30th Abu Dhabi Masters R5: Leon Luke Mendonca in a three-way lead
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.
Raunak - Adhiban
GM B Adhiban (2532) could have pushed further 19...Ne3 followed by N7d5.
Lorenzo - Leon
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.
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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. | ||||
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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 |
Standings after Round 5
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
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1 | 14 | GM | Murzin, Volodar | FID | 2641 | 4,5 | 0 | 14 | 11 | |
2 | 18 | GM | Paravyan, David | FID | 2600 | 4,5 | 0 | 13 | 10 | |
3 | 15 | GM | Mendonca, Leon Luke | IND | 2621 | 4,5 | 0 | 11 | 8,5 | |
4 | 7 | GM | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | UZB | 2655 | 4 | 0 | 14,5 | 12 | |
5 | 3 | GM | Predke, Alexandr | SRB | 2685 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 11 | |
6 | 21 | GM | Pranav, V | IND | 2598 | 4 | 0 | 13,5 | 10,5 | |
7 | 33 | GM | Adhiban, B. | IND | 2532 | 4 | 0 | 13,5 | 10,5 | |
8 | 35 | GM | Sychev, Klementy | FID | 2531 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10,5 | |
9 | 4 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir | UZB | 2674 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10,5 | |
10 | 50 | GM | Zhu, Jiner | CHN | 2479 | 4 | 0 | 12,5 | 10,5 | |
11 | 10 | GM | Narayanan, S L | IND | 2649 | 4 | 0 | 12,5 | 10 | |
12 | 27 | GM | Bharath, Subramaniyam H | IND | 2566 | 4 | 0 | 12,5 | 10 | |
13 | 25 | GM | Tin, Jingyao | SGP | 2575 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 9,5 | |
14 | 30 | GM | Abdisalimov, Abdimalik | UZB | 2544 | 4 | 0 | 11,5 | 9 | |
15 | 8 | GM | Sadhwani, Raunak | IND | 2653 | 4 | 0 | 11,5 | 9 | |
16 | 13 | GM | Vokhidov, Shamsiddin | UZB | 2643 | 4 | 0 | 11,5 | 9 | |
17 | 1 | GM | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | IRI | 2712 | 3,5 | 0 | 15 | 11,5 | |
18 | 71 | FM | Goutham, Krishna H | IND | 2446 | 3,5 | 0 | 15 | 11,5 | |
19 | 82 | IM | Wang, Shixu B | CHN | 2427 | 3,5 | 0 | 14 | 11,5 | |
20 | 12 | GM | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | UKR | 2648 | 3,5 | 0 | 13,5 | 11 |