Abu Dhabi Masters: Jobava in Sole Lead, Karthikeyan Murali trails a point behind

5 years ago

GM Murali Karthikeyan

Jobava in Sole Lead, Karthikeyan Murali trails a point behind

The Georgian super grandmaster, Baadur Jobova took the sole lead with the full score at the end of round 5 of the Master’s section of Abu Dhabi Chess Festival in progress here at Hotel Sofitel.

Jobava on his way to victory against Salem Saleh

Jobova, who has lost a good number of rating points, started as the 26th seed but his class is evident the way he demolished his opponents. He is followed by Iran’s GM Parham Maghsoodloo on the second place. Tied for third place are ten players including Indian GM Karthikeyan Murali.

Pairings of the next round for IND

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
6	3	14	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2612	4		4	GM	Volokitin Andrei	2636	7
6	8	36	GM	Aryan Chopra	2553	3½		3½	GM	Onischuk Vladimir	2640	6
6	11	74	FM	Assaubayeva Bibisara	2375	3½		3½	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	15
6	13	18	GM	Antipov Mikhail Al.	2599	3½		3½	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2569	32
6	15	78	FM	Rathanvel V S	2367	3½		3½	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	2594	21
6	17	24	GM	Vaibhav Suri	2591	3½		3½	GM	Xu Yi	2531	39
6	19	57	IM	Krishna C R G	2444	3		3	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2650	5
6	20	8	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	2632	3		3	IM	Aditya Mittal	2429	61
6	21	19	GM	Bai Jinshi	2599	3		3	GM	Laxman R.R.	2426	62

The participation of the Indian contingent in this US $ 70,000 prize money tournament is to provide exposure to young Indian talents in strong international events.