15th Dubai Open Chess 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 Ukraine to clinch the title. Rakhnmanov Wins Alone in 1st for Cup and $10,000 top prize Russian Grandmaster 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.