Dubai Police Global Challenge R 5 & 6: Aravindh-Visakh's dominance unshaken despite consecutive draws

by Niklesh Jain - 10/05/2024

As the Dubai Police Open chess tournament progresses, now very close to its conclusion with only three rounds remaining, the tension on the board remains palpable, especially with Indian Grandmasters Aravindh Chithambaram and Visakh N R holding steadfast to their lead. Despite encountering two consecutive draws in the recent rounds, their dominance remains unchallenged. Amidst the competitive atmosphere, Round 6 witnessed a notable inauguration by Mohammad AlMulla, an accomplished astronaut and skilled chess player. Stay tuned for updates on this captivating event, including amazing pictures, videos, and interviews by Aditya Sur Roy.

Dubai Police Open: Aravindh-Visakh's dominance unshaken despite consecutive draws

Even after the conclusion of the fifth and sixth rounds in the Dubai Police Open, Indian Grandmasters Aravindh Chithambaram and Visakh N R continue to maintain their lead. With only three rounds remaining, the question arises whether either of them will clinch the coveted title.

In the fifth round, the highly anticipated clash between Aravindh and Visakh ended in a draw. Playing with the white pieces, Aravind encountered Visakh's Nimzo-Indian Opening and faced relentless aggression, resulting in a draw after 64 moves of continuous check by Visakh.

Across the top 10 boards, a total of nine matches remained inconclusive in the fifth round, with players sharing points. Notably, Aditya Mittal secured a victory on the ninth board by defeating Igor Mildinovic.

Despite Aravindh and Visakh's steady performance, several seeded players are striving for a comeback. Top seeds such as China's Yu Yangyi, Hans Neimann, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Abhimanyu Puranik, and Vasyl Ivanchuk registered wins in subsequent rounds.

In the sixth round, a significant figure inaugurated the round: Mohammad AlMulla, an astronaut by profession and also a proficient chess player. Let's delve into the ChessBase India interview conducted by Aditya Sur Roy to learn more.

Aravindh Chitambaram played a draw against Vladislav Artemiev

Visakh N R maintained his lead by holding Aditya Mittal to a draw

However, Yu Yangyi secured his second consecutive win by defeating Aleksandar Indjic...

...and S L Narayanan triumphed over Jakhongir Vakhidov

In other notable results, Pranesh M surprised by defeating Samvel Ter-Sahakyan

Pranav Anand faced defeat against Salem A R Saleh of the host country

Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun continues to exhibit her formidable prowess in the Dubai Police Open, maintaining an undefeated streak thus far. In the sixth round, she demonstrated her strength once again by holding Javokhir Sindarov to a draw.

As the tournament progresses, the battle for supremacy intensifies, promising more thrilling encounters in the remaining rounds.

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Results

Round 5 on 2024/05/08 at 17:00

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	8	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2670	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Visakh, N R	IND	2506	41
2	3	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2705	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2588	26
3	4	GM	Narayanan, S L	IND	2695	3	½ - ½	3½	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2587	27
4	6	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2684	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2599	24
5	35	GM	Pranesh, M	IND	2535	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	ARM	2678	7
6	12	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2637	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Vignesh, N R	IND	2526	37
7	14	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2631	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2530	36
8	17	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2629	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Makhnev, Denis	KAZ	2518	38
9	21	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2607	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Miladinovic, Igor	SRB	2489	48
10	23	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2603	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Zajic, Milan	SRB	2436	66
11	5	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2688	2½	1 - 0	3	FM	Ahmad, Khagan	AZE	2375	99
12	1	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2728	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Isik, Alparslan	TUR	2467	56
13	2	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2707	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Muthaiah, Al	IND	2493	46
14	47		Xiao, Tong(Qd)	CHN	2491	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	2665	9
15	10	GM	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	ARM	2650	2½	1 - 0	2½	FM	Panesar, Vedant	IND	2462	58
16	49	GM	Fawzy, Adham	EGY	2486	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	USA	2634	13
17	51	IM	Srihari, L R	IND	2485	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2631	15
18	53	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek	KAZ	2473	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2629	16
19	55	IM	Gholami Orimi, Mahdi	IRI	2470	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2621	18
20	57	IM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2463	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2609	20

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Rank after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	8	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.		IND	2670	4,5	2845	0,5	12	10	4	10	7
2	41	GM	Visakh, N R		IND	2506	4,5	2845	0,5	9	8	4	10	20,2
3	27	GM	Pranav, V		IND	2587	4	2781	0	9,5	8	3	10	12
4	3	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav		RUS	2705	4	2755	0	10,5	8,5	3	10	2,4
5	26	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		IND	2588	4	2716	0	9	7,5	3	10	7,7
6	21	GM	Aditya, Mittal		IND	2607	4	2697	0	10	8	3	10	3,8
7	49	GM	Fawzy, Adham		EGY	2486	3,5	2732	0	11	9	2	10	23
8	102	IM	Nazari, Arad		IRI	2370	3,5	2690	0	11,5	9	2	10	19,2
9	35	GM	Pranesh, M		IND	2535	3,5	2672	0	12	10	3	10	15,7
10	37	GM	Vignesh, N R		IND	2526	3,5	2652	0	10	8	2	10	10,4
11	38	GM	Makhnev, Denis		KAZ	2518	3,5	2645	0	10	8,5	2	10	10,1
12	6	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir		UZB	2684	3,5	2639	0	10,5	8,5	2	10	-4
13	12	GM	Sargsyan, Shant		ARM	2637	3,5	2635	0	10	9	2	10	-1,6
14	14	GM	Donchenko, Alexander		GER	2631	3,5	2632	0	10	8,5	2	10	-2,2
15	17	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh		UAE	2629	3,5	2630	0	10,5	8,5	3	10	3,8
16	24	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir		UZB	2599	3,5	2619	0	11,5	9	2	10	-1,9
17	7	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.		ARM	2678	3,5	2615	0	11	8,5	2	10	-5,3
18	36	GM	Pranav, Anand		IND	2530	3,5	2614	0	11	9	2	10	2,4
19	4	GM	Narayanan, S L		IND	2695	3,5	2613	0	9	7	2	10	-0,6
20	10	GM	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel		ARM	2650	3,5	2600	0	10	8	3	10	-9,3

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Round 6 on 2024/05/09 at 17:00

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	3	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2705	4	½ - ½	4½	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2670	8
2	41	GM	Visakh, N R	IND	2506	4½	½ - ½	4	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2607	21
3	26	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2588	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2587	27
4	23	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2603	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2728	1
5	24	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2599	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Narayanan, S L	IND	2695	4
6	31	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	IND	2560	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2688	5
7	32	GM	Ju, Wenjun	CHN	2559	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2684	6
8	7	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	ARM	2678	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Vignesh, N R	IND	2526	37
9	35	GM	Pranesh, M	IND	2535	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	ARM	2650	10
10	38	GM	Makhnev, Denis	KAZ	2518	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2637	12
11	66	GM	Zajic, Milan	SRB	2436	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2631	14
12	16	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2629	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	SGP	2508	40
13	36	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2530	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2629	17
14	20	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2609	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Nazari, Arad	IRI	2370	102
15	22	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	IND	2605	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Fawzy, Adham	EGY	2486	49
16	48	GM	Miladinovic, Igor	SRB	2489	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2707	2
17	9	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	2665	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Srihari, L R	IND	2485	51
18	15	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2631	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Gholami Orimi, Mahdi	IRI	2470	55
19	18	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2621	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Malek, Jan	POL	2461	59
20	50	IM	Nogerbek, Kazybek	KAZ	2486	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2594	25

Full Results

Rank after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	8	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.		IND	2670	5	2788	0	18	15,5	4	10	7
2	41	GM	Visakh, N R		IND	2506	5	2774	0	16,5	15	4	10	20,2
3	49	GM	Fawzy, Adham		EGY	2486	4,5	2780	0	17,5	15,5	3	10	23
4	27	GM	Pranav, V		IND	2587	4,5	2742	0	16	14,5	3	10	12
5	35	GM	Pranesh, M		IND	2535	4,5	2737	0	16,5	14,5	4	10	15,7
6	3	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav		RUS	2705	4,5	2734	0	18,5	15,5	3	10	2,4
7	26	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		IND	2588	4,5	2688	0	14,5	13	3	10	7,7
8	17	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh		UAE	2629	4,5	2682	0	17	14	4	10	3,8
9	4	GM	Narayanan, S L		IND	2695	4,5	2680	0	14	12	3	10	-0,6
10	1	GM	Yu, Yangyi		CHN	2728	4,5	2668	0	16	13	3	10	-3,4
11	21	GM	Aditya, Mittal		IND	2607	4,5	2658	0	14,5	12,5	3	10	3,8
12	16	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		IND	2629	4,5	2637	0	13,5	12	4	10	0,7
13	20	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl		UKR	2609	4,5	2629	0	16	13	3	10	1,4
14	37	GM	Vignesh, N R		IND	2526	4	2658	0	15	13	2	10	10,4
15	38	GM	Makhnev, Denis		KAZ	2518	4	2645	0	15,5	14	2	10	10,1
16	6	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir		UZB	2684	4	2627	0	15,5	13	2	10	-4
17	12	GM	Sargsyan, Shant		ARM	2637	4	2616	0	16	14	2	10	-1,6
18	2	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin		IRI	2707	4	2614	0	16	13	3	10	-6,3
19	32	GM	Ju, Wenjun	w	CHN	2559	4	2607	0	13,5	12	2	10	3,3
20	7	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.		ARM	2678	4	2601	0	16,5	14	2	10	-5,3

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