30th Abu Dhabi Masters R5: Leon Luke Mendonca in a three-way lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 21/08/2024

GM Leon Luke Mendonca defeated GM Lorenzo Lodici (ITA) to stay in the lead after the fifth round of 30th Abu Dhabi Masters 2024. Leon had a back and forth battle which could have gone either way. The Italy no.3 made a one-move piece blunder which cost him the game. Leon, GM Volodar Murzin and GM David Paravyan are in a three-way lead 4.5/5 each. 13 players are trailing them by a half point 4/5. There are five Indians among them - GM Pranav V, GM B Adhiban, GM S L Narayanan, GM Bharath Subramaniyam H and GM Raunak Sadhwani. Adhiban drew with Raunak in a position where he could have pushed further. Round 6 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Muthaiah draws with Ivanchuk, Five Indians in pursuit

IM-elect FM Goutham Krishna H's fantastic unbeaten streak came to an end. He lost to one of the leaders - GM Volodar Murzin. IM Muthaiah Al drew with the legend - GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR). GM Aravindh Chithambaram bounced back with a win over FM Banh Gia Huy (VIE). IM Jubin Jimmy defeated GM Aditya Mittal.

GM Leon Luke Mendonca is one of the three leaders - 4.5/5

GM Pranav V - GM Javokhir Sindarov (UZB): 0.5-0.5

GM Bharath Subramaniyam H - GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB): 0.5-0.5

Raunak - Adhiban

Final position after 19.Qf2

GM B Adhiban (2532) could have pushed further 19...Ne3 followed by N7d5.

GM Raunak Sadhwani - GM B Adhiban: 0.5-0.5

Lorenzo - Leon

Position after 15.N1d2

GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2621) won a back and forth battle against GM Lorenzo Lodici (ITA, 2562) which could have gone either player's way. The game ended after the Italy no.3 blundered a piece in one move.

GM Leon Luke Mendonca defeated GM Lorenzo Lodici (ITA) to stay in the lead

GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR) - IM Muthaiah Al: 0.5-0.5

GM Pranesh M - IM Divya Deshmukh: 0.5-0.5

IM Jubin Jimmy (pictured) - GM Aditya Mittal: 1-0

IM Sanket Chakravarty (pictured) - GM Prraneeth Vuppala: 0.5-0.5

FM Kashish Manoj Jain - IM Ayush Sharma: 0.5-0.5

FM Nikhil Dixit (pictured) - IM Eesha Karavade: 0.5-0.5

WGM Nandhidhaa P V (pictured) - GM Pablo Salinas Herrera (CHI): 1-0

Round 5 in progress

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Final moments: GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR) - GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) | Video: ChessBase India

Final moments: IM Sina Movahed (IRI) - IM Michael Concio Jr. (PHI) | Video: ChessBase India

A total of 213 players including 49 GMs, 71 IMs, 2 WGMs and 6 WIMs are taking part from 44 countries across the world. The tournament is being organized by Abu Dhabi Chess Club & Mind Games from 15th to 24th August 2024 at Radisson Blu Hotel & Resort in Abu Dhabi Corniche Abu Dhabi, UAE. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Round 5 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
5	2	21	GM	Pranav V	2598	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Sindarov Javokhir	2674	4
5	3	27	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2566	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Yakubboev Nodirbek	2655	7
5	4	8	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2653	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Adhiban B.	2532	33
5	5	10	GM	Narayanan S L	2649	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Sychev Klementy	2531	35
5	6	14	GM	Murzin Volodar	2641	3½	1 - 0	3½	FM	Goutham Krishna H	2446	71
5	7	28	GM	Lodici Lorenzo	2562	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2621	15
5	10	64	IM	Galaviz Medina Sion Radamantys	2458	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2649	11
5	11	12	GM	Ivanchuk Vasyl	2648	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Muthaiah Al	2482	49
5	14	22	GM	Pranesh M	2598	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Divya Deshmukh	2472	54
5	20	2	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2703	2½	1 - 0	3	FM	Banh Gia Huy	2403	99
5	22	16	GM	Theodorou Nikolas	2619	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Nitish Belurkar	2432	81
5	23	76	IM	Jubin Jimmy	2441	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Aditya Mittal	2591	23
5	26	34	GM	Dai Changren	2532	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Aradhya Garg	2412	91
5	29	43	IM	Srihari L R	2500	2½	1 - 0	2½	FM	Ashraf Artin	2383	114
5	30	100		Galopoulos Nikolaos	2400	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2488	45
5	33	52	IM	Pang Tao	2476	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Ritviz Parab	2375	128
5	34	113	IM	Tanriverdi Enes	2384	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Rathanvel V S	2474	53
5	35	119	IM	Akhmetov Ayan	2380	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Rohith Krishna S	2472	55
5	36	56	IM	Aswath S	2470	2½	½ - ½	2½	FM	Mohamed Anees M	2370	132
5	38	58	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	2468	2½	1 - 0	2½	FM	Yarar Bora	2365	136

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	14	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2641	4,5	14	11
2	18	GM	Paravyan, David	FID	2600	4,5	13	10
3	15	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	IND	2621	4,5	11	8,5
4	7	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	2655	4	14,5	12
5	3	GM	Predke, Alexandr	SRB	2685	4	14	11
6	21	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2598	4	13,5	10,5
7	33	GM	Adhiban, B.	IND	2532	4	13,5	10,5
8	35	GM	Sychev, Klementy	FID	2531	4	13	10,5
9	4	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2674	4	13	10,5
10	50	GM	Zhu, Jiner	CHN	2479	4	12,5	10,5
11	10	GM	Narayanan, S L	IND	2649	4	12,5	10
12	27	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	IND	2566	4	12,5	10
13	25	GM	Tin, Jingyao	SGP	2575	4	12	9,5
14	30	GM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	UZB	2544	4	11,5	9
15	8	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2653	4	11,5	9
16	13	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2643	4	11,5	9
17	1	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2712	3,5	15	11,5
18	71	FM	Goutham, Krishna H	IND	2446	3,5	15	11,5
19	82	IM	Wang, Shixu B	CHN	2427	3,5	14	11,5
20	12	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2648	3,5	13,5	11

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Round 6 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
6	1	15	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2621	4½	4½	GM	Murzin Volodar	2641	14
6	5	8	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2653	4	4	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2566	27
6	6	33	GM	Adhiban B.	2532	4	4	GM	Narayanan S L	2649	10
6	8	35	GM	Sychev Klementy	2531	4	4	GM	Pranav V	2598	21
6	10	41		Xiao Tong(Qd)	2506	3½	3½	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2703	2
6	11	5	GM	Anton Guijarro David	2669	3½	3½	IM	Srihari L R	2500	43
6	12	9	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2652	3½	3½	IM	Divya Deshmukh	2472	54
6	13	11	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2649	3½	3½	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	2468	58
6	15	49	IM	Muthaiah Al	2482	3½	3½	GM	Theodorou Nikolas	2619	16
6	16	62	GM	Suleymenov Alisher	2461	3½	3½	GM	Pranesh M	2598	22
6	18	71	FM	Goutham Krishna H	2446	3½	3½	GM	Lodici Lorenzo	2562	28
6	19	31	GM	Nasuta Grzegorz	2533	3½	3½	IM	Jubin Jimmy	2441	76
6	23	128	IM	Ritviz Parab	2375	3½	3½	GM	Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel	2507	40
6	24	20	IM	Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan	2599	3	3½		Jani Kushal R	2106	215
6	26	92	FM	Borgaonkar Akshay	2412	3	3	GM	Pranav Anand	2552	29
6	28	97	IM	Audi Ameya	2407	3	3	GM	Gharibyan Mamikon	2492	44
6	30	53	IM	Rathanvel V S	2474	3	3	FM	Ahmad Khagan	2388	109
6	31	55	IM	Rohith Krishna S	2472	3	3	IM	Tanriverdi Enes	2384	113
6	32	99	FM	Banh Gia Huy	2403	3	3	IM	Aswath S	2470	56
6	34	59	IM	Tarhan Adar	2467	3	3	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2359	141