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5/17/2024 – Hans Niemann, Aravindh Chithambaram and Saleh Salem have perfect scores after three rounds at the 88-player Sharjah Masters. In Thursday’s round 3, Niemann got the better of Nikolas Theodorou (who came from upsetting Arjun Erigaisi), Aravindh beat Marcin Krzyzanowski, and Salem defeated ninth seed Vlamidir Fedoseev from the black side of what turned out to be a fierce tactical struggle. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
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Niemann, Aravindh and Salem co-leaders
Three players are sharing the lead with perfect scores after three rounds in the Sharjah Masters. Hans Niemann (14th seed), Aravindh Chithambaram (19th) and Saleh Salem (30th) are tied for first place after starting the event with three wins in a row.
Niemann came from successfully hunting down Jakhongir Vakhidov’s kingon Wednesday, and defeated Nikolas Theodorou, who had upset top seed Arjun Erigaisi in a rather one-sided encounter. Aravindh obtained a positional edge early on and went on to proficiently convert it into a win against Marcin Krzyzanowski, the lowest-rated player in the leading group after two rounds. Finally, Salem got the better of Vladimir Fedoseev with the black pieces after a tactical, double-edged struggle (see analysis of the game below).
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Standing a half point behind the leaders are five players: Amin Tabatabaei (5th seed), Sam Shankland (18th), Volodar Murzin (28th), Abhimanyu Puranik (29th) and Sangalp Gupta (66th). The latter obtained back-to-back upset wins in rounds 2 and 3, against Shant Sargsyan and Nodirbek Yakubboev respectively.
There are no rest days in the 9-round event, which will come to an end next Wednesday. In round 4, Salem will play white against Niemann, while Tabatabaei will get the white pieces against Aravindh.
Hans Niemann | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Aravindh Chithambaram | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
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Vladimir Fedoseev during round 2 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Standings after round 3
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
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1 | 30 | GM | Salem, A.R. Saleh | 2629 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
2 | 14 | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | 2688 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
3 | 19 | GM | Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. | 2670 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
4 | 28 | GM | Murzin, Volodar | 2631 | 2,5 | 0 | 4,5 | 2,5 | ||
5 | 5 | GM | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | 2707 | 2,5 | 0 | 4 | 2,5 | ||
6 | 66 | GM | Sankalp, Gupta | 2531 | 2,5 | 0 | 3,5 | 2 | ||
7 | 29 | GM | Puranik, Abhimanyu | 2629 | 2,5 | 0 | 3 | 1,5 | ||
8 | 18 | GM | Shankland, Sam | 2671 | 2,5 | 0 | 2,5 | 1,5 | ||
9 | 37 | GM | Theodorou, Nikolas | 2616 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
10 | 56 | GM | Muradli, Mahammad | 2560 | 2 | 0 | 4,5 | 3 | ||
11 | 69 | GM | Krzyzanowski, Marcin | 2526 | 2 | 0 | 4,5 | 3 | ||
12 | 22 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | 2650 | 2 | 0 | 4,5 | 2,5 | ||
13 | 9 | GM | Fedoseev, Vladimir | 2701 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
14 | 88 | IM | Royal, Shreyas | 2463 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
15 | 43 | GM | Vakhidov, Jakhongir | 2599 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
16 | 84 | GM | Iniyan, Pa | 2493 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2,5 | ||
17 | 50 | GM | Daneshvar, Bardiya | 2581 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
18 | 3 | GM | Yu, Yangyi | 2728 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
19 | 6 | GM | Sarana, Alexey | 2706 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
20 | 47 | GM | Nesterov, Arseniy | 2589 | 2 | 0 | 3,5 | 2 | ||
21 | 15 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir | 2684 | 2 | 0 | 3,5 | 2 | ||
22 | 77 | IM | Siddharth, Jagadeesh | 2508 | 2 | 0 | 3,5 | 2 | ||
23 | 1 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | 2761 | 2 | 0 | 3,5 | 2 | ||
34 | GM | Maurizzi, Marc`andria | 2617 | 2 | 0 | 3,5 | 2 | |||
25 | 23 | GM | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | 2649 | 2 | 0 | 3,5 | 2 |
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- Arjun Erigaisi wins Sharjah Masters (2023)
- Nodirbek Abdusattorov wins Sharjah Masters (2022)
- M. Amin Tabatabaei wins Sharjah Masters (2021)
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Carlos Alberto ColodroCarlos Colodro is a Hispanic Philologist from Bolivia. He works as a freelance translator and writer since 2012. A lot of his work is done in chess-related texts, as the game is one of his biggest interests, along with literature and music.
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5/16/2024 – Nikolas Theodorou scored the biggest upset of the second round at the Sharjah Masters, as he defeated top seed Arjun Erigaisi with ease after the latter misjudged his opponent’s attack. Theodorou is one of eight players tied for first place with 2/2 points. Also in the leading group is Hans Niemann, who obtained an eye-catching, attacking victory over Jakhongir Vakhidov. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
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1/21/2024 – The standings in both the Masters and Challengers were shaken up in round 7 of the Tata Steel Chess Festival. In the Masters, Nodirbek Abdusattorov defeated former sole leader Anish Giri and is now tied for first place — both with Giri and with Gukesh D., who scored a third consecutive victory on Saturday. In the Challengers, Saleh Salem took the lead after beating Eline Roebers and seeing former leader Erwin l’Ami losing to Jaime Santos. | Photo: Tata Steel Chess Tournament / Jurriaan Hoefsmit
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