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Report of Round7

Three players shared the lead at the end of the 7th round of the 13 th Abu Dhabi chess festival  held at Abu Dhabi  . Grandmasters  Sargussian Gabriel of Armenia , Pavel Kotsur of Kazakistan  and Lputian Sambat of Armenia  emerged at the top with crucial wins . the seventh round witnessed prolonged battles as the seeded players went all out for victory with 2 rounds remaining. The experts predict a close race for the finish among the seeded players .

 In the open section Yahaya Mohamed saleh of UAE and Ghardapur of Iran shared the honors with 6.5 points . Yahaya has had an excellent form and had a slight edge in the individual encounter  against Ghardapur. Yahaya had the bishop pair advantage  but in time trouble it his advantage wither away and drew the game.

 Gabriel sargussian won a 85 move game against  Goran Dizdar . in was a close match and sargussian reached a bishop and rook and lone rook ending . in time pressure Dizdar enabled his opponent to attain a winning combination. Kotsur said It was tough match and my advanced pawn on d3 gave me the advantage and the victory.

  Report of Round 6
Grandmaster Yemelin Vasily of Russia emerged as sole leader with 5 points at the end of  the sixth round of Abu Dhabi Chess Festival held at Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation. Yemelin defeated GM Jobava Baadur of Georgia in 10 moves from a Sicilian defence to top the table while a pack of seven players are behind the leader with 4.5 points.
GM Poluljahov Aleksandr of Russia defeated GM Harikrishna (India) in 43 moves from a Kings Indian defence while top seed GM Lputian Smbat of Armenia defeated IM Abdelnabbi Imad of Egypt in 36 moves from a French defence. International master Javad Maherramzade of  Azerbaijan surprised GM Neverov Valeriy of Ukraine in 47 moves. GM Kotsur Pavel (Kazakhstan) and GM Dizdar Goran (Croatia) beat GM Iuldachev Saidali(Uzbekistan) and IM Ahmed Esam Aly of Egypt respectively. Nine players shared the third spot with 4 points each. Jasim A.R. Saleh of UAE defeated his teammate Khalid Al Shaali.

Report of round 5

Five players share the lead with 4 points each at the end of the fifth round of the 13th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival being held at the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation.
Grandmasters Vladimirov Evgeny (Kazakhstan), Sargissian Gabriel (Armenia), Jobava Baadur (Georgia), Yemelin Vasily (Russia) and Harikrishna (India) took their tally to 4 points to be ahead of the rest of the group.
A pack of 11 players share the second spot with 3.5 points apiece.

GM Poluljahov Aleksandr (Russia), IM Abdelnabbi Imad (Egypt), GM Lputian Smbat (Armenia), IM Javad Maherramzade (Azerbaijan), GM Neverov Valeriy (Ukraine), GM Kotsur Pavel (Kazakhstan), GM Iuldachev Saidali (Uzbekistan), GM Dizdar Goran (Croatia), IM Ahmed Esam Aly (Egypt), GM Kunte Abhijit (India) and IM Sandipan Chanda (India) are all tied in second.
Top board matches ended in a draw, except Sargissian and Harikrishna who defeated GM Rahman Ziaur (Bangladesh) and IM Hasangatin Ramil (Russia) respectively.
UAE had a good day when Salem Ghuloom, Ahmed Abbas Khouri and Ibrahim Ismail won their respective games.
In Childrens' tournament, Darini Porya of Iran became the sole leader when she defeated Abdulmalek Abdulnoor of the UAE to take her tally to 5 points.
In Open section, Yahya Mohammed Saleh of the UAE, Mohammed Amer and Ghadrpour share the lead with 5 points.

Report of round 4:                    

 Three players shared the lead with 3,5 points at the end of the fourth round of the 13 th Abu Dhabi chess festival held at the cultural foundation, Abu Dhabi . The fourth  saw hard fought games between the top ranked players  and the spectators were treated to top class chess . mr. hussien khouri  the tournament director said “ we have had excellent quality games in the chess festival we are on the look out to bring many new grandmasters who are young and energetic. This year the titled players have shown their skills. Grandmaster jobava of Georgia, vladimirov of Kazakhstan and  yemelin vasily of Russia shared the lead with 3.5 points . A pack of 11 players are chasing the leaders with 3 points.

Mohammed, Amer, Yahya,Mohamed Saleh, Ghadrpour , sh , Amin,Hassn Alanssi,  Mohammed,Bektash and   Sade Shahin emerged as joint leaders with  4 points . the open tournament has seen the juniors proving their skills  as two of the talented juniors emerged at the top of the table in the children tournament 3  Derini , P is the sole leader with 4 points , Abdul Malek,Noor Azemati , a  Mohammed Khademi            

 Shirmofafkhami  Ulvi,Bajarani  Zayed,Ali are close on the heels with  3.5

Report  Of Round 3:

Jobava Baadur of Georgia emerged as the only player at the top with cent percent score. jobava won a crucial battle against the talented youngster sergey kaiumov in a complicated  game from a sicilian defense . sergey played well in the opening  and got a slight edge but in the middle game he weakened his pawn structure and jobava penetrated into white's position with a brilliant piece sacrifice. The major pieces co0mbined  and created decisive threats to clinch the issue  while jobava tops the table with 3 points a pack of 8 players are in second spot  with 2.5 points .  while there were many draws on top boards the match of the day was the tense battle between Super grandmasters sambat lputian and goran dizdar . the game saw fierce tenchnical battle and finall;y fizziling out to a draw in a rook and pawn ending. lputian said the initial phase was complicated and despite a pawn less in the ending i was able to get counter chances.

 harikrshan won a fine ending against kasparov sergey in a king pawn opening.  kasparov went for the exchange variation . harikrishna exploited his better pieces and control of open file to transpose into a winning minor piece endging.

Report of round 2:

 Six players shared the lead with 2 points at the end of the second round of the 13th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival held at Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation. Grandmasters Lputian Smbat (Armenia), Vladimirov Evgeny (Kazakhstan), Jobava Baadur (Georgia), Neverov Valeriy (Ukraine) and Dizdar Goran (Croatia) and International masters Kayumov Sergey (Uzbekistan) and Bakre Tejas (India) shared the first place after winning their respective games.

Lputian Smbat defeated Grandmaster Kayumov Dmitry (Uzbekistan) in 71 moves from a French defence. Lputian played aggressively and captured two pawns. He clinched the issue on the 71st move in a rook and minor piece endgame. In a Queens Gambit Accepted variation, Vladimirov defeated IM Hasangatin Ramil (Russia) in 53 moves. Vladimirov won material advantage on the 19th move and nursed his advantage to victory.

Tejas shocked Grandmaster Barsov Alexei (Uzbekistan) in a French defence. The Indian master won a rook on the 24th move and clinched the issue. Tejas shocked Grandmaster Barsov Alexei (Uzbekistan) in a French defence, which witnessed wild complications.  his king was caught in mid board accepted a rook sacrifice on 24th move. He worked his king through the fifth rank where his king found a safe heaven and later  won with material advantage. . tejas said “it was a sharp game and he went all out for a mating attack . I just managed to move my king to safety in the 5 th rank

Lputian Smbat defeated Grandmaster Kayumov Dmitry (Uzbekistan) in 71 moves from a French defence. Lputian played aptly and attained a better position in middle game. The exchange of queens and destruction  of the centre led to a positive ending for the Armenian master. He won   two pawns in an opposite colour bishop ending and clinched the issue on the 71st with absorbing technique. The game is a ideal lesson for  brilliant endgame play.

Jobava defeated IM Bagheri Amir (Iran) while Neverov and Dizdar defeated IM Abdelnabbi Imed (Egypt) and FM Lauridsen Jesper (Denmark) respectively.

21 players shared the second spot with 1.5 points. UAE had a mixed day with IM Taleb Moussa and FM Hassan Abdul won their games against Khalid Al Shaali (UAE) and WGM Mashinskaya Lulia (Russia) respectively and took their tally to 1 point each. Salem Ghuloom drew his game against James Coleman (England) while FM Ahmed Abbas Khouri and Ibrahim Ismail lost their game against IM Himdan Maher (Egypt) and IM El Arousy Abdul Hameed (Egypt).

Report of Round 1 :

The seeded Grandmasters attained crucial victories and cruised to the second round of the 13th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival held at Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation. Top seed GM Lputian Smbat (Armenia) defeated Women Grandmaster Vasilevich Tatjana (Ukraine) in 38 moves from a Queens Indian defence while GM Vladimirov Evgeny (Kazakhstan) defeated International master Adly Ahmed (Egypt) in 54 moves.

 Grandmasters Kengis Edvins (Latvia) and Mamedyarov Shakhriya (Azerbaijan) defeated Ezat Mohamed (Egypt) and Ahmed Esam Aly (Egypt) respectively. Grandmaster Mchedlishvili Mikheil (Georgia) drew his game against Gokhale Chamdrashekar (India) in 48 moves from a Nimzo Indian defence. Mchedlishvili exploited his superior position to win a pawn and attained a clear advantage. But in time pressure, both the players blitzed the moves and Gokhale managed to bring out his king and stop the passed pawn in queens wing and attained a draw.

 GM Iuldchave Saidali of Uzbekistan suffered a surprise defeat against Lauridsen Jesper of Denmark in a complex endgame. In a king pawn opening, Iuldachev went for an unusual system of development with a detour of his king's knight. Jesper blocked the centre and after a complex manoeuvring, Jesper was saddled with an inactive bishop. But in acute time pressure, Iuldchaev lost his way and succumbed to a counter attack in the queenside on the 59th move.

The 13th edition of the Abu Dhabi Chess Festival from Saturday at the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation has attracted the biggest ever international field for the week-long tournament. The international field for the main Masters crown has already received 78 entries from 25 countries including the five International Masters from the host nation.

Masters division, Open class, juniors Under 16 and 12, and a one-day blitz competition in-between for a total purse of nearly 15000usdollars

there 150 entries for the open and junior categories and obviously delighted this annual event has grown bigger and better every passing year. The prize monies too have been enhanced for this year are tournament.

Armenian Grand Master Smbat Lputian, with an international rating of 2,623, tops the 78 entries so far in the main category that also include 24 other Grand Masters from the breakaway republics of the former Soviet Union, Russia, India, Iran and Bangladesh.

Hussain Khouri, technical director of the UAE Chess Federation and the annual chess festival, said this tournament has now become an established and permanent fixture in the chess calendar of events.'This international competition provides young players the opportunity improve their international ratings and for the seasoned one's another high- quality outing to look forward to every year,' said Khouri, a former Fide ranked player.

'The response this year has been overwhelming. The entries for the Masters category is the best ever in the history of the competition and we hope this trend will continue,' said Khouri.

The Masters competition will be played in a Swiss system of nine rounds in fischer system of 90 minutes to finish the game with additional 30 seconds for each move made

Grandmaster pentayala harikrishna , abijit kunte and GM sandipan chanda are taking part in the festival for the first time and Abijit said “ the event has attracted some of the top grandmasters and the field is competitive” . Tejas bakre looking to complete his gm title and attain the frinal norm said “ I missed the gm norm twice in 9 th and 11 th round of the british championship. I am hoping to get the final norm from this event”

Harikrishna said” there are 25 grandmasters and the event is very strong”

The official competitions will start at 6pm at the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation, which organizes the annual event with the Abu Dhabi Chess and Culture Club. The 86 competitors include 34 Grand Masters, 32 International Masters, six FIDE Masters and 14 internationally rated players. Armenian GM Smbat Lputian is the highest-rated player and the No1 seed with an Elo rating of 2623 followed by GM Evgeny Vladmirov of Kazakhstan (2606) and GM Gabriel Sargossoam of Armenia (2600). The Arab competitors in the Masters are IM Fadi Eid from Lebanon, IM Nassir Al Sayed from Qatar, IM Mohammed Taiseer from Morocco, Isam Al Jindi, Imad Abdul Nabi and Mahmoud Izzat, all from Egypt.

IM Talib Moussa heads the local competitors in the Masters. A total of 180 players are expected to take part in the Open Tournament including 21 internationally rated players featuring the UAE's Ali Mahmoud, Russian Safin and Hungarian Kanish.

60 players mainly from the UAE will contest the Children’s tournament, but also Includes players from India, Azerbaijan, Iran and other Arab countries. All the different

Competitions of the festival will be contested over nine rounds according to the Swiss system

Masters Tournament- participants

Open Tournament - participants

Children Tournament - Participants