Wang Hao and Inarkiev set up the all important round 7 clash in Sharjah
The Sharjah Masters 2019 is excitingly placed after six rounds. Ernesto Inarkiev is in excellent form and has just dropped half a point. He is on 5.5/6. Wang Hao, the top seed of the tournament is on 5.0/6 and has set up an all important round seven clash with the leader. Indian hopes are pinned on seven Indians - Abhijeet Gupta, Nihal Sarin, Deepan Chakkravarthy, Vignesh NR, Vishnu Prasanna, Raunak Sadhwani and Aditya Mittal, who are on 4.5/6. In round six, the 12-year-old Aditya Mittal played an exciting game to beat Eduardo Iturrizaga. We have the complete analysis of that game. Photos and videos from Sharjah by Niklesh Jain.
Player overview for IND
SNo | Name | Rtg | RtgI | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts. | Rk. | K | rtg+/- | ||
13 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2633 | 2633 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4,0 | 31 | 10 | -6,30 | ||||
17 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2602 | 2602 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4,5 | 6 | 10 | 6,40 | ||||
19 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2578 | 2578 | IND | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4,5 | 19 | 10 | 4,80 | ||||
23 | GM | Chanda Sandipan | 2534 | 2534 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4,0 | 27 | 10 | -0,80 | ||||
24 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | 2534 | 2534 | IND | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4,5 | 17 | 10 | 3,80 | ||||
25 | GM | Debashis Das | 2532 | 2532 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 3,5 | 56 | 10 | -6,00 | ||||
26 | IM | Gukesh D | 2529 | 2529 | IND | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3,5 | 66 | 10 | -9,00 | ||||
28 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | 2524 | 2524 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4,5 | 22 | 10 | 3,00 | ||||
30 | GM | Venkatesh M.R. | 2517 | 2517 | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3,5 | 60 | 10 | -1,50 | ||||
31 | GM | Stany G.A. | 2507 | 2507 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 3,5 | 50 | 10 | -1,60 | ||||
35 | GM | Harsha Bharathakoti | 2497 | 2497 | IND | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3,5 | 62 | 10 | -9,00 | ||||
36 | GM | Karthik Venkataraman | 2494 | 2494 | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 3,0 | 85 | 10 | -12,50 | ||||
39 | IM | Iniyan P | 2487 | 2487 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 3,5 | 59 | 10 | -4,50 | ||||
42 | IM | Vignesh N R | 2476 | 2476 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4,5 | 14 | 10 | 9,80 | ||||
45 | IM | Sadhwani Raunak | 2455 | 2455 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4,5 | 21 | 10 | 2,20 | ||||
46 | CM | Aditya Mittal | 2454 | 2454 | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4,5 | 20 | 10 | 11,20 | ||||
47 | CM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2446 | 2446 | IND | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4,0 | 41 | 10 | 7,30 | ||||
50 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | 2429 | 2429 | IND | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,5 | 70 | 10 | -2,90 | ||||
51 | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2425 | 2425 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4,0 | 35 | 10 | 3,70 | ||||
53 | IM | Raja Rithvik R | 2423 | 2423 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 3,5 | 58 | 10 | -2,10 | ||||
55 | IM | Akshat Khamparia | 2415 | 2415 | IND | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,5 | 67 | 10 | -2,40 | ||||
56 | GM | Sundararajan Kidambi | 2413 | 2413 | IND | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4,0 | 34 | 10 | 6,90 | ||||
57 | IM | Akash G | 2411 | 2411 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3,0 | 86 | 10 | -6,70 | ||||
58 | IM | Nitin S. | 2408 | 2408 | IND | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,5 | 63 | 10 | -0,60 | ||||
62 | Saurabh Anand | 2385 | 2385 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4,0 | 38 | 20 | 1,00 | |||||
63 | IM | Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad | 2384 | 2384 | IND | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4,0 | 30 | 20 | 20,60 | ||||
67 | IM | Rathnakaran K. | 2361 | 2361 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 42 | 10 | 2,70 | ||||
68 | IM | Fenil Shah | 2360 | 2360 | IND | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 48 | 10 | -5,40 | ||||
69 | FM | Pranav Anand | 2359 | 2359 | IND | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,5 | 75 | 20 | -13,60 | ||||
71 | IM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | 2352 | 2352 | IND | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3,5 | 55 | 10 | 12,30 | ||||
72 | IM | Sidhant Mohapatra | 2348 | 2348 | IND | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 3,0 | 88 | 10 | -3,60 | ||||
73 | FM | Shailesh Dravid | 2316 | 2316 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3,0 | 80 | 20 | 6,00 | ||||
74 | CM | Bharath Subramaniyam H | 2301 | 2301 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3,5 | 72 | 20 | 15,00 | ||||
75 | Ajay Karthikeyan | 2298 | 2298 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 3,0 | 90 | 40 | 9,60 | |||||
76 | WIM | Priyanka Nutakki | 2297 | 2297 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 47 | 40 | 31,20 | ||||
78 | IM | Sharma Dinesh K. | 2286 | 2286 | IND | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3,5 | 65 | 10 | 4,30 | ||||
80 | IM | Ravi Thandalam Shanmugam | 2276 | 2276 | IND | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,5 | 125 | 10 | -21,70 | ||||
82 | CM | Mullick Raahil | 2275 | 2275 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3,0 | 92 | 40 | -11,20 | ||||
84 | WIM | Divya Deshmukh | 2266 | 2266 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3,0 | 93 | 40 | -14,00 | ||||
86 | Kunal M. | 2258 | 2258 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4,0 | 39 | 20 | 40,60 | |||||
87 | Pranav V | 2258 | 2258 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4,0 | 46 | 20 | 20,00 | |||||
88 | IM | Praveen Kumar C | 2243 | 2243 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 3,5 | 49 | 10 | 16,00 | ||||
91 | FM | Jeet Jain | 2219 | 2219 | IND | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4,0 | 37 | 20 | 29,00 | ||||
93 | Panda Sambit | 2218 | 2218 | IND | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 3,0 | 83 | 40 | 4,40 | |||||
95 | FM | Srihari L R | 2211 | 2211 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,0 | 96 | 20 | -9,80 | ||||
101 | IM | Gokhale Chandrashekhar | 2185 | 2185 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,0 | 102 | 10 | -7,30 | ||||
103 | Gandhi Anish | 2156 | 2156 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 2,5 | 123 | 20 | -19,40 | |||||
106 | Jaeel Atharva | 2145 | 2145 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3,0 | 103 | 40 | -25,20 | |||||
110 | Thrish Karthik | 2096 | 2096 | IND | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3,5 | 64 | 40 | 79,20 | |||||
111 | Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U | 2093 | 2093 | IND | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,5 | 117 | 20 | -10,20 | |||||
114 | WCM | Mrudul Dehankar | 2078 | 2078 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 2,5 | 121 | 40 | -20,00 | ||||
115 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | 2076 | 2076 | IND | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,5 | 112 | 40 | 10,40 | ||||
116 | Kumar Gaurav | 2074 | 2074 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,0 | 100 | 20 | 0,00 | |||||
119 | Shanya Mishra | 2026 | 2026 | IND | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 2,5 | 110 | 40 | 41,20 | |||||
121 | Sri Sai Baswanth P | 2018 | 2018 | IND | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 107 | 20 | 37,20 | |||||
122 | CM | Shahil Dey | 2007 | 2007 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 2,5 | 116 | 40 | 7,60 | ||||
123 | WFM | Sanskriti Goyal | 2006 | 2006 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,0 | 105 | 40 | -4,00 | ||||
124 | Mohammed Dilshad | 2006 | 2006 | IND | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,5 | 114 | 20 | 4,60 | |||||
125 | Krithigga K | 2002 | 2002 | IND | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,0 | 132 | 40 | 19,20 | |||||
126 | Niklesh Kumar Jain | 1995 | 1995 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,0 | 138 | 20 | -24,00 | ||
127 | WIM | Gokhale Anupama | 1994 | 1994 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3,0 | 97 | 20 | 13,60 | ||||
128 | Parthasarathy R | 1989 | 1989 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,0 | 135 | 20 | -6,80 | |||||
132 | Anilkumar O.T. | 1975 | 1975 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,0 | 133 | 20 | -9,00 | |||||
133 | Mota Pankit | 1974 | 1974 | IND | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2,5 | 118 | 20 | 2,80 | |||||
138 | WCM | Isha Sharma | 1935 | 1935 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 2,5 | 111 | 20 | 33,40 | ||||
139 | Rakshith Srinivasan | 1923 | 1923 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 2,5 | 126 | 40 | 0,00 | |||||
141 | Souradip Deb | 1899 | 1899 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3,0 | 106 | 20 | 11,00 | |||||
142 | Gokhale Rishabh Chandrashekhar | 1895 | 1895 | IND | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,0 | 149 | 40 | 13,20 | |||||
144 | Abid Ali Mujawar | 1869 | 1869 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | 128 | 20 | -13,00 | |||||
145 | Rohit S | 1868 | 1868 | IND | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,5 | 113 | 40 | 69,60 | |||||
146 | WFM | Meghna C H | 1863 | 1863 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 2,5 | 124 | 20 | 17,60 | ||||
147 | WFM | Dhyana Patel | 1848 | 1848 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1,5 | 158 | 40 | -5,20 | ||||
148 | Jinan Jomon | 1848 | 1848 | IND | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 3,0 | 87 | 40 | 61,20 | |||||
150 | Varsha Ramesh | 1831 | 1831 | IND | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 2,0 | 153 | 40 | -10,00 | |||||
151 | AIM | Kaushik G Iyer | 1771 | 1771 | IND | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1,5 | 166 | 40 | -2,40 | ||||
153 | AIM | Sidharth Balaji Sridharan | 1732 | 1732 | IND | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1,5 | 164 | 40 | -18,40 | ||||
155 | Devnani Kush | 1650 | 1650 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,0 | 141 | 40 | 30,80 | |||||
156 | Aagam Aditya E | 1649 | 1649 | IND | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1,5 | 161 | 40 | -6,40 | |||||
157 | Antony Jesumarian Leslie | 1621 | 1621 | IND | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 2,0 | 148 | 40 | 30,80 | |||||
159 | Singh Gurmeher | 1589 | 1589 | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,0 | 171 | 40 | -31,60 | |||||
162 | Rebecca Jesumarian | 1561 | 1561 | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1,5 | 167 | 40 | 14,40 | |||||
167 | AIM | Vishal Choudary B | 1519 | 1519 | IND | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,5 | 160 | 40 | 34,80 | ||||
168 | Harikrishnan C | 1514 | 1514 | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1,5 | 165 | 40 | 14,80 | ||||
169 | Sharon Rafael | 1474 | 1474 | IND | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 2,0 | 143 | 40 | 60,80 |