132 w 0 3 15267 159 167 Niranjan R 1614 IND 35 b 0 126 w 0 131 b 0 186 w 1 87 w 0 183 b 1 109 w 0 170 b 1 116 w 0 3 15259 160 161 Abdullah Al Hamed 1691 UAE 97 w 0 93 b 0 135 w ½ 166 b 0 177 w ½ 180 b 1 187 - + 121 w 0 131 b 0 3 15190 161 140 Alnami Salaheddin 1825 LBA 172 w 0 166 b 1 46 b 0 131 w 0 175 b 1 93 w 0 153 b 0 165 - - 183 b 1 3 15083 162 173 Santosh Sanath 1597 IND 70 b 0 125 w 0 148 b 1 108 w 0 129 b 0 164 w 1 133 b 0 181 w 1 134 b 0 3 15005 163 119 Bennett John M 2048 ENG 99 w 0 157 b 1 96 w 0 120 - - 152 b 0 189 w 1 130 b 0 179 w 1 143 b 0 3 14922 164 186 Nandu Gagarin 1429 IND 92 w 0 122 b 1 102 w 0 109 b 0 132 w 0 162 b 0 180 w 1 176 b 1 127 w 0 3 14909 165 182 Al-Taher Saeed Tarek 1498 UAE 73 w 0 109 b 0 130 - - 179 w 1 141 b 0 192 - + 127 w 0 161 - + 130 b 0 3 14704 166 187 Al Amoudy Khalifa 1411 UAE 77 b 0 161 w 0 151 b ½ 160 w 1 147 b 0 117 b 0 169 w 0 184 w ½ 182 b 1 3 14683 167 177 Faisal Ali 1557 UAE 110 w 0 84 b 0 132 w 0 191 b 0 186 w 1 170 b 1 182 b 1 87 w 0 129 b 0 3 14228 168 169 Abdulla Shaeri 1609 UAE 60 b 0 143 w 0 147 b ½ 170 w 1 142 b 0 133 w ½ 124 b 0 178 w 1 126 b 0 3 14052 169 147 Sudharsan Surya. K 1780 IND 64 b 0 128 b 1 81 w 0 118 w 0 148 b ½ - - - 166 b 1 145 w 0 156 w ½ 3 13846 170 196 Hamad Ahmed 0 UAE 88 b 0 144 w ½ 145 b 0 168 b 0 171 w ½ 167 w 0 189 b 1 159 w 0 184 b 1 3 13719 171 179 Salem Ahmed Salem 1548 UAE 72 w 0 87 b 0 156 w ½ 157 b 0 170 b ½ 151 w ½ 178 b ½ 182 w 1 133 b 0 3 12876 172 34 IM Akshayraj Kore 2512 IND 161 b 1 77 w 1 21 b 0 46 w 1 61 b 0 ------3 9622 173 166 Majed Ali Abdouli 1627 UAE 61 b 0 82 w 0 191 b 1 121 w 0 126 b 0 150 w 1 145 b ½ 118 w 0 144 b 0 2½ 15662 174 159 Montaser Kamil 1700 SUD 41 w 0 107 - - 150 b 1 123 w 0 178 b ½ 145 w ½ 131 b 0 177 w ½ 146 - - 2½ 15013 175 174 Timi Thomas Mulavana 1590 IND 55 w 0 139 b 0 149 w 0 190 b 1 161 w 0 188 - + 129 b 0 143 w ½ 141 b 0 2½ 14917 176 162 Humaid Abdulla Ali 1668 UAE 74 b 0 114 w 0 186 b 1 139 b 0 191 w 1 104 b 0 136 w 0 164 w 0 178 b ½ 2½ 14881 177 185 Al-Zaabi Sultan 1447 UAE 94 b 0 145 w ½ 154 b 0 133 w 0 160 b ½ 184 - + 132 w 0 174 b ½ 151 w 0 2½ 14785 178 195 Al Hosani Omran 0 UAE 96 w 0 149 b 1 103 w 0 124 b 0 174 w ½ 157 b 0 171 w ½ 168 b 0 176 w ½ 2½ 14657 179 170 Mohamed Marshool 1604 UAE 53 w 0 115 b 0 122 w 0 165 b 0 183 w 0 190 b 1 185 w 1 163 b 0 181 b ½ 2½ 14113 180 178 Harikrishnan Samyuktha 1554 IND 76 b 0 108 w 0 127 b 0 148 w 0 185 b 1 160 w 0 164 b 0 188 w ½ 190 b 1 2½ 13556 181 183 Altaher Salman Tarek 1482 UAE 106 b 0 - - 1 85 w 0 134 b ½ 137 w 0 156 b 0 184 w ½ 162 b 0 179 w ½ 2½ 12811 182 149 Hamdan Marshool 1756 UAE 52 w 0 140 b 0 184 w 1 83 b ½ 105 w 0 135 b ½ 167 w 0 171 b 0 166 w 0 2 15133 183 184 Naidu Harish 1476 IND 46 b 0 142 w 0 152 b 0 192 w 0 179 b 1 159 w 0 188 b 1 151 b 0 161 w 0 2 14414 184 171 Talal Al-Hammadi 1603 UAE 57 b 0 123 w 0 182 b 0 185 w 1 122 w 0 177 - - 181 b ½ 166 b ½ 170 w 0 2 13682 185 192 Al-Harmoudi Mariam 1307 UAE 81 w 0 120 b 0 155 w 0 184 b 0 180 w 0 186 - + 179 b 0 186 w 0 188 b 1 2 13261 186 188 Majed Mosallam 1403 UAE 78 w 0 124 b 0 176 w 0 159 b 0 167 b 0 185 - - 190 w 1 185 b 1 155 w 0 2 13220 187 105 Dimarucut Francis Erwin 2120 PHI 111 b 1 33 w 0 95 b 0 129 w 1 90 - - 138 - - 160 ------2 12670 188 193 Aagney L. Narasimhan 1288 IND 101 b 0 133 w ½ 113 b 0 151 w ½ 130 b 0 175 - - 183 w 0 180 b ½ 185 w 0 1½ 14024 189 175 Jehad Aysha 1586 UAE 56 b 0 121 w 0 157 w ½ 156 b 0 135 w 0 163 b 0 170 w 0 190 - - - - 1 1½ 12736 190 191 Hamda Sarhan 1349 UAE 59 b 0 134 w 0 153 b 0 175 w 0 150 b 0 179 w 0 186 b 0 189 - + 180 w 0 1 13532 191 194 Soud Mosallam 1242 UAE 102 w 0 100 b 0 173 w 0 167 w 1 176 b 0 146 - - 150 ------1 10409 192 136 Hassweh Mwaffaq 1886 SYR 40 w 0 119 b 0 158 w 0 183 b 1 128 w 0 165 ------1 9478 193 103 WFM Pujari Rucha 2132 IND 21 b 0 141 ------0 2670 194 145 Mayed Al-Rashedi 1785 UAE 34 ------0 0 172 WCM Al-Maghbali Shama 1599 UAE 80 ------0 0 190 WCM Kalbani Wadema 1379 UAE 79 ------0 0 Selected Games from Round 9 W: Adhiban, B B: Sokolov, Ivan 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 Qe7 9. a4 Nf6 10. f3 Nc6 11. Bd3 e5 12. Ne2 e4 13. Bc2 dxc4 14. Ba3 b6 15. fxe4 fxe4 16. O-O O-O 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. Rxf6 Bxe2 19. Rxc6 Qf7 20. h3 Bxd1 21. Bxe4 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. dxc5 Bxa4 24. c6 Qe6 25. Qf4 Bxc6 26. Bf5 Qd5 27. e4 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Bd7 29. e5 Qd5 30. Be4 Qe6 31. Bd6 a5 32. Qf3 Kh8 33. g4 a4 34. Bb7 Re8 35. Bd5 Qg6 36. Bf7 Qc2+ 37. Kg3 Rc8 38. Bxc4 Be6 39. Bd3 Qxc3 40. Qe4 Bg8 41. e6 Qf6 42. Bc4 b5 43. Bd5 Bxe6

Congratulations to IM Debashis Das, 20, of India for achieving his second GM .

W: Ehlvest, Jaan B: Grover, Sahaj 44. Be5 Bxd5 45. Qxd5 Qe7 46. h4 b4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. 47. g5 Re8 0-1 cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Kf8 11. Bc4 Kg7 12. O-O Re8 13. Qf4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Nd7 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Nf6 20. Qe7 Qd7 21. Ng5 Re8 22. Ne6+ Kg8 23. Qxf6 fxe6 GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) 24. Qe5 Rd8 25. g3 Kf7 26. Re4 Qd6 27. Qg5 Rd7 28. b3 Kg7 29. Qe3 Kf7 30. Qh6 W: Salem, A.R. Saleh Kg8 31. Qh3 Qd5 32. Qg4 Qf5 33. Qe2 B: Laznicka, Viktor Qd5 34. h4 Rd6 35. Qe3 Kg7 36. Kh2 a5 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. 37. a3 Kg8 38. f3 b6 39. g4 Kg7 40. Kg3 e3 a6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. a3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 Kg8 41. h5 gxh5 42. Qh6 Rd7 43. Rxe6 9. Ba2 c5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rd1 Bxf3 12. Rd8 44. Re5 Qd6 45. Qxh5 Kh8 46. Qg5 gxf3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Rf8 47. Qe7 Rd8 48. Qxd6 Rxd6 49. Re4 Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. Rac1 N7b6 Kg7 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Ke3 Rd5 52. a4 h6 18. Ba5 O-O 19. Qc6 Qb8 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 53. Re8 c5 54. dxc5 Rxc5 55. Kd4 Rc6 56. 21. Qe4 Nd7 22. Qh4 Nf6 23. Bb1 Rd8 24. f4 Kf7 57. Rb8 Rg6 Rc5 Qd6 25. b4 Ra7 26. Kh1 Rad7 27. f4 Qb6 28. f5 e5 29. d5 Rxd5 30. Rcxd5 Rxd5 GM Sokolov, Ivan 31. Rg1 Rd4 32. Qh3 h5 33. f3 Rd2 34. Be4 Qe3 35. Bb7 Ng4 W: Rahman, Ziaur B: Pantsulaia, Levan 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Ne2 Bg7 8. O- O O-O 9. f4 Qe7 10. Nd2 e5 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Qd2 a6 13. Rae1 b5 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. h4 h5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Bc4 exd4 19. cxd4 Rad8 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Ba2 Qd6 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. Ng5 Rd7 24. Qxh5 Qh6 25. Qg4 Re7 26. e5 Bd5 27. Bb1 Be6 28. Qg3 Rd7 29. Nh7 Rxd4 30. Be4 Rfd8 31. Kh2 Kh8 32. Ng5 Nc4 33. Rf5 Nd2 34. 58. Rb7+ Ke8 59. Ke5 Rxg4 60. Rxb6 Qf4 Nxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Qxe4 Kg8 h5 61. Rh6 Rg3 62. Rxh5 Rxb3 63. Rh8+ 37. Rf4 Rd5 38. Nf3 Qh5 39. g4 Qg6 40. Ke7 64. Rh7+ Kf8 65. Ra7 1-0 Qxa4 Bxe5 41. Nxe5 Rxe5 0-1 36. Qxh5 Nf2+ 37. Kg2 Nh3+ 0-1