5th Shenzhen Masters 2024 R5: Four draws

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/03/2024

Arjun Erigaisi drew his fifth round game against Yangyi Yu (CHN) at 5th Shenzhen Masters 2024. It lasted 25 moves. The remaining three games also ended in draws. Three out of four games of Round 5 ended in 31 moves or less. The only game which went on for 43 moves was between Qun Ma (CHN) and Xiangzhi Bu (CHN). Qun had an opportunity to score his first win of the event and also hand his opponent Xiangzhi, his first loss. However, he missed seizing his opportunity in the middlegame and later in the endgame, he found a smaller one. Round 6 starts tomorrow at 2 p.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST. Photos: Organizer/Liang Ziming

Xiangzhi, Yangyi and Arjun at 3.5/5

Arjun Erigaisi maintained his World no.10 position in the live ratings. The other results did not move his spot. Currently, Xiangzhi Bu (CHN), Yangyi Yu (CHN) and Arjun Erigaisi are sharing the lead at 3.5/5 each.

Arjun Erigaisi is still World no.10 in the live ratings

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Qun - Xiangzhi: 0.5-0.5

Qun Ma (CHN, 2651) got an opportunity against Xiangzhi Bu (CHN, 2671) in the middlegame.

Position after 20.d5

White played a thematic 20.d5, asking Black on how he is going to capture it. Black decided to go for 20...Ba4? 21.Qxa4 Rxc4 22.Qb3 Qc7 23.dxe6 fxe6 24.Red1 here computer suggest 24.g3 to maintain a decisive advantage for White as it not only creates an escape route for the white king, but also makes a retreat square for the knight. Later in the endgame White had a smaller opportunity which he could not seize and the game ended in a draw.

Qun Ma (CHN) could have scored his first win and handed Xiangzhi Bu (CHN) his first loss of the event

Anish Giri (NED) scored his first half point against Xiangyu Xu (CHN), after suffering three consecutive losses

Vladislav Artemiev - Daniil Dubov: 0.5-0.5

Round 5 in progress

Arjun Erigaisi leads Shenzhen Masters with 3.5/5, now India no.1 with 2754 and World no.1 in live ratings | Video: ChessBase India

Time Control

The time control is 90 minutes / 40 moves + 30 minutes / end and 30 seconds increment per move from move no.1

Schedule

Every day the round starts at 2 p.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST. Only the first round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 12:30 p.m. IST. Sunday 3rd March is a rest day.

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Round 5 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	3	2762	GM	Giri, Anish	½ - ½	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	2623	8	PGN
2	4	2651	GM	Ma, Qun	½ - ½	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	2671	2	PGN
3	5	2720	GM	Yu, Yangyi	½ - ½	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2738	1	PGN
4	6	2711	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	½ - ½	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2708	7	PGN

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	2	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2671	3,5	8,00	1,5	2
2	5	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2720	3,5	7,50	1	2
3	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2738	3,5	6,25	0,5	3
4	7	GM	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	2708	3	6,75	1	1
5	6	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2711	2	3,75	0,5	1
6	4	GM	Ma, Qun	CHN	2651	1,5	5,00	1,5	0
7	8	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	CHN	2623	1,5	3,50	0,5	0
8	3	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	2762	1,5	2,75	0	1

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Round 6 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	8	2623	GM	Xu, Xiangyu		GM	Dubov, Daniil	2708	7
2	1	2738	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun		GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2711	6
3	2	2671	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi		GM	Yu, Yangyi	2720	5
4	3	2762	GM	Giri, Anish		GM	Ma, Qun	2651	4

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