Divya Deshmukh wins Sharjah Challengers 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/05/2024

IM Divya Deshmukh drew against IM Leya Garifullina to win the Sharjah Challengers 2024. In the rook and bishop vs. rook endgame, Divya got a couple of chances in the end to push for a win. However, she decided not to take any unwarranted risk in the final round. A draw was enough for her to become the champion and that's what she did. The reigning Asian Continental Women's champion, has earned herself a spot in the Masters section of the next edition. GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI) drew against GM Arjun Erigaisi to win 7th Sharjah Masters 2024. GM Volodar Murzin, GM Sam Shankland (USA) and GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) also scored the same 6.5/9 each. They were placed second to fourth respectively. Arjun became the sole Indian to make a top ten finish in the Masters. He secured seventh place. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Bardiya clinches the Masters, Agshin Futures

A fortnight ago, we mentioned that it is not everyday a female player wins a rating open or a rating restricted event. 18 days later, once again the top two places were claimed by two female players in the Challengers section. We hope it becomes a common occurrence instead of a rare feat. IM Aradhya Garg and IM Harsh Suresh are the only two other Indians to make a top ten finish in the Challengers. They scored 6.5/9 each to secure sixth and seventh place respectively. Agshin Alizada (AZE) won the Futures section scoring 7.5/9. 9-year-old Safin Safarullakhan also scored 7.5/9. He secured second place according to tie-breaks. Apart from Safin, Vivaan Rana and Jayaraj Gowrishankar are two more Indians to make a top ten finish in the Futures. They scored 7/9 and 6.5/9 to be placed fourth and seventh respectively. The top three prizes in all three sections were the following: Masters - US$ 12000, $8000 and $7000, Challengers - $2000, $1600 and $1300, Futures - $1500, $1100 and $900, along with a winner's trophy + medal for all three.

The Champions (L to R): Masters - GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI) 6.5/9, Challengers - IM Divya Deshmukh 7/9 and Futures - Agshin Alizada (AZE) 7.5/9

Champion in Masters - GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI) 6.5/9

Interview with GM Bardiya Daneshvar | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - GM Volodar Murzin 6.5/9

Second Runner-up - GM Sam Shankland (USA) 6.5/9

Divya- Leya

Position after 45...Kh3?

45...Kh3? created some winning chances for IM Divya Deshmukh (2440). 46.Re1 Rc2+ 47.Kf3 Rc3+ 48.Ke4 was one of the ways. Of course, with the championship on the line and a draw being enough to win the tournament, it is understandable that a risk in the final round was not necessary. 46.Re6 Rc2+ 47.Kf3 White's last chance was to play 47.Re2 exchange the rooks and win the game using her bishop and passed c-pawn. The game ended in a draw in the next few moves and Divya became champion.

IM Divya Deshmukh analyzes her game against IM Leya Garifullina | Video: ChessBase India

IM Divya Deshmukh shakes hands with IM Leya Garifullina before the start of the final round

Divya Deshmukh on winning the Sharjah Challengers 2024 | Video: ChessBase India

Champion in Challengers - IM Divya Deshmukh 7/9

Runner-up - IM Leya Garifullina 7/9

Second Runner-up - IM Sina Movahed (IRI) 7/9

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Masters: 4th GM Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) 6.5/9

5th GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) 6/9

6th GM Alexey Sarana (SRB) 6/9

7th GM Arjun Erigaisi 6/9

8th GM Yangyi Yu (CHN) 6/9

9th GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) 6/9

10th GM Aydin Suleymanli (AZE) 6/9

Challengers: 6th IM Aradhya Garg 6.5/9

7th IM Harsh Suresh 6.5/9

Futures: Champion - Agshin Alizada (AZE) 7.5/9

9-year-old Safin wins seven games in-a-row | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - Safin Safarullakhan 7.5/9

Second Runner-up - Yunis Mahmudzade (AZE) 7/9

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Replay Sharjah Masters Round 9 live commentary by Amruta Mokal | Video: ChessBase India

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Round 9 Masters results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	18	GM	Shankland, Sam	2671	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2631	28
2	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2761	5½	½ - ½	6	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2581	50
3	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2732	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2707	5
4	32	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2621	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2706	6
5	30	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2629	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2591	46
6	3	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2728	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Gurel, Ediz	2578	52
7	19	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2670	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2629	29
8	25	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2640	5	0 - 1	5	FM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2516	75
9	27	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2634	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2531	66
10	36	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2616	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2705	7
11	34	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria	2617	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2698	10
12	78	GM	Blohberger, Felix	2505	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2692	12
13	14	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2688	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Idani, Pouya	2605	40
14	15	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2684	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2508	77
15	49	GM	Pranav, V	2587	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2680	16

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	50	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2581	6,5	45,5	41	4	2850
2	28	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2631	6,5	45,5	40,5	2	2796
3	18	GM	Shankland, Sam	USA	2671	6,5	41,5	38,5	3	2772
4	46	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2591	6,5	41,5	37	2	2860
5	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2707	6	46	41	2	2771
6	6	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2706	6	44,5	40	0	2756
7	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2761	6	43	39	2	2749
8	3	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2728	6	43	38,5	1	2723
9	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2732	6	41,5	37,5	1	2738
10	32	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2621	6	41	38,5	2	2735
11	75	FM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	FID	2516	6	40,5	36,5	3	2770
12	27	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	USA	2634	6	34	31,5	1	2657
13	19	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2670	5,5	44,5	41	1	2689
14	29	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2629	5,5	44	40	1	2694
15	14	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2688	5,5	43,5	40	1	2697

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Round 9 Challengers results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	8	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	2440	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2430	10
2	7	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	2449	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2480	3
3	5	IM	Movahed, Sina	2463	6	1 - 0	5½	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2449	6
4	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	2483	5½	½ - ½	5½	FM	Baranciuc, Alexandr	2332	28
5	9	IM	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	2431	5½	0 - 1	5½	FM	Mendes, Aaron Reeve	2306	33
6	97		Abdulrahim, Salem	1824	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2380	19
7	11	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2429	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Aradhya, Garg	2385	17
8	22	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2352	5½	0 - 1	5½		Wang, Yanbin	2415	12
9	82		Nofal, Mohamed *)	1962	3½	0 - 1	3½		Alizada, Pasham	2000	73
10	48	FM	Ammar, Sedrani	2189	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2414	13
11	1	IM	Pang, Tao	2496	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Kanter, Eduard	2344	25
12	51	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja *)	2181	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	2345	24
13	26	IM	Ezat, Mohamed	2340	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2466	4
14	27	FM	Hakobyan, Erik	2335	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Grivas, Efstratios	2396	14
15	29	FM	Sahakyan, Aleks	2332	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2386	16

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	8	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2440	7	47	42,5	1	2584
2	10	IM	Garifullina, Leya	FID	2430	7	45	40,5	3	2567
3	5	IM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2463	7	41	37	3	2515
4	7	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	MDA	2449	6,5	48,5	43,5	2	2536
5	3	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	RUS	2480	6,5	46	41	1	2511
6	17	IM	Aradhya, Garg	IND	2385	6,5	42,5	39	1	2450
7	13	IM	Harsh, Suresh	IND	2414	6,5	41,5	37,5	2	2508
8	33	FM	Mendes, Aaron Reeve	CAN	2306	6,5	38	34,5	3	2314
9	12		Wang, Yanbin	CHN	2415	6,5	37,5	34	2	2377
10	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	PAR	2483	6	47,5	42,5	2	2478
11	24	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	IND	2345	6	44,5	40,5	2	2406
12	1	IM	Pang, Tao	CHN	2496	6	44,5	40	1	2480
13	16	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	IND	2386	6	43,5	40	3	2466
14	27	FM	Hakobyan, Erik	ARM	2335	6	40,5	36,5	2	2393
15	21	FM	Piliposyan, Robert	ARM	2364	6	40,5	36,5	2	2321

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Final standings in Futures

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	8	AFM	Alizada, Agshin	AZE	1866	7,5	0,5	49,5	44,5	3	2020
2	24	AFM	Safin, Safarullakhan	IND	1800	7,5	0,5	41	37,5	4	1949
3	14		Mahmudzade, Yunis	AZE	1850	7	0	47,5	43,5	3	1988
4	33	AFM	Vivaan, Rana	IND	1768	7	0	40,5	36,5	3	1900
5	25		Ibrahimli, Suat	AZE	1799	7	0	39,5	35,5	4	1920
6	30		Aghaverdiyeva, Maryam	AZE	1777	7	0	39	35	2	1905
7	27		Gowrishankar, Jayaraj	IND	1788	6,5	0	49	44,5	2	1963
8	16		German, Santiago	PHI	1840	6,5	0	47	42,5	3	1953
9	21		Isbatov, Kanan	AZE	1808	6,5	0	44,5	40	3	1883
10	1	AIM	Aborezika, Mohamed	LBA	1897	6,5	0	41,5	37,5	3	1903

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