GM Iniyan finishes joint first in Dubai Open

Shortly a month after becoming India’s 61st Grandmaster, P. Iniyan added another feather to this cap. He tied for first place with 7 other players in 21st Dubai Open 2019.

The tournament was held in the Dubai Chess & Culture Club from 1-9 April. The prize fund was $50,000, with $13,000 for first place.

Iniyan commented, “It was a competitive field and I am happy with the way the tournament panned out for me.”

He registered victories over Thrish Karthik, Ukraine’s Sergey Naboka and V Pranav to be placed in the leader’s board. In the seventh round, Iniyan got the better of Argentine GM Mareco Sandro and went on to finish the event in style by beating compatriot and higher-rated GM SP Sethuraman in the final round. “It is always satisfying when you defeat players of the quality of Sethuraman,” Iniyan added.

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The 16-year-old Grandmaster from Erode was tied for the first place with 7 points along with 7 others. However, in the tie-breakers that followed, Iniyan ended up on 8th position. GM Maxim Matlakov of Russia emerged as the winner while Ukraine’s Yuriy Kuzubov and Uzbekistan’s Nodibek Abdusaatorov settled for second and third spot respectively.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	2	GM	Matlakov Maxim	RUS	2692	7,0	0,0	50,0	43,0	5	4	10	6,4
2	15	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	UZB	2578	7,0	0,0	49,0	42,0	5	4	10	14,3
3	1	GM	Le Quang Liem	VIE	2711	7,0	0,0	48,0	41,0	5	5	10	0,7
4	3	GM	Kuzubov Yuriy	UKR	2653	7,0	0,0	48,0	41,0	5	4	10	8,5
5	5	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	VEN	2633	7,0	0,0	47,5	40,5	5	4	10	11,0
6	27	GM	Sanal Vahap	TUR	2513	7,0	0,0	47,0	40,0	6	5	10	15,8
7	14	GM	Indjic Aleksandar	SRB	2592	7,0	0,0	45,0	38,0	5	5	10	13,5
8	28	IM	Iniyan P	IND	2512	7,0	0,0	42,5	36,0	6	4	10	13,7
9	9	GM	Adly Ahmed	EGY	2620	6,5	0,0	47,0	40,0	6	4	10	-3,1
10	11	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	GEO	2610	6,5	0,0	47,0	40,0	4	4	10	-1,1
11	20	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2534	6,5	0,0	45,5	38,5	6	4	10	14,2
12	13	GM	Can Emre	TUR	2599	6,5	0,0	44,0	37,5	5	4	10	-1,0
13	12	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2602	6,5	0,0	43,0	36,5	5	5	10	-4,2
14	19	GM	Debashis Das	IND	2538	6,5	0,0	43,0	36,0	4	4	10	8,2
15	36	IM	Vignesh N R	IND	2457	6,5	0,0	41,0	34,5	4	4	10	4,8
16	56	IM	Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari	IND	2370	6,0	0,0	50,0	43,0	5	4	10	29,7
17	10	GM	Tabatabaei M.Amin	IRI	2612	6,0	0,0	46,5	39,5	4	4	10	-4,6
18	4	GM	Mareco Sandro	ARG	2651	6,0	0,0	45,0	38,5	5	5	10	-9,8
19	31	GM	Sindarov Javokhir	UZB	2495	6,0	0,0	45,0	38,0	6	4	10	5,3
20	33	IM	Nguyen Anh Khoi	VIE	2481	6,0	0,0	44,0	37,5	5	4	10	4,3