Dubai Police Global Challenge Round 3 & 4: Aravindh and Visakh extend winning streak, share joint lead

by Niklesh Jain - 08/05/2024

Indian chess players showcased their prowess in the third and fourth rounds of the Dubai Police Global Challenge Masters 2024. They are delivering remarkable performances that have put them in the spotlight. Aravindh Chithambaram and Visakh N R have emerged as frontrunners, leading with four consecutive wins each and setting the stage for an intense showdown in the fifth round. Notably, GM Pranav V secured a significant upset by defeating second seeded GM Amin Tabatabaei of Iran, adding to the excitement of the tournament. This tournament boasts a prize fund of $125,000, marking the highest prize fund in the UAE tournament history. For the full report, read on, and enjoy the accompanying photos by Aditya Sur Roy.

Indian players shine in Dubai Police Global Challenge Masters: Aravindh Chithambaram and Visakh N R lead with stellar performances

Indian players have achieved many excellent results due to their outstanding performance in the third and fourth rounds of the Dubai Police Global Challenge Masters. Currently, after four rounds, India's Aravindh Chithambaram and Visakh N R are in joint lead with four consecutive wins, and now these two players will compete against each other in the fifth round.

Aravindh propelled his campaign by defeating compatriot Pranesh M in the fourth round and elevated his live rating to 2680 points. Playing with the white pieces, Aravindh confused Pranesh with his opening preparations, putting Pranesh in a disadvantageous position right from the beginning of the game. This match, played in the Scotch Opening, concluded in 46 moves.

Earlier, in the third round, Aravindh had defeated IM Siddharth Jagadeesh of Singapore in just 25 moves

Visakh N R also secured his fourth win on the second board in the fourth round by defeating host UAE's Salem Saleh. For the 41st seed Visakh, this marks a remarkable start. Despite the experienced Salem attempting to attack Visakh while playing with the black pieces in the Sicilian Opening, sacrificing a pawn on the 22nd move proved to be a wrong move. After that, Visakh, with his excellent defensive technique, won the game in 57 moves.

Earlier in Round 3, Visakh had defeated GM Emre Can of Turkey

Another significant result unfolded on the third board when GM Pranav V, with 2.5 points, orchestrated a major upset by defeating title contender and second seed Amin Tabatabaei of Iran. Pranav, playing with the white pieces, employed the Exchange Variation against Amin's French Opening. Just when it appeared the match was heading for a draw, Amin's additional effort led to trouble for him on the 35th move of the game. By move 51, it was game over for Amin.

Other notable results included third seed Vladislav Artemiev securing his third win by defeating Yan Liu of China on the fourth board

India's S P Sethuraman gained momentum on the ninth board, clinching his third win by defeating Kazakhstan's Arystanbek Urazayev

Armenia's Haik Martirosyan triumphed over Iran's Sina Movahed on the tenth board

S L Narayanan defeated compatriot llamparthi to secure his second consecutive win

Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov staged a comeback by defeating Moldova's Lashkin Jegor

Additionally, China's top seed Yu Yangyi was surprised by Muthaiah, Al, managing only a draw

World women's champion Ju Wenjun drew with Artem Uskov

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Round 3 results

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	40	IM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	SGP	2508	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2670	8
2	17	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2629	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	UZB	2504	42
3	41	GM	Visakh, N R	IND	2506	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Can, Emre	TUR	2549	33
4	35	GM	Pranesh, M	IND	2535	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Malek, Jan	POL	2461	59
5	57	IM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2463	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Makhnev, Denis	KAZ	2518	38
6	2	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2707	1½	1 - 0	2	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	IND	2440	64
7	3	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2705	1½	1 - 0	1½	GM	Suleymenov, Alisher	KAZ	2499	44
8	6	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2684	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2493	45
9	47		Xiao, Tong(Qd)	CHN	2491	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	ARM	2678	7
10	10	GM	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	ARM	2650	1½	0 - 1	1½	GM	Miladinovic, Igor	SRB	2489	48
11	12	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2637	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Nogerbek, Kazybek	KAZ	2486	50
12	14	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2631	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	KAZ	2481	52
13	19	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	ESP	2617	1½	0 - 1	1½	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek	KAZ	2473	53
14	49	GM	Fawzy, Adham	EGY	2486	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2609	20
15	21	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2607	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Rathanvel, V S	IND	2471	54
16	23	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2603	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Gholami Orimi, Mahdi	IRI	2470	55
17	65	IM	Krishna, C R G	IND	2437	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2599	24
18	73	IM	Vaz, Ethan	IND	2423	1½	0 - 1	1½	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2588	26
19	27	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2587	1½	1 - 0	1½	FM	Panesar, Vedant	IND	2462	58
20	29	GM	Liu, Yan	CHN	2575	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Tarhan, Adar	TUR	2457	60

Full Results

Round 4 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	8	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2670	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Pranesh, M	IND	2535	35
2	41	GM	Visakh, N R	IND	2506	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2629	17
3	27	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2587	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2707	2
4	29	GM	Liu, Yan	CHN	2575	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2705	3
5	36	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2530	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2637	12
6	37	GM	Vignesh, N R	IND	2526	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2631	14
7	38	GM	Makhnev, Denis	KAZ	2518	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2607	21
8	48	GM	Miladinovic, Igor	SRB	2489	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2603	23
9	26	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2588	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek	KAZ	2473	53
10	7	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	ARM	2678	2	1 - 0	2½	IM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2463	57
11	46	IM	Muthaiah, Al	IND	2493	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2728	1
12	64	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	IND	2440	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Narayanan, S L	IND	2695	4
13	62	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	MDA	2449	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2684	6
14	9	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	2665	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2493	45
15	16	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2629	2	½ - ½	2		Xiao, Tong(Qd)	CHN	2491	47
16	18	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2621	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Fawzy, Adham	EGY	2486	49
17	20	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2609	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Srihari, L R	IND	2485	51
18	22	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	IND	2605	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Malek, Jan	POL	2461	59
19	24	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2599	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	BAN	2431	70
20	66	GM	Zajic, Milan	SRB	2436	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2594	25

Full Results

Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	8	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.		IND	2670	4	3309	0	6,5	5	4	10	8,7
2	41	GM	Visakh, N R		IND	2506	4	3232	0	5	4	4	10	16,6
3	27	GM	Pranav, V		IND	2587	3,5	2839	0	6	5	3	10	10,5
4	3	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav		RUS	2705	3,5	2833	0	5,5	4	3	10	4,5
5	26	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		IND	2588	3,5	2755	0	4,5	3,5	3	10	6,1
6	48	GM	Miladinovic, Igor		SRB	2489	3	2765	0	6,5	5,5	2	10	14,3
7	35	GM	Pranesh, M		IND	2535	3	2678	0	7,5	5,5	3	10	7,2
8	12	GM	Sargsyan, Shant		ARM	2637	3	2669	0	4,5	4,5	2	10	1,5
9	14	GM	Donchenko, Alexander		GER	2631	3	2665	0	5,5	4	2	10	1,7
10	17	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh		UAE	2629	3	2664	0	7	5	3	10	1,7
11	37	GM	Vignesh, N R		IND	2526	3	2663	0	5,5	4	2	10	6,9
12	6	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir		UZB	2684	3	2656	0	6,5	4,5	2	10	-1,1
13	38	GM	Makhnev, Denis		KAZ	2518	3	2656	0	5,5	4,5	2	10	7
14	99	FM	Ahmad, Khagan		AZE	2375	3	2649	0	3	3	3	20	28,6
15	23	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar		SRB	2603	3	2647	0	7	5	2	10	2
16	7	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.		ARM	2678	3	2642	0	7	5	2	10	-1,4
17	21	GM	Aditya, Mittal		IND	2607	3	2642	0	4,5	3,5	2	10	1,8
18	4	GM	Narayanan, S L		IND	2695	3	2626	0	5	4	2	10	-2,8
19	36	GM	Pranav, Anand		IND	2530	3	2617	0	5,5	4	2	10	4,6
20	24	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir		UZB	2599	3	2609	0	6,5	4,5	2	10	0,6

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	8	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2670	4	4	GM	Visakh, N R	IND	2506	41
2	3	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2705	3½	3½	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2588	26
3	4	GM	Narayanan, S L	IND	2695	3	3½	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2587	27
4	6	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2684	3	3	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2599	24
5	35	GM	Pranesh, M	IND	2535	3	3	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	ARM	2678	7
6	12	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2637	3	3	GM	Vignesh, N R	IND	2526	37
7	14	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2631	3	3	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2530	36
8	17	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2629	3	3	GM	Makhnev, Denis	KAZ	2518	38
9	21	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2607	3	3	GM	Miladinovic, Igor	SRB	2489	48
10	23	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2603	3	3	GM	Zajic, Milan	SRB	2436	66
11	5	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2688	2½	3	FM	Ahmad, Khagan	AZE	2375	99
12	1	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2728	2½	2½	IM	Isik, Alparslan	TUR	2467	56
13	2	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2707	2½	2½	IM	Muthaiah, Al	IND	2493	46
14	47		Xiao, Tong(Qd)	CHN	2491	2½	2½	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	2665	9
15	10	GM	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	ARM	2650	2½	2½	FM	Panesar, Vedant	IND	2462	58
16	49	GM	Fawzy, Adham	EGY	2486	2½	2½	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	USA	2634	13
17	51	IM	Srihari, L R	IND	2485	2½	2½	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2631	15
18	53	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek	KAZ	2473	2½	2½	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2629	16
19	55	IM	Gholami Orimi, Mahdi	IRI	2470	2½	2½	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2621	18
20	57	IM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2463	2½	2½	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2609	20

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