[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Nyazi, Nehad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "10601988"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7 12. Nc5 Nc6 13. Nxb7 Qc7 14. Nc5 Nxd4
15. cxd4 Bxc5 16. Qa4+ Kd8 17. dxc5 Ke7 18. Qh4+ f6 19. exf6+ gxf6 20. Rc1 Rab8
21. O-O Rxb2 22. Rfe1 Rg8 23. h3 Rxa2 24. c6 a5 25. Bf3 Kf7 26. Bxd5 Bxh3 27.
Qxh3 exd5 28. Qxh7+ Rg7 29. Qh5+ Rg6 30. Qxd5+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Miles variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35042025"]
[BlackFideId "14109182"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Nfd2 c5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Nb5 d5 13. Nd6 dxc4 14. Qd1
Na5 15. Rc1 b5 16. b4 Nb3 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. Nc5 Rxc5 19. bxc5 Qa5+ 20. Ke2 Rd8
21. Bd6 Ne4 22. Qc2 Nbxc5 23. f3 Nxd6 24. Rd1 Qxa3 25. Kf2 g6 26. Be2 Nd3+ 27.
Rxd3 cxd3 28. Bxd3 Rc8 29. Qd2 Nc4 30. Qe2 a5 31. Rb1 Qc5 32. Rc1 a4 33. Bxc4
bxc4 34. Qa2 Qb4 35. Rb1 Qa5 36. Qa3 Qd2+ 37. Kg3 c3 38. Rb7 c2 39. Qe7 Rf8 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Zhu, Yilun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "8609292"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. a4 b4 10. exd5 exd5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rc8
15. Qd3 Bc5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qc7 19. Re2 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Rxe2
21. Rxe2 Qd6 22. h4 Qd7 23. g4 Nxg4 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Bxd5 Kf8 26. Bb3 a5 27. f3
Nf6 28. Re5 Ra8 29. Kf2 Nd7 30. Rh5 h6 31. Ke3 Ke7 32. Kd4 f6 33. f4 Kd6 34.
Rd5+ Kc7 35. h5 Nb8 36. Rc5+ Nc6+ 37. Rxc6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Abou El Zein, Eid Mahmoud"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E77"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Four pawns attack"]
[WhiteFideId "10600078"]
[BlackFideId "4650891"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 Re8 12. Bd3 a6 13. Qb3 Bg4 14. Nd2 Nh5 15. Nc4
Bd4+ 16. Be3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Nxb5 20. Qxb5 Bd7 21. Qb7
Bxe3+ 22. Nxe3 Nxf4 23. Bf1 Bc8 24. Qc6 Rxe4 25. Nc4 Ne2+ 26. Bxe2 Rxe2 27. Nxd6
Bb7 28. Nxb7 Qh4 29. Rf1 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Qf2 31. Rg1 Re1 32. h3 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Ma, Lin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "8610533"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Rb8
9. h3 b5 10. a3 a5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Be3 b4 13. axb4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4
axb4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Nf6 18. c4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. Nd2 Nd7 21. Ra7 Ra6
22. Ra1 Rxa1+ 23. Rxa1 Nc5 24. Ra5 Bd7 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. e5 Rb6 27. Ne4 Rb7 28.
Ra5 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Rc7 30. Bd5 Bxh3 31. exd6 exd6 32. b3 Be6 33. Bf3 Rc5 34. Rb5
Kf6 35. Rxb4 d5 36. cxd5 Bxd5 37. Rb6+ Ke5 38. b4 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Bxf3+ 40. Kxf3
Rc3+ 41. Kg2 Rb3 42. b5 h5 43. Rb8 Kf5 44. b6 Kg4 45. b7 Rb2 46. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Bhambure, Shantanu"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "5025931"]
[BlackFideId "14102951"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Re8 12. O-O Na6 13. Rfd1 Nc7 14. Rac1 g6
15. e3 Bg7 16. Ne1 Qe7 17. Nd3 Red8 18. b4 Qe8 19. Qb3 Ba6 20. Nb2 Bc8 21. a4
Be6 22. Nd3 Rab8 23. Qc2 Rbc8 24. Qb2 Bg4 25. Rd2 Ne6 26. h3 Bf5 27. g4 Be4 28.
Nxe4 dxe4 29. Ne5 c5 30. bxc5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Nxc5 32. Rd4 Nxa4 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34.
Qd2 Nc5 35. Rd5 a5 36. Qd4 a4 37. Bxe4 Nxe4 38. Qxe4 a3 39. Rd2 Qc6 40. Qb4 Qc5
41. Qb3 Qc1+ 42. Rd1 a2 43. e6 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Sultan, Ibrahim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "9301143"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Bxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Ne2 b4 13. f5 exf5 14. Nf4 O-O 15.
e6 Nf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd5 Bb7 18. exf7+ Kh8 19. Bc4 Nd8 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxd6 Nxf7 22. Rd7 Nd8 23. Re1 Bc6 24. Re3 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Ajay, Karthikeyan"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "35011685"]
[BlackFideId "14113147"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Qe7 8. Ne5
Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. f4 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Qe2 f5 14. exf6 gxf6
15. e4 d4 16. e5 fxe5 17. fxe5 dxc3 18. Nc4 Nd4 19. Qh5 cxb2 20. Rab1 Rdf8 21.
Nd6+ Kc7 22. Rxb2 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rf8+ 24. Rf2 Bd5 25. a3 c4 26. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 27.
Nxc4 Qc5 28. Ne3 Qxa3 29. Rxf8 Qxf8+ 30. Bf2 Qc5 31. g4 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6+ 33.
Kg1 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Nf4 35. Qxh7 Qc1+ 36. Be1 Qxe3 37. Qc2+ Nc5 38. Bg3 Qf3+ 39.
Qf2 Qd1+ 40. Qe1 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Nikhil, Magizhnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "35075497"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. d3 Nc6
9. Re1 e5 10. e4 h6 11. Nh4 Nh7 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qd7 14. Be4 Nf6 15. Qf3
Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bf6 17. Qh5 Nb4 18. Rg4 Kh7 19. Nd2 Nxd3 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Bg5 Bxg5
22. Nxg5+ Kg8 23. Ne4 f6 24. Qxh6 Qd7 25. a3 b5 26. cxb5 Rab8 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28.
Qxf6 Rf8 29. Qe6+ Qxe6 30. fxe6 Nxf2 31. Rh4 Nd3 32. Rd1 c4 33. bxc4 Nb2 34. Rf1
Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Nxc4 36. Ke2 Kf8 37. Kd3 Nxa3 38. Re4 Nxb5 39. Rxe5 a6 40. e7+
Ke8 41. h4 Na7 42. Rg5 Nc6 43. Rxg7 a5 44. h5 Nxe7 45. h6 Kf8 46. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Maroroa, Sue"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4301498"]
[BlackFideId "14112906"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Al Hosani, Omran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "9308733"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. h4 h6 8. O-O
c5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Qc1 Qf6 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qxb2
15. Rac1 Nd4 16. Rxc5 Nxe2+ 17. Kh2 Bg4 18. Ng5 Qg7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Re1 Nd4
21. Rxe7 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rc7 Be6 24. Rxb7 Bxa2 25. Rd7 Nb5 26. Bd5 Bxd5
27. Rxd5 Nc3 28. Rd7 a5 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. Rc7 Nb5 31. Rc6 Kg7 32. Ra6 Re2 33.
Kg2 Ra2 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35. Nf4 a4 36. Nxg6 a3 37. Ra5 Rb2 38. Ne5+ Ke6 39. Nc4 Rb3
40. h5 Kf6 41. g4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Jishitha, D"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35031660"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 d6 8. b4
Bg4 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. f3 Be6 12. e4 Nd7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bd3 Rfd8
15. O-O c5 16. b5 f6 17. a4 Bf7 18. Qa3 Rac8 19. Rad1 Nf8 20. Be2 Re8 21. Rd2
Ne6 22. Rfd1 Nd4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rc1 Rc5 26. Rb2 Rec7 27. a5 Kf8
28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Ke1 b6 30. Kd2 Bxc4 31. Rbc2 Be6 32. Rxc5 bxc5 33. b6 axb6 34.
axb6 Rb7 35. Rxc5 Rxb6 36. Rc7+ Bd7 37. Kc2 g5 38. g4 Rc6+ 39. Rxc6 Bxc6 40. Kb3
Kd6 41. Kb4 Be8 42. Bc4 h5 43. h3 h4 44. Be2 Bd7 45. Bc4 Kc6 46. Bf1 Kb6 47. Kb3
Bb5 48. Bg2 Kc5 49. Kc2 Kb4 50. Kd2 Kb3 51. Bh1 Bf1 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Song, Yuxin"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8614300"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. Bc4 a6 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Nc6 11. a3 Na5 12. Ba2 Qd6 13. Qe2 b5 14. Re1 e6 15. Bg5
Bb7 16. Rad1 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Qc6 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Nc5 f6 21. Bd2 fxe5
22. Bxa5 Rf5 23. Nd3 Qe7 24. Bb4 Nxb4 25. axb4 exd4 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Bf8
28. g4 Rd5 29. Ra1 Bd6 30. Kf1 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Al-Zaabi, Sultan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "9307583"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. a4 a6 8. Bc4
Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. f4 Qb4 11. b3 Qa5 12. Nf3 Ng4 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. Ra2 b6 15. h3
Ngf6 16. Nc3 Nh5 17. Ne2 Rb8 18. Bd3 e6 19. c4 exd5 20. exd5 Nhf6 21. O-O b5 22.
Qc2 Bb7 23. g4 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bc3 Qc6 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Nd2 Rfe8 29. Kf2 Kg8 30. Qc3 Qb6 31. Qa5 Qc6 32. Qa6 Rb6 33. Qa3 c4 34. bxc4
bxc4 35. Nd4 Qc7 36. Rc2 Ra8 37. Qc3 Qc5 38. Nxc4 Rb4 39. Kg3 Rc8 40. Nb3 Rxc4
41. Bxc4 Qxc4 42. Qxc4 Rxc4 43. Rxc4 Bxc4 44. Rb1 d5 45. Nd4 Nf6 46. Rb8+ Kg7
47. Rb7 Kg8 48. Kf3 h5 49. g5 Ne4 50. h4 Bd3 51. Ke3 Bc4 52. f5 Nd6 53. Rb8+ Kg7
54. f6+ Kh7 55. Rf8 Ba2 56. Kf4 Bb1 57. Rd8 Nf5 58. Nxf5 Bxf5 59. Rxd5 Be6 60.
Rd8 Ba2 61. Ke5 Bc4 62. Kd6 Bd5 63. Ke7 Be6 64. Rf8 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5301432"]
[BlackFideId "112275"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. c4 e5 8.
Qd3 Qc7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Qb8 18. g4 Qb7 19. Bg3 Nd7 20. Na4 f6 21. Nh4 d5
22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Kh2 Nc5 27. Rxd5 Nxa4
28. Qd2 Nc5 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Ne4 31. Qd5+ Qxd5 32. Rxd5 g6 33. Kg2 Rc2 34.
Ra5 Rc6 35. Ra4 Nc3 36. Ra5 Kf7 37. h4 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. b4 Ke6 40. a4 Nd5
41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Rc4 43. Ra6+ Kd7 44. f3 Rb4 45. b6 Nxb6 46. Bf2 Nc4 47.
Rxf6 Rb2 48. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Balasubramaniam, H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "35053248"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 Nh5
9. Qd2 Nf4 10. Bf1 Kh7 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Bc2 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Nge2 Qh4 18. Qc2 Kh8 19. Ng3 f4 20. Nxh5 fxe3 21. Qg6 Rg8
22. g3 Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Rhe1 g4 25. Nxg7 Rxg7 26. Rxe3 Rf8 27. fxg4 Rxg4
28. b3 Rd4 29. Nb5 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 e4 31. Ke2 Rf7 32. Nc3 Rh7 33. h4 Re7 34. b4
Nd3 35. a3 Ne5 36. Rxe4 Rg7 37. Kf2 Kh7 38. Ne2 Kg6 39. g4 Rh7 40. Kg3 Rg7 41.
Nf4+ Kh7 42. g5 Kg8 43. Nh5 Rf7 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. h5 Rg7 46. Kf4 Kf7 47. Kf5 Kf8
48. h6 Re7 49. g6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Mullick, Raahil"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "35080350"]
[BlackFideId "10601619"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Be2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f4 Be7 13. Bf3 Rd8 14. g4 g5
15. f5 Qe5 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 h5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. gxh5 Bf6 20. Rd3 Ke7 21.
Ne2 Rdf8 22. Re1 Be5 23. h3 Rf6 24. Ng1 Rhf8 25. Bg4 Rf1 26. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 27. Rd1
Rf2 28. Re1 Bf4+ 29. Kb1 Bxe4 30. Ne2 Be5 31. a3 d5 32. Ka2 Bxc2 33. Nc3 Kd6 34.
Re2 Rxe2 35. Nxe2 d4 36. h6 Ke7 37. Bf3 Kf7 38. Ng1 b6 39. b4 Kg6 40. Kb2 Bf5
41. Kc1 Bf4+ 42. Kd1 d3 43. Bb7 a5 44. Nf3 axb4 45. axb4 Kxh6 46. Nd4 Bxh3 47.
Bf3 e5 48. Nb3 g4 49. Be4 g3 50. Nd2 g2 51. Nf3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Sun, Chao"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8622990"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 Re8 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Ne5 Na6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Rc1 c5 14. Ndf3 Ne4 15. e3
Rc8 16. Re2 f6 17. Nd3 c4 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Nde1 Qd7 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Bxg2
22. Nxg2 b5 23. Qe2 Nb4 24. Ba1 Nd3 25. Rb1 a4 26. e4 Bb4 27. Rdd1 Ba5 28. f3
Bb6 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30. Qxd3 Red8 31. Rd1 Bxd4+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Gagare, Shalmali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "5038650"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Qe2+ Qe7 9. O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Nc6 11. Nb5 O-O-O 12. Nb3 a6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Bd1
d4 15. Na4 Nb4 16. Bf4 b5 17. Nac5 Rd5 18. a3 Bxc5 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Rxa6 Kb7
21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. Nxd4 Kb6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Be3+ Bc5
27. b4 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 f5 30. Ke2 Kc6 31. Kd3 Kd5 32. h3 h6 33. h4
h5 34. c3 f6 35. g3 Ke5 36. c4 bxc4+ 37. Kxc4 Ke4 38. b5 Kxe3 39. b6 Kf3 40. b7
Kxg3 41. b8=Q+ Kg2 42. Qf4 Kh1 43. Kd3 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Krithigga, K"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25013505"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Ba7 7. O-O h5 8. d4 h4
9. a3 hxg3 10. fxg3 Nge7 11. Qd3 Bg4 12. d5 Nb8 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. b4 Bf5 15. Qc3
Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bg2 Qd7 18. Bd2 Qg4 19. Nc1 Nf5 20. Qd3 e4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4
22. Rf4 Qd1+ 23. Rf1 Qxd2 24. Qxe4+ Ne7 25. Ra2 Bxe3+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "46634827"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
d6 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Bd2 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Bb7 14. Nb3 d5 15. e5
Ne4 16. Ba5 Qc6 17. Nd4 Qc8 18. f5 Bc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. c3 Rfe8 21. Bb4 Qb6 22.
fxe6 Nxe5 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. exf7+ Nxf7 25. Nf5 Qe6 26. Bc5 g6 27. Ne3 Ne5 28. h3
a5 29. b3 a4 30. b4 a3 31. b5 a2 32. Bd4 Nf3 33. gxf3 Qxh3+ 34. Qh2 Qd7 35. Ng4
Re6 36. Qf4 h5 37. Nh6+ Kh7 38. Qf7+ Qxf7 39. Nxf7 Re7 40. Ng5+ Kh6 41. Nxe4 Rf8
42. Be3+ Kg7 43. Bc5 Rxf3 44. Bxe7 Re3 45. Kg1 Rxe4 46. Bf6+ Kh6 47. Rxa2 Rg4+
48. Kh2 Bd5 49. Rd2 Bb7 50. Rg1 Ra4 51. Bg5+ Kh7 52. Rd7+ Kh8 53. Bf6+ Kg8 54.
Rxb7 Rg4 55. Rd1 Re4 56. Rd8+ Re8 57. Rxe8# 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Ahmed, Fareed"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "9303677"]
[BlackFideId "13300857"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. Be3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. f4 d6 11. a3 Nbd7 12. O-O Be7 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Bd2 Rfe8 15.
Rae1 e5 16. f5 Nc5 17. Bg5 Rad8 18. Qf3 h6 19. Bh4 Nh7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rd1 Nf6
22. Rfe1 Qc7 23. Nc1 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Qg3 f6 27. Qh4 Nxd3 28.
cxd3 Qc2 29. Qg4 Qxb2 30. Re3 Qd4 31. Qg3 Qf4 32. Ne2 Qxg3 33. Nxg3 Rc8 34. Re2
Red8 35. Kg1 Rc3 36. d4 Bb3 37. Rdd2 Rxd4 38. Rxd4 exd4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Kakulidis, Ellen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "1444972"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Rxe7 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Ne5 Nb8
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Nd7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qe8 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. Rd4 c5 21.
Rd3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Rd7 23. Qb3 Qe6 24. Qa4 Qd5 25. h3 Qd3 26. Kh2 Kf8 27. Rf3 Qd1
28. Qe4 Qd5 29. Qh7 Qxa2 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7 Qxb2 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. Rg3 Rd2 34.
Rg8+ Kd7 35. Rd8+ Kc7 36. Qe7+ Kc6 37. Qe8+ Kc7 38. Rc8+ Kb7 39. Rb8+ Ka6 40.
Qa4# 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Salim, Mohammed Salim Al Amri"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "22000089"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. Bb3 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. Qe2 a6 13. Ng3 Qe7 14. h3 Rad8 15. Be3 b5
16. b3 b4 17. c4 dxe4 18. dxe4 Nd7 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Nd4 22.
Bxd4 exd4 23. e5 d3 24. Bxd3 Bc8 25. Bc2 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Bb7 27. Qe2 Bxf3 28.
Qxf3 Qxe5 29. Qe2 Qa1+ 30. Bd1 h5 31. Qc2 a5 32. Nf1 Bd4 33. Bf3 Qc3 34. Qd1 Nd3
35. Ne3 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna, V"]
[Black "Polakhare, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "1966"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5030692"]
[BlackFideId "25069632"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Re8 10. Ne5 c5 11. a3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bd6 13. Nb5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Rxe5
15. Bf4 Re7 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. Nd6 Na5 18. Nf5 Re6 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Bc7 Qe7 21. Nf5
Qd7 22. Qd2 Ne4 23. Qf4 Bc8 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. f3 Qf5 26. fxe4 dxe4 27. Qh4 Qg6
28. Be2 Bf5 29. Rc3 Qe6 30. b4 Nb7 31. Bc4 Qe7 32. Rg3+ Bg6 33. Rxg6+ Kh8 34.
Rg4 Qxh4 35. Rxh4 Re7 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Bxf7 Kg7 38. Bd5 Rc8 39. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Priyanka, Nutakki"]
[Black "Haddouche, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "25049615"]
[BlackFideId "7900660"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 c6 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Qf3 Re8 15.
Rxd5 Re1+ 16. Kg2 Qb6 17. Bd2 Re6 18. b4 Bd6 19. Na3 Rf6 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Qe2 Qc6
22. Ne3 Re8 23. c4 Bb8 24. Rh1 b5 25. g5 Rf5 26. Qg4 bxc4 27. Qxc4 Rxg5+ 28. Kf1
Qb7 29. Rg1 Rxd5 30. Nxd5 Qd7 31. Kg2 h6 32. Bf4 Bd6 33. Bxd6 Qxd6 34. Nf4 Kh7
35. Nxg6 fxg6 36. Rc1 Re5 37. h4 Rd5 38. Qe4 a6 39. Rc4 Qd7 40. d4 Qb7 41. f3
Qf7 42. Rc6 a5 43. a3 axb4 44. axb4 Rb5 45. Qb1 Rf5 46. Qe4 Qa2+ 47. Qc2 Qa1 48.
d5 Qe1 49. Qe4 Qd2+ 50. Kg3 h5 51. b5 Qb2 52. Qe8 Rf6 53. Rxf6 gxf6 54. Qe7+ Kh6
55. Qe3+ g5 56. b6 Qb4 57. hxg5+ fxg5 58. Qe6+ Kg7 59. Qe5+ Kh6 60. Qf6+ Kh7 61.
Qxg5 Qe1+ 62. Kg2 Qe2+ 63. Kg3 Qe1+ 64. Kh2 Qf2+ 65. Qg2 Qh4+ 66. Kg1 Qe1+ 67.
Qf1 Qg3+ 68. Kh1 Qh4+ 69. Kg2 Qg5+ 70. Kf2 Qh4+ 71. Ke3 Qe7+ 72. Kd4 Qb4+ 73.
Qc4 Qxb6+ 74. Ke5 Kg7 75. d6 Qe3+ 76. Qe4 Qc5+ 77. Qd5 Qc3+ 78. Qd4 Qxd4+ 79.
Kxd4 Kf7 80. Ke5 h4 81. Kf4 Ke6 82. Kg4 Kxd6 83. Kxh4 Ke6 84. Kg5 Ke7 85. Kg6
Ke8 86. f4 Ke7 87. f5 Kf8 88. Kf6 Kg8 89. Ke7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Salim, Issa Ali Shamas"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "22000062"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 Be6 6. e4 Nd7 7. Be3 Bb4 8.
Rc1 Ngf6 9. f3 c6 10. a3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nb3 13. Rb1 Nd4 14. Rc1 Ke7
15. Na4 a5 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. b5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Ne2 Nb3 20. Rc3 Nc5 21. Ng3
Rd8 22. Be2 Ke7 23. O-O Rd2 24. Rb1 Ra8 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb6 Kd6 27. Rb1 Kc7
28. Kf2 Rad8 29. Ke1 Ra2 30. Nf1 Na4 31. Rcb3 Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Bxc4+ 33. Ke3 Bxb3
34. Rxb3 Rd1 35. Nd2 Rc1 36. Ke2 Nc5 37. Re3 a4 38. g3 Ne6 39. Rd3 Nd4+ 40. Kf2
c5 41. Nf1 c4 42. Re3 Kd6 43. f4 c3 44. Rd3 c2 45. Rc3 Rd1 46. Ne3 c1=Q 47. Nc4+
Ke7 48. Rxc1 Rxc1 49. Nxe5 Rc3 50. Nc6+ Nxc6 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Ali, Abdulaziz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "9304347"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxc5 7. e4 d6 8.
Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. g5 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. gxf6 Qxa4 14. fxe7 Bxe7
15. Bc4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Qc6 17. Ne2 a5 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rb8 21.
Rhd1 Ke7 22. Nf4 Nd7 23. Rc6 Rd8 24. Nd5+ Ke8 25. Ba4 Kf8 26. Nb6 Rxb6 27. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Carandang, Roberto"]
[Black "Darini, Pouria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1870"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "5204925"]
[BlackFideId "12502200"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Nd7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qxc4 c5 11. Be2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Qc5 Nd5 14. O-O Be6
15. Ng5 Nf4 16. Bb5 Rc8 17. Qa3 Qd5 18. f3 Qxb5 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxe7 Rxc3 21.
Qxc3 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rfd1 Ne2+ 25. Kf2 Qb2 26. Ke1 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Vignesh, N R"]
[Black "Bommini, Mounika Akshaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "25012215"]
[BlackFideId "25019872"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Rd1 a5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Bf4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 h6
15. Rd3 Re8 16. Ne5 Bf8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. c5 Red8 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Bc1
b6 22. Ne5 Rdc8 23. cxb6 Rab8 24. Rf3 Nf6 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Bf4 Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Rb7
28. b3 Qe8 29. Re4 Qd8 30. Re5 Ra8 31. Qf3 Qc8 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Nxa5 Rxb6 34.
Rc1 Qd7 35. Nxc6 f6 36. g3 Ba3 37. Rc4 Bd6 38. d5 e5 39. b4 Ra6 40. Qb3 Qb7 41.
a4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Mohammed, Ahmed Said Al Amri"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "22000380"]
[BlackFideId "4200039"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Re1 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. h3 Qc7 11. a3 a6 12. Bf1 b5 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Nd4 Rfd8 15. Bg3
Be8 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qd3 Rac8 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Bf2 Rdc8 21. Rad1 b4
22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Rb1 a5 24. Na2 Rb7 25. Nc3 Kf8 26. f5 e5 27. Nde2 Rc4 28. b3
Rcb4 29. Nc1 Rc7 30. N1a2 Rb8 31. Bh4 Rbc8 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Re3 Rc6 34. Rd1 Bd8
35. Red3 Bb6+ 36. Kf1 Bd4 37. Ne2 Rxc2 38. R3d2 Bb5 39. Ke1 Be3 40. Rxc2 Rxc2
41. Nac3 Bxe2 42. Nxe2 Rb2 43. Rxd6 Rb1+ 44. Rd1 Rxb3 45. g4 a4 46. Ng3 Bd4 47.
Ne2 a3 48. Nxd4 exd4 49. Ra1 Rxh3 50. Kd2 f6 51. Rb1 a2 52. Rb8+ Ke7 53. Rb7+
Kd6 54. Ra7 Rh1 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4200039"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. e3 Nf5 14. Nc4 f6 15. Qe2
Be6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. a3 a5 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Qe1 b6 20. d4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22.
Rxd4 Qc7 23. Nc3 b5 24. Nd2 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 c5 26. Rdd3 Red8 27. Qe2 Rxd3 28. Qxd3
Rd8 29. Qe2 a4 30. bxa4 Qe5 31. Rc2 b4 32. axb4 cxb4 33. f4 Qa1+ 34. Kf2 Qxa4
35. Rc6 Qa2 36. Ne4 Qxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Bd5 38. Nxf6+ gxf6 39. Bxd5+ Rxd5 40. Rxf6
Rb5 41. Ra6 b3 42. Ra1 b2 43. Rb1 Ba3 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14109182"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 O-O 10. O-O-O Bh6 11. f3 Qa5 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bg7 14. g4 e5 15.
Bg3 hxg4 16. fxg4 Nf6 17. Bxe5 Bxg4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Be2 Be6 20. Bd3 Kg7 21.
Rdf1 Be7 22. Qh2 Qd8 23. h5 Bd6 24. Qg2 g5 25. e4 Be7 26. e5 f5 27. exf6+ Bxf6
28. Ne4 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Rf7 30. Qxe6 Qxd4 31. Qb3 Qb6 32. Qa3 c5 33. b3 Qb4 34.
Qxb4 cxb4 35. h6+ Kh8 36. Bc4 Rff8 37. Rf5 Rae8 38. Rhf1 Be7 39. Re5 Bd8 40. Rf7
Rg8 41. Bd3 Rgf8 42. Bg6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Chakravarthi Reddy, M"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "25009532"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qe2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Rd1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qe7 14. Bd2 c6
15. Rac1 Be6 16. Be1 a5 17. e4 f5 18. b3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Qf7 20. Bd2 a4 21. Be3
axb3 22. Bxb6 bxa2 23. Qb2 Qe7 24. Re1 Bf7 25. f3 Qa3 26. Qxa3 Rxa3 27. Nxa2
Rxa2 28. Rb1 Rd2 29. Red1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Be6 31. Kf2 Ra8 32. Ke3 Kf7 33. Kf4 Ra4
34. Rd8 Rb4 35. Bc5 Rb5 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4650891"]
[BlackFideId "5005370"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. a4 b4 8. c4 a5
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nfd2 Re8 13. Re1 c5 14. e4 cxd4 15.
exd5 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nc4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Rd1 Be7 21.
Rxd4 Bf6 22. Rd2 Qe7 23. Qd1 Qc7 24. Nbxa5 Nb6 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. Nc4 Qc6 27. b3
Re8 28. Rd3 h5 29. h4 Qc5 30. Kg2 g6 31. Rd6 Bc3 32. Qf3 Re7 33. Rc6 Qd4 34. a5
Kg7 35. a6 Be1 36. Rd6 Qa1 37. Qd1 Qxd1 38. Rxd1 Bc3 39. Rd6 Re2 40. Rd5 Re7 41.
Nd6 Re2 42. Nb7 Be1 43. Kf1 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Gurgenidze variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14102951"]
[BlackFideId "12528846"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 Ng4 14. Bd4 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Qb4 17. Bf1 a6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc7 20. Re3 b5 21.
Rbe1 Raa7 22. h4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 a5 24. a4 Rab7 25. g3 Qc5 26. Qd2 Ng4 27. Re4 Ne5
28. Kg2 Rb4 29. h5 Nxc4 30. bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. Qxa5 gxh5 33. Rxe7 Rxe7
34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qxe7 Qxd5+ 36. Kh2 Qd4 37. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Viani, Antonio Dcunha"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5027330"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O h6 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. h3 Ba7
9. Re1 O-O 10. Bb3 Nh5 11. Nc4 Qf6 12. Ne3 Nf4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. d4
exd4 16. Nxd4 a4 17. Bc4 c6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Be3 d5 20. Bf1 Bb8 21. Nf3 Qd6 22.
g3 Nf5 23. Bf4 Qc5 24. Qd2 Nxg3 25. Be3 Nxf1 26. Bxc5 Nxd2 27. Nxd2 Bxh3 28.
Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Nf3 Bf4 30. Ne5 a3 31. bxa3 Bd2 32. Re2 Bxc3 33. Rc1 d4 34. Nxc6
Rxa3 35. Re4 d3 36. Rd1 Bf6 37. Rb4 g5 38. Rb3 Rxa2 39. Rbxd3 Bg4 40. Re1 Kg7
41. Nb4 Ra4 42. Nd5 Bb2 43. Rb3 Bd4 44. Rb4 Rxb4 45. Nxb4 Bf3 46. Nc2 Bf6 47.
Ne3 Kg6 48. Nc4 Bd5 49. Nb6 Be6 50. Rd1 h5 51. Nd7 Be7 52. Ne5+ Kf6 53. Nc6 Bc5
54. Rc1 Bd6 55. Nd4 Bd5 56. Rd1 Ke5 57. Nb5 Bc5 58. Rc1 Bb4 59. Nc3 Bf3 60. Re1+
Kf4 61. Re3 h4 62. Ne2+ Kg4 63. Nd4 Bd5 64. Re5 Ba8 65. Re8 Bd5 66. Re5 Bc4 67.
Re4+ Kh5 68. Nf5 Bd3 69. Ng3+ hxg3 70. Rxb4 gxf2+ 71. Kxf2 f5 72. Ra4 Be4 73.
Kg3 f4+ 74. Kf2 Bf5 75. Kf3 Bg4+ 76. Kg2 Bd7 77. Rc4 Kg4 78. Rc5 Be6 79. Kf2 Kh4
80. Re5 Bf7 81. Re4 Kg4 82. Re5 Bg6 83. Rc5 Kh4 84. Rc4 Bf7 85. Ra4 Be6 86. Rb4
Bd5 87. Rd4 Bc6 88. Rc4 Be8 89. Kf3 Bh5+ 90. Kf2 Kg4 91. Rc5 Bf7 92. Ra5 Kh5 93.
Rb5 Be6 94. Ra5 Kg6 95. Kf3 Bb3 96. Ra1 Bc4 97. Rc1 Bb5 98. Rc5 Ba4 99. Rc1 Kf6
100. Kg4 Bb5 101. Rc2 Bd7+ 102. Kf3 Ba4 103. Rc1 Bb3 104. Ra1 Kf5 105. Ra5+ Kg6
106. Ra1 Bd5+ 107. Kg4 Bc4 108. Kf3 Kf6 109. Ra5 Bb3 110. Ra6+ Kf5 111. Ra5+ Kg6
112. Ra1 Bd5+ 113. Kg4 Bc4 114. Kf3 Kf6 115. Ra5 Bb3 116. Ra6+ Kf5 117. Ra5+ Kg6
118. Ra1 Bc4 119. Ra4 Bd5+ 120. Kg4 Be6+ 121. Kf3 Kf5 122. Ra5+ Kf6 123. Ke4 Bc8
124. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14113147"]
[BlackFideId "5202248"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 c5 7. Qe2 O-O 8. h4 d5
9. Qd2 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nc4 Qc8 13. d5 Rd8 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. f3
Ba6 16. Nd6 exd6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. fxe4 Bc8 19. h5 gxh5 20. Nd5 Qb7 21. Rxh5 Bg4
22. Rh4 h5 23. Rf1 Qa6 24. Qf2 Qc4 25. Bh6 Rf8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rxg4+ hxg4 28.
Qf5 Rf7 29. Rh1 Kg8 30. Qxg4+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. Be3 d6 7. Nge2 b5 8. Qd2
Nd4 9. O-O b4 10. Nd1 h5 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 h4 14. Rc1 Qa5 15.
c4 Nf6 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Bc3 e5 18. Ne3 Qa3 19. Ba1 Be6 20. Rc3 Qa4 21. Qc2 Qxc2
22. Nxc2 Nh5 23. Ra3 O-O 24. Bc3 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Bh3 Rf7 27. Ra6 Rb6 28.
Rxb6 axb6 29. Ne3 Bh6 30. Rb1 hxg3 31. Rxb6 Nf4 32. Bf1 gxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Ra7 34.
Rxd6 Rxa2+ 35. Kf3 Bg7 36. h4 Kf7 37. Rc6 Nxd3 38. Rc7+ Kf8 39. Bxd3 e4+ 40.
Bxe4 fxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Bxc3 42. Rxc5 Rh2 43. Rc6 Bd7 44. Rd6 Ke7 45. Rh6 Kf8 46.
Rd6 Ke7 47. Rh6 Bg7 48. Rh5 Bc6+ 49. Kd3 Rh3 50. Kd2 Kf7 51. Rf5+ Ke8 52. Rh5
Be4 53. Rg5 Rh2+ 54. Ke1 Bc3+ 55. Kf1 Bd3+ 56. Kg1 Re2 57. Nf5 Bd2 58. Nd6+ Kf8
59. Rd5 Be3+ 60. Kh1 Rd2 61. Re5 Bf4 62. Re8+ Kg7 63. c5 Be2 64. Re7+ Kg6 65.
Kg2 Bg4+ 66. Kg1 Bf3 67. Nc4 Rc2 68. Ne3 Re2 69. h5+ Kxh5 70. Nf5 Rxe7 71. Nxe7
Be3+ 72. Kh2 Bxc5 73. Nf5 Kg5 74. Ng3 Bb6 75. Kh3 Kf4 76. Nf1 Bc6 77. Nh2 Bc7
78. Nf1 Kf3 79. Nh2+ Kf2 80. Ng4+ Kg1 81. Kh4 Bf4 82. Nf6 Bf3 83. Nh5 Bd2 84.
Nf6 Kg2 85. Nh5 Bd1 86. Nf6 Kf3 87. Kh5 Bc2 88. Kh4 Ba5 89. Kh5 Bd8 90. Ng4 Ba4
91. Ne5+ Ke4 92. Ng6 Be8 93. Kh6 Kf5 94. Nf8 Bf6 95. Nh7 Bd4 96. Nf8 Bf2 97. Nh7
Be3+ 98. Kg7 Bg6 99. Nf8 Bh5 100. Nh7 Bc5 101. Nf8 Bd1 102. Nh7 Bc2 103. Nf8
Bd4+ 104. Kh6 Kf6 105. Nh7+ Kf7 106. Ng5+ Kg8 107. Kh5 Bf5 108. Nf3 Bf6 109. Nh4
Bd7 110. Nf3 Kf7 111. Ng5+ Kg7 112. Nf3 Be7 113. Nh4 Kf6 114. Nf3 Bd6 115. Nh4
Bg3 116. Nf3 Bf4 117. Nh4 Bc1 118. Nf3 Kf5 119. Nh4+ Kf4 120. Kg6 Kg4 121. Ng2
Bd2 122. Kf6 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Rajdeep, Sarkar"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "25007963"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O g6 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nb5 a6 10. N1c3 axb5 11. Nxd5 Nc6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Qd2 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 h6
15. Be3 e6 16. Bb3 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rfd8 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rd2 20. Rfe1 Na5 21.
Kf1 Rc8 22. Rec1 Nxb3 23. axb3 Rb2 24. b4 Kf8 25. Ra5 Rxb4 26. cxb4 Rxc1+ 27.
Kg2 Rc6 28. Rxb5 b6 29. Re5 Rc4 30. Rb5 Rc6 31. Re5 Ke7 32. Re4 Rc3 33. Rd4 b5
34. f4 f6 35. Kf2 Rb3 36. h4 h5 37. e3 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 Rc2 39. Ke4 f5+ 40. Kf3 Rb2
41. e4 Rb3+ 42. Kf2 Rc3 43. e5 Rb3 44. Kg2 Re3 45. Kf2 Rc3 46. Kg2 Rc2+ 47. Kf3
Rc3+ 48. Kg2 Rc2+ 49. Kf3 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Pranav, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13402129"]
[BlackFideId "25060783"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. c3 dxc3 10. Qh5 Qf6 11. Nxc3 c6 12. Re1 Be7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Rxe5 O-O-O
15. Ne4 Qg6 16. Qf3 f5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Qd6 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Rd1 Qe7 21.
Rxc6+ Bxc6 22. Qxc6+ Kb8 23. Qb6+ Kc8 24. Rc1+ Kd7 25. Qc6# 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "5028698"]
[BlackFideId "1710400"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 b4 13. d4 c5 14. d5 Nd7 15. Nd2
Bg5 16. Qg4 Rb8 17. Bd3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxd2 19. Bxd2 Nf6 20. Qe2 Nb3 21. Ra2 Nxd2
22. Rxd2 Qa5 23. Bxa6 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxa6 25. f4 exf4 26. Rf2 Qa8 27. Qxf4 Qxd5
28. Rd2 Qb3 29. Re3 d5 30. Qe5 Rbd8 31. a5 d4 32. Rg3 g6 33. Qxc5 Qb8 34. Kh2
dxc3 35. Qxc3 Rxd2 36. Qxd2 h5 37. Qd4 Re8 38. a6 Re7 39. Kg1 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qb8
41. Kg1 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Keres (...Nd7) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 g6 14. Nf1 f5 15. Bh6
Rf6 16. b3 Bd7 17. Qe2 c4 18. b4 Nb7 19. a3 a5 20. Rec1 Qc7 21. Bg5 Rf7 22. Bxe7
Rxe7 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nh4 f4 25. Be4 Rg7 26. Kh2 Qd8 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Kh8
29. Be6 Qg5 30. Qe4 Nd8 31. Bg4 Nf7 32. Nd2 Qh4 33. Qe2 Rag8 34. Bf3 Ng5 35. Rg1
Na4 36. Rac1 Nxh3 37. gxh3 Nxc3 38. Rxc3 Rxg1 39. Ne4 axb4 40. axb4 Qe7 41. Ra3
h5 42. Bh1 Qh7 43. Qf3 Qg6 44. Nxd6 Rxh1+ 45. Qxh1 Qxd6 46. Qe4 Qe7 47. Ra1 c3
48. Qf5 Qg5 49. Qxg5 Rxg5 50. d6 Rg8 51. Rc1 Rd8 52. Rxc3 Kg7 53. Rc6 Kf7 54.
Rb6 Ke6 55. d7+ Kxd7 56. Rxb5 Ke6 57. Kg2 Kf5 58. Rb7 Ke4 59. Rc7 Rg8+ 60. Kf1
Rb8 61. Rc4+ Kd3 62. Rc5 Kd4 63. Rc7 Rxb4 64. Kg2 e4 65. Rd7+ Kc3 66. Rf7 f3+
67. Kg3 Kd3 68. h4 Rb1 69. Rd7+ Ke2 70. Re7 Rg1+ 71. Kh2 Rg4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Kowsarinia, Amir"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "12500089"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. b3 Nc5 11. f3 a5 12. Be3 c6 13. Qd2 a4 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Rb1
axb3 16. axb3 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Nfd7 18. Nde2 Ra3 19. b4 Na4 20. Nxa4 Rxa4 21. Qc2
Ra3 22. Qc1 Ra8 23. Kh1 Ne5 24. f4 Ng4 25. Bg1 f5 26. Nc3 Nf6 27. c5 fxe4 28.
Rxd6 Bf5 29. Be3 Qf7 30. h3 h5 31. Qd2 Ra3 32. Rc1 Rb3 33. b5 cxb5 34. Bf1 b4
35. Nb5 Rd3 36. Rxd3 exd3 37. Nd6 Ne4 38. Nxf7 Nxd2 39. Bxd2 Kxf7 40. Bxb4 Be4+
41. Bg2 Bc6 42. Re1 Rxe1+ 43. Bxe1 Bd4 44. Bxc6 bxc6 45. Kg2 Be3 46. Kf3 d2 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "10601619"]
[BlackFideId "13708694"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
d5 9. Na3 Nc6 10. c4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Qc1 Be6 13. Qb2 Rac8 14. b4 Qd8 15.
cxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 Be6 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxa7 Nc3 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Rac1
Nxa2 22. Rcd1 Qa4 23. Bc5 Rfe8 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Be4 Rec8 26. Bc2 Qe8 27. Qd4 Rd8
28. Qh4 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Qd7 30. Qf4 Qd3 31. Nc2 Nc3 32. Ne3 Qd2 33. Rf1 Qb2 34.
Ng4 Nd5 35. Qe4 h5 36. Ne3 Nxb4 37. f4 Bh3 38. Ng2 Nd3 39. Be3 Rb4 40. Qf3 Bxg2
41. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Rb2+ 43. Kg1 e6 44. Ba4 Re2 45. Bb6 Rb2 46. Bc7 Bf8 47.
Bd6 Rb6 48. Bc2 Nb4 49. Rb1 Nd5 50. Rxb6 Nxb6 51. Bd3 Nc8 52. Bc7 Bc5+ 53. Kg2
Bb6 54. Bb8 Ba7 55. Bd6 Nxd6 56. exd6 Bb8 57. d7 Bc7 58. Kf3 Kf8 59. Bb5 Ke7 60.
h3 e5 61. Ke4 exf4 62. gxf4 f5+ 63. Ke3 h4 64. Kf3 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "5016193"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. h4 h5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Bg5 d5
9. O-O O-O 10. a3 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Re8 14. Bg5 Bb7 15.
Rb1 Nd4 16. e4 Qd7 17. b4 Ba6 18. bxc5 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxd3 20. cxb6 axb6 21.
Rfd1 Qxf3 22. Bxf3 Bc4 23. Rxb6 Rxa3 24. Kg2 Be6 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Rdd6 Kh7 27.
Bd1 Bc4 28. Rb7 Re8 29. Bc2 Ra2 30. Bd3 Be6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Bc4 Rb2 33. Rxf7
Rc6 34. Bd5 Rcb6 35. e5 Re2 36. Bf6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "A19"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "12505951"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 e5 6. d3 d6 7. a3 Be7 8. O-O O-O
9. Rb1 a5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 Nd7 12. Nb5 Na7 13. Nxa7 Rxa7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
b6 16. Qd2 h6 17. Bb2 Bg5 18. Qc3 Qf6 19. Na3 Nb8 20. Nb5 Rd7 21. bxc5 bxc5 22.
Ra1 Nc6 23. Ra6 Rc8 24. Rfa1 Qd8 25. g3 Bf6 26. Qd2 Nb4 27. R6a4 Rb7 28. Bc3 Be7
29. Na7 Rcc7 30. Qd1 Bd7 31. R4a3 Kh7 32. Bg4 Bxg4 33. Qxg4 Qd7 34. Qxd7 Rxd7
35. Bxb4 cxb4 36. Ra6 f5 37. Nb5 fxe4 38. dxe4 Rd8 39. Rc6 Rbb8 40. Rc7 Bg5 41.
Rb1 Bd2 42. Kf1 Rbc8 43. Rxc8 Rxc8 44. Ke2 Bc3 45. Kd3 Rf8 46. Rf1 Rf3+ 47. Ke2
Rf7 48. f4 exf4 49. gxf4 g5 50. Nxc3 bxc3 51. f5 Ra7 52. Kd3 Ra2 53. e5 dxe5 54.
c5 c2 55. Rc1 Kg7 56. c6 Ra3+ 57. Kxc2 Kf6 58. c7 Ra8 59. Kd3 Rc8 60. Ke4 h5 61.
Rc6+ Ke7 62. f6+ Kd7 63. Kd5 e4 64. Re6 Rf8 65. Re7+ Kc8 66. f7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25005812"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 Rxf4 13. gxf4 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7
15. e4 Bh6 16. e5 Bxf4 17. e6 fxe6 18. dxe6 Nc6 19. Re1 Ne5 20. Nc4 Bxe6 21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxb7 Qf6 23. Rb3 Rc8 24. Bd5 c4 25. Rf3 Qe7 26. Rfe3 Bxd5 27.
Qxd5+ Qf7 28. Qe4 c3 29. R3e2 Rc4 30. Qg2 Kg7 31. h3 Qf5 32. Rc1 d5 33. Rce1 Bf6
34. f3 d4 35. Qf1 Rc7 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Srija, Seshadri"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, 6.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "5055903"]
[BlackFideId "13301616"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8
9. Kh1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 e6 13. f5 Nd7 14. Qf1 Re8 15. Rg3 Ne5
16. Bg5 Qd7 17. f6 Bh8 18. Be2 a6 19. Qf4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 Nxd5 22. Nxd5
Qxa7 23. Ne7+ Rxe7 24. fxe7 Qd7 25. Ra3 Bg7 26. Qf1 c4 27. Qa1 Qe8 28. Ra7 Nc6
29. Rc7 Ra8 30. Qg1 Bd4 31. Qd1 Be5 32. c3 h6 33. Bxh6 Nxe7 34. Bg5 Nc6 35. g4
Qb8 36. Rxc6 Qb7 37. Rxd6 Bxd6 38. Bf3 Be5 39. Kg2 b4 40. Bf6 Qc7 41. Qe2 bxc3
42. bxc3 Bxf6 43. e5 Rd8 44. exf6 Qf4 45. Qe4 Rd2+ 46. Kf1 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Raahul, V S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12521213"]
[BlackFideId "25035525"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7
9. e4 Nd7 10. Be3 h6 11. Nh4 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nxg6 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Rxf1+ 15.
Qxf1 Qg5 16. Qf5 Bf6 17. Nh4 Qxf5 18. Nxf5 Nb6 19. Nxh6+ Kg7 20. Rf1 Nxc4 21.
Ne4 Kxh6 22. Rxf6+ Kg7 23. h4 Bg4 24. Bf3 Nxe3 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Rf3 Rd8 27. Rb3
Rd7 28. Rxb7 Ne3 29. Nc3 Rf7 30. Rxa7 Rf1+ 31. Kh2 Rf2+ 32. Kh3 Rf1 33. Rxc7+
Kg6 34. g4 Rf3+ 35. Kh2 Nxg4+ 36. Kg2 Rd3 37. Rd7 Kf5 38. Rf7+ Nf6 39. Kf1 Kg6
40. Ke2 Rd4 41. Rb7 Nxd5 42. Nxd5 Rxd5 43. b4 Rd4 44. a4 Rxh4 45. a5 Kf5 46. a6
Rh2+ 47. Kf1 Ra2 48. b5 e4 49. a7 e3 50. b6 Ke4 51. Rb8 Kd5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ashwath, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Gurgenidze variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5021049"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. b3 Ng4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qe5
15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 Nc6 17. f5 Bd7 18. f6 Rad8 19. Nb5 exf6 20. Rxf6 Be6 21.
Rd1 Rd7 22. Nxd6 Rfd8 23. c5 b6 24. Bb5 bxc5 25. e5 Rc7 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Rc1
Rd7 28. Rf4 f5 29. Ra4 a6 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. Ke3 Rdc7 32. g3 h6 33. h4 Ke7 34. h5
gxh5 35. Rh4 Bf7 36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Nxf7 Rxf7 38. Rxh5 Ke7 39. Rxf5 a5 40. Rxf7+
Kxf7 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. Rf1 Ke7 43. Kd5 Rg6 44. Rf3 h5 45. Kxc5 Ke6 46. Rf6+ Rxf6
47. exf6 Kxf6 48. Kb5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Goering gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "5300380"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 O-O-O 8.
Nc3 Qd7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxd4 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Bxd4 Qxd4 13. Qb3 Qb4 14. Qxf7
Rd7 15. Qe6 Bd6 16. Ne4 Re8 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rfd1 c6
21. Kf1 Rf7 22. Re1 Ref8 23. Re5 Kc7 24. Rae1 Kd6 25. Bd1 Rd7 26. Bc2 b5 27. h3
Ra8 28. a3 Rf8 29. g3 g6 30. Kg2 c5 31. f4 b6 32. Rd1+ Kc7 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34.
Bd3 c4 35. Be2 Re8 36. Rxe8 Nxe8 37. a4 bxa4 38. Bxc4 Nd6 39. Bg8 Ke7 40. g4 b5
41. Bd5 Nc4 42. Kf3 Nxb2 43. Ke2 Nc4 44. Be4 a3 45. Bb1 b4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300857"]
[BlackFideId "25006746"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nbd7 11. e4 c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. exf6 dxc3 14. Bxh7+ Kh8
15. fxg7+ Kxg7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qf4 cxb2 19. Rb1 Rg8 20. Rxb2 Rc8
21. O-O e5 22. Qh4 Nh7 23. Qe4 Qc7 24. Nh4 Qc6 25. Nf5+ Kf8 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27.
Rfb1 Rg5 28. Ne3 f5 29. h4 Rh5 30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. Rxb6 f4 32. Nd5 Rxh4 33. Rxd6
f3 34. c5 Ng5 35. c6 Nf7 36. Rd8+ Nxd8 37. c7 Rd4 38. cxd8=Q+ Kf7 39. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Yates variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8100918"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Rc1 Na6 11. a3 Be7 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Bf6 14. Nf3 Qc8
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qb7+ 17. Kg1 f5 18. Nf3 d6 19. Rb1 Nb8 20. b4 Nd7 21. Qb3
Nf6 22. Rfc1 axb4 23. axb4 Rfe8 24. Ra1 Qe4 25. Qb2 h6 26. b5 Nd7 27. Ra6 e5 28.
Rca1 Rac8 29. R6a3 Qg4 30. Rd1 e4 31. Ne1 Nf8 32. Ng2 Ne6 33. Ne3 Qh5 34. Nd5
Kh8 35. Kg2 Rf8 36. Qc2 Rce8 37. Re3 f4 38. Rxe4 f3+ 39. Kh1 Nxd4 40. Rdxd4 fxe2
41. Qxe2 Qxe2 42. Rxe2 Rxe2 43. Rf4 Rxf4 44. gxf4 Rxf2 45. Nxc7 Rxf4 46. Nd5
Rxc4 47. Nxb6 Rc5 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Maroroa, Sue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "4301498"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. c3
dxc3 9. Nxc3 Be7 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Bd2 c5 14. Bc3 Bxd5 15.
Bxh8 Bxb3 16. axb3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxa6 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Ke7 20. Ke2 Nf6 21.
Rd1 Ne8 22. f4 f6 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Rd5 Rc7 26. Rxe5+ Kf7 27. Rb6
Ng7 28. Rxb5 Ne6 29. Rb6 Nd4+ 30. Ke3 Kg7 31. Ke4 Nf5 32. Rd5 c4 33. bxc4 Rxc4+
34. Kf3 Rh4 35. Rd7+ Kh6 36. Rbb7 Kg5 37. Rxh7 Rf4+ 38. Kg2 Nh4+ 39. Kf1 Kg4 40.
h3+ Kg5 41. b4 Rf3 42. Rbc7 Rb3 43. Rc5+ Nf5 44. Rc4 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Rb2 46. Re4
Rb3 47. h4+ Kf6 48. Rc7 Rb2 49. Rc6+ Kg7 50. Rc5 Nd6 51. Rg4 Kf7 52. Rc7+ Kf6
53. Rc6 Rd2 54. b5 Kf5 55. Rg5+ Kf4 56. Rc7 Nf5 57. Rc4+ Ke5 58. h5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Poormosavi, Seyed Kian"]
[Black "Vishnu Prasanna, V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12585807"]
[BlackFideId "5030692"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. c4 Re8 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nf8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Ne6 15.
Ng2 Bc7 16. f4 Bb6 17. f5 Bxd4+ 18. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh2 Rad8 20. Rf3 Nc5 21. Nf4
Nxd3 22. Nxd3 Re3 23. fxg6 Rxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxa1 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. a4 Qd4 27. Nf2
Qe5+ 28. Kg2 Rd2 29. h4 a5 30. h5 Qd4 31. Kg3 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Priyanka, Nutakki"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5037883"]
[BlackFideId "25049615"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. e3 O-O 7. Ne2 d6 8. a3
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nf5 12. Ne2 a5 13. b3 Bd7 14. O-O Re8 15.
Ra2 Bb5 16. Re1 a4 17. b4 Bb6 18. Rc2 Qe7 19. Kh1 h5 20. Nc3 Bc4 21. Qxh5 Qe5
22. Qd1 Bb3 23. Qd3 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Nd4 25. Qd3 Qf5 26. Qxf5 Nxf5 27. Be4 Nh6 28.
Bc2 Bd4 29. Nb5 Bb6 30. Rd1 Ng4 31. Kg2 Nf6 32. Bb2 Ne4 33. f3 Ng5 34. e4 f5 35.
Nc3 fxe4 36. f4 Nf7 37. Bxa4 Re7 38. Bc2 e3 39. Ne2 c5 40. b5 Ba5 41. a4 b6 42.
h4 Nd8 43. Kf3 Bd2 44. f5 Nb7 45. Bc3 Rae8 46. Bxd2 exd2 47. Rxd2 Re3+ 48. Kf2
Ra3 49. Bd1 Ree3 50. Nf4 Rxg3 51. Bh5 Rge3 52. Ne6 Rh3 53. f6 gxf6 54. Kf1 Rh1+
55. Kg2 Rxh4 56. Bf3 Rhxa4 57. Kg3 Ra2 58. Rd1 Ra1 59. Rd2 R4a2 60. Rd3 Ra3 61.
Rxa3 Rxa3 62. Kf4 c4 63. Be2 c3 64. Ke3 c2+ 65. Kd2 Rc3 66. Kc1 Nc5 67. Nd4 Nd3+
68. Bxd3 Rxd3 69. Nf5 Kf8 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Shanya, Mishra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "46656065"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. d4 Bb7
9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O c5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Ba3 Re8 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. h4 Red8 19. Bc4 Qc7 20. Ba6 Bxa6 21.
Qxa6 Bd4 22. Kh1 Qf4 23. Qe2 Qg4 24. Kh2 e5 25. g3 Qe6 26. Kg2 h6 27. h5 g5 28.
Rc4 a5 29. Rfc1 Ra7 30. R1c2 Rb8 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Rc6 Qd7 33. Rxh6 Kg7 34. Rcc6
Rc8 35. Rcd6 Qe7 36. Qf3 Rh8 37. Rhf6 Rd7 38. Rc6 Rg8 39. Qf5 Rc7 40. Qxg5+ Kf8
41. Qh6+ Ke8 42. Rxc7 Qxc7 43. Rc6 Qd7 44. Qf6 d3 45. Qxe5+ Kf8 46. Rb6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Mahitosh, Dey"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25091468"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d4 e6 6. Bf4 Ngf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. c4
O-O 9. c5 Re8 10. h3 Bh5 11. b4 a5 12. a3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3
Nf6 16. Nc4 axb4 17. axb4 exf3 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. exf3 Nd5 20. Be5 f4 21. gxf4
Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Rf8 23. Qc1 Bf6 24. f5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qh4 26. f6 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Qxh3+
28. Kg1 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Nxf6 30. Nd6 Nh5 31. f4 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Darini, Pouria"]
[Black "Sidharth, Balaji Sridharan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Potter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12502200"]
[BlackFideId "45002789"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 d6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Bh4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Qd2 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 O-O 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. O-O-O Rfe8 17. Rhe1 Re7 18. Re3 Kh8 19. Rg1 Rae8 20. Kd2
Bc6 21. Rge1 Kg7 22. c4 b6 23. Kc3 Bb7 24. Kd4 Re5 25. R1e2 Bc6 26. Rg3+ Rg5 27.
Ree3 Bb7 28. Bc2 c5+ 29. Kc3 Re7 30. Kd2 Kh8 31. Bd3 Ba8 32. Ref3 Rxg3 33. Rxg3
Re8 34. Re3 Kg7 35. Rg3+ Kh8 36. Re3 Kg7 37. Bc2 Bb7 38. Rg3+ Kh8 39. Re3 Kg7
40. f3 Ba8 41. Ke2 Bb7 42. Ra3 Ra8 43. Ba4 Kf8 44. Ke3 Kg8 45. Kf4 Kg7 46. Bd7
Kg6 47. Kg4 Kg7 48. Kh5 Rd8 49. Bf5 Ra8 50. f4 Bc6 51. Rg3+ Kh8 52. Kxh6 Re8 53.
Rd3 Rd8 54. g4 a6 55. e5 fxe5 56. fxe5 d5 57. Be4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Zayed, Sultan Al Taher"]
[Black "Vignesh, N R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1211"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "9310592"]
[BlackFideId "25012215"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. h3
Nd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Be2 Re8 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. c4 d4 15.
exd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Bg5 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 Qxg5 20. Kh1 Bd7 21.
Rad1 Re8 22. Qd2 Qh4 23. Rde1 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Bc6 25. f3 Qf4 26. Qc1 Be3 27. Qd1
Qxc4 28. Re1 Qd4 29. Qe2 Bf4 30. Rd1 Qe5 31. Qc4 Qg5 32. Qc3 Bc7 33. g4 Qf4 34.
Rd2 Be5 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Khezrian, Nooralzahra"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1401"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "22505776"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Qd2 Bg4 8. Ng5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nc6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nf3 Bxb1 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Rxb1 e6 14. Rd1
Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Nd7 16. Nd2 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Ndxe5 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nf3 Ke7 20. Be2
Rd8 21. Kc2 Nf6 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Nh5 24. Ne5 Nxf4 25. Nxc6+ bxc6 26. Bf3
Kd6 27. b4 c5 28. b5 f5 29. h4 e5 30. g3 Ne6 31. Bd5 e4 32. Kd2 Ke5 33. Bxe6
Kxe6 34. Ke2 Ke5 35. Ke3 h6 36. a4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. a5 f4+ 39. gxf4+ gxf4+
40. Ke2 Kd4 41. b6 cxb6 42. axb6 axb6 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "5301432"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. c4 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. c5
Bxc5 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxc6 Qg5 11. Kf1 Nf6 12. Ba3 Bf5 13. Bxd6 Bd3+ 14. Kg1 cxd6
15. Nc3 Ne4 16. h4 Qf6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rc1 O-O 19. Rc3 a5 20. a4 Kh8 21. Qg4
Qe6 22. Qf4 f5 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Kh2 Rf6 25. Rhc1 h6 26. Rc7 Qe8 27. Kg1 Qh5 28.
Rd7 Raf8 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Qxd6 Rf6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Ne6 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qxd2 34.
Qd8 Rxe6 35. h5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Aditya, Varun Gampa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "112275"]
[BlackFideId "45066183"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
d6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Be3 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Nd5
exd5 16. cxd5 Qd7 17. dxc6 Rxc6 18. Qd3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 d5 20. e5 Ng4 21. Bxb6 Rc8
22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. h3 Qc6 24. Bd4 Nh6 25. Kh2 Qb5 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. g4 b4 28. a4
f6 29. Bc5 Kf7 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Kg3 Ke6 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33. Nc5 Bc6 34. b3 Kd6
35. Nd3 Ng8 36. Nxb4 Ba8 37. Nd3 Ne7 38. Kf2 f5 39. g5 Ng6 40. b4 Kc6 41. Kg3
Kb6 42. h4 Bc6 43. b5 Ba8 44. h5 Ne7 45. Ne5 Ka5 46. h6 Ng8 47. g6 Nf6 48. Nd7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Black "Song, Yuxin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "35018701"]
[BlackFideId "8614300"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 g5 14. h4 gxf4 15.
Be2 Ne5 16. Qxf4 Nexg4 17. Bxg4 e5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qf3 Nf4 20. Nf5 h5 21. Bh3
Nxh3 22. Rxh3 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qd7 24. Qf3 Rg8 25. Rg3 Rxg3 26. Qxg3 Qg4 27. Qd3
Rc8 28. Rg1 Qf4+ 29. Be3 Qf3 30. Kb1 Rc4 31. b3 Rxe4 32. Rg8+ Kd7 33. Qc3 Qd1+
34. Ka2 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Ma, Lin"]
[Black "Dixit, Nikhil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8610533"]
[BlackFideId "5059534"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 Bd7
9. e4 e5 10. Be3 Qc8 11. Kh2 Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 Na5 14. c5 b6 15. Nd2
bxc5 16. Bxc5 Nc6 17. Nb3 a5 18. Be3 a4 19. Nc5 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. N3xa4 Bb5
22. Rfe1 Nd7 23. Bf1 Bc6 24. Rad1 Nb6 25. Nxb6 cxb6 26. Nb3 Qd7 27. Qd3 Rxa2 28.
Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxb2 31. Kg1 b5 32. f3 Rc2 33. Re2 Rc1 34. Red2
Rb8 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kg7 37. Rb8 Rb1 38. Kf2 Rb3 39. Rb6 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Nyazi, Nehad"]
[Black "Mohammed, Ahmed Said Al Amri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "10601988"]
[BlackFideId "22000380"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qe2 c5 8. c3
b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rfe8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. Ne5 Be7 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rd5 18. f4 Red8 19. c4 Rd4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc8 24. b4 g6 25. Qe4 Bb7 26. Rd7 Bxe5 27.
Rxc7 Bxe4 28. fxe5 Kg7 29. Rxa7 Bd3 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Bommini, Mounika Akshaya"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25019872"]
[BlackFideId "35042025"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Be3
Bd6 9. Ne5 g6 10. Ndf3 f6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bh6 Qc7 13. g3 Ng7 14. Be2 Nf5 15.
Bd2 e5 16. O-O e4 17. Ne1 h5 18. h4 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Ng2 Nxh4 21. Rf2 e3
22. Bxe3 Nxg2 23. Rxg2 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Bh3 25. Rh2 Bf5 26. Bf3 Kf7 27. Bg2 h4 28.
Qf1 h3 29. Bf3 Be4 30. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 31. Kg1 Rh4 32. Rf2 Rg4+ 33. Kh2 Rg2+ 34. Rxg2
hxg2 35. Qxg2 Rh8+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 Rh4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "12521213"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nf1 Rae8 12. Ng3 Bd8 13. c3 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Ng6 16. Bc2 c5 17. d5 Ng4 18. h3 N4e5 19. Nh2 Bb6 20. f4 c4+ 21. Kf1 Nd3
22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Qd8 24. Bd2 Qh4 25. Ng4 Bc8 26. Qf3 h5 27. Nf2 Bd7 28.
Bb4 Bxf2 29. Qxf2 Nxf4 30. Bxd6 Nd3 31. Qf3 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 g6 33. Kg1 f5 34. Bxf8
Rxf8 35. Rf1 f4 36. Ne2 g5 37. e5 g4 38. Qe4 gxh3 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Nxf4 hxg2 41.
Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qxf8+ Kxf8 43. Nxg2+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "14109182"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4
Bd7 15. g3 Ne6 16. O-O-O Rfd8 17. Kb1 Rac8 18. Bh3 Kf8 19. Rd2 Nxd4 20. Bxd7
Rxd7 21. Rxd4 Rc4 22. Rd3 Ke7 23. Rhd1 Ke6 24. b3 Rc6 25. Kb2 a5 26. Rd4 f5 27.
R1d2 g6 28. h3 h5 29. a4 b5 30. axb5 Rc5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rxb5 33. Rc2 Rd6
34. Rc3 Rdb6 35. Ra4 Kf6 36. Kc2 Kg5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Rd3 Kf6 39. Rh4 Ke5 40.
Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. c4 e5 7. d3 Nh5 8. Nc3 Nc6
9. O-O f5 10. e3 g5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. Rc4
Rf7 16. a4 a5 17. Qc2 b6 18. Rc1 Ra7 19. Rc6 Ba6 20. e4 Qd7 21. exf5 Qxf5 22.
Nc4 Qf6 23. Ne3 Bxd3 24. Qd2 Bf5 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Qe2 Qd7 27. Qh5 Qf5 28. Qe2
Qd7 29. Qc2 Nf8 30. Be4 Kh8 31. Bc3 Qd8 32. Bd2 Qf6 33. Be3 h6 34. Qe2 Kg8 35.
R1c4 Qd8 36. Qc2 Rb7 37. Bf5 Bf6 38. b4 axb4 39. Rxb4 Qa8 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. h4 Ra7
42. hxg5 Bxg5 43. Rg4 Ra5 44. Bxg5 hxg5 45. Rxg5+ Kf6 46. Rh5 Rxd5 47. Be4 Qa5
48. Rf5+ Kg7 49. Rxc7 Rd7 50. Qc6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "4650891"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Be3 a6 10. Ba4 Nh5 11. Nd5 Rb8 12. Rc1 Ne7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. d4 Rfd8 15. Bg5
f6 16. Be3 b5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qb3 bxc4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qxc4+ Kh8 21. b3 Nf4
22. Qxc7 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Qe8 24. Rc4 f5 25. Qc6 Rbc8 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8
28. exf5 gxf5 29. Re1 Nc3 30. Rc1 e4 31. Nh4 Rf8 32. Bc5 Rc8 33. Bd6 f4 34. Nf5
Rd8 35. Bxf4 Ne2 36. Rc7 Nxf4 37. Nxg7 Rd2 38. Ne8 Nd5 39. Rd7 Rd3 40. Kh2 Ne3
41. Nf6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna, V"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Pilnik variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5030692"]
[BlackFideId "14113147"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. a4 Be6 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Rac8 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd2
Nd7 22. e5 g6 23. exd6 Bf6 24. Ra5 b4 25. Bb3 Nc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Bxe6 fxe6
28. Ng4 Rd5 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxb4 Rf4 33. Bc3+
Kf7 34. g3 Rc4 35. Ra1 Rxd6 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Rg7+ Kf5 38. Rf7+ Kg6 39. Rf6+ Kh7
40. Kg2 Rg4 41. f4 Rg6 42. Rf8 Rg8 43. Rf7+ Kg6 44. Rf6+ Kh7 45. f5 Re8 46. Rf7+
Kg8 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rb7 Rd5 49. f6 Rf5 50. g4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A39"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, main line with d4"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. c5 a5 11. a4 d5 12. cxd6 Rd8 13. Nb5 exd6 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. e4
Bg4 16. f3 Bh3 17. g4 Qh4 18. Bf4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rbc8 20. Nb5 Ne8 21. Qd2 Qe7 22.
Rac1 Qe6 23. Nxa5 Nxa5 24. Qxa5 Bxb2 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rf2 Be5 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28.
Nc3 Nd6 29. Nd5 Nxe4 30. Re2 Nc5 31. Rd2 Nb3 32. Qb6 Nxd2 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Ne7+
Kf8 35. Nxc8 Nc4 36. Kf2 Ke8 37. Na7 Nd6 38. Ke3 g5 39. Kd3 Kd7 40. Kc3 Kc7 41.
Kb4 Kb6 42. Nb5 Nxb5 43. axb5 Kc7 44. Kc5 Kd7 45. Kb6 Kc8 46. Ka7 Kc7 47. h3 h6
48. Ka8 Kb6 49. Kb8 Kxb5 50. Kxb7 Kc5 51. Kc7 Kd4 52. Kd6 e4 53. fxe4 e5 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C81"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, Howell attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "13300857"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. c4 d4 12. cxb5 d3 13. Qf1 Nxb3 14. axb3 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Qxb5 Rb8 18. Qe2 Bxb3 19. Re1 h6 20. Nc3 Be6 21. h3
Bb4 22. Bd2 Bf8 23. Nd1 Qa2 24. Bc3 Bb4 25. Qd2 Qd5 26. Qc2 Bxc3 27. Nxc3 Qc5
28. Qc1 Ne7 29. Na4 Qxc1 30. Rxc1 Rb4 31. Nc5 Bd5 32. Nd3 Rb3 33. Nfe1 c6 34. f3
g5 35. Kf2 Nf5 36. Rc3 Rb8 37. Nc2 Kg7 38. Ncb4 Ne7 39. g4 Rb6 40. Rc5 Be6 41.
Kg3 f6 42. exf6+ Kxf6 43. h4 Bf7 44. hxg5+ hxg5 45. Kf2 Bg6 46. Ke2 Bxd3+ 47.
Nxd3 Nd5 48. Kd2 Ke6 49. Rc1 Kf6 50. Rc4 Ne7 51. Kc3 Rb8 52. Rc5 Nd5+ 53. Kd4
Ne7 54. Kc4 Rd8 55. Nf2 Ke6 56. Ne4 Rf8 57. Nxg5+ Kd6 58. Kd4 Nd5 59. Ra5 Rb8
60. Ne4+ Ke6 61. Rc5 Kd7 62. Rc2 Rf8 63. Rf2 Nf4 64. Rh2 Kc7 65. Nc5 Kc8 66. Rh6
Ne2+ 67. Ke3 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, positional main line"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nbc6 9. a4 c4 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Bd7 12. Nf4 O-O-O 13. Nh5 Rh7 14. g3 Rf8 15.
Bh3 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. O-O Ng8 18. Nf4 e5 19. Bxd7+ Rxd7 20. Ne6 Re8 21. Qg4
exd4 22. Rfb1 Ne5 23. Qf5 Nf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxe6 25. Qg4 Re8 26. Rb5 Qa6 27. Qxd4
Ne7 28. Re1 Qxa4 29. Rc5+ Kd8 30. Qf4 Nc6 31. Qxf6+ Rde7 32. Bf4 Qxc2 33. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Vignesh, N R"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25012215"]
[BlackFideId "3901211"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. a3 Bb7 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Ne2 e5
9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 Bf6 11. Qd2 exd4 12. Nexd4 c5 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Ba6
15. Bc6 Rc8 16. Ba4 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nf6 18. O-O-O O-O 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Nf3 Bb5
21. Qh6 Qf6 22. e5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rhe1 Qf6 25. Re3 Rcd8 26. Rde1 Rfe8 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Priyanka, Nutakki"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "25049615"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 Na7 12. Be2 Nc8 13. Bb5 Na7 14. Be2 b5 15.
Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Nxb5 Ra8 17. Kb1 a4 18. Nc1 Qb6 19. Bd3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Rde1
Bf6 22. Ne2 Rab8 23. c4 Ne3 24. Nec3 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Na3 Bd3+ 27. Ka1 Bg5
28. Nxa4 Bxd2 29. Nxb6 Bxe1 30. Nd7 Bb4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "E09"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Ba6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rd1 Rad8 14. Bf4 Qc8
15. c5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Nf6 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. cxd6 Nd5 19. Ng5 f5 20. Qc5 Rf6 21.
Rac1 h6 22. Nf3 Be2 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Nd4 Qa6 25. Re1 Bd3 26. Ne6 Rd7 27. Qe3 f4
28. gxf4 Bf5 29. Nc5 Qc8 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qxd7 Bxd7 33. Kf1 Rxd6
34. Re3 Bf5 35. Ke1 Rg6 36. Rg3 Rg4 37. Rxg4 Bxg4 38. Kd2 Kg6 39. b4 Kf5 40. Ke3
Ke6 41. Kd4 Kd6 42. a3 Be2 43. Bh3 a5 44. Bf5 axb4 45. axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Darini, Pouria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "12502200"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bb2 Qb6 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Nce5 Bf5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc1 Be4 15.
Ba3 Nd7 16. Bh3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. e4 Rfe8 19. exf5 Qd3 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Qxf5 22. Qe3 Rab8 23. Rad1 Rb5 24. e6 Nf6 25. c4 Ra5 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Re2 Ra4
28. Qb3 Ra6 29. Rde1 Rb6 30. Qd1 Rb7 31. Re5 Qh3 32. Bxc5 Qg4 33. Qc2 Rd7 34.
Kg2 e6 35. h3 Qg6 36. Qe2 Rdd8 37. Rxe6 Qf5 38. Be7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "112275"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. e5 Nd7
9. c4 b5 10. Na3 bxc4 11. dxc4 Ba6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Qe1 Rfe8 15. cxd5
exd5 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Nc2 Rac8 18. e6 Nb6 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Bh3 Bd6 21. Be6+
Kf6 22. Ncd4 Rc7 23. Qe3 h6 24. Nh4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13708694"]
[BlackFideId "14102951"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. Nb1
e5 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Rb1 Re8 14. f3 Be5 15.
Bf2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qf6 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. b4 Ne6 20. c5 Nd4 21. Bc4 c6
22. Ne3 b5 23. cxb6 axb6 24. a4 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Nc4 b5 27. axb5 cxb5 28.
Na5 h5 29. Kh1 h4 30. Qd2 h3 31. g3 Qe7 32. Qc3 Rd8 33. Rbd1 Red6 34. Rd2 Ne6
35. Rfd1 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 37. Qxd2 Nd4 38. f4 Qc7 39. Qb2 g6 40. Kg1 Nf3+ 41.
Kf1 Nxh2+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "10601619"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5
Kc7 15. O-O-O Nc6 16. Bd6+ Kb6 17. c4 Rac8 18. b3 Rhd8 19. Kb2 h5 20. c5+ Ka7
21. Bd3 g5 22. h4 g4 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Ne7 25. g3 Nf5 26. b4 Rd7 27. Bc2 Rcd8
28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 b6 31. cxb6+ Kxb6 32. a3 a5 33. Kc3 axb4+
34. Kxb4 Ne7 35. Be3+ Kc6 36. Kc3 Nf5 37. Bf4 Kc5 38. Kd3 Bd5 39. Ba4 Ng7 40.
Be5 Nf5 41. Bd7 Ne7 42. Ke3 Ng6 43. Bg7 Kd6 44. Bf5 Kc5 45. Bd3 Bb3 46. Ke4 Be6
47. Bf6 Bd7 48. Bb1 Be6 49. Bc2 Kc4 50. Ba4 Kc5 51. Be8 Kc4 52. a4 Kb4 53. Bd8
f5+ 54. Kd4 f4 55. Bxg6 f3 56. Ke3 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Viani, Antonio Dcunha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "5027330"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
b6 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 e6 13. O-O-O d5 14. cxd5 exd5
15. exd5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Rxc6 18. Bb5 Rc7 19. Qf4 Qc8 20. Kb1 Kg7 21.
Rd6 a6 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Rhd1 f6 24. Nd5 Rb7 25. g4 Qc5 26. Rc1 Qf2 27. Nc7 Nc5
28. Rd2 Qh4 29. Re2 Rf7 30. Ne8+ Kg8 31. Nd6 Rbe7 32. Qc4 b5 33. Qd5 Qg5 34.
Qxg5 fxg5 35. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8. Nxc6
Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. f3 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nd5 Bf8 15.
Rad1 Nc5 16. Qc3 Qc8 17. a3 Bd7 18. Qa5 c6 19. Nb6 Nxb3 20. Qc3 Qb7 21. Nxa8 Nc5
22. Nb6 Be6 23. e5 Qxb6 24. exd6 Bc4 25. Rfe1 g6 26. b4 Bg7 27. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Rajdeep, Sarkar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1710400"]
[BlackFideId "25007963"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 c6 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Bb7
9. Rd1 a5 10. Nc3 Na6 11. a3 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. exd5 exd5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nh4
a4 16. bxa4 d4 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Nb5 Nd7 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. Nfxd4 Ne5 21. Bf4 Nxc4
22. Rac1 Nba5 23. Ne6 fxe6 24. Rxd8 Rfxd8 25. Rd1 e5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Be3 Be7
28. Qf5 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Bc5 30. Qxe5 Kh8 31. Qe6 h6 32. Kg2 Nb7 33. Kh3 Nd6 34.
Qe7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "12528846"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Ba5 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. e3 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. a3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Rab1 Na4 17. c4 Nd2 18. c5 Re8 19. Bg3 Nxb1 20. Rxb1 f6 21. Nf3
Nc3 22. Rb3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Ne5 a5 25. f3 a4 26. Rd3 fxe5 27. fxe4 dxe4
28. Rd2 Ra5 29. Rb2 exd4 30. exd4 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Ke3 Kd5 33. Bc7 Rb5 34.
Rxb5 cxb5 35. Ba5 g5 36. Be1 Bg4 37. Ba5 Bd1 38. Be1 Bc2 39. Ba5 Bd3 40. Bb4 Bf1
41. g3 Bh3 42. Bd2 Bd7 43. Be1 Bc6 44. Bc3 Ke6 45. Bb4 Kf5 46. Bd2 Kg4 47. Kf2
Kh3 48. Kg1 Bd5 49. Ba5 e3 50. Bb4 Kg4 51. Ba5 Kf3 52. Bb4 Ke4 53. Kf1 Kxd4 54.
Kg1 Ke4 55. Kf1 Kf3 56. Kg1 Ke2 57. Ba5 h5 58. Bb4 h4 59. gxh4 gxh4 60. Ba5 h3
61. Bb4 Kd1 62. Ba5 Bg2 63. Bd8 b4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Haddouche, Mohamed"]
[Black "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "7900660"]
[BlackFideId "5028698"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c3
Nf6 16. cxb4 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Na5 Nxb4 19. Nc4 Qc5 20. Qb3 d5 21. Nxe5 Qd4
22. Bc3 Qe3 23. Rae1 a5 24. Bb5 Qh6 25. Ng4 Qd6 26. Qd1 Bd8 27. Ne3 Bf6 28. Nf5
Qd8 29. Qd2 Bc8 30. Nd4 Qd6 31. Nb3 Ba6 32. Nd4 Bc8 33. Rd1 Na2 34. Ne2 Nxc3 35.
Nxc3 Qb4 36. Nxd5 Qxb2 37. Nxf6+ Qxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Ma, Lin"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8610533"]
[BlackFideId "5037883"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2
Re8 15. Ng3 Rb8 16. b3 Be6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Re5 19. Bd3 Bc3 20. Rad1 a5 21.
f4 Re3 22. Bf5 Rb7 23. Rd3 Rbe7 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. Rf3 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Bd2 27. Bd7
c5 28. Bc6 d4 29. f5 Kf8 30. Bd5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Sultan, Ibrahim"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "9301143"]
[BlackFideId "4200039"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Bd3 Qd7 7. Nge2 Nc6 8.
a3 Ne7 9. Bb5 c6 10. Bd3 Nc8 11. f3 Nd6 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Bd6 16. Qd2 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. h3 f5 19. Bd3 g6 20. Rhe1 Rhe8 21.
Kb1 Bd5 22. g4 fxg4 23. hxg4 Bf3 24. g5 c5 25. Rf1 Bg4 26. Bb5 Re7 27. Rde1 Qb6
28. Bc4 Be5 29. c3 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Qc7 31. Bb3 Kb8 32. Qg2 Bc8 33. Re4 Bxd4 34.
Rxd4 Rxd4 35. cxd4 Qd6 36. d5 Re3 37. Ka2 Bf5 38. Qd2 Rd3 39. Qe2 Qb6 40. Qe8+
Bc8 41. Qe5+ Qc7 42. Qe4 Rd2 43. Qe3 Qh2 44. Qc3 Bf5 45. Qh8+ Kc7 46. Rc1+ Kd6
47. Qb8+ Ke7 48. Qxb7+ Bd7 49. Ba4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Nikhil, Magizhnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "35075497"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. c4 Re8
9. Nfd2 Be6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Nd5 Rb8 12. a3 Ne7 13. b4 c6 14. Nc3 d5 15. Rc1 Rc8
16. e3 Nb6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nb3 d4 19. exd4 exd4 20. Ne4 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Bd5 22.
Nec5 Qa8 23. Bb2 Nf5 24. Be4 Qc8 25. Re1 h5 26. a4 Bxe4 27. dxe4 Nh6 28. Qd3 Nd7
29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Qxd4 Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Rc8 33. Nb5 Rc4 34. Rb1 a5
35. bxa5 Rxa4 36. Nd6 Rxa5 37. Rxb7 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Ra6 39. Rd7 Ng4 40. h3 Ne5 41.
Rd8+ Kg7 42. Ne8+ Kh7 43. Rd5 Nc4 44. Kf3 Re6 45. Nc7 Rd6 46. Nb5 Re6 47. Rd4
Ne5+ 48. Kf4 g5+ 49. Ke3 Ng6 50. Rd5 Kh6 51. Nd6 Ne7 52. Nxf7+ Kg7 53. Rxg5+
Kxf7 54. Rxh5 Ra6 55. Rh7+ Kf8 56. h4 Re6 57. Rh5 Ra6 58. Rh8+ Kg7 59. Rd8 Ng6
60. h5 Ne5 61. Kf4 Nf7 62. Rd5 Rf6+ 63. Rf5 Re6 64. g4 Nd6 65. Re5 Rf6+ 66. Kg3
Nc4 67. Rd5 Re6 68. f3 Nd6 69. g5 Nf7 70. Kf4 Re7 71. Kf5 Ra7 72. e5 Ra6 73. f4
Kf8 74. g6 Nh6+ 75. Kg5 Ng8 76. f5 Ra1 77. Rd8+ Kg7 78. h6+ Kh8 79. h7 Rg1+ 80.
Kf4 Rf1+ 81. Ke3 Re1+ 82. Kd2 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Maroroa, Sue"]
[Black "Chakravarthi Reddy, M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4301498"]
[BlackFideId "25009532"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. h4 h6
9. Qe2 Qb6 10. Qe3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 cxd4 13. cxd4 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe3 17. fxe3 Ng4 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Bxg6 Nxe5 20. Bh7 Bf6 21. Nf3
Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Bxh4 23. Bd2 Kg7 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. Kg2 Bf6 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Rh1 Rh8
28. b4 h5 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rh1 h4 31. e4 Rg8 32. Be3 d4 33. Bd2 e5 34. Bf1 Rc8
35. Bd3 h3 36. Ke1 Bh4+ 37. Kd1 Bg3 38. Be1 Bxe1 39. Rxe1 Rc3 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Al-Zaabi, Sultan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence, 7.Rc1"]
[WhiteFideId "5005370"]
[BlackFideId "9307583"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O a6 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Re1 Nbd5 16. Bc4 Qb6 17. Re2 Rfd8 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bd3 g6 20. Be3 Ng4 21.
Rec2 Nxe3 22. fxe3 e5 23. Rc6 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qa3 25. Ra1 Qb2 26. Rb1 Qa3 27. Ra1
Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Black "Balasubramaniam, H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5202248"]
[BlackFideId "35053248"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbc6 7. d3 d6 8. a3 a5
9. b3 Be6 10. Bb2 Qd7 11. h4 h6 12. Nd5 f5 13. Qd2 Bf7 14. Nec3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5
Rab8 16. O-O b6 17. b4 Nd8 18. f4 c6 19. Nc3 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Ne2 Qe7 22.
Rac1 Nb7 23. Rc6 Nd8 24. Rc2 axb4 25. axb4 exf4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nxf4 Re8 28.
Qc3+ Kh7 29. Bxd5 Qxe3+ 30. Kh2 Qe5 31. d4 Qd6 32. Qc7 Qxc7 33. Rxc7 Kg7 34.
Bxf7 Nxf7 35. d5 g5 36. Ne6+ Kf6 37. g4 Nd6 38. Rc6 Ke5 39. Nc7 Rec8 40. Re1+
Kd4 41. Re6 Rb7 42. Rexd6 Rbxc7 43. gxf5 Rxc6 44. dxc6+ Ke5 45. Rxh6 Kxf5 46. b5
gxh4 47. Rh7 Kg4 48. Rg7+ Kh5 49. Rb7 Ra8 50. Rxb6 Ra2+ 51. Kg1 Ra1+ 52. Kf2
Ra2+ 53. Ke3 Ra8 54. Rb7 Re8+ 55. Kf3 Rf8+ 56. Ke4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Jishitha, D"]
[Black "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "35031660"]
[BlackFideId "35018701"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5
9. f3 h5 10. g5 Nh7 11. h4 f6 12. gxf6 Bxf6 13. Bf2 Be7 14. Kd2 c6 15. Kc2 Kg7
16. Qe1 cxd5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Nxd5 Nf6 19. Rd1 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qb6 21. Qg3 Be6
22. Rd1 Qa6 23. Nh3 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 25. Kb1 Rad8 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Rxd1+
28. Rxd1 Qe6 29. Rd5 Rxf3 30. Rxc5 Qd6 31. Rd5 Rf1+ 32. Kc2 Qc7+ 33. Kb3 Rc1 34.
Ka3 Rc5 35. Rxc5 Qxc5+ 36. Kb3 b5 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Song, Yuxin"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "8614300"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Ne3 Rac8 15.
a4 Rfd8 16. Kh1 a6 17. Bd2 d5 18. Ncxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bc5 20. c3 Bxe3 21. Bxe3
Rxd5 22. Qe2 Rcd8 23. Kg1 Qd7 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Bb6 Rd6 26. c4 Qd2 27. Qxd2 Rxd2
28. Rb1 Rc2 29. b3 e4 30. Bd4 exf3 31. gxf3 Nh5 32. Rb2 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Nf4 34. Be3
Rxc4 35. Rd2 Rb4 36. Bxf4 Rxf4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rd7 Rb4 39. Rxf7 Rxb3 40. a5 Kg6
41. Rd7 Kf6 42. Kg3 Rb5 43. h4 h5 44. Rc7 g5 45. Rh7 Kg6 46. Rd7 gxh4+ 47. Kxh4
Rxa5 48. Rxb7 Ra4+ 49. Kh3 Kg5 50. Rh7 a5 51. Kg3 h4+ 52. Kh3 Rb4 53. Rg7+ Kf5
54. Kg2 a4 55. Ra7 Kf4 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Ke1 Ra2 58. Rh7 Kg3 59. f4 h3 60. f5 h2
61. f6 h1=Q+ 62. Rxh1 Ra1+ 63. Ke2 Rxh1 64. f7 Rh8 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Black "Gagare, Shalmali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5016193"]
[BlackFideId "5038650"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 g6 7. d3 Qc7 8. Be3
e5 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. a4 a5 11. Bh6 Qd6 12. O-O Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qf8 14. Qe3 Qg7 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. Nc4 b6 17. Nb1 Ba6 18. Nbd2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4
Rae8 22. Qf2 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 b5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Nd6 Qxb2 26. Rxa5 Qc1+ 27. Kh2
Re2 28. Qg3+ Kh8 29. Rxf5 Re7 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Nf5 Qd2 32. Nxe7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Mullick, Raahil"]
[Black "Kowsarinia, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35080350"]
[BlackFideId "12500089"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4
Bf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nge7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. f4 Qc7 13. Rf3 g6 14. Rh3 b5 15.
Rf1 b4 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. Nd2 Rb8 18. b3 d5 19. e5 Bg7 20. Qh4 h6 21. f5 exf5 22.
Bxh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qxe5 24. Nf3 Qg7 25. Qf4 f6 26. Rg3 Ne5 27. Ned4 Bd7 28. Re1
Nxf3+ 29. Nxf3 Bb5 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Rxg6+ Kf7 32. Qh6 Rg8 33. Ng5+ Ke8 34.
Rxg8+ Kd7 35. Rg7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Pranav, V"]
[Black "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25060783"]
[BlackFideId "46634827"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O c6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. e4 Bh7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. c4 d4 15.
Bxd4 Nxe5 16. Be3 Qc3 17. d4 Ng4 18. Bf4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 e5 20. Qxg4 exf4 21. Nf3
Qf6 22. Rae1 Bb4 23. Re2 fxg3 24. Qxg3 Rae8 25. e5 Qg6 26. Qf4 Qh5 27. Rg1 Qf5
28. Qg3 Bc5 29. Rf1 Qg6 30. Qe1 Qd3 31. Ng1 Rd8 32. Nh3 Bb4 33. Qf2 Qd4 34. Qg3
Bd3 35. Rd1 Bxe2 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Nf2 Bh5 38. Bf3 Bg6 39. e6 Bd6 40. Qh3 Rf4
41. Qg3 Kh7 42. Nh3 Rd4 43. Qg1 Rd3 44. Qg4 fxe6 45. Be4 Rd1+ 46. Ng1 Bxe4+ 47.
Qxe4+ Kh8 48. Kg2 Rd2+ 49. Ne2 Bc5 50. Kh3 Rf6 51. Nf4 Bd6 52. Ng6+ Kg8 53. Ne5
Bxe5 54. Qxe5 Kh7 55. Qe4+ Rg6 56. a4 Rg2 57. b4 Rg5 58. Qe2 Rf5 59. c5 a6 60.
Qd1 e5 61. Qe2 e4 62. Qd1 e3 63. Qe2 Re5 64. Kh4 Re4+ 65. Kh3 Kh8 66. Qf3 Re5
67. Qe2 Rf6 68. Qb2 Rff5 69. Qe2 Rf2 70. Qe1 e2 71. b5 Rf1 72. bxa6 Rxe1 73. a7
Re8 74. Kg4 Rg1+ 75. Kh5 Re5+ 76. Kh4 e1=Q+ 77. Kh3 Rh5# 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Black "Kakulidis, Ellen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12505951"]
[BlackFideId "1444972"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 b6 8. b3 Ba6
9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. e4 dxc4 11. bxc4 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
Re1 Nb6 16. h4 h6 17. e6 fxe6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Qg6+
Kh8 22. Re5 Rf5 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Ne5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Sun, Chao"]
[Black "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8622990"]
[BlackFideId "25005812"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qd6 12. a4 Qa6 13. Ba3 Rfe8 14. Rfb1 Nd7
15. Rb5 c6 16. Bb4 b6 17. Bxa5 cxb5 18. axb5 Qb7 19. Bb4 a5 20. bxa6 Rxa6 21.
Rd1 Rea8 22. h3 Nf6 23. f3 Ra2 24. e4 Qa6 25. Qf1 Rc2 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Qxa6
Rxa6 28. Kf1 Raa2 29. Ke1 b5 30. g4 h6 31. e5 Nd7 32. Ke2 Nb6 33. Ke3 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Dixit, Nikhil"]
[Black "Mahitosh, Dey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "5059534"]
[BlackFideId "25091468"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 Be6 14. Bf5
Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Re3 g6 18. Qf4 f5 19. h4 Qc5 20. Rfe1 d4 21.
R3e2 Rbe8 22. Kh2 h6 23. Qxh6 Qd6+ 24. Kg1 Re7 25. g3 Rh7 26. Qc1 g5 27. Rxe4
fxe4 28. Rxe4 gxh4 29. Rxh4 Rxh4 30. Qg5+ Kf7 31. Qxh4 Qe5 32. Qh7+ Ke6 33. Qg6+
Kd5 34. Qd3 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. f3 Qxd3 37. cxd3 c5 38. b3 Kc6 39. g4 Kb5 40.
Kg3 Kb4 41. g5 Ka3 42. Kg4 Kxa2 43. f4 Kxb3 44. g6 a5 45. f5 a4 46. g7 Rg8 47.
f6 a3 48. Kf5 a2 49. f7 Rxg7 50. f8=Q a1=Q 51. Qxg7 Qxd1 52. Qg8+ Kb2 53. Qc4
Qc2 54. Qb5+ Qb3 55. Qxc5 Qxd3+ 56. Ke5 Qe3+ 57. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Krithigga, K"]
[Black "Srija, Seshadri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25013505"]
[BlackFideId "5055903"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nb3 Qh5 8. h3
a5 9. d3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 e3 11. Bxb4 axb4 12. Qc1 exf2+ 13. Kxf2 Be6 14. Qe3 O-O
15. N1d2 Nbd7 16. Qf3 Qg6 17. Kg1 Rfe8 18. Kh2 Qh6 19. Rhe1 Ng4+ 20. Kg1 Ne3 21.
Qf4 Qxf4 22. gxf4 Nc2 23. e4 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxa2 25. Rb1 Rea8 26. Kf2 Bxb3 27.
Nxb3 R8a3 28. Nd2 Rxd3 29. Ke2 Nc5 30. Bf1 Rd8 31. Ke3 Na4 32. Nc4 b5 33. Ne5
Nxb2 34. Nxc6 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Nxd1+ 36. Kd3 b3 37. Nb4 Rf2 38. Be2 b2 39. Kd4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Raahul, V S"]
[Black "Ali, Abdulaziz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25035525"]
[BlackFideId "9304347"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc2
Bf5 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 d4 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nba3 a6 14. Nc4 Bc5 15.
Re1 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Re1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Qa5 Qd5 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd3 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Ne5 Bb1 26. a4 Nc7 27. b4
f6 28. Nec6 Bd3 29. Na7 Kf7 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Ke7 32. b6 Na6 33. f3 Kd6 34.
Nc8+ Kd7 35. b7 Kc7 36. Kf2 Bg6 37. Ne7 Kxb7 38. Nxd5 Nc5 39. Nf4 Nd3+ 40. Nxd3
Bxd3 41. Ne6 g5 42. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Ahmed, Fareed"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, Leonhardt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "9303677"]
[BlackFideId "5300380"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 Bb5 17. Qg4 a5 18. Re3 Kd8 19. Rde1 Re8 20. Kb1 a4 21.
Qxb4 axb3 22. axb3 Qa5 23. Qxa5+ Rxa5 24. Rh3 Bf8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. c4 Bd7 27.
Rf3 f5 28. Rh3 f4 29. Rh5 h6 30. Rh4 Bf5+ 31. Kc1 f3 32. gxf3 Be7 33. Rd4 Bf6 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Ashwath, R."]
[Black "Abid, Ali Mujawar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5021049"]
[BlackFideId "25039938"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Rc1
Bd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Rc8 11. f4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Qd2 Na5 15.
O-O Ke7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 f5 18. exf6+ gxf6 19. Qf2 Rcf8 20. e4 dxe4 21.
Nxe4 Nc6 22. Nxf6 Nxd4 23. Kh1 Bc6 24. Qh4 Qxb2 25. Ng8+ Kd6 26. Qe7+ Ke5 27.
Qc5+ Bd5 28. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Bd5 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qb3 Bd5 14. Qc2 Be4 15.
Qb3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. d4 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 b5 10. Nh4 Be6 11. c5 Qc7 12. Qc2 a5 13. a4 b4 14. Rfe1 Rae8 15.
Rad1 Qc8 16. f4 Ng4 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Ndf6 19. Bd3 Nh6 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. bxc4
e6 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Qg2 Qc7 24. Ne5 Rc8 25. g4 Nd7 26. h3 f5 27. Bc1 Nf7 28. Nf3
Rfe8 29. Bc2 Rcd8 30. Be3 Rb8 31. Nd2 Nf6 32. Nb3 Kh8 33. Re2 h6 34. Rde1 Re7
35. Bc1 Rbe8 36. Kh1 Nh7 37. Rg1 Rg8 38. Qf3 Nf8 39. Reg2 Rd7 40. Bb2 Qd8 41.
gxf5 exf5 42. Bxf5 gxf5 43. Rxg7 Rxg7 44. d5 Ng5 45. fxg5 hxg5 46. Qxf5 Kg8 47.
Bxg7 Rxg7 48. Nd4 Qe7 49. d6 Qe8 50. Qf3 Ng6 51. Nf5 Nh4 52. Nxg7 Kxg7 53. Rxg5+
Ng6 54. Qf5 b3 55. d7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13402129"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Be3 Nh5 10. c5 Nd4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Ne2 c5 15.
Nd2 b5 16. f4 c4 17. e5 Qb6 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nf2 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 Bxe5 21. Qf3 Qd6
22. Qd5+ Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Rfe8 24. a4 c3 25. bxc3 dxc3 26. axb5 Rac8 27. Nb4 Bf4
28. Nd1 Bd2 29. Nc2 Re5 30. Rxa7 Rxb5 31. Kf2 Rb1 32. d4 Re8 33. Rc7 Rc1 34.
Nde3 Rxf1+ 35. Nxf1 h5 36. Nfe3 Rb8 37. Ke2 Rb1 38. d5 Kf8 39. d6 Ke8 40. Nd5
Bg5 41. d7+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Na3 a6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Bd7 15.
c5 Be6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 e6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rab1 Rfb8 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8 21.
Qxa6 Rb5 22. Rc1 Be7 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Bxc6 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. a4 Bb6 27. e3
Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Kd6 30. Be8 f5 31. Bf7 g5 32. h3 e5 33. g4 f4 34. Kd3
fxe3 35. f3 e4+ 36. fxe4 Ke5 37. Bd5 h6 38. Bc6 Kf4 39. Ke2 Ke5 40. Kf3 Kd4 41.
Bb5 Ke5 42. Bd3 Kd4 43. Bf1 Ke5 44. Bg2 Kd4 45. Ke2 Bc7 46. e5 Bxe5 47. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna, V"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5030692"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Nf1
Ng6 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Bb6 11. O-O d5 12. Bb3 h6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. d4 e4 15. Ne5
Bc7 16. Nh5 Be6 17. f4 exf3 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Rxf3 Qe7 20. Qe1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 f6
22. Qh4 Bxe5 23. Be3 a5 24. Re1 Rae8 25. Bc2 Bf7 26. Bxh6 f5 27. Bg5 Bh2+ 28.
Kf1 Qc5 29. Bxf5 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109182"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O
Nc6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 Nf4 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Na4 Bd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Rg1 e5 18. cxd5 Rf6 19. Bf1 Rh6 20. h3 Nde2 21. Qb3
Bxh3 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1710400"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. Nc3 b4 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. Qc2 f5 15. c5+
d5 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. h4 Qe7
22. f3 Qxc5+ 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Nd4 f4 25. g4 Bb7 26. Bc2 Rae8 27. e6 Bc8 28. Bf5
g6 29. e7 Rg8 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Nxc6 Nd3 32. Re6 Rge8 33. Rd1 Nc5 34. Rd6 Kg7
35. R1xd5 Nb7 36. Rd8 Nxd8 37. exd8=Q Rexd8 38. Nxd8 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Ke1
Rxb2 41. Ra5 b3 42. axb3 Rxb3 43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Nd4 Rb1+ 45. Kd2 Rh1 46. Kd3 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14102951"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Be2 Qe8 8. Nbd2
e5 9. O-O Nfd7 10. e4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Bf6 12. Bg3 Nb6 13. d5 Nb8 14. c4 N6d7 15. b4
a5 16. a3 b6 17. Nb1 Bg7 18. Nfd2 h5 19. Nc3 axb4 20. axb4 Bh6 21. Rb1 Qe7 22.
Nf3 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nb5 Nf6 25. Nh4 Qg7 26. f4 Ne4 27. Bxh5 Nxg3 28. hxg3
Qxg3 29. Ng6 Ra2 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 Bxf4 32. Nxf8 Kxf8 33. Nxc7 Ke7 34. Rxf4
exf4 35. Re1+ Kd8 36. Nb5 Na6 37. Re8+ Kd7 38. Rg8 Nxb4 39. Bg6 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Ke7
41. Rxc8 Kf6 42. Bh5 Nd3 43. Bf3 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 O-O 8. Ne5
Ng4 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Ne5 Ng4 11. Nf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Qxc5 7. Qa4 Ng4 8.
Nh3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. c5 Rb8 13. Rb1 b6 14. cxb6
Rxb6 15. O-O d6 16. Rxb6 axb6 17. Nf4 Nc4 18. Bb4 Nf6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Be6
21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Ra1 Kd7 23. Kf1 Ra8 24. a4 g5 25. f3 Kc6 26. Kf2 f5 27. a5 g4
28. Ra3 b5 29. Ra1 h5 30. h3 Rf8 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Ke3 Rf6 33. a6 Rf8 34. a7 Kb7
35. a8=Q+ Rxa8 36. Rxa8 Kxa8 37. fxg4 hxg4 38. Kd2 Kb7 39. e4 Kc6 40. e5 Kd5 41.
exd6 exd6 42. Ba3 Bf1 43. Bb4 Bg2 44. Ba3 Be4 45. Bb4 Bf5 46. Ba3 Ke5 47. Ke3
Be6 48. Bb4 Kd5 49. Kd2 Bf7 50. Ba3 Ke5 51. Ke3 Bg6 52. Bb4 d5 53. Bc5 Bf5 54.
Bd4+ Kd6 55. Kd2 Bd7 56. Ke3 Kc6 57. Kd2 Kb7 58. Bc5 Kc6 59. Bd4 Bf5 60. Ke3 Be4
61. Kf4 Bf3 62. Ke3 Kb7 63. Bc5 Ka6 64. Bb4 Kb7 65. Kd4 Kc7 66. Kc5 Kd7 67. Kxb5
Ke6 68. Ba5 Kf5 69. Bc7 Ke4 70. Kb4 Kd3 71. Bf4 d4 72. cxd4 Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4650891"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nc4 d6 10. h3 h6 11. a5 Be6 12. O-O Na7 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 15. Be3
c5 16. Nfd2 Nb5 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Rfb1 Bf6 19. Rb2 Qc7 20. Rab1 Rb7 21. Ba4 Rfb8
22. Qc1 h5 23. Nf1 g6 24. Bd2 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Ng3 Bxc4 27. dxc4 Nd6 28.
Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. Bg5 h4 31. Nh5 Bxg5 32. Qxg5 Ne4 33. Qd8+ Nf8 34.
Nf6+ Nxf6 35. Qxf6 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qe4 37. Bc6 Qxc4 38. Qxe5 Qa2 39. Qxc5 Ne6 40.
Bd5 Qd2 41. Qd6 Kh7 42. Qe5 Nf4 43. Bf3 Ne6 44. Qf6 Qxf2 45. Qxf7+ Ng7 46. Qc7
Kh6 47. Bg4 Qe3 48. c4 Ne8 49. Qb8 Nf6 50. Bf3 Nd7 51. Qh8+ Kg5 52. Qd8+ Nf6 53.
Qd6 Nd7 54. Bb7 Qc5 55. Qd2+ Kf6 56. Qf4+ Kg7 57. Bd5 Qe7 58. Qc7 Kf6 59. Qf4+
Kg7 60. Qd4+ Qf6 61. Qe3 Qd6+ 62. Kh1 Nf6 63. Bf3 Nd7 64. Qg5 Qf6 65. Qd5 Qe7
66. Qd4+ Kh7 67. Kh2 Nc5 68. Qf4 Nd3 69. Qb8 Ne5 70. Bd5 Qf6 71. Qa7+ Kh6 72.
Qe3+ Kg7 73. c5 Qe7 74. Kh1 Qf6 75. Kg1 Kf8 76. Bb7 Nc4 77. Qe4 Nxa5 78. Bd5
Qa1+ 79. Kh2 Qf6 80. c6 Qd6+ 81. Kh1 Qc5 82. Qf4+ Ke7 83. c7 Qc3 84. Qxh4+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14113147"]
[BlackFideId "25005812"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4
c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Nc5 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Bh6 Nfd7 20. Nh2 bxa4 21. Bxa4 Nxa4 22.
Rxa4 a5 23. Ng4 Ba6 24. Rf1 Nc5 25. Ra2 Bc8 26. Be3 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Qb6 28. Kh2
Reb8 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Rh1 Bf8 31. Kg1 h6 32. Nf1 Qb5 33. Qd1 Kg7 34. Nd2 Be7
35. Qf1 Rc8 36. g3 Bg5 37. Qe2 Rab8 38. Kg2 Bxd2 39. Qxd2 g5 40. Rha1 Rc5 41.
Qe2 Qb6 42. Qf3 Qc7 43. Rh1 Qe7 44. Qf5 Rcb5 45. Raa1 Rh8 46. Ra4 Rc5 47. Rha1
Ra8 48. Qf3 Qc7 49. Qe2 Rb8 50. R1a2 Ra8 51. Ra1 Rb8 52. Rh1 Rh8 53. f4 exf4 54.
gxf4 gxf4 55. Kf3 f6 56. Qd2 Qd7 57. Raa1 Rb5 58. Rh2 Qe7 59. Rah1 Qf8 60. Qxf4
Kg8 61. Rxh6 Rxh6 62. Rxh6 Kg7 63. g5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Srija, Seshadri"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5055903"]
[BlackFideId "12521213"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3 g5
9. Ne1 Qc7 10. Nd3 Ng6 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Bg4 Bxg4 13. Qxg4 Be7 14. Rac1 h5 15.
Qe2 f5 16. f4 gxf4 17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Kb8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Nf8 21. Bd2
Rd5 22. Bb4 Rg8 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Ka8 25. Qe2 Nd7 26. Rf4 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Qd8
28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. b3 c5 30. dxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Rf2 h4 32. Qc4 Qxe5 33. Re2 Qa1+ 34.
Kf2 Qh1 35. Qxh4 Rxg2+ 36. Ke3 Qc1+ 37. Kf3 Qc6+ 38. Ke3 Qc5+ 39. Kf3 Qc6+ 40.
Ke3 Qc1+ 41. Kf3 Qc6+ 42. Ke3 Qc5+ 43. Kd2 Qd5+ 44. Kc3 Qf3+ 45. Kd4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Raahul, V S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "25035525"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9.
Qd2 h5 10. Bg5 hxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. Nce2 Qe8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ng3
Bg7 16. Nxh5 gxh5 17. Bh3 f5 18. Ne2 Nc5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. exf5 e4 21. O-O-O Qe5
22. f4 Qxf5 23. Rhg1 Nd3+ 24. Kb1 Nb4 25. Nd4 Qf6 26. Rg5 c5 27. Ne6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Ashwath, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300857"]
[BlackFideId "5021049"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Qa5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 c4 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Rac1 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Nf6 14. Nf3 g6
15. Ne5 O-O 16. f3 b5 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Bd1 Qc7 19. Rb1 a6 20. Bc2 Bb7 21. a4 Nd7
22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. e4 Bc6 24. a5 Qc7 25. Rbe1 Qxa5 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Re5 Qd8 28.
Be4 Bxe4 29. fxe4 Qd6 30. Qe3 Rae8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. e5 Qd5 33. Rf6 a5 34. Rd6
Qb7 35. h4 h5 36. Qf4 Qe7 37. Rc6 a4 38. Ra6 Rc8 39. d5 b4 40. cxb4 c3 41. Rxa4
c2 42. Ra1 c1=Q+ 43. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 44. Qxc1 Qxb4 45. Qd1 Kf8 46. d6 Ke8 47. Qc1
Qd4+ 48. Kf1 Qd3+ 49. Kf2 Qd4+ 50. Qe3 Qxh4+ 51. Kg1 Kd7 52. Qc3 Ke6 53. g3 Qa4
54. Kf2 Qd7 55. Qe3 f6 56. exf6+ Kxf6 57. Qd4+ Ke6 58. Qe4+ Kxd6 59. Qxg6+ Ke5
60. Qxh5+ Qf5+ 61. Qxf5+ Kxf5 62. Kf3 Kg5 63. g4 Kg6 64. Kf4 Kf6 65. g5+ Kg6 66.
Kg4 Kg7 67. Kh5 Kh7 68. g6+ Kg7 69. Kg5 Kg8 70. Kh6 Kh8 71. g7+ Kg8 72. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Bogolyubov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "25006746"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Rfd8 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Nh4 d5 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qe2 b4 21. cxb4
Bxb4 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Be4 f5 24. Bg5 fxe4 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Rac1 Qe6 27. Nxe4
Bf8 28. Qf3 Be7 29. Nc5 Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Nxa6 e4 32. Nc5 e3 33. fxe3 Bg5
34. Kh1 Bxe3 35. Rc2 g5 36. Ne4 g4 37. Re2 Bh6 38. hxg4 Bf4 39. g3 Bc7 40. Ng5+
Kf6 41. Ne6 Nf4 42. g5+ Kf5 43. Rxd8 Nxe2 44. Nxc7 Nc4 45. Kg2 Kxg5 46. b3 Na3
47. Nb5 Nb1 48. Rd1 Nbc3 49. Nxc3 Nxc3 50. Rd2 Kf5 51. a4 Ke4 52. a5 Ke3 53. Rd7
g5 54. a6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen (Paulsen), classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5300380"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. f4 b5 10. f5 e5 11. Ne6 fxe6 12. fxe6 Nb6 13. Bh5+ Kd8 14. Bf7 Bb7 15.
Nd5 Nbxd5 16. exd5 Be7 17. c4 bxc4 18. Rc1 Nxd5 19. Bf2 Nf4 20. Qa4 Ne2+ 21. Kh1
Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qb7+ 23. Kh3 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Darini, Pouria"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "12502200"]
[BlackFideId "35042025"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 g6 13. h4 Nb6 14. Ne3 h5 15.
g3 Be7 16. f4 Qc7 17. Bh3 Nc4 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Qf1 Qd8 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Qf1 Qd8
22. Qf3 Qd7 23. f5 gxf5 24. Bxf5 b5 25. Nd2 Qd8 26. Rhf1 Nb6 27. Nb3 Nc4 28.
Bxe6 fxe6 29. Qf7+ Kd7 30. Nf6+ Kc6 31. Qxe6 Rh6 32. Nc5 Kxc5 33. Nd7+ Kc6 34.
Nxe5+ Nxe5 35. Qxh6 Ng4 36. Qd2 Qg8 37. Rf5 Qe6 38. Rxh5 Nf6 39. Rh6 Qe5 40. Qf4
Rg8 41. a4 Rxg3 42. axb5+ axb5 43. Qxe5 dxe5 44. Rd5 Rg4 45. Rxe5 Kd7 46. Rxb5
Rxe4 47. Rb7+ Ke6 48. Rh8 Kf7 49. c3 Kg7 50. Ra8 Kf7 51. Raa7 Ng8 52. h5 Re5 53.
Ra8 Nh6 54. Raa7 Ng8 55. Rb8 Nh6 56. Rh8 Kg7 57. Rha8 Nf7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Vignesh, N R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "8100918"]
[BlackFideId "25012215"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4 Ne4 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 c5
15. Bc3 Re8 16. Qa4 d4 17. Rcd1 Bd7 18. Qb3 dxc3 19. Bc4 Nd2 20. Nxd2 cxd2 21.
Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Rxd2 Ba5 23. Rd5 Rf8 24. Rh5 Bg4 25. Rxc5 Be2 26. Ra1 Rb8 27. Qe6
Rb6 28. Qe5 Rd6 29. Bb3 Bc7 30. Qc3 Bb8 31. Qe1 Rh6 32. f4 Qe7 33. Rc3 Bg4 34.
Qg3 Bf5 35. Bd5 Rd6 36. Bf3 Rd2 37. Re1 Rxb2 38. e4 Ba7+ 39. Kf1 Bd7 40. f5 Bb5+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Poormosavi, Seyed Kian"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12585807"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1
Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. b4 Nd4 12. e3 Ne6 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 Bg7 15.
Qd2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 g5 17. d5 Nf8 18. Rxe8 Bxe8 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. Rd1 a5 21. Ncb5
Bxb5 22. Nxb5 axb4 23. Nxc7 Rc8 24. Nb5 Rxc4 25. Bf1 Rc5 26. Qxb4 Ng6 27. Qe4
Ne5 28. Be2 g4 29. Nd4 Ra5 30. Nf5 h5 31. a4 Bf8 32. Rc1 Rc5 33. Rxc5 dxc5 34.
h3 gxh3 35. Bxh5 c4 36. Kh2 Nd3 37. d6 Nxf2 38. Qd5 c3 39. d7 c2 40. Bxf7+ Kh7
41. d8=Q Qxd8 42. Qxd8 c1=Q 43. Qh4+ Bh6 44. Qxh6+ Qxh6 45. Nxh6 Kxh6 46. a5
Ng4+ 47. Kxh3 Ne3 48. Kh4 Kg7 49. Bb3 Kf6 50. g4 Ke5 51. g5 Ng2+ 52. Kg4 Ne3+
53. Kh5 Ng2 54. Bd1 Nf4+ 55. Kh6 Kd6 56. Bf3 Kc7 57. g6 Ne6 58. Bd5 Nd4 59. Kg5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Chakravarthi Reddy, M"]
[Black "Sultan, Ibrahim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "25009532"]
[BlackFideId "9301143"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Qe2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 d6 14. Be2 Nf6
15. O-O-O Qe7 16. g4 O-O-O 17. f4 Qb7 18. Bf3 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Nyazi, Nehad"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "10601988"]
[BlackFideId "5202248"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. e3 a6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bf4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. Nd4 Bd6 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. f4 Ncd7 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rc4 20. Rce1 Rd8 21. b3
Rb4 22. Na4 Qa5 23. Qb2 Qxa4 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. bxa4 Rxa4 26. Rc1 Rc4 27. Bd3
Rcc8 28. h3 h5 29. g3 Kf7 30. Kg2 Ke7 31. Kf3 Rf8 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Kf3 Kd6 34.
Bg6 b5 35. Rfd1 e5 36. Bf5 Rc4 37. Rxc4 bxc4 38. Rb1 e4+ 39. Ke2 d4 40. Rb6+ Kc5
41. Rb7 d3+ 42. Kd2 c3+ 43. Kxc3 Nd5+ 44. Kd2 Rxf5 45. Rxg7 Rf8 46. Rg5 Rb8 47.
Rxh5 Rb2+ 48. Kd1 Kc4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Black "Mullick, Raahil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "35018701"]
[BlackFideId "35080350"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Ne7 8. Re1
Ng6 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Ba4 Bb6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2 Bc7 13. a4 a5 14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5
e4 16. d6 Qxd6 17. N3d2 Bf5 18. Nc4 Qe6 19. Bb3 Qd7 20. Ng3 Bxh3 21. Ne5 Nxe5
22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Qxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bf5 26. Re3 Rad8 27. Bf3 f6
28. g3 Kf7 29. Re1 Rd3 30. Be2 Rd6 31. f4 Bd4+ 32. cxd4 Rxd4 33. Kf2 Bc2 34. Be3
Rxa4 35. Rxa4 Bxa4 36. Bb6 Bb3 37. Bxa5 b5 38. Bb4 Bd5 39. Bh5+ g6 40. Rxe8 Kxe8
41. Bf3 Bxf3 42. Kxf3 Kd7 43. f5 gxf5 44. Kf4 Ke6 45. Bc5 Kd5 46. b4 Ke6 47. Bb6
h6 48. Ba7 h5 49. Bc5 Kf7 50. Kxf5 Kg7 51. Be7 Kh6 52. Bxf6 h4 53. Bxh4 Kh5 54.
Bf6 Kh6 55. g4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Black "Priyanka, Nutakki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5028698"]
[BlackFideId "25049615"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. e3 O-O 7. Ne2 d6 8. O-O
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ng6 12. b3 a5 13. a3 Ne5 14. Bb2 Bg4 15.
f3 Bd7 16. f4 Ng4 17. Qd3 Re8 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. h3 Rc8 20. Kh2 c6 21. dxc6 Bxc6
22. e4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Nd7 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Nc5 26. Qb1 Ne6 27. Ba1 Bb5 28.
Rf2 Qb6 29. Rd2 Rc4 30. f5 Nf8 31. Qd1 d5 32. Rxd5 Rxb4 33. Rd6 Qc7 34. Qd2 Ra4
35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Qg5+ Kh8 37. f6 Ne6 38. Qxb5 Rg8 39. Rd3 Ra2 40. Qb3 Rf2 41.
Qc3 Qxc3 42. Rxc3 Nf4 43. Rg1 Nxg2 44. Rxg2 Rxf6 45. Rb2 Re8 46. Rc4 Rfe6 47.
Rxb7 Rxe4 48. Rxe4 Rxe4 49. Rxf7 Re2+ 50. Kg1 Kg8 51. Rf2 Re3 52. Kg2 Kg7 53.
Ra2 Kg6 54. Ra6+ Kg7 55. Kf2 Rb3 56. Re6 Ra3 57. Re3 Ra4 58. Kf3 Kf6 59. Re4 Ra5
60. Kg4 Rg5+ 61. Kh4 Ra5 62. Rb4 Kg6 63. Rb6+ Kg7 64. g4 Rc5 65. g5 Rc7 66. Kg4
Ra7 67. h4 Ra4+ 68. Kh5 Ra7 69. Rf6 Ra4 70. Re6 Ra7 71. Kg4 Ra4+ 72. Kg3 Ra3+
73. Kf4 Ra4+ 74. Re4 Rxe4+ 75. Kxe4 h6 76. Kf5 hxg5 77. hxg5 Kf7 78. Kf4 Kg6 79.
Kg4 Kg7 80. Kh5 Kh7 81. g6+ Kg7 82. Kg5 Kg8 83. Kf6 Kf8 84. g7+ Kg8 85. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Salim, Mohammed Salim Al Amri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "22000089"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 g4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Bh4 Kg7 15. Qc1
Ba7 16. Nh2 Be2 17. Ndf3 Bxf1 18. Nxf1 Qd7 19. Ng3 Ng4 20. Nf5+ Kh7 21. Nh2 Ne3
22. fxe3 Rg8 23. Qd1 Rg6 24. Ng4 Rag8 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. Bxf6 Rg6 27. Bh4 f6 28.
Qf3 Nd8 29. Rf1 c6 30. d4 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Ba2 c5 33. dxe5 dxe5 34. Rd1 Qc7
35. Bd5 c4 36. Qe2 Nf7 37. Bxf7 Qxf7 38. Rd5 Qb7 39. Qd2 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Zhu, Yilun"]
[Black "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[ECO "B89"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, 7.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "8609292"]
[BlackFideId "5016193"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Bb3 Na5 10. g4 Rb8 11. g5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nd7 13. f4 Be7 14. f5 Ne5 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Rf1 Nf7 17. Qg4 Qd7 18. O-O-O g6 19. Qg2 b5 20. h4 b4 21. Na4 e5
22. Nf5 gxf5 23. exf5 Bb7 24. Qg3 Be4 25. Nc5 Qc6 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27. f6 Bd8 28.
Qh3 Kf8 29. Rfe1 Qc6 30. h5 a5 31. Qf5 a4 32. g6 hxg6 33. hxg6 Rh2 34. gxf7 axb3
35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Bh6+ Kxf7 37. Qh5+ Ke6 38. Qh3+ Kd5 39. Qxb3+ Kc5 40. f7 Bh4
41. Bxd2 Bxe1 42. Bxe1 Qe4 43. Bf2+ Kb5 44. Qe6 Qc6 45. Qf5 b3 46. c3 Rf8 47.
Qe6 Ka4 48. Qe7 Qh1+ 49. Kd2 Qd5+ 50. Kc1 Qh1+ 51. Kd2 Qd5+ 52. Kc1 Qxf7 53.
Qxd6 Qf4+ 54. Kd1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Polakhare, Aryan"]
[Black "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "1966"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "25069632"]
[BlackFideId "12505951"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 e6 7. Bf3 Qc7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qa4+ Nbd7 11. Nd3 O-O 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Qh4 e5 14. Bg5 e4
15. Be2 Qe5 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qg3+ Qxg3 19. hxg3 f5 20. Nd5 Kg7 21.
Nf4 Rfd8 22. b3 b5 23. Nh5+ Kf8 24. Nf6 Ke7 25. Rh6 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 b4 27. Nxh7
Rg8 28. Nf6 Rg6 29. Rxg6 fxg6 30. Nh7 Bd5 31. Ng5 Kf6 32. Nh3 g5 33. Kd2 Ne6 34.
c3 a5 35. c4 Bc6 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. f4+ exf3 38. gxf3 f4+ 39. gxf4+ gxf4+ 40. Kd3
Be8 41. Nf2 Bg6+ 42. Kd2 Kd4 43. Nh3 Bb1 44. Kc1 Bf5 45. Ng1 Ke3 46. Kb2 Nc5 47.
a3 Nd3+ 48. Ka2 Kd2 49. Ne2 Nc1+ 50. Nxc1 Kxc1 51. Be2 Kd2 52. axb4 axb4 53. Bf1
Ke1 54. c5 Kxf1 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "46634827"]
[BlackFideId "5005370"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. c3 Re8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Bc7 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Qf3 Nb6 16. c4 Qd6 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. b3 Nd7 19. Rad1 Nf8 20. c5 Qh2+ 21. Kf1
Ne6 22. Bc4 f5 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Ba5 25. Rf1 f4 26. Bc1 g5 27. Bb2 Nc7 28.
a3 Nd5 29. b4 Bc7 30. Rfe1 g6 31. Kf3 Kg7 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. Kg2 f5 34. f3 Kf7
35. Bc1 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Dixit, Nikhil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "Geller's system"]
[WhiteFideId "112275"]
[BlackFideId "5059534"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. Re1 a5
9. Na3 Re8 10. Nb5 Bd7 11. a3 a4 12. Bg5 Qb8 13. Bf1 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 exd4
16. e5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. cxd4 Rd8 19. Bxe5 Nd5 20. Bc4 Be6 21. Qf3 Qc8 22.
Rac1 Qd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Bxd5 c6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Nc7 Qf7 28.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Nxa8 Rxa8 30. Kf1 Ke6 31. Ke2 Ra5 32. Kd3 Rb5 33. Re1+ Kd6 34.
Kc3 Rb3+ 35. Kc2 Kd5 36. Re7 Kxd4 37. Rh7 Rb5 38. Rxh6 Rc5+ 39. Kb1 Kd3 40. h4
Ke2 41. Rh5 Kd2 42. Rxg5 Rc1+ 43. Ka2 Rc2 44. Rg3 b5 45. h5 c5 46. h6 b4 47.
axb4 cxb4 48. h7 Rc8 49. Rg8 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Ma, Lin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "10601619"]
[BlackFideId "8610533"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. O-O N7f6 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. e4 Nd7 13. Qa3 cxd4 14. cxd4 b6 15.
Bg5 Re8 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bf4 Bb7 18. h4 e6 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1
Nc5 22. Nc2 Qd7 23. Ne3 Qa4 24. Qxa4 Nxa4 25. d6 Bxg2 26. d7 Bf6 27. Ng4 Be7 28.
Kxg2 Nc5 29. Ne5 Ne6 30. Bxh6 Bf6 31. Nc6 Nd8 32. Rd6 Bg7 33. Bg5 Bf8 34. Rxg6+
fxg6 35. Nxd8 Bh6 36. Nc6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Al Hosani, Omran"]
[Black "Haddouche, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Benoni formation"]
[WhiteFideId "9308733"]
[BlackFideId "7900660"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bg5 e6 7. e4 d6 8. Qa4+
Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bxf6 Qf4+ 14. Rd2 b5
15. Nxb5 gxf6 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Bhambure, Shantanu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5037883"]
[BlackFideId "5025931"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Re1 f5 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Kh8 14. Bf4 g5
15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Rae1 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Qf6 18. h4 g4 19. Qe2 f4 20. Qxg4 Bd7 21. Re4
Bc6 22. Bxf4 Bxe4 23. Be5 Qxe5 24. dxe5 Bxg2 25. Qxe6 Rae8 26. Qh6 Be4 27. f4
Bf5 28. Kf2 b5 29. Bxb5 Rd8 30. Bc4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Viani, Antonio Dcunha"]
[Black "Ajay, Karthikeyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5027330"]
[BlackFideId "35011685"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Nxd4
Bxd4+ 9. Kh1 e6 10. Ne2 Bg7 11. c3 Ne7 12. Bc2 O-O 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15.
Nf3 Qc7 16. Qe1 Be6 17. Qh4 f6 18. Be3 Rad8 19. a4 Nc6 20. f5 Bf7 21. g4 g5 22.
Qf2 Qc8 23. h4 h6 24. Kg2 d5 25. Bb6 Rd7 26. Rfd1 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Re8 28. hxg5
fxg5 29. Ne1 Bf6 30. Nd3 Rd6 31. Nc5 Nd4 32. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 33. Nxb7 Rxb6 34. Nc5
Bd5+ 35. Kh3 Bf3 36. cxd4 Bxd1 37. Rxd1 exd4 38. Nd7 Rb3+ 39. Kg2 Bh8 40. f6 Kf7
41. Qxd4 Re2+ 42. Kf1 Rbxb2 43. Qc4+ Re6 44. Re1 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Al-Zaabi, Sultan"]
[Black "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "9307583"]
[BlackFideId "12528846"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 Bxh6 6. Qxh6 c5 7. e3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qe3 Nb4 13. a3 Nxc3 14. axb4
Nxd1 15. bxa5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 O-O 17. Kd2 Rfc8 18. c3 f6 19. Ra1 Rab8 20. h3 Bf5
21. Ne1 b6 22. a6 b5 23. Ra5 b4 24. Bb5 bxc3+ 25. bxc3 Rb6 26. Nc2 Rcb8 27. Na3
h5 28. h4 Kg7 29. g3 e6 30. Kc1 Be4 31. Kd2 Kf7 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "5301432"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Ng5
c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nc6 11. c3 Nxe5 12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. f3 O-O 14. Be3 Rfd8+
15. Kc2 Rac8 16. Be2 h6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 Bc4
21. Nd2 Bd3+ 22. Kc1 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. f4 Bd5 25. Bf3 Bc6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27.
Kc2 Kf8 28. Kb3 Ke8 29. Ka4 Kd7 30. Ka5 Ke6 31. Ka6 Kd5 32. Kxa7 e5 33. fxe5
Bxe5 34. Kb7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.36"]
[White "Rajdeep, Sarkar"]
[Black "Reyes, Danilo G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[ECO "E09"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "25007963"]
[BlackFideId "5220351"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Qc2 c6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2
a6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 h6 11. Rd1 Nb6 12. Ne3 Bd7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Rac1 Bb4 15.
Ne5 Qe7 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Qc5 Qd8 18. Ra1 Bc8 19. Qxb4 Qc7 20. a4 Rd8 21. a5
Nbd7 22. Qe7 Rf8 23. N3c4 Qd8 24. Qd6 Ne8 25. Qb4 Qc7 26. f4 f6 27. Ng6 Rf7 28.
Bh3 c5 29. dxc5 Nxc5 30. Nb6 Rb8 31. Rac1 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Mahitosh, Dey"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25091468"]
[BlackFideId "13708694"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Bg7 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Bg5 Qe6
15. b3 O-O 16. Bd3 d6 17. Re1 dxe5 18. Re2 Nd7 19. Ke1 f5 20. Rd1 e4 21. Bf4 Nc5
22. Ng5 Qf6 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Bc8 26. Be5 Qf7 27. Bxg7 Qxg7
28. Qe2 Bf5 29. Re7 Qxe7 30. Qxe7 Rfe8 31. Qxe8+ Rxe8+ 32. Kd2 Rd8+ 33. Ke2 Rxd1
34. Kxd1 c5 35. Kd2 Kf7 36. Kc3 Ke6 37. f4 Be4 38. g3 Kf5 39. b4 cxb4+ 40. Kxb4
Kg4 41. Kb5 Bb7 42. a4 Kh3 43. a5 h5 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Salim, Issa Ali Shamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "4200039"]
[BlackFideId "22000062"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
Ne4 9. cxd5 Nd6 10. Nf3 Bf6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Nd2 Na6 13. Nde4 Be7 14. Nxd6 Bxd6
15. Ne4 Bf8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Nb4 18. Nc3 Kh8 19. a3 Na6 20. b4 c6 21. Qb3 Nc7
22. Rfd1 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 d6 26. Qd3 Qe7 27. Re1 Qe6
28. Bf4 Rad8 29. h4 Qe4 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Kf1 Rc4 32. Red1 Rc3 33. R5d3 Rxd3 34.
Rxd3 Kg8 35. Rc3 Rd7 36. Rc8 Kf7 37. Ke1 h6 38. h5 Be7 39. Kd2 Ke6 40. Kd3 Kf5
41. f3 Ke6 42. a4 f5 43. b5 Bf6 44. Be3 Kd5 45. Bf2 Re7 46. Rc6 Be5 47. Rc8 Bf6
48. Be3 Be5 49. Bf4 Bxf4 50. gxf4 Ke6 51. e3 Kd5 52. Rc1 Rf7 53. Rc6 Re7 54. Rc8
Ke6 55. Kd4 Kd7 56. Rc1 Ke6 57. Rg1 Kf7 58. e4 fxe4 59. fxe4 Re6 60. Kd5 g6 61.
Rxg6 Rxg6 62. hxg6+ Kxg6 63. Kxd6 h5 64. e5 h4 65. e6 h3 66. e7 Kf5 67. e8=Q
Kxf4 68. Kc6 Kg3 69. Kb7 h2 70. Qe5+ Kh3 71. Qxh2+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, Bogolyubov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. f4 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. a3
Rfc8 15. Kb1 Na5 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Na5 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nb3 Ne7 20. Qd4 Qc7 21.
Bd3 a5 22. Qf2 Ba4 23. Nd4 Qc5 24. Rhf1 Nc6 25. Nf3 Ne7 26. g4 Qxf2 27. Rxf2 Bd7
28. Nd4 Rab8 29. h4 b5 30. b3 Rc5 31. Kb2 b4 32. a4 Nc6 33. Nf3 Rf8 34. g5 Bc8
35. h5 Nb8 36. Nd4 Nc6 37. Nf3 Nb8 38. Bb5 Ba6 39. Nd4 Bxb5 40. axb5 Nd7 41. g6
Re8 42. gxf7+ Kxf7 43. Ra1 Ra8 44. f5 Nxe5 45. fxe6+ Kg8 46. e7 Rcc8 47. Ne6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Ne7 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 c5 7. dxc5 O-O 8. Be2
Nbc6 9. Bf4 Qa5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Qc1 c3 13. bxc3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Qc7
15. Nf6+ Kh8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Rd6 Ne7 18. Qc4 b6 19. cxb6 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Nf5 21.
Rd2 axb6 22. Rad1 Bb7 23. Nd7 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rfd8 25. f4 g5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Rd3
Ra5 28. Bb3 Kh7 29. Nxb6 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxe5 31. Kf1 Rc5 32. Nc4 Rc7 33. Ke2 Ne7
34. Nd6 Ng6 35. Kf1 Nf4 36. Rg3 f5 37. c4 Bf8 38. Nb5 Rd7 39. Rxg5 Rd2 40. Nc3
Bc5 41. Nd1 Nd3 42. Rg2 Nc1 43. Ba4 Rxa2 44. Be8 Nd3 45. Rg3 Nf4 46. Bc6 e5 47.
Rb3 e4 48. Bd7 Kg6 49. Rb2 Ra1 50. Rd2 Bb4 51. Rd4 Nd3 52. Ke2 Bc5 53. Be8+ Kf6
54. Rd7 Ra2+ 55. Kf1 Rd2 56. Bh5 f4 57. Rb7 Kg5 58. Rh7 f3 59. h4+ Kf6 60. Rf7+
Ke6 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "14102951"]
[BlackFideId "3901211"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4 Bf6 12. Nc3 d6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bf4 Re8 15.
Bg2 Qd7 16. a4 Na6 17. Nb5 Be5 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. Qb3 a5 20. Rab1 Ba6 21. Qc4 Bxb5
22. axb5 Qf5 23. e4 Qf6 24. Re2 a4 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Qxb4 Bd4 27. Ra1 Bc5 28.
Qc4 a3 29. Ra2 Rec8 30. Qb3 axb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "13301616"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. h4 Na5 13. Bd3 e5 14. Bg5 Re8 15.
dxe5 c4 16. Bc2 Qxe5 17. Rb1 a6 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. a4 Qa3 20. Qf3 Qc5 21. Bf6 Bg4
22. Qf4 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Qe5 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. hxg5 Rac8 26. Rb6 Kg7 27. Rfb1 Rc7
28. Rd6 Bc8 29. f3 Rc5 30. f4 h6 31. gxh6+ Kxh6 32. f5 Kg7 33. fxg6 fxg6 34.
Rbb6 Rg5 35. Nf3 Rg4 36. e5 Nc6 37. Kf2 Rf8 38. Rd5 Rg5 39. Be4 Nxe5 40. Rxe5
Rxe5 41. Rxg6+ Kh8 42. Rh6+ Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "1710400"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 e6
9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rd1 N5f6 17. a4 Rfc8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Be3 Qh5 21.
Bd3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rb8 24. Bf4 e5 25. Be3 Kf8 26. Bf5 Ke8 27. f4
Rb7 28. Kf1 exf4 29. Bxf4 Nb6 30. Be5 Nc4 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. b3 Ne5 33. Bxh7 Rc7
34. f4 Ng6 35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Rd3 Kf7 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Kf3 Rh7 39. Kg3 Rc7 40. Kg4
Rc8 41. h4 Rc5 42. Re3+ Kf7 43. Rh3 Kg7 44. h5 gxh5+ 45. Rxh5 Rxc3 46. Rxb5 Kg6
47. Rb8 Rc1 48. Rg8+ Kf7 49. Rh8 Kg6 50. Rg8+ Kh7 51. Rd8 Kg6 52. f5+ Kh6 53.
Rh8+ Kg7 54. Rh3 Rd1 55. Rf3 Kh6 56. Rh3+ Kg7 57. Rf3 Kh6 58. Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. O-O c6 8. d3 Bd6
9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qc7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Bh3 Nf8 15. Qc2
Bc8 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Rd2 Ne6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Be7 20. a3 f6 21. b4 Ndf8
22. Nc3 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8 24. Bc1 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Qd7 26. Be3 Nd4 27. Bxd4 exd4
28. Na4 c5 29. b5 Ng6 30. Nb2 Qg4 31. Nd2 Ne5 32. f4 Nf7 33. Qd1 Qe6 34. Kg2 Nd6
35. Qf3 g6 36. Qd3 Kg7 37. Nd1 Bd8 38. Nf2 Bc7 39. h4 h5 40. Kg1 Nf7 41. Qf3 Nh6
42. Kg2 Bd6 43. a4 Bc7 44. Kf1 Bd6 45. Ke2 Nf5 46. Nd1 Nh6 47. Nf2 Nf5 48. Kd3
Ne3 49. Nd1 Nxd1 50. Qxd1 Qh3 51. Qf3 Qh2 52. Kc2 Be7 53. Kd1 Kh6 54. e5 Qh3 55.
Qa8 Kg7 56. Qxa7 Qe6 57. a5 fxe5 58. axb6 exf4 59. b7 d3 60. b8=Q Qe2+ 61. Kc1
Qe1+ 62. Kb2 Qxd2+ 63. Kb3 Qc2+ 64. Ka3 Qc3+ 65. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "4650891"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 c5 8. d5 h6
9. Bh4 Qa5 10. Qd2 b5 11. cxb5 Nc7 12. Nf3 a6 13. b6 Nb5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5
Nd7 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. d6 Nxb6 18. Ne4 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Rb8 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Nf6+
Bxf6 22. exf6 Nc4+ 23. Kc3 Be6 24. Rae1 b4+ 25. Kc2 Bf5+ 26. Kc1 b3 27. a3 Rb6
28. Rd1 Ra8 29. Nd2 Nxd6 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. Nxb3 Rxf6 32. Nxc5 Rc6 33. b4 Rxa3
34. Kb2 Ra8 35. Rd4 h5 36. h3 Kg7 37. g4 Be6 38. Nxe6+ Rxe6 39. gxh5 Re2+ 40.
Kb3 Re3+ 41. Kc4 Rc8+ 42. Kd5 f6 43. Rg4 g5 44. h4 Rd3+ 45. Ke4 Rcd8 46. Rf1
R8d4+ 47. Kf5 Rd5+ 48. Ke4 f5+ 49. Rxf5 R5d4+ 50. Ke5 Rxg4 51. hxg5 Re3+ 52. Kd6
Rxb4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Darini, Pouria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "12502200"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 b5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Na2 Rc8 15.
h4 O-O 16. Nb4 Nc5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qc5 21. Bd3
Qd4 22. g3 e4 23. Bxe4 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 b4 25. a4 Rc5 26. Bd3 a5 27. Bb5 Rc7 28.
Re1 Rfc8 29. Rde2 g6 30. Bc6 Kf8 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Kc2 Be5 33. R8xe5 dxe5 34. Kd3
Kf6 35. Kc4 Rxc6+ 36. dxc6 Rxc6+ 37. Kb5 Rd6 38. Kxa5 Rd3 39. Kxb4 Rxf3 40. a5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Vignesh, N R"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25012215"]
[BlackFideId "14113147"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Bc2 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Rb1 Bd7
15. a3 Rac8 16. h3 Nh5 17. Be3 Na5 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. b3 Nc6 20. Ng3 Ne7 21. Nf3
Nf5 22. Bf4 Nxg3 23. Bxg3 Nh5 24. Ne5 Be8 25. Bh2 Qa5 26. Ra1 Bh6 27. Ng4 Bf4
28. Bd3 Qb6 29. Bf1 Rc3 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Kg7 33. b4 Bf7 34.
Rd1 Bg8 35. Qc3 Qd6 36. Qe3 Rf8 37. Qh6+ Kh8 38. Ne5 Rf6 39. Rc1 Qd8 40. Rc3 Ng7
41. g4 Bf7 42. Qc1 Ne8 43. Rc8 Qe7 44. Bb5 Kg7 45. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Chakravarthi Reddy, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Guimard main line"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "25009532"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 Be7 8. Bf4 b6
9. Bb5 Na7 10. Be2 c5 11. c3 O-O 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Re3
Ra8 16. Qe2 Qc8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 cxd4 19. cxd4 f6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Rc1 Qd7
22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qb5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5202248"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 g6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. Na3 d6
9. b4 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Rc8 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. e3 Qc7 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd5 15.
Qd1 Qb7 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Rfc1 h6 18. Ne1 Ng5 19. f3 f5 20. Nc4 Rc6 21. Nd2 Rfc8
22. Rxc6 Bxc6 23. Bf1 Kh7 24. h4 Nf7 25. Bh3 Qb8 26. Nf1 Nf6 27. a5 e5 28. axb6
axb6 29. dxe5 Nxe5 30. Bd4 Re8 31. Rb1 b5 32. Qc2 Qd6 33. Kf2 Nc4 34. Rd1 Qe7
35. Ng2 Nd5 36. h5 Bxd4 37. hxg6+ Kg7 38. Rxd4 Ra8 39. Bxf5 Ra3 40. Be4 Qa7 41.
Rxc4 bxc4 42. Qxc4 Qb7 43. Qd4+ Nf6 44. Bxc6 Qxc6 45. Nf4 Ra2+ 46. Nd2 Ra5 47.
g4 Ra6 48. Ne4 Kf8 49. Qb4+ Kg8 50. Qb3+ Kh8 51. Qf7 Qc2+ 52. Kg3 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12521213"]
[BlackFideId "35018701"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nec3 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Na3 Ne8 12. Be2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. O-O
Qf6 16. Nc4 f4 17. Bf2 Qg6 18. Kh1 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qh5 20. Rfe1 Be5 21. Bxc5 dxc5
22. d6+ Kg7 23. Qd5 Rf5 24. d7 Nf6 25. d8=Q Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Qg5 27. Qe8 Bd6 28.
Nb6 Rf8 29. Qe4 Rb8 30. Rad1 Bf5 31. Qd5 Rfd8 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34.
Re8+ Rxe8 35. Qxe8+ Kg7 36. Qf7+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen (Paulsen), classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. g4 h6 8. h4 Nc6
9. Rg1 Nd7 10. g5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nf6 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. h5 b5 15. a3
Nxh5 16. Rh1 g6 17. O-O-O Rg8 18. Rdg1 Bb7 19. Bh4 Rh8 20. Bxh5 Rxh5 21. Bf6 Bh6
22. f4 Ne7 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24. Bg7 Bxg7 25. Rxg7 d5 26. f5 Qe5 27. Qh6 d4 28. fxe6
O-O-O 29. Nd1 d3 30. c3 Qd6 31. Rxf7 Bxe4 32. Nd2 Bd5 33. Qh7 Nc6 34. Qxh5 Qxe6
35. Rf2 Ne5 36. Qg5 Rg8 37. Qe3 Ng4 38. Qxe6+ Bxe6 39. Rf3 Ne5 40. Rf1 Rg2 41.
Rf2 Rg3 42. Rf1 Bg4 43. Ne4 Rg2 44. Ne3 Re2 45. Nxg4 Nxg4 46. Nd2 Ne3 47. Rh1
Kd7 48. b3 a5 49. a4 bxa4 50. bxa4 Ke6 51. Rh6+ Ke5 52. Rh5+ Kf4 53. Rh4+ Ng4
54. Rh3 Nf2 55. Rf3+ Ke5 56. Rf8 Re1+ 57. Kb2 Re2 58. Kc1 Ke6 59. Re8+ Kd5 60.
Rd8+ Kc6 61. Rc8+ Kb7 62. Rf8 Re1+ 63. Kb2 Re2 64. Kc1 Re1+ 65. Kb2 Re2 66. Kc1
Kc7 67. Rf7+ Kd8 68. Rf5 Ke7 69. Rxa5 Re1+ 70. Kb2 Nd1+ 71. Kb3 Re2 72. Nc4 Rc2
73. Rd5 Rxc3+ 74. Kb4 Rxc4+ 75. Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Poormosavi, Seyed Kian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "12585807"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Qa4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Nxd5 Nc5 13. Qc4 Bxd5 14. Qxd5
Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Rad8 16. Bc4 Ne4 17. Be3 Nd2 18. Rfc1 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 c5 20. Ra4 a5
21. Ra3 Rd5 22. Rb3 Rb8 23. a4 g5 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 f5 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Kf3
Rd7 28. Rb5 Ke6 29. Rg1 Kf7 30. Rc1 Rdb7 31. Rd1 Ke6 32. Bf2 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Kxd7
34. e4 Ke6 35. Be1 Bd8 36. Bxa5 Ra8 37. Bxb6 fxe4+ 38. Ke3 Kf5 39. a5 Rb8 40. e6
Kxe6 41. Kxe4 Bc7 42. Rxc5 Bd6 43. Rh5 Rf8 44. f5+ Kd7 45. Kd5 Be7 46. a6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5016193"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Nd7 9. d4 Bf6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. a3 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. d5 Nb8 15. Qe2
c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nf1 Nc4 19. Bc1 Ne7 20. a4 Red8 21. Ng3 g6 22.
Bd3 Rac8 23. axb5 axb5 24. h4 d5 25. h5 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5
Bxd5 29. b3 Nd6 30. Ba3 Bh8 31. Nxe5 Re8 32. Qd2 Bxe5 33. Qxd5 Bxg3 34. Rxe8+
Nxe8 35. fxg3 Qxc3 36. Qxb5 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 gxh5 38. Qb4 Kg7 39. Qf8+ Kf6 40. Bb2+
Kg6 41. Qg8+ Kf5 42. Qxf7+ Kg5 43. Ba3 h4 44. Be7+ Kg4 45. Bxh4 Qe4 46. Qg8+ Qg6
47. Qd5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Black "Vishnu Prasanna, V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12505951"]
[BlackFideId "5030692"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O Na6 8. h3 Re8
9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nc5 11. Qc2 cxd5 12. cxd5 a5 13. Re1 Bd7 14. a4 Rc8 15. Qd1 Qb6
16. Bf1 Qb4 17. Nd2 Bh6 18. Ra3 Kg7 19. Kg2 Re7 20. f3 Be8 21. Na2 Qd4 22. b3
Nxa4 23. Nc4 Bxc1 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. Rxc1 Rec7 26. Nxd6 Rc2+ 27. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 28.
Kg1 Nc3 29. Nxc3 dxc3 30. e5 Nxd5 31. Nxe8+ Kf8 32. Nf6 Ne3 33. Rxa5 Rd2 34.
Ra8+ Kg7 35. Rg8+ Kh6 36. Ng4+ Nxg4 37. hxg4 c2 38. Rc8 Kg5 39. b4 b6 40. b5 h5
41. gxh5 Kxh5 42. Rc4 Kg5 43. Rc6 Kh5 44. Rc8 Kg5 45. Rc3 Kh6 46. Rc7 Kg5 47.
Rc4 Kh6 48. Rc8 Kg5 49. Rc6 Kh5 50. f4 Kg4 51. Rc3 Kh5 52. Rc8 Kg4 53. Rc3 Kh5
54. Rc8 Kg4 55. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Viani, Antonio Dcunha"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5027330"]
[BlackFideId "14109182"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Rfe1 Qb8 14. h3 Rd8
15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 b4 18. Ne2 Nd5 19. Nd4 Nf4 20. Ndf3 Bf5 21.
a3 Nd3 22. Nxd3 Rxd3 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. axb4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rxb3 26. Ra7 Kf6 27.
Rb7 Rd3 28. Rb6+ e6 29. Kh2 Be4 30. Ng1 Rd2 31. Kg3 g5 32. f3 Bd5 33. h4 gxh4+
34. Kh2 Bc4 35. Rb8 Kg7 36. Nh3 Bf1 37. Nf4 h3 38. Kxh3 e5 39. Nh5+ Kh6 40. Kh4
Rxg2 41. Rb6+ Rg6 42. Rf6 Rxf6 43. Nxf6 Kg6 44. Ne4 f5 45. Nc3 f4 46. Ne4 Be2
47. Nd2 Kf5 48. Kh3 Ke6 49. Ne4 h6 50. Kg2 Bb5 51. Kh3 Bc6 52. Nd2 Kd5 53. Kg4
Kd4 54. Kf5 h5 55. Nb3+ Ke3 56. Kxe5 h4 57. Nd2 Bb5 58. Ne4 h3 59. Nf6 Kxf3 60.
Kd4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Bc7 9. c3 b5 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 b4 12. Nb3 cxd4 13. cxd4 a5 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Rc1
Bb7 16. Bf1 a4 17. Na1 a3 18. bxa3 Nb6 19. axb4 Nc4 20. b5 Nb4 21. a4 Na2 22.
Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Ba5 24. Bd2 Bd5 25. Rc5 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Bxd2 27. Re2 Nc3 28.
Rxd2 Nxa4 29. Rc6 Qb8 30. Qb3 Ra5 31. Ra2 Qa8 32. Ra6 Rxa6 33. bxa6 Rb8 34. Rxa4
Rxb3 35. Nxb3 h5 36. a7 Kf8 37. Nd2 h4 38. Nc4 h3 39. d5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12528846"]
[BlackFideId "112275"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. c4 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Qd2 a5
15. c5 Bc7 16. Nc3 b5 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Qe2 Bf4 19. Bxb5 Bxe3 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21.
Rxd5 Qc8 22. fxe3 Rxc5 23. Rhd1 h4 24. e4 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc7 26. h3 Rb8 27. Qd2
Ng6 28. Rd7 Qh2 29. a4 Ne5 30. Rd4 Qg1+ 31. Nd1 Qf1 32. Qxa5 Nc6 33. Qc7 Nxd4
34. Qxb8+ Kh7 35. Qb4 Qxd1+ 36. Ka2 Qd3 37. a5 Nc6 38. Qa4 Qd6 39. Qb5 Qe6+ 40.
Ka3 Qxe4 41. a6 Qxg2 42. b3 g6 43. Qb7 Qd5 44. b4 Qc4 45. a7 Nd4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Ashwath, R."]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "6.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "5021049"]
[BlackFideId "10601619"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 b6 7. d5 c6 8. O-O Bb7
9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nd4 c5 11. Nc2 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rae8 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. Rfe1 Ng8 15. a4
Bc8 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Nc3 Ne5 18. h3 f5 19. f4 Nf7 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bf3 a5 22.
Bf2 Bh6 23. Bh4 Ne5 24. Bh5 Nxc4 25. Qe2 Nxb2 26. Rb1 Bg7 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Qb5
Bb7 29. Rxb2 Bxc3 30. Qxb6 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Rajdeep, Sarkar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "25007963"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 a6
9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. b3 h6 11. Bb2 Nh7 12. Bd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. d4 f6 15. Nf1 e4
16. Rxe4 Nxd5 17. Re1 f5 18. c4 Nf4 19. Qc2 Ng5 20. N1d2 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Bf6 22.
Re3 c6 23. Rae1 Rf7 24. d5 Ng6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Nd4 f4 27. Re6 Raf8 28. Nf3 c5
29. h3 R8f7 30. Qd3 Qc7 31. Qd2 b6 32. axb6 Qxb6 33. Qd3 a5 34. h4 Qb4 35. Ra1
Rxe6 36. dxe6 Rf6 37. h5 Ne7 38. Qxd6 Qc3 39. Re1 Nf5 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. e7 Nxe7
42. Qxe7 Qxb3 43. Qe4+ Kg8 44. Rb1 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "5028698"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 Bb7 12. Nc3 c6 13. a3 Re8 14. Ba2 exd4 15. Nxd4
g6 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qb3+ Nd5 21. Nf3
Kg7 22. exd5 Bf6 23. Rad1 Rc8 24. Ne4 Rc4 25. Qe3 h6 26. Qa7 Re7 27. Nxf6 Kxf6
28. Nxe5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Priyanka, Nutakki"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "25049615"]
[BlackFideId "13300857"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 c6 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Nf1 Nh5 15. Bc2
Nhf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. dxe5 Qb6 18. Qd2 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Ng6 20. Nd3 Rad8 21. Qe3
Qa6 22. Qg3 Bc4 23. Rad1 b5 24. b3 Be6 25. Ne3 Rfe8 26. Nf5 bxa4 27. bxa4 Bb8
28. Qf3 Qc4 29. Rc1 Qxc3 30. Bb1 Qa3 31. Ne5 Qxf3 32. Nxf3 Ne5 33. N5d4 Nxf3+
34. Nxf3 Bd6 35. Nd4 Bh2+ 36. Kxh2 Rxd4 37. Rxc6 Rxa4 38. Rec1 g5 39. Bd3 Rd4
40. R1c3 a4 41. Ra6 Rxd3 42. Rxd3 Bc4 43. Rdd6 Bxa6 44. Rxa6 Rxe4 45. f3 Rf4 46.
g3 Rb4 47. Rxh6 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 a3 49. Ra6 a2 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Haddouche, Mohamed"]
[Black "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "7900660"]
[BlackFideId "46634827"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d6 7. O-O Qc7 8. c4
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Bc1 Rad8 15.
Qf3 g6 16. Qh3 Bf8 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. Bd2 Bc6 20. a4 Qd7 21. Nf3 Nh5
22. Qh4 f5 23. b3 Nf6 24. Qf2 Qb7 25. Qe2 N8d7 26. Bc2 Nc5 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5
Nfe4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Bg5 Rd7 31. Rd1 Bxc2 32. Qxc2 Ne4 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Be3
Qc7 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. b4 Qc7 38. c5 bxc5 39. bxc5 Bf8 40. Qc4 Bxc5
41. Qxe6+ Kg7 42. Qc4 Bb6 43. Qb3 Bxe3 44. Qxe3 Qc5 45. Qd4 Qxd4 46. Nxd4 Nc5
47. a5 Nb7 48. Ne6+ Kf7 49. Nc7 Nxa5 50. Nxa6 Ke6 51. Kg1 Kxe5 52. Nb4 Nc4 53.
Kf2 Ke4 54. Nc2 f4 55. Ne1 Ne5 56. h3 g5 57. Nc2 Nd3+ 58. Ke2 h5 59. Na1 Nc5 60.
Nc2 Na4 61. Ne1 Nc3+ 62. Kd2 g4 63. hxg4 hxg4 64. Kxc3 Ke3 65. Kc2 f3 66. Nxf3
gxf3 67. gxf3 Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system"]
[WhiteFideId "13708694"]
[BlackFideId "5037883"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. g4 c5
9. Rg1 Nc6 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. g5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 h5 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Qxd5 Rd8 16. Qxc6 Bb7 17. Qb5 Bxf3 18. Be2 Be4 19. Kf1 bxc5 20. f3 Bc2 21. Kf2
Rd2 22. Qc4 Bd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 Qd6 25. Rad1 Qxh2+ 26. Rg2 Qe5 27. g6
Qxc3 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Be4 Rb8 30. Rg5 Rb2+ 31. Kg3 Qxe3 32. Rd7+ Ke6 33. Rgxg7
Qe1+ 34. Kf4 Qc1+ 35. Kg3 h4+ 36. Kh3 Qh1+ 37. Kg4 Rg2+ 38. Kh5 Rxg7 39. Rxg7 h3
40. Rg6+ Ke7 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Rxa7 Qg2 43. Ra8+ Ke7 44. Ra7+ Kd8 45. Ra8+ Kc7
46. Ra7+ Kb6 47. Rb7+ Ka6 48. Rb1 h2 49. Bb7+ Ka7 50. f4 Qxb7 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Song, Yuxin"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "8614300"]
[BlackFideId "4200039"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxb5 7. Nxb5 Nxd4
8. Nfxd4 Kd8 9. c4 Nf6 10. f3 a6 11. Nc3 e6 12. b3 Kc7 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Kf2 Be7
15. a4 Rac8 16. Rhd1 Kb8 17. Nc2 Bc6 18. Ra2 Rhd8 19. Bb6 Re8 20. b4 Bd7 21. Ne3
e5 22. Rc1 Be6 23. Ncd5 Nd7 24. a5 Bg5 25. Rac2 g6 26. g3 f5 27. h4 Bh6 28. Rd1
Rc6 29. Rd3 f4 30. Ng4 Bg7 31. Rdc3 h5 32. Nh2 fxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Bh6 34. Be3 Bxe3
35. Rxe3 Bxd5 36. exd5 Rc7 37. f4 Nf6 38. Rd3 exf4+ 39. Kxf4 Re4+ 40. Kg5 Ng4
41. Nf3 Rf7 42. Kxg6 Ref4 43. Kxh5 Nf6+ 44. Kg6 Nd7 45. Rcc3 Nf8+ 46. Kg5 R7f5+
47. Kh6 Rf6+ 48. Kh5 Ng6 49. Kg5 Ne7 50. Re3 R6f5+ 51. Kh6 Rf6+ 52. Kg5 R6f5+
53. Kh6 Rf6+ 54. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Zhu, Yilun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "8609292"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 a6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5
9. Ba2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. exd4 Rd8 13. d5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Rac1 Qf7 18. Rfe1+ Ne5 19. Ba5 O-O 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Bxd8
Rxd8 22. Qd2 Bc7 23. Rc3 Kh8 24. Rd3 h6 25. Rd1 Bb6 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rf8
28. Rf1 e4 29. Re5 e3 30. Rxe3 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Re8 32. Qd3 Qf6 33. Qc2 a5 34. Rd1
b4 35. Rd3 bxa3 36. bxa3 Rf8 37. Qd2 Qb6 38. Qe3 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qb8+ 40. Qg3 Qb5
41. Rc3 Qb2 42. Rc7 Qd4 43. Rc2 Qe4 44. Rd2 Qe6 45. Qc3 Qf5 46. Qg3 Qe6 47. Rd4
Qe7 48. Rg4 Rd8 49. Qc3 Rd5 50. Rc4 Qd6+ 51. g3 Rf5 52. Rc8+ Rf8 53. f4 a4 54.
Rc6 Qd5 55. Rxh6+ Kg8 56. Rb6 Re8 57. Rb2 Qd1 58. Qc4+ Kh8 59. f5 Qf3 60. Qg4
Qe3 61. Qh4+ Kg8 62. Qxa4 Kh7 63. Qh4+ Kg8 64. Qc4+ Kh8 65. Qf7 Rd8 66. h4 Qxa3
67. Rf2 Qe3 68. Qh5+ Kg8 69. Qf3 Qxf3 70. Rxf3 Kf7 71. Kh3 Rd4 72. Rf4 Rd5 73.
Kg4 Kf6 74. Ra4 Rd6 75. Re4 Rd3 76. Re6+ Kf7 77. Kf4 Rd4+ 78. Kg5 Ra4 79. g4 Ra5
80. Rb6 Rc5 81. h5 Rc4 82. h6 gxh6+ 83. Rxh6 Kg7 84. Ra6 Rc7 85. Ra4 Rb7 86. Kf4
Kg8 87. g5 Rb1 88. g6 Rb7 89. Kg5 Rb8 90. f6 Kh8 91. Rh4+ Kg8 92. f7+ Kf8 93.
Rh8+ Kg7 94. f8=Q+ Rxf8 95. Rxf8 Kxf8 96. Kf6 Kg8 97. g7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Nikhil, Magizhnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Yusupov-Rubinstein system"]
[WhiteFideId "5005370"]
[BlackFideId "35075497"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. Ng3 g6 14. f4 Qe7 15. Qf3
cxd4 16. exd4 Ba3 17. Nf5 gxf5 18. Bxa3 Qxa3 19. Bxf5 Bc8 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Bxd7
Qb2 22. Rad1 Qxa2 23. Bf5 Qa3 24. Qh3 Kh8 25. Qh6 Qe7 26. Rfe1 Qd8 27. Rd3 Rg8
28. Rg3 Ra7 29. Re8 Rxe8 30. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Sultan, Ibrahim"]
[Black "Kowsarinia, Amir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "9301143"]
[BlackFideId "12500089"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 a6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 Nd8 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. b4 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. d5
Rb8 16. Rab1 Nf6 17. Nd2 Nf7 18. Ba1 Be5 19. Nf3 Bc7 20. e4 f4 21. e5 Nxe5 22.
Nxe5 Bxe5 23. d6 Qf7 24. Rxb7 fxg3 25. hxg3 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Ng4 27. f4 Bxf4 28.
gxf4 Qxf4 29. Ne4 Qe3+ 30. Kg2 Qh6 31. Kg1 Ne3 32. Qd2 Qg6+ 33. Kh1 Qh5+ 34. Kg1
Qg4+ 35. Kh1 Nxd1 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Ne3+ 38. Kg3 a5 39. Nxc5 Nf5+ 40. Kg2
Nxd6 41. Ba6 Rf7 42. a4 h5 43. Bb5 Kh7 44. Be5 Nf5 45. Ne4 Ne3+ 46. Kg3 Rf5 47.
Bc3 g5 48. Bxd7 h4+ 49. Kh2 Kg6 50. Bxe6 Rf4 51. Nd6 g4 52. Bd5 Rf2+ 53. Kg1 g3
54. Be4+ Kh5 55. Bd3 h3 56. Bd4 h2+ 57. Kh1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Pranav, V"]
[Black "Balasubramaniam, H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25060783"]
[BlackFideId "35053248"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c3 e5
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nh4 g5 11. Nhf3 Ng6 12. h3 h6 13. Nc4 f5 14. Nh2 f4 15. Qh5 Kh7
16. Bf3 Be6 17. Bg4 Bf7 18. Bf5 Ne7 19. Qe2 Nxf5 20. exf5 Ne7 21. g4 Nc6 22. Rd1
Bf6 23. Nf3 Re8 24. Ncd2 d5 25. Qf1 Qc7 26. c4 Nd4 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. cxd5 Bxd5
29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. dxe4 Rxe4 31. Qc4 Kg7 32. Bd2 b6 33. Rac1 Qf7 34. Qb5 Qe8 35.
Qa6 Qc8 36. Qd3 Re7 37. b4 Rc7 38. bxc5 Rxc5 39. Rxc5 Qxc5 40. Rc1 Qd6 41. h4
Qd7 42. h5 Rc8 43. Re1 Qd5 44. Qa3 Rc7 45. Re6 Qc5 46. Qd3 Qc2 47. Qe2 Qc4 48.
Qe4 Qc2 49. Qe2 Qc4 50. Qe1 Rf7 51. Qe4 Qxa2 52. Rxf6 Rxf6 53. Qxd4 Qf7 54. Bc3
Qe7 55. Qd5 Kh7 56. Bxf6 Qxf6 57. Qd7+ Kg8 58. Qxa7 Kh8 59. Qb7 Kg8 60. Kg2 Kh8
61. Qc8+ Kg7 62. Kf3 Qd6 63. Qb7+ Kf6 64. Kg2 Ke5 65. Qg7+ Ke4 66. f6 f3+ 67.
Kh3 Qd1 68. Qe7+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"]
[Black "Kakulidis, Ellen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "King's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "25005812"]
[BlackFideId "1444972"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. c3 Be7 5. b4 a6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2
Re8 9. O-O Bf8 10. Re1 g6 11. Bf1 Bg7 12. a3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nh5 14. g3 Qe7 15.
Nc4 Rd8 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Ne3 Rd7 18. Bg2 Rad8 19. c4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Nd5
Qf8 22. Qd3 c5 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Red1 b5 25. cxb5 Qxb5 26. Bxd4 Bxd5 27. Qxb5
axb5 28. exd5 Nf6 29. Rab1 Nxd5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Bh3 Rd6 32. Bf1 Nc3 33. Rxd6
Rxd6 34. Rb3 Rc6 35. Bxb5 Nxb5 36. Rxb5 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Ra1 38. Rb3 h5 39. h4 Kf6
40. Kf3 Ke5 41. Ke3 f6 42. Kd3 g5 43. Rb5+ Kd6 44. hxg5 Rxa3+ 45. Ke2 fxg5 46.
Rxg5 h4 47. g4 Ke6 48. Rh5 h3 49. f3 h2 50. Kf2 Kf6 51. Rxh2 Kg6 52. Kg3 Rb3 53.
Ra2 Kg5 54. Ra5+ Kg6 55. Rd5 Ra3 56. Kf2 Rb3 57. Re5 Ra3 58. Re3 Ra4 59. Kg3 Kg5
60. f4+ Kf6 61. g5+ Kg6 62. Kg4 Ra1 63. f5+ Kg7 64. Re7+ Kf8 65. Rb7 Rg1+ 66.
Kh5 Rh1+ 67. Kg6 Ra1 68. Rb8+ Ke7 69. f6+ Kd7 70. f7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Mullick, Raahil"]
[Black "Srija, Seshadri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Keres (...Nd7) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "35080350"]
[BlackFideId "5055903"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 Ng6 17. Nf3 Bh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. f5 Ne5 20. Rf1 Re8 21. Bf4 a5
22. Qd2 h6 23. Qe3 a4 24. Bg3 Qf6 25. Qf2 Nc4 26. e5 Nxe5 27. Bh4 g5 28. fxg6
Qxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Nxg6 30. Bg3 c4 31. Raf1 Ra7 32. Bxd6 Rd7 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Bb4
Bb7 35. d6 Bd5 36. a3 h5 37. h4 Bf7 38. Ba5 Be6 39. Bb4 Bf5 40. Rd2 Bd3 41. Rf4
Re5 42. Rdf2 Bf5 43. Kh2 Kf7 44. Rd2 Ke6 45. Bc3 Re3 46. Rfd4 Bd3 47. Rf2 Rxd6
48. Rf6+ Kxf6 49. Rxd3+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Raahul, V S"]
[Black "Polakhare, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "1966"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, Smyslov system"]
[WhiteFideId "25035525"]
[BlackFideId "25069632"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Bxc3 5. bxc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d4 d6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. Nh4 Na5 11. c5 exd4 12. cxd4 dxc5 13. dxc5 Qe7 14. Qa4 b6
15. Bd2 Ba6 16. Bxa5 bxa5 17. Qxa5 Bxe2 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Re1 Rb2 20. Bf1 Qe6
21. Qxc7 g5 22. Nf3 Qxa2 23. Qe5 Bxf3 24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qxf6 Be2
27. Qe5 a5 28. Bxe2 f6 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Bc4+ Kg6 33.
c6 Rb8 34. Be6 a4 35. c7 Ra8 36. Rd1 a3 37. Rd8 Ra6 38. Bf5+ Kh6 39. c8=Q Ra7
40. Rg8 a2 41. Qc1+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Krithigga, K"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "closed system"]
[WhiteFideId "25013505"]
[BlackFideId "5300380"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. Ne1 Rb8 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. e4
c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Be3 Qd7 18. f3 Rb7 19. Qd2 c5 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 cxb4
22. Bh3 Qc6 23. f4 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 exf4 25. gxf4 Qh5 26. Qxh5 Nxh5 27. Rf2 f5 28.
e5 d5 29. Bf1 Ra8 30. d4 Nc6 31. Bg2 Ra5 32. Rc2 Rb6 33. Rc5 Nxf4 34. Rxa5 Nxa5
35. Nc2 Nxg2 36. Kxg2 b3 37. Ne3 Rb4 38. Nxd5 Rxd4 39. Nc7 Rc4 40. Nb5 Rc5 41.
Nd4 Rxe5 42. Nxb3 Nc6 43. Rc1 Ne7 44. Nd4 Re4 45. Nf3 Kg7 46. Rb1 Kh6 47. h4 Kh5
48. Kh3 Nd5 49. Rb8 Kh6 50. Rh8+ Kg7 51. Rd8 Nf4+ 52. Kg3 Nh5+ 53. Kf2 Ra4 54.
Rd6 Nf6 55. Rb6 f4 56. Kg2 Ra2+ 57. Kh3 Ra3 58. Kg2 Ra2+ 59. Kh3 Rf2 60. Ng5 Re2
61. Rb7+ Kg8 62. Rb8+ Kg7 63. Rb7+ Kg8 64. Rb8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Ahmed, Fareed"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "9303677"]
[BlackFideId "8100918"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Ne5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3 e6 8.
Bc4 Qf6 9. Qxb7 Qe5+ 10. Kd1 Rb8 11. Qc6 Ngf6 12. d3 Qc5 13. Qa4 Qxf2 14. Re1
Bg4+ 15. Ne2 Qxg2 16. Bf4 Bb4 17. c3 Bc5 18. d4 Bd6 19. Kc1 Bxf4+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.36"]
[White "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Black "Abid, Ali Mujawar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25006746"]
[BlackFideId "25039938"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. e3 e6 7. Qd2 Bd7 8. Bd3
Rc8 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. a3 Na6 14. b4 Nc7 15.
Bd3 f5 16. b5 Qa5 17. Bxe7 Bxe7 18. Nxd5 Qxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kf7 20. Nxc8 Qa5 21.
Ne5+ Kg8 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxd7 Rd8 24. Ne5 Re8 25. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Salim, Mohammed Salim Al Amri"]
[Black "Nyazi, Nehad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "22000089"]
[BlackFideId "10601988"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. N2f3 Nge7 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ba4 Bd7 10. c3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxa4 12. Qxa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ke2 Nc6
15. f4 Nxd4+ 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. Kd3 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Kxd2 Rc4 20. Kd3 Rhc8 21.
Rhd1 b5 22. Rd2 a5 23. Rf1 b4 24. f5 a4 25. f6 g6 26. g3 h5 27. Rff2 a3 28. bxa3
Rc3+ 29. Ke2 bxa3 30. Rd3 Rc2+ 31. Rd2 R8c4 32. Ke3 R4c3+ 33. Kf4 Rc1 34. Kg5
Ke8 35. Kf4 Kf8 36. Rf3 g5+ 37. Kxg5 Rxf3 38. Kxh5 Rfc3 39. Kg5 R1c2 40. Rd1
Rxa2 41. Rb1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5.38"]
[White "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Black "Mahajan, Ayush"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "1559"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35042025"]
[BlackFideId "35087290"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Nh5 9. Bg3 Ndf6 10. Bh4 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Nf6 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. O-O O-O 16. Qa4 c5 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. Nf4 Qe5
21. h3 g5 22. Nfe2 Nd7 23. g4 h5 24. Ng3 Nf6 25. gxh5 Qe6 26. Kg2 Bd7 27. Rh1
Bc6 28. Rcd1 Rd8 29. Nce2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Bd7 31. Rh1 Rc8 32. Nc3 Bc6 33. Qe2 Rd8
34. h4 g4 35. Rd1 Rd3 36. Kh2 Rxd1 37. Qxd1 Qe5 38. Ne2 Nxh5 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40.
Qc8 Nxg3 41. Nxg3 Qe6 42. Nh5+ Kh7 43. Qxe6 fxe6 44. Nf6+ Kg6 45. Nxg4 Kh5 46.
Kg3 a5 47. Ne5 Bd5 48. a3 c4 49. Kh3 Kh6 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. Kg5 Kh7 52. h5 a4 53.
h6 c3 54. bxc3 Kg8 55. c4 Bb7 56. c5 Bc8 57. c6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nf3 f6 13. d3 Bh3 14. Re1 Ne6 15.
Rc1 Qe8 16. Na4 Rd8 17. Rc4 Qg6 18. Ba3 Rd5 19. Qc1 Bg4 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5
Bxf3 22. exf3 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Qxd3 24. Kg2 Rxc5 25. Qxc5 Qa6 26. Qc2 Rd8 27. Re3
h6 28. h4 Qb7 29. Rc3 Rd6 30. Rc5 Qb6 31. a4 Kh8 32. Rc4 a6 33. Rc5 Qb7 34. h5
Qb6 35. Qc3 Kh7 36. b4 Kh8 37. Qc4 Kh7 38. Qc2+ Kh8 39. Qc3 Kh7 40. Qc4 Kh8 41.
Qf7 Kh7 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Rxe5 fxe5 44. Qxd6 Kh7 45. Qxe5 Qxb4 46. Qe4+ Qxe4 47.
fxe4 Kg8 48. Kf3 Kf7 49. Ke3 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4650891"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. h3 Qc7 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 b6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. a4 Rac8 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15.
Rfe1 e6 16. Qb1 Na5 17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Nc6 19. Nc4 Ne7 20. Nfd2 Nc6 21. Bf1
Qe7 22. b5 Nd4 23. e5 Ne8 24. a5 bxa5 25. Qb2 Nf5 26. Bxa7 Bxg2 27. Bxg2 Qxa7
28. b6 Qa6 29. b7 Rb8 30. Qb6 Qxb6 31. Nxb6 Nh4 32. Bh1 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Nd6 34.
Rb1 Nxb7 35. Nbc4 Rd7 36. Reb5 Rbd8 37. Rxb7 Rxd2 38. Nxd2 Rxd2 39. Ra7 Rd4 40.
Rbb7 Rf4 41. Bc6 g5 42. Be8 Nf3+ 43. Kf1 Ne5 44. Rxa5 Ng6 45. Raa7 Ne5 46. h4
Kg7 47. h5 Kf8 48. Ra8 Kg7 49. Ra4 Rf6 50. Ke2 Kf8 51. Re4 Rf5 52. Rb5 Nf3 53.
Rxf5 exf5 54. Ra4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "14102951"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. e3 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 f6 13. Re1 e5 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15.
Nxa3 Rb8 16. b4 Nc7 17. d3 b6 18. Qa4 a6 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Kh8 21. b5 Qd6 22.
Nc2 a5 23. Qa3 Qxa3 24. Nxa3 Ne6 25. Rf1 Nc5 26. Nc2 Bf5 27. Nxd4 Bxd3 28. Rfc1
Rbd8 29. Nb3 Ne6 30. a4 Nxf4 31. c5 Ne2+ 32. Kf2 Nxc1 33. Rxc1 bxc5 34. Nxc5 Bf5
35. b6 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 Rb2 37. b7 h5 38. Bc6 Rb8 39. Bb5 Kh7 40. h4 g5 41. hxg5
fxg5 42. Re1 h4 43. Re7+ Kg6 44. Na6 Rxb7 45. Rxb7 Kf6 46. Bc6 Rc2 47. Rb6 Ke5
48. Rb5+ Kf4 49. Rc5 Rd2 50. Nc7 h3 51. Nd5+ Kg3 52. Ne3 Bd3 53. Rxg5+ Kf4 54.
Rxa5 h2+ 55. Kh1 Kxe3 56. Rh5 Be4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 b5 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. a4 b4 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Nfe5 Qc7 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. dxc5 Rfd8 17. Nd6 Nxc5 18. Qd4 Bf6 19. Qxc5 Qxd6 20. Qxd6 Rxd6 21.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Rc1 Bb7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Kf1 Rd2 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rb2 27.
Rc6 a5 28. Rc5 Rxb3 29. Rxa5 Rb2 30. Rb5 b3 31. a5 Ra2 32. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "12521213"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. Nd5 g5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Kg7 14. Nxf6 Qxf6 15.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 16. Bd5 Nd4 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Bg3 Nxc2 19. Rad1 Ke6 20. Kh2 f5 21.
exf5+ Kf6 22. a3 Nd4 23. Rc1 Nxf5 24. Rfe1 Bb6 25. Re4 c5 26. f3 Nxg3 27. Kxg3
d5 28. Re2 Rc8 29. b3 Rc6 30. h4 gxh4+ 31. Kxh4 Kf5 32. g3 Bc7 33. Kh5 Bd6 34.
f4 exf4 35. g4+ Kf6 36. Rce1 Bf8 37. Rf1 Bd6 38. Rfe1 Bf8 39. Rf1 Bd6 40. Kxh6
c4 41. bxc4 bxc4 42. dxc4 dxc4 43. g5+ Kf5 44. Kh5 Rc8 45. Kh6 Be5 46. Rxe5+
Kxe5 47. g6 Ke4 48. g7 f3 49. Kh7 c3 50. Re1+ Kd3 51. Rd1+ Ke2 52. Rd6 c2 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "5018471"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Nb8 13. a4 Nd7 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Qd2 c6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. c3 c5 20. Nd2 Qe7 21. Ra1
Ra8 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Qe1 Nf6 24. Qa1 Bc6 25. Qa5 Ne8 26. Nf1 Qc7 27. Qa2 g6
28. Ne3 Nf6 29. h3 Kg7 30. Qa6 Qb7 31. Qa5 c4 32. dxc4 bxc4 33. Bxc4 Qxb2 34.
Qc7 Be8 35. Qe7 Nxe4 36. Qxe8 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Qf4 38. Nf1 d5 39. Ba6 Nxc3 40. Qc6
d4 41. Bc4 e4 42. Qd7 e3 43. Ng3 h5 44. Nf5+ Qxf5 45. Qxd4+ Qf6 46. Qxe3 h4 47.
Qd3 Na4 48. Bxf7 Qa1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. Kh1 Qa1+ 51. Kh2 Qe5+ 52. Kh1 Qe1+ 53.
Kh2 Qg3+ 54. Qxg3 hxg3+ 55. Kxg3 Kxf7 56. h4 Kg7 57. Kf4 Kh6 58. g4 Nc3 59. Ke5
Nb1 60. Kf4 Nd2 61. Ke3 Nb3 62. Ke4 Kh7 63. Kf4 Kh6 64. Ke4 Nd2+ 65. Ke3 Nc4+
66. Kd4 Nd6 67. Ke5 Nf7+ 68. Kf4 Nd8 69. Ke4 Kg7 70. Ke5 Nf7+ 71. Kf4 Kf6 72.
g5+ Kg7 73. Kg4 Ne5+ 74. Kf4 Nc4 75. Kg4 Ne3+ 76. Kf4 Ng2+ 77. Kg3 Nxh4 78. Kxh4
Kf7 79. Kg4 Ke6 80. Kf3 Kf5 81. Kg2 Kxg5 82. Kg3 Kf5 83. Kf3 g5 84. Kg3 g4 85.
Kg2 Kf4 86. Kf2 g3+ 87. Kg2 Kg4 88. Kg1 Kf3 89. Kf1 g2+ 90. Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Vignesh, N R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13402129"]
[BlackFideId "25012215"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. Nde2
Bc5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qxe3 12. Bg2 exd5 13. Qd4 Qg5 14. O-O O-O
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qe3+ 17. Kh1 Nc6 18. Nf4 Be6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qe4 Qh6
21. c3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rf8 23. Re1 Nd8 24. Qd4 Qh4 25. Qe5 h6 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Qd6
Qg5 28. Qc7 Kh8 29. b4 Kg8 30. a4 Kh7 31. a5 Kg8 32. c4 Kh7 33. b5 Qe3 34. Rxd8
Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Rxd8 36. Qxd8 Qe5+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kf1 Qf4+ 39. Ke2 Qe5+ 40. Kf3
Qc3+ 41. Ke2 Qe5+ 42. Kf3 Qc3+ 43. Kf2 Qc2+ 44. Kg3 Qc3+ 45. Bf3 Qe5+ 46. Kf2
Qh2+ 47. Ke3 Qg1+ 48. Kd2 Qf2+ 49. Be2 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1710400"]
[BlackFideId "5202248"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
c5 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Bf1 h6 14. Bf4 Bf8 15.
Nf3 Qa5 16. Bb5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 d5 19. Be5 Ne4 20. Bd3 f5 21. Rd1
Be6 22. Nb5 Qb6 23. Nd4 Re8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qh5 Bf7 26. Qxf5 Bg6 27. Qf4 Qxb2
28. a4 Qa2 29. Bd6 Qxa4 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Qg3 Qe8 32. Ra1 a6 33. Rb1 b5 34. Ra1
Rf6 35. c3 Kh7 36. Nc2 Qd8 37. Qe3 Rd6 38. Qe1 a5 39. Ne3 Qc7 40. Qc1 Rd3 41.
Qb2 Be8 42. Ra3 Qb6 43. Ra1 Qc7 44. Ra3 a4 45. Qb4 Qf4 46. Ra2 Qe5 47. Rc2 Bf7
48. Rc1 h5 49. Nf1 e3 50. fxe3 Rxe3 51. Rb1 Rxc3 52. Qh4 a3 53. Re1 Qc5+ 54. Kh1
a2 55. Qf4 Bg6 56. Ng3 Qc7 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "14109182"]
[BlackFideId "5016193"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. h4 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Nd4 Bb7
15. g4 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qe3 Ne5 18. g5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. h5 Rfc8 21.
Rh2 Bc6 22. Re2 Be8 23. f4 Qa7 24. Qd3 Qe7 25. h6 g6 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. Qxd6 Rxc2
28. Qxc7 R2xc7 29. Ne5 Kf8 30. b3 Bc6 31. Ng4 f5 32. gxf6 Kf7 33. Kb2 Be8 34. b4
Rc3 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Kxc3 Rd1 37. e5 Bc6 38. Nf2 Rf1 39. Kd4 Rc1 40. Kd3 Bd5 41.
Rc2 Bc4+ 42. Kc3 Rf1 43. Kd4 Ra1 44. Ne4 Rf1 45. Nd6+ Kf8 46. Nxc4 bxc4 47. Rxc4
Rxf4+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 c6 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. b3
dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O Be7 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Bb2 Bc6 16. Bf5 Nf6 17. e4 Qb7 18. Ne5 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21.
Re1 Ng5 22. f4 Ne6 23. Nc6 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. f5 Kd7 26. fxe6+ fxe6 27. Rad1+
Kxc6 28. Rxe6+ Kb5 29. Rxf6 Rad8 30. Rb1+ Ka6 31. h4 Rhg8 32. Rb3 Rd2 33. Ra3+
Kb5 34. Rb3+ Kc4 35. Rf4+ Rd4 36. Rf7 Rdg4 37. Rb2 R8g7 38. Rxg7 Rxg7 39. Kf2
Kd3 40. Rb3+ Kc2 41. Re3 c4 42. Re2+ Kb1 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300857"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. c4 Nc6 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15.
Bd2 b6 16. Bd3 Nb7 17. O-O Nd6 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. h3 Rac8 20. Rb1 Re8 21. Bc3 exd5
22. cxd5 Ba4 23. Ba6 Rcd8 24. e5 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Kf8 27. Nc6 Rd7 28.
Rbc1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bxc6 30. dxc6 Rc7 31. a4 Nf5 32. a5 Rxc6 33. Bb5 Rc7 34.
axb6 axb6 35. Re6 c4 36. Rxb6 c3 37. Bd3 c2 38. Bxc2 Rxc2 39. g3 Kf7 40. Rb7+
Ne7 41. h4 Kf6 42. Kg2 h6 43. Rb6+ Rc6 44. Rb2 Nf5 45. Ra2 Nd6 46. Ra4 Nc4 47.
Ra8 Ne5 48. Ra2 Nd3 49. Ra3 Ne5 50. Ra2 Kf5 51. Rd2 Rc1 52. Rd8 Rc2 53. Rf8+ Ke6
54. Kg1 Kd5 55. Kg2 Ke6 56. Kg1 Ke7 57. Rf4 Rc4 58. h5 Rxf4 59. gxf4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Nc2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne3 d4 12. Ned5 Qd8 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bxc6 dxc3
15. Bf3 Bh3 16. Re1 Bg4 17. Bg5 cxb2 18. Rb1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Bxf3 20. exf3 Qd6 21.
Rxb2 b6 22. Rd2 Qc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qa4 a5 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27.
Qxe8+ Kg7 28. a4 h6 29. Kg2 Qd5 30. h3 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Vishnu Prasanna, V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Breyer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "112275"]
[BlackFideId "5030692"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. g3 h6 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
Bd6 9. Bb2 Qb8 10. Qc1 O-O 11. Ba3 b5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qc3 bxc4 14. bxc4 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rfc1 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Rfc8 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 c5 20. Nf3 Rab8
21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Nb6 23. Qa6 Qd7 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Rb2 Rc7 26. Rd2 Qc8 27.
Qb5 Rc5 28. Rd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxc5 Qd5 30. Qc2 a5 31. e4 Qd6 32. Qc3 a4 33. Ne5 f6
34. Nd3 Nd7 35. Kf1 Kh7 36. Ke2 Ne5 37. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5037883"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2 d6
9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Nh4 Bxa6 12. Qc2 Nfd7 13. Rb1 Nc4 14. Bh3 Ra7 15. a3
Qa5 16. b4 Qc7 17. b5 Bb7 18. b6 Ndxb6 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Nxa7 Qxa7 21. e4 Qa5 22.
Rd1 Ba6 23. Bf1 Bb5 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 25. Nf3 Ra8 26. Rd3 Qa4 27. Qb1 Nd7 28. Rb3 h6
29. Rb7 Na5 30. Rb5 Qd1 31. Kg2 c4 32. Be3 Qxb1 33. Rxb1 Nf6 34. Bd2 Nxe4 35.
Bxa5 Rxa5 36. Bxc4 Nc5 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. h4 Rxa3 39. Re8 Bf6 40. Rb8 Kg7 41. Rb4
Rc3 42. Bb5 Rc2 43. g4 Bc3 44. Rf4 Bd2 45. Rc4 Rb2 46. Nxd2 Rxd2 47. Bc6 Nd3 48.
Kg3 Nxf2 49. Rf4 Nd3 50. Rd4 Nc5 51. Rf4 Nd3 52. Rd4 g5 53. hxg5 hxg5 54. Ra4
Ne5 55. Bb7 Rb2 56. Bc8 Rb3+ 57. Kg2 Ng6 58. Ra5 Nf4+ 59. Kf2 Kf6 60. Bd7 Rd3
61. Bc6 Ng6 62. Ra4 Ne5 63. Bb7 Rf3+ 64. Kg2 Rf4 65. Rxf4+ gxf4 66. Bc8 Kg5 67.
Kh3 Nc4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "12505951"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. e3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. a3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Nd4 Nc4 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qb3 Rd6 19. Qxb7 Rb6 20. Qxc8+ Bxc8
21. Nxd5 Qe5 22. Bxc4 Rg6 23. Nf3 Qe4 24. Rd4 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Bh3+ 26. Kg3 Bd6+
27. Nf4 Qf5 28. Ne5 g5 29. Rxd6 Qxe5 30. Rd4 Bf5 31. Kf3 gxf4 32. Rg1+ Kh7 33.
Rxf4 Bg6 34. h4 Qxb2 35. Kg3 Qg7 36. Kh2 Qe5 37. Rg3 Qe7 38. a4 a5 39. Bd5 Kh8
40. Bc4 Kh7 41. Kg1 Qd7 42. Be2 Qd5 43. Kh2 Qe5 44. h5 Bf5 45. Bc4 Be6 46. Bxe6
fxe6 47. Rh3 Qg5 48. Rhh4 e5 49. Rfg4 Qf5 50. Kg2 Qf6 51. Rh3 Qc6+ 52. Rf3 Qd5
53. e4 Qb7 54. Rfg3 Kh8 55. Rg8+ Kh7 56. R3g7+ Qxg7+ 57. Rxg7+ Kxg7 58. f4 exf4
59. Kf3 Kf6 60. Kxf4 Ke6 61. e5 Ke7 62. Kf5 Kf7 63. e6+ Ke7 64. Ke5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "14113147"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. c3 Qc7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Bh4 c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. Qc2 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 h6 16. O-O Nb6 17. Bg3 Nd5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne5 Rac8 20. f4 b4 21. Rf3
bxc3 22. bxc3 f6 23. Ng6 f5 24. Qe2 Rf7 25. Re1 Rb7 26. h3 Rb6 27. Ne5 Qc7 28.
Kh2 Nf6 29. Qf2 Ne4 30. Qh4 Qd8 31. Qh5 Qe8 32. Qxe8+ Rxe8 33. Nxc4 Rc6 34. Ne3
Rxc3 35. Nxf5 Rxf3 36. gxf3 exf5 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Ke3
Rc8 41. Rb1 Rc3+ 42. Kxe4 Rxh3 43. Rc1 Ra3 44. Rc6+ Kf7 45. Ke5 Rxa2 46. Rc7+
Kf8 47. d5 Re2+ 48. Kd6 g5 49. fxg5 hxg5 50. Rxa7 g4 51. Ra3 Kf7 52. Kd7 Rd2 53.
d6 Kf6 54. Kc7 Ke6 55. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Pranav, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "25060783"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 d6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne4 11. Qe3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Qe3 Nf6 16. Rd4 Kg7 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Nh4 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qc5 20. Qd3 b5 21. Ne3
bxc4 22. Rxc4 Qa5 23. Qc2 Qe5 24. h3 Qe6 25. Kg2 Rac8 26. Rc1 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Qe5
28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. hxg4 d5 30. Qd3 Rd8 31. Rc5 f6 32. b4 Kf7 33. a4 a6 34. b5 axb5
35. axb5 Qe6 36. f3 Rd6 37. Qc2 Qe3 38. Rc6 Rd7 39. Rc3 Qd4 40. Rc8 Qe3 41. Rc3
Qd4 42. Rb3 Rb7 43. Qb1 Rb6 44. Qh1 Kg7 45. Qc1 Qc4 46. Qe3 Rb7 47. b6 Kf7 48.
Rb1 Qc2 49. Rc1 Qb2 50. Rc6 Qe5 51. Qd2 Kg7 52. Kf2 d4 53. Qd3 Qd5 54. Qe4 Qxe4
55. fxe4 Kf7 56. g5 Ke8 57. gxf6 exf6 58. Rxf6 Re7 59. Rd6 Kf7 60. Kf3 Re5 61.
Rd5 Re7 62. e5 Ke6 63. Ke4 Rb7 64. Rd6+ Ke7 65. Kxd4 Rb8 66. Kd5 Rc8 67. b7 Rb8
68. Kc6 Rg8 69. Kc7 Kf7 70. b8=Q Rxb8 71. Kxb8 Ke7 72. Kc7 Ke8 73. Re6+ Kf7 74.
Kd7 Kg7 75. Rf6 Kh6 76. e6 Kg7 77. Rf1 Kh8 78. e7 Kg8 79. e4 Kg7 80. e5 Kg8 81.
e6 Kg7 82. e8=N+ Kh8 83. Rf7 Kg8 84. Nf6+ Kh8 85. Nxh7 Kg8 86. Nf8 Kh8 87. Nxg6+
Kg8 88. Ne5 Kh8 89. g4 Kg8 90. g5 Kh8 91. g6 Kg8 92. g7 Kh7 93. e7 Kh6 94. e8=Q
Kh7 95. g8=N+ Kh8 96. Ng6# 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "10601619"]
[BlackFideId "25005812"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Nc3 c6 9. d3 Bc5 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qf5 Qe7 14. Rd1 a6
15. Bf4 Nfd7 16. Qh5 O-O 17. Rd2 g6 18. Qe2 g5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Nc4 21.
Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Qxg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. b3 Na3 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Rd1 Qe6 27. Na4
f6 28. Qc1 Qe7 29. Nc5 Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nxb7 Qxb7 32. Qxa3 Kg7 33. Qc5 Qc7
34. Bf1 Rd2 35. a4 a5 36. Bc4 Rd7 37. Kg2 Re7 38. Kf3 Rd7 39. Qf5 Rd8 40. Qg4+
Kh8 41. Qe6 Kg7 42. Qg4+ Kh8 43. Qf5 Kg7 44. Qc5 Rd7 45. h4 Re7 46. Bf1 Re5 47.
Qd4 Re7 48. Bh3 Qe5 49. Qc4 Qd6 50. Bf5 Re5 51. Kg2 Rc5 52. Qe2 Qe7 53. Qd3 Re5
54. h5 Qf7 55. Qf3 Re8 56. Qg4+ Kh8 57. h6 Rg8 58. Qf4 Rf8 59. Qd6 Re8 60. Qxc6
Qf8 61. Qc1 Re7 62. Qd2 Ra7 63. Qd4 Re7 64. Qc5 Rf7 65. Qd5 Ra7 66. e5 Qxh6 67.
Qd8+ Kg7 68. e6 Qc1 69. e7 Qc6+ 70. Kh2 Ra8 71. Bd7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Raahul, V S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto (Smyslov/Barnes) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "25035525"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 c5 10. Qe3 Bd7 11. O-O-O Bc6 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. Rxd5 c6 16. Rd6 Rfe8 17. Qf4 Nb6 18. c4 Rad8 19. Red1 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Nd7
21. e6 fxe6 22. Qd2 Nb6 23. Ne5 Qh4 24. f4 Rf8 25. g3 Qh3 26. Qe2 Kh8 27. Nf3
Qh5 28. Rxe6 Nxc4 29. Re8 Kg7 30. Qe7+ Rf7 31. Qd8 Qd5 32. Rg8+ Kh6 33. Qh4+ Qh5
34. Qd8 Qd5 35. Qh4+ Qh5 36. Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Haddouche, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "main line"]
[WhiteFideId "8100918"]
[BlackFideId "7900660"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. d5 c5 8. O-O
Ne8 9. Be3 g6 10. Qd2 Ng7 11. Bh6 Nf6 12. Ne1 a6 13. a3 Nd7 14. Nd3 f5 15. f4
Rf7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rad1 Bd6 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. exf5 gxf5 21. g4 e4
22. Bf4 Bd7 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qf4 Qg6 25. Kh1 Re8 26. g5 Rff8 27. b4 Qb6 28. d6
Be6 29. d7 Rd8 30. Rd6 Qc7 31. Nxe4 Bxd7 32. Nf6+ Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Bc6+ 34. Kg1 Qe7
35. Bf3 Rd4 36. Qg3 Qe3+ 37. Kh1 Rd1 38. Kg2 Bxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Qxg5+ 40. Kh3 Rd4
41. Qg3 Qxf6 42. Qb8+ Rd8 43. Qxb7 Qg5 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Poormosavi, Seyed Kian"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12585807"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. h4 h6
9. a3 a5 10. Nf1 Rb8 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Ng3 Qe7 13. Qe2 Kd8 14. Bd2 c4 15. Bc2 b5
16. Nf1 Kc7 17. Ne3 Bb7 18. b4 Ra8 19. O-O Nb6 20. g3 Nb8 21. g4 N8d7 22. g5 h5
23. Rfb1 Ra7 24. Ng2 Rha8 25. Qe1 Bf8 26. Nf4 Qe8 27. Nh2 Be7 28. Nf1 Nf8 29.
Qc1 Bc6 30. Qe1 Ra6 31. Bc1 axb4 32. cxb4 R8a7 33. Bb2 Qa8 34. Ne2 Na4 35. Bxa4
Rxa4 36. Qc1 Rb7 37. Nc3 Raa7 38. Ne3 Nd7 39. Nc2 Nb6 40. Qf4 Qe8 41. Ne3 Ra8
42. Bc1 Kd8 43. Bb2 Bf8 44. Re1 Qe7 45. Nc2 Ke8 46. Qf3 Ra6 47. Qf4 Qd8 48. Qf3
Raa7 49. Kh2 Nc8 50. Ne3 Bg7 51. Nf1 Qb6 52. Qf4 Ne7 53. Ng3 Rb8 54. Re3 Ng8 55.
Rf3 Kd8 56. Rb1 Rba8 57. Bc1 Be8 58. Qd2 Ne7 59. Bb2 Nc6 60. Nd1 Qb8 61. Re3 Bf8
62. Ne2 Kc8 63. Kh1 Ra6 64. Rf3 R8a7 65. Qc3 Be7 66. Ne3 Qa8 67. Nc2 Bd8 68. Kg1
Bb6 69. Rf4 Kb8 70. Ng3 Bd8 71. Rd1 Ne7 72. Rf3 Nc8 73. Ne2 Nb6 74. Bc1 Na4 75.
Qa1 Rd7 76. Nc3 Rb6 77. Nxa4 Qxa4 78. Qc3 Rc7 79. Re1 Rbc6 80. Ree3 Qb3 81. Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Darini, Pouria"]
[Black "Ashwath, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "12502200"]
[BlackFideId "5021049"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Nc3 Bg4 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. h3 Bd7 15.
Na4 Rb8 16. Re2 Bf5 17. Nc5 Re8 18. Nh4 Be4 19. f3 Bg5 20. fxe4 Bxh4 21. e5 fxe5
22. dxe5 Qb6 23. Rc1 Be7 24. Qd4 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Re6 26. a3 a5 27. Kh1 Rbe8 28. b4
axb4 29. axb4 Qb8 30. Kg1 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Qxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxc6 Re2 34. Rc7
Rb2 35. Rb7 d4 36. Kf1 d3 37. Rd7 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "46634827"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qb6 Qxb6 10. Bxb6 Nb4 11. O-O Nf6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd3
15. cxd3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rfa1 Bb7 18. f5 Rb8 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bd4 Rd8 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Re1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Bc5 25. Re4 Ke7 26. Kg2 Bxd4 27.
Rxd4 Rb8 28. b4 Rb6 29. Kf2 Rb5 30. Rh4 h6 31. Ke3 Kf6 32. Rf4+ Rf5 33. Rh4 Ke7
34. Rg4 Kf7 35. Rg2 Rb5 36. Rg4 a5 37. bxa5 Rxa5 38. Rf4+ Kg6 39. Rg4+ Kf6 40.
Rf4+ Rf5 41. Rh4 h5 42. Re4 Ra5 43. Rf4+ Kg6 44. Re4 Kf6 45. Rf4+ Ke7 46. Rh4 g6
47. Kf2 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 Rd2 49. Rd4 Ra2 50. Rb4 Ra3 51. Rd4 Kf6 52. Rd8 Ra5 53.
Rf8+ Ke7 54. Rg8 Rg5+ 55. Kf2 Kf7 56. Rd8 Ra5 57. Kg3 Ra4 58. Rd7+ Kf6 59. Rd8
h4+ 60. Kh3 Kg5 61. Re8 Rf4 62. Kg2 Kf5 63. Rh8 Rd4 64. Kf2 g5 65. Rf8+ Kg6 66.
Ke3 Ra4 67. h3 Kg7 68. Rb8 Ra2 69. f4 Rh2 70. fxg5 Rxh3+ 71. Kf4 Rxd3 72. Kg4 h3
73. Rb2 Kg6 74. Re2 Rd6 75. Kxh3 Kxg5 76. Kg3 Kf5 77. Ra2 Ke4 78. Kf2 e5 79. Ke2
Rb6 80. Ra4+ Kf5 81. Ke3 Rb3+ 82. Ke2 Ke6 83. Ra6+ Kf5 84. Ra4 Rc3 85. Kd2 Rf3
86. Ke2 Rf4 87. Rxf4+ Kxf4 88. Kf2 Ke4 89. Ke2 Kd4 90. Kd2 e4 91. Ke2 e3 92. Ke1
Ke5 93. Ke2 Ke4 94. Ke1 Kd3 95. Kd1 e2+ 96. Ke1 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Chakravarthi Reddy, M"]
[Black "Mullick, Raahil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Marini variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25009532"]
[BlackFideId "35080350"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
e4 Bg4 9. Be2 Qe7 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. d4 O-O 12. d5 Na5 13. O-O b6 14. a4 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Nb7 16. g3 a5 17. Bg2 Bc5 18. Kh1 Nd6 19. f4 f6 20. Bh3 Kh8 21. Be6 exf4
22. gxf4 f5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Bxf5 Nf2+ 25. Kg2 Qh4 26. Ba3 Ng4 27. Bxc5 Qxh2+ 28.
Kf3 Qh3+ 29. Ke4 Rxf5 30. Rh1 Qg3 31. Qd2 Nf6+ 32. exf6 Re8+ 33. Be7 Rxf6 34.
Rbf1 Rxe7+ 35. Kd4 Ref7 36. Ke4 g5 37. Kd4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Nyazi, Nehad"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "10601988"]
[BlackFideId "5005370"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Na5 8. b3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Ne4 14. Bxb4 cxb4
15. Nh4 Rae8 16. Qd4 g6 17. Rad1 Nc3 18. Rd2 Qc5 19. Qf4 f5 20. d6 Ne4 21. Bxe4
fxe4 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Nb7 24. Ng2 Re6 25. Nf4 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Nxd6 27. Rd1
Nf5 28. Rxd7 Nxe3 29. h4 Rf7 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Re8 Nf5 32. Ne6+ Kf6 33. Ng5 Re7
34. Nxe4+ Ke5 35. Rxe7+ Nxe7 36. Ng5 Nd5 37. Nxh7 Nc3 38. Nf8 Kf6 39. Nd7+ Ke6
40. Nf8+ Kf7 41. Nd7 Nxe2+ 42. Kf2 Nc3 43. Ke3 Nxa2 44. Kd4 Nc3 45. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Black "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "classical, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35018701"]
[BlackFideId "25006746"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Qxc5 11. Qd2 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. b4 Qb6 14. Qf2 O-O 15. O-O
f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Ne2 e5 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. fxe5 Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd4
Bd7 22. Nb3 Nc4 23. Nc5 Be8 24. Rfe1 Rb8 25. Re7 Ra8 26. Rae1 Bg6 27. Rc7 Rf7
28. Ree7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Nxa3 30. Ne6 Nxc2 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Rxg6 hxg6 33. Bxc2 a5
34. bxa5 Rxa5 35. Nd4 Kg7 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. h4 b4 38. g4 Ra3 39. g5+ Ke5 40. Nc6+
Kf4 41. Bxg6 Ra2+ 42. Ke1 Kg4 43. Bd3 Kxh4 44. g6 Rg2 45. Ne7 Kh5 46. Kf1 Rg5
47. Kf2 b3 48. Ke2 Re5+ 49. Kd2 Rxe7 50. Bb1 Rc7 51. Bd3 Kh6 52. Bf5 Kg7 53. Bd3
b2 54. Bc2 d4 55. Kd1 d3 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Kowsarinia, Amir"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12500089"]
[BlackFideId "35042025"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
h6 9. a3 Nd7 10. c4 cxd4 11. exd4 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. b4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Bc7 15.
Rac1 Ne7 16. Nce5 Nf6 17. b5 Ned5 18. Bb1 Qe7 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Bd6 21. Qd3
Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 g6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Qb3 Qb7 26. Ne5 Ne7 27. Bxg6 Bxe5
28. Bxf7+ Kg7 29. dxe5 Nxc6 30. bxc6 Qxc6 31. Bxe6 Ne4 32. Bg4 Nxf2 33. e6+ Kg6
34. e7 Qh1+ 35. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 36. Kf3 Qh1+ 37. Kf4 Qf1+ 38. Bf3 Rd4+ 39. Bxd4 Qc1+
40. Qe3 Qc7+ 41. Qe5 Qc1+ 42. Be3 Qc4+ 43. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Bhambure, Shantanu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4200039"]
[BlackFideId "5025931"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 c5 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. e3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Bd5 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Nfe5 Qb7 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bd4 f6 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd3 Bf8 21. e4
Nc7 22. e5 f5 23. Nf4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qc6 25. a4 Be7 26. h4 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8
28. Qd3 Be7 29. Qd4 Ne8 30. a5 Bc5 31. Qd3 Kf7 32. axb6 axb6 33. Nd2 Nc7 34. Nf3
h6 35. h5 Nd5 36. Kg2 Nxf4+ 37. gxf4 Ke7 38. Kg3 Qe8 39. b4 Bxb4 40. Nd4 Bc5 41.
Nb3 Qd7 42. Qa6 Qc7 43. Nd2 Qd8 44. Nf3 Qe8 45. Qb7+ Kf8 46. Nh4 Qxh5 47. f3 Qe8
48. Kh3 Kg8 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Viani, Antonio Dcunha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, 6.h4"]
[WhiteFideId "5300380"]
[BlackFideId "5027330"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
Nf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. c4 c5 18. Bc3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Rh3 Rd7 21.
Rhd3 Rhd8 22. Nb3 Qc6 23. Ba5 Bc7 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Bc3 e5 27. Qf3
Qg4 28. Qxg4+ Nxg4 29. f4 Nf6 30. fxe5 Nxh5 31. Nc5 Nf4 32. e6 fxe6 33. Bxg7 h5
34. g3 Nh3 35. Ne4 Kd7 36. Nf6+ Ke7 37. Nxh5 Kf7 38. Bc3 e5 39. g4 Nf2 40. Ng3
e4 41. Ne2 Nxg4 42. Bd4 Ke6 43. Kc2 Kf5 44. b4 Bf4 45. b5 e3 46. bxa6 bxa6 47.
c5 Bc7 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Bxe3 Nxe3 50. Kxe3 Kd5 51. Kd3 Kxc5 52. Kc3 Ba5+ 53. Kb3
Be1 54. Nc3 Kd4 55. Na4 Ba5 56. Nb2 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Maroroa, Sue"]
[Black "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4301498"]
[BlackFideId "12528846"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Qd2 a6 6. h4 h5 7. Nh3 b5 8. Ng5 Bb7
9. O-O-O e6 10. f4 Ngf6 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 e5 13. Bd3 exd4 14. Bxd4 O-O 15.
Nce4 c5 16. Nxd6 Bd5 17. Bg1 Qb6 18. Nde4 Rfe8 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. Rh3 b4 21. Ne2
Ne5 22. Rg3 Re7 23. Nf4 Qa5 24. Kb1 Rd8 25. Qe2 Ng6 26. fxg6 Bd5 27. Qxe7 Rd7
28. gxf7+ Bxf7 29. Qxc5 Qxa2+ 30. Kc1 Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qxb2 32. Qc8+ Be8 33. Re1
Qc3+ 34. Qxc3 bxc3+ 35. Kd1 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Song, Yuxin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "8614300"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4
Qc7 9. Qe2 e5 10. c3 h6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Nh4 O-O-O 13. Nf5 Ne8 14. Nce3 Bf6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Bxe7 18. Re1 Bd6 19. c4 f5 20. Qh5 Rf8 21. Bd2
Qf7 22. Qxf7 Rxf7 23. Bc3 e4 24. f3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Nf6 26. Re6 f4 27. gxf4 Bxf4
28. Rf1 Rd6 29. Bg2 Rxe6 30. dxe6 Be3+ 31. Kh1 Re7 32. Be5 h5 33. Bh3 Bd4 34.
Bd6 Re8 35. Rxf6 g5 36. Rf8 Rxf8 37. e7+ g4 38. exf8=Q+ Kd7 39. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Rajdeep, Sarkar"]
[Black "Priyanka, Nutakki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 9.Qxc3"]
[WhiteFideId "25007963"]
[BlackFideId "25049615"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Qc2 f5 11. b3 d6 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ne1 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Nf6 16. Ba1 Rac8 17. Qb2 Ne8 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Qe3 e5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qd3
e4 22. Qd2 b5 23. cxb5 Qxb5 24. Ng2 Rc6 25. Nf4 Rfc8 26. Ne6 Qb7 27. Nd4 Rc5 28.
b4 Rd5 29. Qb2 a5 30. b5 a4 31. Qb4 Ra8 32. Rb1 Rc5 33. Nc6 Bf8 34. Bxf6 gxf6
35. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 d5 37. Qb2 Kg7 38. Nd4 Kg6 39. Rc6 Rb8 40. Qc3 Qe7 41.
Ne6 Rxb5 42. Nf4+ Kg5 43. h4+ Kg4 44. Kg2 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Black "Krithigga, K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5028698"]
[BlackFideId "25013505"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5
Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qd8 10. O-O Nd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Rc1 a6 14. Qf3 Qa5 15.
a4 Qh5 16. Rfd1 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 Nd7 18. Be2 Nc5 19. Ba3 b6 20. Nd4 Re8 21. b4 Ne4
22. Nc6 Bb7 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. b5 Ree8 25. Rc7 Bd5 26. bxa6 h6 27. f3 Nf6 28. e4
Bb3 29. Rd4 e5 30. Rb4 Be6 31. Rxb6 Nh5 32. a7 Nf4 33. Bb5 Red8 34. Rd6 Bb3 35.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Rd7 Rc8 37. Bc6 Be6 38. Rd2 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.34"]
[White "Al Hosani, Omran"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "9308733"]
[BlackFideId "13708694"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. d4 h6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. c5 Qc7 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. a4 b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Rfc1 Qb7 14. Ne5 g5 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. a5 b5 18. Na2 Bd6 19. Nb4 Bxb4 20. Bxb4 Ra6 21. Qc3
Kd7 22. Qc5 Kc8 23. Ra3 Ne8 24. e4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. d5 exd5 27. Qxd5 Nc7
28. Qxf7 Rd8 29. Qf5+ Kb8 30. Qxe4 Nd5 31. Bc5 Qd7 32. Re1 Kb7 33. b4 Nc7 34.
Qg6 Raa8 35. Rae3 Re8 36. Re7 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ 39. f3 Qd2+ 40.
Kh3 h5 41. a6+ Rxa6 42. Qd6 g4+ 43. fxg4 hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.35"]
[White "Al-Zaabi, Sultan"]
[Black "Dixit, Nikhil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "9307583"]
[BlackFideId "5059534"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 a5 7. b3 e5 8. dxe5 Ng4
9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bd2 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Rd1 c6 15. Ne4
Qe7 16. Be3 Na6 17. Bb6 Qb4 18. Be3 f5 19. Nd6 f4 20. Nxc8 fxe3 21. Nd6 exf2+
22. Kh1 Rad8 23. Ne4 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 f1=Q+ 25. Bxf1 Qxe4+ 26. Bg2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.36"]
[White "Srija, Seshadri"]
[Black "Ahmed, Fareed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "5055903"]
[BlackFideId "9303677"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. h3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Re1 Rae8 15.
Rc1 Re7 16. Nc3 Qb8 17. Na4 Be8 18. Nc5 Bh5 19. g4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Be2
Qe8 22. Ng5 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qg6 24. Qd3 Rf5 25. Qd2 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 h6 27. b4 hxg5
28. b5 Nd8 29. Rc8 Rf8 30. Rec1 Ree8 31. Kf1 g4 32. Qc2 Qh5 33. Ke1 g3 34. f4
Qf3 35. Qe2 Qe4 36. Kd2 Nf7 37. R8c7 Nd6 38. Qg4 Nf5 39. Bg1 Qg2+ 40. Kd3 Qxa2
41. Qg6 Qb3+ 42. Kd2 Qb4+ 43. R1c3 Re7 44. Rc5 Nd6 45. f5 Ne4+ 46. Kc2 Nxc3 47.
Rxc3 exf5 48. Be3 Qxb5 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.37"]
[White "Zhu, Yilun"]
[Black "Kakulidis, Ellen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "8609292"]
[BlackFideId "1444972"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Qd6 11. Na3 e5 12. c5 Qb8 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Bxc6 Bxc5 16. Bg2 Nf6 17. Rc1 a5 18. Re5 b6 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Qf1 Ng4 21. Rxc5
bxc5 22. Nb6 Qf3 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxd4 Qd5 25. Qc4 Qh5 26. h4 Qf5 27. Be3 Ne5
28. Qf4 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Qxf4 30. Bxf4 Nd4 31. Be3 Ne6 32. d4 a4 33. dxc5 axb3 34.
axb3 Rb8 35. Rc3 h6 36. c6 Kf8 37. b4 Ke7 38. Ba7 Rc8 39. b5 Kd6 40. Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6.38"]
[White "Abou El Zein, Eid Mahmoud"]
[Black "Salim, Mohammed Salim Al Amri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Czech Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "10600078"]
[BlackFideId "22000089"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bd3 Nh7
9. g4 Ng5 10. Nd2 Nh7 11. Nf1 Bg5 12. Ng3 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 a6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5
Nd7 16. h4 e4 17. Be2 Re8 18. Qf4 Ne5 19. O-O-O Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 exd3 21. Rxd3 b5
22. Ne4 bxc4 23. Ra3 Re5 24. Nc3 Qe7 25. Qxc4 Nf6 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Re1+ 28.
Rxe1 Qxe1+ 29. Nd1 Ne4 30. Qc2 Nxg5 31. f4 Nh7 32. Qh2 Qe4 33. Rh3 Qxf5 34. Rh5
g5 35. fxg5 Qg6 36. Ne3 Re8 37. Ng4 Re1+ 38. Kd2 Nxg5 39. Qf4 Re4 40. Qxg5 Kg7
41. Rh7+ Kxh7 42. Nf6+ Kh8 43. Qxg6 Rd4+ 44. Qd3 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. d3 a6 8.
Ba4 Nc6 9. Nd2 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. f4 Qc7 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Kh1 Bd6 14. Rf1 Bxf4
15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Nxd4 Qe5 17. Nxc6 dxc6 18. d4 Qxe4 19. Qh5 O-O 20. Qc5 Qh4 21.
Rf3 Rce8 22. Rg3 Qe7 23. Qh5 c5 24. dxc5 f5 25. a4 f4 26. Rh3 g6 27. Qg4 Qxc5
28. axb5 axb5 29. Bxe6+ Kg7 30. Qh4 h5 31. Rc3 Qb6 32. Bh3 f3 33. gxf3 Bxf3+ 34.
Rxf3 Rxf3 35. Bg2 Qf2 36. Qb4 Re2 37. Rg1 Rfe3 38. Qxb5 Re1 39. Bf1 Qf3+ 40. Bg2
Rxg1+ 41. Kxg1 Re1+ 42. Bf1 Rd1 43. h4 Qg3+ 44. Kh1 Rd2 45. Be2 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "4650891"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Ng3 a4 12. Bxa4 Bg4 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15.
Re3 c5 16. d5 Ne5 17. a3 Ba5 18. Qf1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 c4 20. Bc2 Bb6 21. Qg2 Bxe3
22. Bxe3 Kh7 23. Nf5 Nh5 24. Qh3 g6 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Bxh6 Rh8 27. Rg1 Nxf3 28.
Qxf3 Qxb2 29. Nxd6 Kxh6 30. Qxf7 Rhg8 31. Bd1 Nf6 32. f4 Ra6 33. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5202248"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. h3 Qc7 10. g3 h6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Be3 b6 13. g4 Bb7 14. Rg1 Ne8 15. Nc4 Rd8
16. Be2 Qe7 17. Kf1 Nc7 18. g5 h5 19. Nh4 Ne6 20. Qc1 b5 21. Na3 a6 22. f3 Qd7
23. Ng2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Nxf4 Ne5 26. Nc2 f5 27. gxf6 Rxf6 28. Rg5 Rdf8 29.
Ng2 Rxf3+ 30. Kg1 Rf2 31. Rxe5 Bxe5 32. Qe3 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "13301616"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. a4 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Be6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 Ba7 12. b4 Qe7 13. Rb1 Kh8 14. a5 g5 15. Bg3 Bg4
16. Nf1 Be6 17. Bb3 Bxb3 18. Rxb3 Qd7 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Kg7 21. c4 Ne7 22.
Rb2 Ng6 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. Be1 Ng8 25. Rbf2 f6 26. Bc3 N8e7 27. Kh1 h5 28. Nd2 h4
29. Kg1 Rf7 30. d4 Raf8 31. Qe2 Ng8 32. c5 Qc6 33. Qc4 N8e7 34. Qe6 d5 35. Qg4
dxe4 36. dxe5 f5 37. Qxg5 Qe6 38. Nxe4 Nd5 39. Rd1 Nxc3 40. Nxc3 Qxe5 41. Ne2
Qf6 42. Qxf6+ Rxf6 43. Rd7+ R8f7 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Nd4 f4 46. exf4 Nxf4 47. b5
axb5 48. Nxb5 Nd5 49. Nd4 Rxf2 50. Kxf2 Nb4 51. Kf3 Kf6 52. Kg4 Ke5 53. Nb5 Na6
54. Kxh4 Nxc5 55. Nxc7 Kd6 56. Nb5+ Ke5 57. Kg5 Nb3 58. h4 Nxa5 59. h5 Ke6 60.
h6 Nc6 61. Nd4+ Kf7 62. Nxc6 bxc6 63. g4 c5 64. Kf4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "14109182"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 h6
9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Bd2
dxe4 16. dxe4 c5 17. b5 c4 18. Ne3 Rc8 19. Rab1 Bc5 20. Nf5 Qb6 21. Be3 Nxf5 22.
exf5 Ree8 23. bxa6 Qxa6 24. Rb5 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 e4 26. Nd4 Ra8 27. a5 Qd6 28. Re1
Re5 29. Qa4 Rxb5 30. Qxb5 Qd5 31. Ra1 Qxb5 32. Nxb5 Rd8 33. Na3 Rc8 34. Rb1 Rc5
35. Rb5 Rxb5 36. Nxb5 Nd5 37. Nd6 Nxc3 38. Nxc4 Nb5 39. Kf1 Kf8 40. Ke2 Ke7 41.
Ke3 Nd6 42. Kd4 Nxf5+ 43. Kc5 Kd7 44. g4 Ne7 45. Nd6 Kc7 46. Ne8+ Kb8 47. Nxg7
Ka7 48. Kb5 Nd5 49. Nf5 Nf4 50. Nd6 Nxh3 51. Nxe4 Nf4 52. Nd6 f6 53. Ne4 h5 54.
gxh5 Nxh5 55. f3 f5 56. Nd6 Ng3 57. Nc8+ Kb8 58. Ne7 Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "3901211"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nh5 7. e4 Bg7 8. c3
Qe7 9. Ng1 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nc6 11. Qh5 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 exf5
15. Bd3 Kb8 16. Ngf3 Be8 17. Qh2 Qf6 18. Qg1 Bf7 19. Qf2 Ne7 20. Nc4 Bd5 21.
Nfd2 Qf7 22. Rhe1 Rde8 23. a3 Rhf8 24. Re2 Ng6 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Re1 Qd7 27.
Ne3 Be4 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Bxe4 gxf4 30. Nd5 c6 31. Bxg6 fxg3 32. Qxg3 cxd5 33.
Kb1 a6 34. Bd3 Ka7 35. Ka2 Rf7 36. Bc2 Re7 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. Bb3 h5 39. Bxd5 h4
40. Qf3 Bh6 41. Qf5 Bc1 42. Qc2 Bg5 43. Qb3 Qc7 44. a4 Qb6 45. Qc2 a5 46. Qe2
Bd8 47. Qg4 Qc7 48. Qf5 Kb8 49. Kb1 Qe7 50. Bf3 Ka7 51. Qd5 Qd7 52. b4 axb4 53.
cxb4 Qc6 54. Qxc6 bxc6 55. Bxc6 Bf6 56. a5 Bxd4 57. Kc2 Bf2 58. Kb3 Be1 59. Ka4
Bd2 60. Bd5 Be1 61. b5 Bf2 62. b6+ Bxb6 63. axb6+ Kxb6 64. Kb4 Kc7 65. Be6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[WhiteFideId "14102951"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. h3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bh2 Qe8 10. a4 a6 11. Nbd2 e5 12. b4 Qe7 13. Qb3 a5 14. b5 Kh8 15. Rac1
Rae8 16. Ne1 Ng8 17. Bc4 Ngf6 18. Nc2 Qd8 19. Rfe1 e4 20. Qa2 Qa8 21. Bf1 Ng8
22. c4 f5 23. Nb3 g5 24. c5 Bd5 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Bxd6 Rf6 27. Bh2 f4 28. Na3
Ref8 29. Bc4 Ne7 30. Nd2 Rf5 31. Nab1 fxe3 32. fxe3 g4 33. hxg4 Rg5 34. Nc3 Nf6
35. Rf1 Bxc4 36. Nxc4 Qe8 37. Ne5 Ng6 38. Nd5 Qe6 39. Rc6 Qg8 40. Nc3 Qxa2 41.
Nxa2 Kg8 42. Nc3 Ne7 43. Rxb6 Rc8 44. Bf4 Ned5 45. Nxd5 Nxd5 46. Rc6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 d6 9. c4 Nb6 10. exd6 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Bxd6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. b3 O-O-O 14. Bb2
Rhe8 15. O-O Be7 16. Bf3 Rd2 17. Nd1 Bxh4 18. Bxg7 Bf5 19. Bh6 Rd6 20. Ne3 Be4
21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. f3 Re8 23. Nf5 Rde6 24. Nxh4 Rxh6 25. Nf5 Rf6 26. g4 Re2 27.
Rf2 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 h5 29. Ne7+ Kd8 30. g5 Re6 31. Nf5 Re5 32. Nh6 Ke8 33. f4 Re4
34. Kf3 Rd4 35. Ke3 Rd7 36. Ng8 Kf8 37. Nf6 Rd6 38. f5 Nc8 39. Ne4 Rd8 40. Rh1
Kg7 41. Ng3 h4 42. Rxh4 Rd1 43. f6+ Kg8 44. Nf5 Re1+ 45. Kd2 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nbd2 c5 14. d5 Nb6 15. Qc2
Bc8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa4 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 Bd7 19. Ra3 Ne8 20. Rea1 Qc8 21. R1a2 h6
22. Nf1 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Qe2 g5 25. Ng3 Bg6 26. Nd2 Ng7 27. Nde4 Kh7 28. Bd2
Qb7 29. Qe1 Qc8 30. Kh2 Rf7 31. b4 cxb4 32. Bxb4 Qxc4 33. Bxd6 Bd8 34. Rd2 Nf5
35. Bxe5 Nxg3 36. Nxg3 Qb4 37. Qc1 Bb6 38. Rf3 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Rf8 40. Rb2 Qc5 41.
Qxc5 Bxc5 42. Kg2 Rf7 43. Rb8 Bd3 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kh7 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Rc8
Bf8 48. Rc6+ Kh7 49. Nh5 Be2 50. Nf6+ Kg6 51. d6 Bb5 52. d7 Rxd7 53. Nxd7+ Bxc6
54. Nxf8+ Kf5 55. Bc3 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Haddouche, Mohamed"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "7900660"]
[BlackFideId "1710400"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. Qa4 Nb6 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Be3 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Be2 b6 14. Bf4 Qc7 15.
Qc4 Bb7 16. Rd2 b5 17. Qd3 b4 18. Na2 Nc5 19. Qc4 Na5 20. Qxb4 Nxe4 21. Rdd1
Rab8 22. Qe1 e5 23. Be3 Nc4 24. Bc1 d5 25. Nc3 Bc5 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Ng5 e3 28.
f3 h6 29. Nh3 Bc8 30. Kh1 Nxb2 31. Bxb2 Rxb2 32. Qc3 Rb7 33. Ng1 Bd4 34. Qxc7
Rxc7 35. Rac1 Bb2 36. Rb1 Rxc2 37. Rd6 Bd4 38. Bd3 Rd2 39. Bc4 Bf5 40. Re1 a5
41. Ne2 Rc8 42. Bb5 Bc3 43. Ra6 Bb4 44. g4 Bd3 45. Ng3 Rf2 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Vignesh, N R"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Fort Knox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25012215"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 g6 9. Re1 Bg7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bf4 b6 12. Qe2 a5 13. Rad1 a4 14. a3 Ra5 15. c4
Qc8 16. Bd2 Ra8 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 c5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. dxc5 Bxe4
22. Qxe4 bxc5 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rd2 Rad8 26. Red1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rb8
28. g3 h5 29. h4 Rb3 30. Kg2 Qb7 31. Qxb7 Rxb7 32. Rd8 Rxb2 33. Rc8 Rb3 34. Rxc5
Rxa3 35. Rc7 Kf8 36. c5 Ke8 37. c6 f5 38. Rg7 Kd8 39. Rxg6 Ke7 40. Rh6 Rc3 41.
Rxh5 Rxc6 42. Rh7+ Kf6 43. Ra7 Rc4 44. Ra6 Re4 45. Kf3 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d4
Bb6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Nd2 c5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Be3 Bb6 14. Qa4 Qd5
15. Nc6 Qe6 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Nd4 Qe5 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Qe7 21.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. h3 g6 23. c4 c5 24. Nc3 f5 25. Qb5 a6 26. Qb3 Bc6 27. Qa3 a5 28.
Qb3 Kf7 29. Nd5 Ba7 30. g3 Ke6 31. Nf4+ Kf7 32. h4 a4 33. Qc3 Bb8 34. Qg7+ Kxg7
35. Ne6+ Kf6 36. Nxd8 Be8 37. Bg5+ Kg7 38. Ne6+ Kf7 39. Nxc5 Bd6 40. Be3 Bc6 41.
b3 axb3 42. axb3 h6 43. Na4 Bf8 44. Kf1 Kf6 45. Bd4+ Kf7 46. Be3 Kf6 47. Nc3 g5
48. hxg5+ hxg5 49. Bd4+ Ke6 50. c5 f4 51. b4 e3 52. fxe3 fxe3 53. Ke2 g4 54.
Kxe3 Bh6+ 55. Kd3 Bg2 56. b5 Bf1+ 57. Kc2 Bf8 58. Kb3 Be7 59. Kb4 Bd8 60. c6 Bc7
61. Bf2 Be5 62. Na4 Kd5 63. Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "112275"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bc1 Ngf6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Nc4 b6 15.
Qd3 Bb7 16. f3 d5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxb4+ 19. c3 Bc5 20. Rb1 O-O 21. O-O b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Nd2 Ra3 24. Ne4 Bxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Bxd5 26. Bxb5 Bxe4 27. Qxe4
Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Nf6 29. Qe2 Rxc3 30. Rfe1 e4 31. fxe4 h5 32. e5 Ng4 33. h3 Re3 34.
Qd2 Nf2+ 35. Kh2 Qxe5+ 36. Kg1 Nxh3+ 37. Kh1 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Nf2+
40. Kh2 Ng4+ 41. Kg3 g6 42. Re7 Nh6 43. Rc7 Kg7 44. Bc4 Re8 45. Kf4 Rd8 46. Ke4
Kf6 47. Kf4 Rd4+ 48. Kf3 Kg5 49. g3 f5 50. Be2 Ng4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5016193"]
[BlackFideId "10601619"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
h5 9. h3 Be6 10. a4 Qc8 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qf5 15.
Be3 Nbd7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Rac1 e4 18. c4 Ne5 19. Nd4 Qg6 20. Qe2 Re8 21. b3 Bd8
22. Rcd1 Ba5 23. Bf4 Bb6 24. Kh2 Bc5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Qe3 Rce8 27. Rfe1 Nh7 28.
Qf4 Ng5 29. Qd2 a5 30. Qf4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rf5 32. Qe3 Ree5 33. Qd2 Qf6 34. Kg1 h4
35. g4 Rf3 36. Re3 b6 37. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 38. Rxf3 exf3 39. Rf4 Qg5 40. Qd4 Re1+ 41.
Kh2 Rf1 42. Rxf3 Qc1 43. Rd3 Rh1+ 44. Kg2 Qf1+ 45. Kf3 Rxh3+ 46. Ke4 Qxd3+ 47.
Qxd3 Rxd3 48. Kxd3 h3 49. Kd4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25006746"]
[BlackFideId "12521213"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bb3 b5 8. e5 Nd5
9. Rd1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 e6 14. a4 a6 15. Bd2
Qc7 16. Re1 Rfb8 17. a5 c5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxb2 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. e6 Nf8
22. Ng5 fxe6 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Qxe6+ Qf7 25. Rad1 c4 26. Qd6 c3 27. Be3 c2 28.
Rxd5 Rb1 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Rc5 Bh6 31. Qd3 Rb3 32. Rc3 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Bxe3 34. Qxe3
Rd8 35. Qc3 Qf5 36. Qb3+ Kg7 37. Qc3+ Kh6 38. Qe3+ Qg5 39. Qc3 Qd2 40. Qc7 Rf8
41. Qc4 Rf4 42. Qc5 Rf5 43. Qc4 Rxa5 44. Kh2 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna, V"]
[Black "Kowsarinia, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5030692"]
[BlackFideId "12500089"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qd2 Nge7 9. Nc3 d6 10. f3 Nd4 11. Qf2 Be6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. O-O-O Nec6 14. Kb1 O-O
15. a3 Qd8 16. Qd2 b5 17. Nd5 f5 18. Bd3 f4 19. Bf2 Bf7 20. c3 Nb3 21. Qe2 Ne7
22. Bh4 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nc5 24. Bc2 Qe8 25. Rhe1 Qf7 26. Bf2 Rc7 27. b4 Nd7 28.
Qd3 g6 29. Bb3 Rb8 30. Kb2 Nc8 31. Rc1 Ndb6 32. Re4 Kg7 33. g3 fxg3 34. hxg3 Ne7
35. f4 Nc4+ 36. Bxc4 bxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Qxc4 Rc8 39. Qxa6 Qxd5 40. fxe5 Rf8
41. Qa7 Kg8 42. exd6 Nc6 43. Qc5 Qe4 44. Bd4 h5 45. d7 Qe6 46. b5 Rb8 47. Qxc6
Qe2+ 48. Ka1 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Mullick, Raahil"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "35080350"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 exd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Ng3 Qf6 15. Ne2
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qxf3 17. Ng3 Qf6 18. Qg4 Nb6 19. Nf5 gxf5 20. exf5 Nxd4 21. Be4
Rae8 22. Kh1 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 d5 24. Qg2 Nc2 25. Bg5 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Qxf5 27. Rg1 Kh8
28. Bf4 Qg6 29. Qf3 Qe4 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. Bxc7 Nd5 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5028698"]
[BlackFideId "14113147"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 d6
9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Rb8 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 Nd7 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3
exd4 16. cxd4 Bf6 17. Nb3 Qe8 18. Ba3 Rxb3 19. Qxb3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Ra2
Qg6 22. Bc1 Ne5 23. Kf1 c5 24. Be3 c4 25. Qd1 Bc3 26. Bd2 Bd4 27. Be3 Bc3 28.
Bd2 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Qg3 30. Kg1 Qg5 31. Re3 Nd3 32. Rdxd3 cxd3 33. Qxd3 Qf6 34.
Rf3 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Rxf3 36. gxf3 Qxa4 37. Qxd6 Qc4 38. Qd8+ Kf7 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40.
Qe8+ Kh6 41. Qe7 Kg6 42. Qe8+ Kh6 43. Qe7 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12505951"]
[BlackFideId "13300857"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Bxf3 7. exf3 O-O 8. Be2
d5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. h4 Qd6 14. f4 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Na5 16. Be2 c5 17. Qa4 cxd4 18. Rfd1 e5 19. Bf3 Rac8 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxd4
Qxd4 22. cxd4 Rc3 23. Kg2 Nb3 24. Ra2 Rd8 25. Re2 Kf8 26. Re3 Rxe3 27. fxe3 Rc8
28. Be4 h6 29. Kf3 Ke7 30. Kf4 Na5 31. g4 Rc3 32. Rd3 Rc1 33. Bd5 b5 34. e4 Nc4
35. Rb3 a6 36. a4 Nb6 37. Bb7 Rf1+ 38. Kg3 Nxa4 39. Bxa6 Rd1 40. Rb4 Nc3 41. Kf3
Rd3+ 42. Kf4 Kd6 43. g5 Ne2+ 44. Kf5 Nxd4+ 45. Kg4 Kc5 46. Rb2 hxg5 47. hxg5 Kb6
48. Bc8 Rc3 49. Rd2 Rxc8 50. Rxd4 Rc4 51. Rd7 Rc7 52. Rd5 Kc6 53. Kf5 Rd7 54. g6
fxg6+ 55. Ke6 Rb7 56. Rd1 b4 57. Rc1+ Kb5 58. e5 b3 59. Kd6 b2 60. Rb1 Kc4 61.
e6 Kb3 62. e7 Rb8 63. Kc7 Ra8 64. Rf1 Ka2 65. Rf8 Ra7+ 66. Kd6 b1=Q 67. e8=Q
Qd3+ 68. Ke5 Qe3+ 69. Kd6 Qd4+ 70. Ke6 Qc4+ 71. Kd6 Ra6+ 72. Ke5 Ra5+ 73. Kd6
Rd5+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Dixit, Nikhil"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "5059534"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1
d6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Qf3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. Rae1 Kh8 15. Qh3
Rac8 16. b4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Ng8 18. f5 Bf6 19. Nde2 Qd7 20. fxe6 Qxe6 21. Qe3 Ne7
22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 f5 24. Qb6 Qd7 25. Qd4 Nc6 26. Qe3 Ne5 27. Qh3 Ng4 28. Rf4
g6 29. Ref1 Qg7 30. Nd1 Rc2 31. Bc3 Rxc3 32. Nxc3 Qxc3 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Qxg4
fxg4 35. Rxf8+ Kg7 36. R8f7+ Kg6 37. Rxb7 Qxa3 38. Rbf7 Qxd3 39. R7f4 Kg5 40. g3
d5 41. Re1 Qc3 42. Rd1 Kh6 43. Rdd4 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qb2+ 45. Kg1 Qa1+ 46. Kg2 Qb2+
47. Kg1 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Raahul, V S"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "25035525"]
[BlackFideId "5037883"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. f3
Nd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e4 Be6 11. Bg2 g6 12. O-O dxe4 13. fxe4 Bc4 14. Rf2 Bg7 15.
Be3 O-O 16. Rc1 Nb6 17. Rd2 Rc8 18. Na4 Bb5 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Qb3 Qa5 21. a4 Ba6
22. Qc3 Qxa4 23. b3 Qb5 24. e5 Qb8 25. Ra2 Bb5 26. Qc5 Rc7 27. e6 fxe6 28. Bh3
Qb6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Qxb6 axb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Nyazi, Nehad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "10601988"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 c6 8. Qd2 Nc7
9. Bf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Nge2 Be6 14. b3 Rfd8 15. h3
b5 16. cxb5 Bxb3 17. axb3 Nxb3 18. Qa2 Qxa2 19. Nxa2 Nxc1 20. Naxc1 Rab8 21. Nd4
Rd7 22. f5 Kf8 23. Ncb3 Ne8 24. O-O Nc7 25. Be2 d5 26. Ne6+ Kg8 27. Nxc7 Rxc7
28. Bg3 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Poormosavi, Seyed Kian"]
[Black "Darini, Pouria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Margate (Alekhine) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12585807"]
[BlackFideId "12502200"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Ndxb5 Qb8 14. Rfd1 O-O 15.
Nxd6 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qa3 17. Nc4 Qc5 18. Nb6 Ne5 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21.
Rxd4 Bc5 22. Rd2 Bc6 23. Re2 Nc4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. a4 Bd4 26. Rb4 Bxc3 27. Rxc4
Bb5 28. Rxc3 Bxe2 29. Ra3 Ra5 30. h4 Kf8 31. f3 Bb5 32. Rb3 Bxa4 33. Ra3 Ra6 34.
Kf2 Bb5 35. Rb3 Bc6 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37. Kg3 Ra2 38. Kg4 Rxc2 39. g3 Rc5 40. Rh8 f5+
41. exf5 Rxf5 42. f4 h5+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Maroroa, Sue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation (Yugoslav attack / Mar del Plata variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "4301498"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. a4 a5 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Nd3 f5 12. f3 f4 13. b3 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Ba3 c5 16.
Nb5 Ra6 17. Nc1 Rf6 18. Ra2 Bb7 19. Rd2 Qb8 20. Na2 g5 21. Nac3 Kh8 22. Nd5 Bxd5
23. cxd5 Ra8 24. Bb2 Qb6 25. Rf2 Nb8 26. Na3 Na6 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. Nc4 Qc7 29.
Bxe5 Rg6 30. Bxg7+ Rxg7 31. e5 Nf5 32. exd6 Rxd6 33. Nxd6 Qxd6 34. Qc2 Nd4 35.
Qc4 Nf5 36. Qe4 Ne3 37. Qe6 Rg6 38. Qxd6 Rxd6 39. Rfe2 Kg7 40. Re1 c4 41. bxc4
Nxc4 42. Rc2 Ne3 43. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Al Hosani, Omran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5005370"]
[BlackFideId "9308733"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 h6 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rd4 Nd3 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bc7 Rd5 21.
Bxd3 exd3 22. Rd1 b5 23. Bb6 b4 24. c4 Rd7 25. Bd4 Rd8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Kf1 c5
28. Ke1 Kf6 29. Kd2 Ke5 30. a3 f5 31. axb4 cxb4 32. Ra1 Kd6 33. Ra5 Kc6 34. Rd5
Ra8 35. Rb5 Rd8 36. Rxb4 Kc5 37. Rxb7 Kxc4 38. Rb6 Rg8 39. b3+ Kc5 40. Ra6 Kb4
41. Kxd3 Kxb3 42. Rb6+ Ka4 43. Kd4 Ka5 44. Rd6 Kb5 45. g4 fxg4 46. hxg4 h5 47.
gxh5 gxh5 48. Rd5+ Kc6 49. Rxh5 Kd6 50. f4 Rf8 51. Rh6+ Kd7 52. Kd5 Rf5+ 53. Ke4
Rf8 54. f5 Ke7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Ashwath, R."]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5021049"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. f3 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. e4
dxe4 9. fxe4 e5 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Nd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Rxh2 14. Qf3 Rxh1+
15. Bxh1 Qa5 16. Kf2 Bc7 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Bhambure, Shantanu"]
[Black "Rajdeep, Sarkar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5025931"]
[BlackFideId "25007963"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. Nh3 Bd6 8. Bf4 e5
9. Bc1 c6 10. Bg2 Qe7 11. e4 f4 12. gxf4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 O-O 15. O-O
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxf4 17. d6 Qh4 18. Qd3 Raf8 19. Rae1 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Re4 a5
22. a4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Rf6 24. f3 Rh6 25. Qd2 Qf6 26. Rd1 Qe5 27. b3 Kf7 28. Kh1
Kf8 29. Kg1 Rh4 30. Qf2 Qf4 31. Qg3 g5 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Qxf4+ gxf4 34. Bf5 Bc8
35. Re1 Rh6 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 Rxh7 38. Bxh7 Kf7 39. h4 Ke6 40. h5 Kxd6 41.
h6 Ke7 42. Bf5 Kf7 43. Kh3 Ba6 44. h7 Kg7 45. Bxd7 Kxh7 46. Kg4 Kg6 47. Kxf4 Kf6
48. Bxc6 Bc8 49. Ke4 Be6 50. Bb7 Bf7 51. Bc8 Bg8 52. Bh3 Bf7 53. f4 Bg8 54. Bg4
Bf7 55. Bc8 Bg8 56. Bb7 Be6 57. Bc6 Bg8 58. f5 Bf7 59. Bd5 Bh5 60. Be6 Bd1 61.
Kd5 Bxb3 62. Bd7 Bc2 63. Kxc5 Ke7 64. Bb5 Bxf5 65. Kb6 Kd8 66. Kb7 Be4+ 67. Kb8
Ke7 68. c5 Bf5 69. c6 Kd6 70. c7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Viani, Antonio Dcunha"]
[Black "Abou El Zein, Eid Mahmoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "5027330"]
[BlackFideId "10600078"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Ba4 a6 5. Bb3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Ne2 Nxe4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nf3 b5 13. d4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bb7
15. Be3 Rc8 16. Nd2 O-O 17. c4 Qd7 18. Qe2 Bd8 19. Rec1 Bc7 20. Qd3 f5 21. f3
Rf6 22. d5 exd5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bd4 Re6 25. Nf1 f4 26. Qf5 Rce8 27. Qxf4 Bd8
28. Ne3 Bf6 29. Nc2 Be5 30. Qd2 Qf7 31. Re1 Qf6 32. Rf1 Rc8 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34.
Nb4 d4 35. Ra7 Re7 36. Re1 Qe6 37. Qd3 Qd6 38. Qxb5 Rc5 39. Qa4 d3 40. Nxd3 Rc2
41. Qb4 Qg6 42. Nf2 Bxf3 43. g3 Re8 44. Qb5 Bc6 45. Qb4 Qf5 46. Re2 Qf3 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Ajay, Karthikeyan"]
[Black "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "35011685"]
[BlackFideId "35018701"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Ngf3 c4 8. Qd1
e6 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Nf3 Nc5 15.
Nd4 Bg6 16. f4 a5 17. g4 Be4 18. Qe1 Rb8 19. f5 Rb6 20. Qh4 Qc7 21. Qg3 Nd7 22.
fxe6 fxe6 23. Rf4 Qxe5 24. g5 h6 25. Raf1 hxg5 26. Rg4 Qxg3+ 27. Rxg3 Rf8 28.
Rxg5 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Kf7 30. Bh3 Nc5 31. Kf1 b4 32. cxb4 axb4 33. Bg2 Ra6 34.
Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Rg2 Rxa2 36. Re2 b3 37. Ke1 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Pranav, V"]
[Black "Nikhil, Magizhnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "25060783"]
[BlackFideId "35075497"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 g6 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nxh5 7. Rxh5 gxh5 8. Qxh5
Nd7 9. Qh2 Nf8 10. Bc7 Qd7 11. Nf3 Qe6 12. Bb8 Bd7 13. Be5 f6 14. Bg3 Qf7 15.
Be2 Ng6 16. O-O-O Bf5 17. Bb8 Qe6 18. Nd2 Qd7 19. Bg3 h5 20. Qg1 h4 21. Bh2 Bh6
22. Kb1 Be6 23. f3 Bf7 24. Nb3 e6 25. Nc5 Qc8 26. Qf2 Bf8 27. e4 Bxc5 28. dxc5
d4 29. Qxd4 e5 30. Qe3 Qc7 31. Rd6 Qe7 32. Bf1 Rd8 33. Qd2 Rxd6 34. cxd6 Qd7 35.
Nd1 Ne7 36. f4 Nc8 37. fxe5 Qe6 38. Qd4 fxe5 39. d7+ Kd8 40. Bxe5 Qxa2+ 41. Kc1
Bh5 42. Ne3 Rf8 43. Bf6+ Ne7 44. Bxe7+ Kxe7 45. Qc5+ Kxd7 46. Qxf8 Bf7 47. Be2
Be6 48. Nf5 Qa1+ 49. Kd2 Bxf5 50. Qxf5+ Kc7 51. Qe5+ Kb6 52. Qd4+ Kc7 53. e5 Qh1
54. Qd6+ Kb6 55. Qd8+ Kc5 56. c3 Qg1 57. b4# 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"]
[Black "Balasubramaniam, H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25005812"]
[BlackFideId "35053248"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 h5 3. d4 Nc6 4. d5 Nce7 5. Nf3 Ng6 6. h4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nc3 d6
9. e4 Ng4 10. Be2 Nf8 11. Qd3 Nh7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. f3 Nh6 15. O-O-O
O-O-O 16. Qe3 Kb8 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 f5 19. Nc4 b6 20. Na3 Kc8 21. Nc2 Kd7
22. Nb4 Ra8 23. Kb1 Ke8 24. Nc6 Qf7 25. f4 exf4 26. Qxf4 fxe4 27. Qxe4+ Kf8 28.
Nd4 Nf6 29. Ne6+ Kg8 30. Qd3 Nhg4 31. Rhf1 Ne5 32. Qf5 Re8 33. Ng5 Qe7 34. Bf3
Qd8 35. Rfe1 Re7 36. Bg2 Qe8 37. a4 Nfd7 38. Bh3 Nf6 39. Re2 Rh6 40. Qc2 Nfg4
41. Rf1 Qa8 42. Bg2 Nf6 43. Rf4 Qe8 44. Rf1 Qa8 45. Rf4 Qe8 46. Bh3 Nfg4 47. Ne6
Ng6 48. Rc4 Qf7 49. Bxg4 hxg4 50. Rf2 Qe8 51. Rxg4 Ne5 52. Rgf4 Nd7 53. Qxc7
Qg6+ 54. Qc2 Qxc2+ 55. Rxc2 Nf6 56. Rc8+ Kf7 57. Rf5 Rh5 58. Rf8+ Kg6 59. Rxh5
Nxh5 60. g4 Nf6 61. h5+ Kh7 62. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Sun, Chao"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8622990"]
[BlackFideId "5300380"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c4 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Re1 a5 17. Nb1 a4 18. Nc3 axb3 19. axb3 d4 20. Nd5 Ra2 21. Ba1
Be6 22. e4 Rd8 23. b4 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Qb3 Qa8 27. b5 Ra5
28. Rc8+ Qxc8 29. Qxd5 Qa8 30. Qxa8+ Rxa8 31. f4 e4 32. b6 f5 33. b7 Rb8 34. Rb1
d3 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. g4 Kd6 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Rb5 Kc6
41. Rxf5 Rxb7 42. Re5 Rd7 43. Kd2 Rd4 44. f5 Kd6 45. Re8 Kd7 46. Re5 Rc4 47. f6
Rc2+ 48. Kd1 Rf2 49. Rxe4 Rxf6 50. Rd4+ Rd6 51. Rxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Gagare, Shalmali"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5038650"]
[BlackFideId "8100918"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O f5 8. Rb1 h6
9. Qc2 g5 10. b4 Ng6 11. b5 Nd7 12. Nd5 Nc5 13. Bb2 g4 14. Nd2 h5 15. Rbd1 a6
16. d4 exd4 17. Nb3 axb5 18. cxb5 d3 19. exd3 Rxa2 20. Nc3 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 Na4 22.
Qc2 Nxc3 23. Rc1 Re8 24. Rfe1 Kh7 25. Qd2 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nxb5 27. d4 c6 28. h3
Qf6 29. d5 c5 30. Re8 c4 31. Na5 c3 32. Qc2 Nd4 33. Qd3 Bd7 34. Re1 Bb5 35. Nc4
Ne5 36. Qxc3 Bxc4 37. Kh1 gxh3 38. Qxd4 hxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Nf3 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.35"]
[White "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Black "Polakhare, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "1966"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35042025"]
[BlackFideId "25069632"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qa3 b6 14. a5 bxc5
15. a6 c4 16. Qa5 Qc6 17. Ne2 Qxa6 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Kf2 Qxa5 20. Rxa5 Nbd7 21.
Bf4 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Bd6 Re8 24. Rb1 Rd8 25. Nc6 Re8 26. c4 f6 27. c5 e5
28. Ne7+ Kf7 29. Nd5 Rd8 30. c6 Nf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. c7 Re8 33. Nb6 axb6 34.
Rxa8 Ke7 35. Rxb6 Kd7 36. Ra7 Re6 37. Rxe6 Kxe6 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kxd3 Kc6 40. Kc4
h6 41. Ra8 Be6+ 42. Kb4 Kb7 43. Re8 Bd7 44. Re7 Kxc7 45. Rxg7 Kd6 46. Rh7 Ke6
47. Rxh6 Be8 48. Kc5 Kf7 49. Rh7+ Kg6 50. Re7 Ba4 51. Ra7 Bd1 52. Kd6 Be2 53.
Ke7 Bf1 54. g3 Be2 55. f4 Bd3 56. fxe5 fxe5 57. Ra4 Bc2 58. Rb4 Kg5 59. Ke6 Kg4
60. Kxe5 Kh3 61. Kf4 Bd1 62. e5 Bg4 63. Kg5 Bc8 64. Rh4+ Kg2 65. Kf6 Kf3 66. e6
Bxe6 67. Kxe6 Kg2 68. g4 Kg1 69. g5 Kg2 70. g6 Kg1 71. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.36"]
[White "Ahmed, Fareed"]
[Black "Zhu, Yilun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "9303677"]
[BlackFideId "8609292"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bf4
d6 9. Ng3 Ne7 10. Qf3 Ng6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nh5 O-O 13. Bh6 gxh6 14. e5 d5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Qf6 Qxe5 17. Qxc6 Be6 18. Bf1 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Black "Bommini, Mounika Akshaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12528846"]
[BlackFideId "25019872"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4
c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Be3 Nfd7 20. a5 Bc8 21. Rf1 Nb7 22. Nh2
Ndc5 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Bg5 25. Rf2 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qe7 27. Raf1 Rf8 28. Rf6 Qe5
29. R1f4 Ra7 30. Nf3 Qe8 31. Rh4 Nd7 32. Qh6 Nxf6 33. e5 dxe5 34. Nh5 gxh5 35.
Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7.38"]
[White "Krithigga, K"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25013505"]
[BlackFideId "4200039"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 c6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 d5 12. Qb3 d4 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Rd1 Nxe4 15. dxe4
Be6 16. Ng5 Bg4 17. Bf1 h6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Nf3 c5 20. Re1 cxb4 21. Qxb4 Nc6 22.
Qd6 Qc8 23. e3 Rd8 24. Qc5 Ra6 25. Qb5 Na5 26. Qb2 d3 27. Bxd3 Bxh3 28. Be2 Rc6
29. Nd2 Be6 30. f3 Rd7 31. Nb3 Nxc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Na1 Ra4 34. Qb5 Ra2 35.
Bb2 Rd2 36. Qb4 Rd3 37. Rbc1 Qd8 38. Bc3 Qg5 39. g4 Qh4 40. Rc2 Qg3+ 41. Kh1
Qxf3+ 42. Kh2 Rxc2+ 43. Nxc2 Qf2+ 44. Kh1 Qxc2 45. Ba1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "13402129"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 e5 4. Bb2 Nd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e4 7. Qe2 c6 8. d3
exd3 9. cxd3 Ngf6 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 a5 13. O-O a4 14. e4 axb3 15.
axb3 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 dxe4 17. dxe4 Be5 18. Nc4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Qe7 20. Rd1 Rb8 21.
e5 Ne8 22. Qa1 g6 23. Qa5 Nf8 24. Qa7 Qc7 25. b4 Ne6 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Na5 Nd4 28.
Kh2 Rd7 29. f4 h5 30. Rd1 Nb5 31. Rxd7 Nxa7 32. Rxc7 Nxc7 33. Nxb7 Na6 34. Bf1
Nxb4 35. Bc4 Nd5 36. Nd8 Kf8 37. Nxc6 Nxc6 38. Bxd5 Nd4 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. Be4 Ne6
41. Kf3 Ng7 42. Bb1 Ke6 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Bd3 Ke6 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. h4 Ke6 47. g4
hxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Ke7 49. Bc4 Nf5 50. Kg5 Ng7 51. Bd5 Kf8 52. Bb7 Ne6+ 53. Kg4 Kg7
54. Bc8 Nd4 55. Kg3 Nc6 56. Kf3 Ne7 57. Bd7 Kh6 58. Ke4 Kg7 59. Kd4 Ng8 60. Kc5
Kf8 61. Kd6 Nh6 62. Bh3 Ng8 63. Bg2 Nh6 64. Be4 Ng4 65. Kd7 Ne3 66. Bf3 Nf5 67.
h5 gxh5 68. Bxh5 Ne7 69. Kd8 Nd5 70. f5 Ne7 71. Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. g3 Ne7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. e3 Nxd5 7. cxd5 c6 8. a3
Bc5 9. Ne2 cxd5 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 Ba7 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Be3 d6 14. Nxd5 Bf5 15.
O-O Qd7 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Be6 19. Qa4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rc7 21. Bg2
Bb8 22. d5 Ne5 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. b5 b6 25. Rc6 Rb7 26. Bh3 Nc5 27. Ra1 Bc7 28.
Bf4 Rd8 29. Bf5 g6 30. Bc2 Kg7 31. Re1 Bb8 32. h4 f6 33. g4 Kf7 34. g5 f5 35.
Kg2 Re7 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Rxb6 Bc7 38. Rc6 Ba5 39. b6 Bb4 40. Rc7+ Rd7 41. Ba4
Nxa4 42. b7 Rxc7 43. b8=Q Rc4 44. Qa7+ Kf8 45. Qa8+ Kf7 46. Qb7+ Kf8 47. Bh2
Rg4+ 48. Kf1 Nc3 49. Qxh7 Ne4 50. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, 6.h4"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 c5 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. Bc3 Nb4 14. Bxb4 cxb4
15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. c4 Qc7 17. O-O Rg8 18. c5 O-O-O 19. a3 Qc6 20. Rfd1 b3 21.
Qxb3 Rd5 22. Rac1 Rxh5 23. d5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. b4 Rg4 27.
Rd1 Rc4 28. Rxd5 a5 29. Nd2 Rc3 30. c6 axb4 31. cxb7+ Kxb7 32. axb4 Rc1+ 33. Nf1
Kc7 34. Rf5 Be7 35. g3 Rb1 36. b5 Kb6 37. Kg2 Rxb5 38. Ne3 Rxf5 39. Nxf5 Bf8 40.
Kf3 Kc6 41. Ke4 h5 42. Nd4+ Kd7 43. Kd5 Bb4 44. Nf5 Be1 45. f4 Kc7 46. Ke4 Kc6
47. Ke3 Kd5 48. Kf3 Bb4 49. Ng7 Bf8 50. Nxh5 f5 51. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, Showalter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5018471"]
[BlackFideId "14102951"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 e4 7. Ne5 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 d5 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Bf4 Bxf4
15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Bb3 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rad8 18. Rfd4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxb3 20. axb3
Re8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Rd7 Re7 23. Rd8+ Re8 24. Rd7 Re7 25. Rd8+ Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Vishnu Prasanna, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Averbach variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109182"]
[BlackFideId "5030692"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
Nd7 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 Ng5 13. Bxg5 Bxg5 14. Ng3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 O-O 16. Rad1 g6 17. d4 Bh6 18. Ba4 Qe7 19. Nf1 Bg7 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Ne3 exd4 22. cxd4 Rfe8 23. Nc4 Qe6 24. b3 d5 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Ne5 Qxf3 27. Nxf3
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rd8 29. Re7 Bxd4 30. Rxc7 Bb6 31. Rxc6 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Bxf2 33. Rxa6
Rc1 34. Rd6 Be3 35. Kg3 f5 36. h4 Rc2 37. a4 Rc3 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ Kf6 40.
Rxh7 Rxb3 41. Rc7 Rb4 42. Rc6+ Kg7 43. a5 Bf4+ 44. Kh3 Rb1 45. g4 Rb3 46. gxf5
gxf5 47. Kg2 Rb2+ 48. Kf1 Be3 49. Ke1 f4 50. a6 Rf2 51. Ne5 f3 52. Rc7+ Kg8 53.
Ng4 Re2+ 54. Kf1 Bd4 55. a7 Re8 56. Rd7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Three knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "4650891"]
[BlackFideId "5202248"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Be7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Ne2 c5 12. Nf4 Re8 13. Nd5 Bf8 14. b3 c6 15.
Nf4 a5 16. Nd3 Ba6 17. Bf4 Qc7 18. Nb2 h6 19. Bd2 Be7 20. Bc3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6
22. c4 Nd7 23. Qd2 Nf8 24. Rad1 Rbd8 25. Bh3 Bb7 26. Na4 d5 27. Nxc5 dxc4 28.
Qf4 Qe7 29. Nxb7 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qxb7 31. bxc4 Qb2 32. Qd6 Qc2 33. c5 Ne6 34. Qd2
Qxc5 35. Rc1 Qe5 36. Bxe6 Rxe6 37. Rc4 g5 38. Kg2 Qb5 39. Rd4 Re8 40. h4 Qe5 41.
hxg5 hxg5 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Qg7+ 44. Kf3 Qh8 45. Qg2+ Kf8 46. e5 Qh4 47. Rd1
Qh5+ 48. Qg4 Qh7 49. Qg5 Qh3+ 50. Ke4 Qh2 51. Rd6 Qh1+ 52. Kf5 Qb1+ 53. Kg4 Qg1+
54. Kh5 Qh1+ 55. Qh4 Qg2 56. Rh6 Qf3+ 57. Qg4 Qh1+ 58. Kg5 Qd5 59. Rh8+ Ke7 60.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 61. Kf6 Qd8+ 62. Kg7 c5 63. f5 Qd2 64. f6 Kd8 65. e6 fxe6 66. f7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "112275"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. d5 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O e5
9. e4 Na6 10. Be3 c6 11. Nd2 d6 12. Re1 h5 13. h3 Nc5 14. Bf1 cxd5 15. cxd5 Ba6
16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Qe2 Nc7 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 h4 20. g4 Nh7 21. Kh2 Bf6 22.
Rac1 Bg5 23. Rc6 Qf6 24. Kg2 Re7 25. Qe2 Rd7 26. Rec1 Rf8 27. Rc8 Bf4 28. Rxf8+
Kxf8 29. Nf3 Ng5 30. Nxh4 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Nxe4 32. Nf3 Qf4 33. Qxf4 exf4 34. Rc4
Nf6 35. Rxf4 Nxd5 36. Rd4 Nf6 37. Rc4 Re7 38. Nd4 Kg7 39. Rc2 d5 40. f3 Ne8 41.
Kf2 Nd6 42. h4 Nb7 43. Nc6 Rc7 44. Nb4 Nc5 45. Rd2 Na4 46. Ke3 Rc5 47. Nd3 Rc8
48. Nf4 Rh8 49. h5 Re8+ 50. Kf2 Re5 51. hxg6 fxg6 52. Nxd5 Kf7 53. Nf4 g5 54.
Ne2 a5 55. b3 Nc5 56. Nc3 Re6 57. Nb5 Rh6 58. Nd6+ Kf6 59. Kg3 Rh1 60. Nc4 a4
61. b4 Ne6 62. Nxb6 a3 63. Nd7+ Ke7 64. Nc5 Nxc5 65. bxc5 Rg1+ 66. Rg2 Rc1 67.
Re2+ Kf6 68. Re3 Rxc5 69. Rxa3 Rc2 70. f4 gxf4+ 71. Kxf4 Rc4+ 72. Kg3 Rc2 73.
Rf3+ Kg6 74. a4 Ra2 75. Rf4 Ra1 76. Kf3 Ra3+ 77. Ke2 Kg5 78. Re4 Rc3 79. Kd2 Rc5
80. Kd3 Ra5 81. Kc3 Ra8 82. Kb4 Rb8+ 83. Kc5 Ra8 84. Kb6 Rb8+ 85. Kc6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B57"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, Benko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1710400"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4
Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. g4 h6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Rg1 Bc6 13. Qd4 Nexg4 14. Bxg4 e5 15.
Qd2 exf4 16. Qxf4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 h5 18. Qe2 g6 19. O-O-O Be7 20. Nd4 O-O-O 21.
Ncb5 Qb6 22. Rg3 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 a6 24. Nd4 Rd7 25. Rb3 Qa7 26. e5 Re8 27. e6 fxe6
28. Qc4+ Rc7 29. Qxe6+ Kb8 30. Qxg6 Rec8 31. c3 Bxh4 32. Qxd6 Qc5 33. Qxa6 Bxf2
34. Qd3 Qc4 35. Qxc4 Rxc4 36. Nf5 Rh8 37. Rb5 h4 38. Rd7 Rc7 39. Rxc7 Kxc7 40.
Nxh4 Rxh4 41. Kc2 Kc6 42. Rf5 Rh2 43. Kb3 Be3 44. Rf1 Re2 45. Rd1 Bd2 46. Kc2
Bf4+ 47. Kb3 Rf2 48. Rg1 Kd5 49. Rd1+ Ke5 50. Re1+ Kf5 51. Re7 b6 52. Rb7 Rg2
53. Rxb6 Bc1 54. Kc4 Bxb2 55. a4 Rg4+ 56. Kb3 Bc1 57. a5 Be3 58. Rb7 Rg1 59. Kc4
Ke6 60. Kb5 Kd6 61. Rf7 Rg5+ 62. Ka6 Kc6 63. Rf6+ Kc5 64. Re6 Bg1 65. Rh6 Rg7
66. Rh5+ Kc4 67. Rh4+ Kxc3 68. Kb5 Rg5+ 69. Kc6 Rxa5 70. Rh1 Rg5 71. Rh4 Kd3 72.
Kd6 Bf2 73. Rh1 Ke4 74. Rf1 Rg6+ 75. Kd7 Bd4 76. Re1+ Kd5 77. Rd1 Rg7+ 78. Kd8
Rh7 79. Rd2 Ke5 80. Kc8 Bc5 81. Rd7 Be7 82. Kb7 Ke6 83. Kc6 Rh1 84. Rd2 Rc1+ 85.
Kb5 Bd6 86. Rd3 Be5 87. Kb4 Rc8 88. Rd1 Kf5 89. Kb5 Ke4 90. Rh1 Kd5 91. Rh5 Rb8+
92. Ka5 Rb1 93. Rg5 Kd4 94. Ka6 Bd6 95. Rb5 Rh1 96. Rg5 Be7 97. Rf5 Bc5 98. Kb5
Rb1+ 99. Kc6 Rb6+ 100. Kd7 Rd6+ 101. Ke8 Rh6 102. Kd7 Bd6 103. Rf1 Be5 104. Rd1+
Ke4 105. Re1+ Kf5 106. Rd1 Rh7+ 107. Kc6 Rc7+ 108. Kb5 Ke4 109. Rh1 Kd5 110. Rh5
Rb7+ 111. Ka5 Kd4 112. Ka6 Rb8 113. Rg5 Bd6 114. Rb5 Rd8 115. Kb6 Kc4 116. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "10601619"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3
d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Bg2 Qa5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. b3 Rxb3 14. axb3 Qxa1
15. Nb5 a6 16. Na7 Bd7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Qe5 19. Qa2 Ne4 20. Qxa6 Nc5 21.
Qa2 Qc3 22. Bg5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Bd5 Rxb3 26. Rxb3 Qxb3 27. Qa7
Ne6 28. Qe7 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qxe2 30. Qxd6 g5 31. h3 f5 32. Bxe6 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qe1+
34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kh2 fxe6 36. c5 Kf7 37. Qd7+ Kg6 38. c6 Qe2 39. Qe8+ Kh6 40.
Qf8+ Kh5 41. Qc5 Qa6 42. c7 Qc8 43. Qe7 Qa8 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12521213"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O
Qa5 9. e3 d6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxc6 Qc7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bh3 14. Re1 e6 15.
Bd2 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. e4 Qd7 18. Qb3 exd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 20. Bc3 Bf5 21. Rbc1
Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qb7 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3
Bc2 28. Nxa7 Bxb3 29. Nc8 Kf8 30. Nxd6 Bxd5 31. f4 Ke7 32. Nb5 Bc4 33. Nd4 h5
34. Kf2 Bd5 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. Nc2 Bb3 37. Ne1 Kf5 38. h3 Bd5 39. Nf3 Bxf3 40. Kxf3
g5 41. fxg5 Kxg5 42. Ke4 f5+ 43. Ke5 h4 44. gxh4+ Kxh4 45. Kxf5 Kxh3 46. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. h3 c6 7. e4 c5 8. Nge2 Nc6
9. Be3 a6 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 Nd7 12. f4 Nd4 13. g4 b6 14. Rb1 Bb7 15. Qd2 Nb3
16. Qd1 Nd4 17. g5 e6 18. h4 Bc6 19. Ng3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. cxb5 Nxb5 22. Nce2
Nd4 23. f5 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Be5 25. Nh1 exf5 26. exf5 Bxg2 27. Qxg2 Rb4 28. Qh3
Bxb2 29. Nf2 Ne5 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 31. Ne4 Nd7 32. h5 d5 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. fxg6 hxg6
35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qh3+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "5005370"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 h6 7. Bh4 Qb6 8. Qc2 a5
9. e3 Be6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Qb4 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Ne5 Nbd7 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nc4 e6 17. O-O Be7 18. Ra3 Bd8 19. e4 O-O 20. Rd1 Bc7 21. e5 Nd5
22. Ne4 Nf4 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Qd2 Nd5 25. Ne3 f5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Nc3 Rac8 28.
Rb3 Bb8 29. Nb5 f4 30. Qxa5 f3 31. Qd2 Qh4 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 33. gxf3 Rf8 34. Rc1
Rxf3 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rxb8 Qg4+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke1 Qf5 39. Nd6 Qg6 40. Kf1
Qb1+ 41. Ke2 Rb3 42. Rxb7 Rxb7 43. Nxb7 Qe4+ 44. Qe3 Qc2+ 45. Kf3 Qf5+ 46. Qf4
Qd3+ 47. Kg2 Qg6+ 48. Qg3 Qe4+ 49. Qf3 Qg6+ 50. Kh3 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Vignesh, N R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "25012215"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Ne5 Be6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8.
Nf3 e5 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bc5 11. d3 O-O 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 Re8 14. Bd2 Qe7 15.
Qc2 Bd6 16. Bg2 Nc5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Ne6 19. Qb2 Red8 20. Rfd1 h6 21. e3 Bc7
22. Be1 Rd7 23. Qc2 Rad8 24. Na4 b5 25. Nb2 c5 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qxc5 Nxc5 28.
Bc6 Rd6 29. Bxb5 Rb8 30. Nc4 Rxd3 31. Bc6 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 e4 33. Bc3 Rd8 34. Rb1
Nd5 35. Bd4 Ne7 36. Bb5 Ne6 37. Ba1 Nc5 38. Kg2 Rb8 39. Nd2 Nf5 40. Bc6 Rxb1 41.
Nxb1 Ne7 42. Bb5 Ng6 43. Bd4 Ne6 44. Ba7 f5 45. Bc4 Kf7 46. Nc3 Ne5 47. Bb3 Nc6
48. Nd5 Be5 49. Bb6 Ne7 50. Nc7 Bxc7 51. Bxc7 Nc6 52. Bd6 Kf6 53. Ba3 Ne5 54.
Bb4 g6 55. Bc3 Ng5 56. h3 h5 57. Ba4 Nf3 58. Bb4 g5 59. Bb3 g4 60. Bd5 h4 61.
hxg4 Nxg4 62. gxh4 Nxh4+ 63. Kg3 Ng6 64. Ba5 N6e5 65. Bd8+ Kg6 66. Bb6 Nd3 67.
f3 exf3 68. Kxf3 Nde5+ 69. Kg3 Nf6 70. Bb7 Ne4+ 71. Kf4 Nd3+ 72. Kf3 Ne5+ 73.
Ke2 Nd6 74. Bd5 Nd7 75. Bd4 Nf6 76. Bc6 Ng4 77. Bd5 Nf6 78. Ba2 Nde4 79. Be6 Ng4
80. Bb6 Kf6 81. Bc8 Nc3+ 82. Kf3 Ne5+ 83. Kg2 Ne4 84. Bd4 Nd6 85. Bd7 Ke7 86.
Ba4 Ng6 87. Bc5 Ke6 88. Bb3+ Ke5 89. Bd4+ Ke4 90. Kf2 Ne5 91. Bc2+ Kd5 92. Kg3
Ng6 93. Kf3 Ne4 94. Bb3+ Kd6 95. Bc2 Kd5 96. Ke2 Nf4+ 97. Kf3 Ng6 98. Bb3+ Kd6
99. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Bhambure, Shantanu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5025931"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. a5 Be6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c4 Nd7 15. b4
Bh7 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Nd2 Bg5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Nb3 b6 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. Qxg5 bxa5
22. Nxa5 Rxb4 23. Nc6 Rb3 24. Bd1 Ra3 25. Qe7 Rc8 26. Bg4 f5 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28.
Bxf5 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Nc5 30. Ne7 Qxe7 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Rb1 Rb3 33. Rxb3 Nxb3 34.
Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Darini, Pouria"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12502200"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 g6 11. Bd2 a5 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rae1 Ba6 15.
b3 Rfe8 16. Qf3 Bxe5 17. Ne4 d6 18. Bxa5 f5 19. Ng5 Qf6 20. Qxc6 d5 21. Qxf6
Bxf6 22. Ne6 Bxc4 23. Bxb6 Bxd3 24. Nxc7 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bc3 26. Nxa8 Bxe1 27. Nc7
Bb1 28. Kf1 Bd2 29. Ke2 Bg5 30. a4 Bc2 31. a5 d4 32. Bxd4 Bd8 33. Be5 Bxb3 34.
Kd3 Kf7 35. Kd4 Bxc7 36. Bxc7 Ke6 37. Bf4 Bd5 38. f3 Bb7 39. Kc5 Kd7 40. Kb6 Bd5
41. Bh6 Bc6 42. h4 Bd5 43. a6 Bc6 44. Kc5 Ba8 45. Kd4 Ke6 46. Ke3 Bc6 47. Kf4
Bb5 48. a7 Bc6 49. Kg5 Bb7 50. Bg7 Kf7 51. Kh6 Kg8 52. Be5 Bc6 53. Bg3 Bd5 54.
h5 Kf7 55. Kxh7 gxh5 56. Kh6 Ke6 57. Kxh5 Bc6 58. Kg5 Bd5 59. Bf4 Bc6 60. g4
fxg4 61. fxg4 Kd7 62. Kf6 Kc8 63. g5 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, hedgehog system"]
[WhiteFideId "13300857"]
[BlackFideId "46634827"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 d6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc8 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. f4 Re8 14. Bf2 g6 15. Nd5
exd5 16. cxd5 Qd8 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Nc5 19. b4 Ne6 20. c7 Nxc7 21. Bxb6 Rc8
22. Bh3 Nd7 23. Ba5 d5 24. Qa4 f5 25. exf5 Bc5+ 26. bxc5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Nxc5 28.
Qd4 Qd6 29. Bc3 Ne8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. f4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. Nf3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d3
Bc6 9. Qe1 Qc7 10. Be3 Nf6 11. h3 O-O 12. Ne2 Rae8 13. Qh4 d5 14. e5 d4 15. Bd2
Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Nd5 17. Re1 f5 18. Qf2 e6 19. h4 h5 20. a3 Kf7 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Qe1
Rfd8 23. Kh1 Bf8 24. Rf1 Be7 25. Rb1 Qc6 26. Qf2 Rd7 27. Rfc1 Bd8 28. Ng1 b5 29.
Nf3 Bb6 30. b3 Kg7 31. Qg3 c4 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. dxc4 Qxc4 34. Ng5 Qc6 35. Qb3
Ba7 36. Qf3 Bc5 37. c4 Ne3 38. Rb3 Ng4 39. Rcb1 Be7 40. Rb7 Rxb7 41. Rxb7 Kf8
42. Qxc6 Rxc6 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7 Kf8 45. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Pranav, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "25060783"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. c3 e6
9. Re1 b6 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. Nf1 h6 14. h4 Rc8 15. Ne3 f5
16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bh3 Ne4 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxd5 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Nxd4 21. Kg2 Nxf3
22. Bxf3 Qf6 23. Ng4 Qf5 24. Be4 Qc5 25. Bf4 Rxf4 26. gxf4 Qb4 27. Rc1 Rf8 28.
Qf3 Qd2+ 29. Qf2 Qd7 30. Qg3 Qd2+ 31. Nf2 Be2 32. Qxg6 Qxf4 33. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Dixit, Nikhil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14113147"]
[BlackFideId "5059534"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 f6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 O-O 10. h4 fxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qg3 Nf5 13. Qh3 Nc5 14. h5 Nxd3+ 15.
cxd3 gxh5 16. g4 Nd4 17. Kd1 Qe8 18. Be3 Qg6 19. Bxd4 hxg4 20. Qg3 Rf5 21. Ne2
b6 22. Kd2 c5 23. Bf2 Raf8 24. d4 h5 25. Qd3 c4 26. Qc2 b5 27. Ng3 Bh6 28. Be3
b4 29. Rxh5 c3+ 30. bxc3 bxc3+ 31. Kd1 Bg5 32. Rxg5 Rxg5 33. fxg5 Qc6 34. Ke1
Rf3 35. Bf2 Qb6 36. Rb1 Rxf2 37. Kxf2 Qxd4+ 38. Kg2 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "35042025"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4
Ne4 9. e3 Ndf6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nd3 b6 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bb7 14. Rac1 e6 15.
Rc2 Qe7 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. a4 Rfd8 18. a5 Nf6 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. e4 Nf6 21. a6 Ba8
22. Qe3 Nd7 23. b4 b5 24. Nc5 Nb6 25. Bf1 Rb8 26. e5 Nd5 27. Qa3 h5 28. Bg2 Bh6
29. Rd1 Nb6 30. Bc1 Bg7 31. Bf3 Nc4 32. Qc3 Nb6 33. Qb3 Rdc8 34. h4 Nc4 35. Bg5
Qc7 36. g4 hxg4 37. Bxg4 Bf8 38. h5 gxh5 39. Bxh5 Bg7 40. Qg3 f6 41. Bxf6 Kh8
42. Nxe6 Bxf6 43. Nxc7 Rg8 44. Bg6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Kowsarinia, Amir"]
[Black "Haddouche, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12500089"]
[BlackFideId "7900660"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
a6 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Nde4 Nfxe4
15. Nxe4 f5 16. Ng5 a5 17. Nf3 g6 18. Qc1 Bg7 19. Ba3 b6 20. Qe3 Qe7 21. Ne1 e4
22. f3 Ra7 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Nc2 Rd7 25. Nd4 Rd6 26. Nc2 Bf5 27. Kh1 Qd7 28. Qc1
Bg4 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Qf4 Qe6 32. Qd2 a4 33. bxa4 Qxc4 34. Qf4
Bxe2 35. Ne3 Qxa2 36. Re1 Bd3 37. Ng4 Qxa4 38. Nf2 Rf8 39. Qd2 Qb4 40. Qxb4 cxb4
41. Nxe4 b3 42. Nc5 Bc2 43. Bxc6 b2 44. Bd5+ Kh8 45. Ba2 Ra8 46. Bd5 Ra1 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5037883"]
[BlackFideId "25006746"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Bf5 5. O-O Nb4 6. Na3 e6 7. c3 Nc6 8. c4
Bxa3 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. bxa3 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bg6 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. e4 Nb6
15. f4 Bh5 16. Re1 c5 17. h3 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. g4 Bf7 20. e5 c4 21. Qg3 Qd8
22. Kh2 Qd3 23. Re3 Qd4 24. Rb1 c3 25. Rd3 c2 26. Rb2 Qa4 27. exf6 Rac8 28. f5
Qc4 29. Rd2 Qa4 30. Qe3 Kh8 31. fxe6 Bxe6 32. Rb4 Qe8 33. Qf2 Qg6 34. Rf4 Bxa2
35. Be4 Qf7 36. Rxc2 Bb3 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Bb2 Bd5 39. Bd3 Nc4 40. Bd4 Nxa3 41.
g5 Kg8 42. g6 hxg6 43. Qg1 Rc2+ 44. Bxc2 Nxc2 45. Be5 Qe8 46. Qg5 Kf7 47. Rh4
Ke6 48. Qg4+ Kf7 49. Rh7+ Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kf8 51. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Mullick, Raahil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "35080350"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. f3 Bg6
9. Bd2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rc1 Nd7 15.
Bd3 Qb6 16. Qd1 a6 17. Ne2 O-O 18. Ka1 e5 19. Bc3 Bf6 20. Bb1 exd4 21. exd4 Qa7
22. h4 Rfd8 23. Qd3 Nf8 24. g4 Ne6 25. Rcd1 Kf8 26. g5 Be7 27. f4 Ke8 28. f5
gxf5 29. Qxf5 g6 30. Qf2 b5 31. h5 gxh5 32. g6 Kd7 33. gxf7 Rf8 34. Rxh5 Ncd8
35. Rxd5+ Kc7 36. Qg3+ Kb6 37. Re5 Qc7 38. Qe3 Rxf7 39. Rxe6+ Nxe6 40. Qxe6+ Bd6
41. Bb4 Rd8 42. Bc5+ Kb7 43. Be4+ Kb8 44. Qd5 Kc8 45. Bb6 Qxb6 46. Qxf7 Bc7 47.
Rc1 Kb8 48. Rc6 Qa5 49. b4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Black "Raahul, V S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35018701"]
[BlackFideId "25035525"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Qe2 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. d5
Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Qe7 20. a4 bxa4 21. Bxa4 Nd7 22.
Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Nc4 d3 24. Nxd6 dxe2 25. Nxb7 Ne5 26. Nd6 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Nd3+ 28.
Kxe2 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Rab8 30. b3 Kh7 31. Kd3 Rb6 32. e5 Rbb8 33. Rf1 Rbd8 34. Rf6 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"]
[Black "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25005812"]
[BlackFideId "5028698"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Re8 11. Bd3 f5 12. Qe2 c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Rfe1 e5 20. Rad1 e4 21.
Qe3 Be6 22. Be2 Bf7 23. Rd4 Rad8 24. Red1 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 h6 26. Qd7 Qb6 27. Qd4
Qa5 28. a3 b6 29. Qe3 Qe5 30. Qd4 Qe7 31. Qd7 Qf6 32. Qd4 Qg5 33. h4 Qg6 34. Qd6
Re6 35. Qb8+ Re8 36. Qd6 Re6 37. Qb8+ Re8 38. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system, Stein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8100918"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. O-O Nf4 12. Nd2 Qe8 13. Rb1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nde4
Qg6 16. f3 Nd7 17. Rc1 h5 18. Nb5 Rac8 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nd4 Bxe4 21. fxe4 Bxd4+
22. Qxd4 b6 23. Qd2 Ne5 24. a3 Rf7 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Rcf8 27. c5 bxc5 28.
bxc5 g4 29. cxd6 cxd6 30. Ba6 f3 31. Rc8 h4 32. Qe3 Kg7 33. Rxf8 Rxf8 34. Qd4
Rf4 35. Qa7+ Rf7 36. Qd4 Rc7 37. Rf2 Kh7 38. g3 Qh6 39. Bf1 Rc1 40. Qa7+ Kg6 41.
Qe7 Qe3 42. Qxd6+ Kf7 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. Qf6+ Nf7 45. Qf4 Qxf4 46. gxf4 Nd6 47. h3
g3 48. Rxf3 Nxe4 49. Rd3 Nd6 50. Re3 Nf5 51. Rd3 Re1 52. d6 Ne3 53. Rxe3 Rxe3
54. Bb5 Rf3 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Abou El Zein, Eid Mahmoud"]
[Black "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "Indian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "10600078"]
[BlackFideId "5016193"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. Bd3 Ba3 8. Bxa3
Qxa3 9. Ne5 c5 10. c3 Qb2 11. Rc1 Qxa2 12. O-O Qa5 13. f4 Nbd7 14. g4 Qd8 15. g5
Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. fxe5 Qc7 21. Rf4
g6 22. Qh6 f5 23. gxf6 Qh7 24. Qg5 Kf7 25. Rh4 Qg8 26. Rh6 Bd7 27. Kf2 Ke8 28.
Rxg6 Qh7 29. h4 Kd8 30. dxc5 Kc7 31. Rd1 Rad8 32. Rd6 Rh8 33. c6 bxc6 34. Rg7
Qxh4+ 35. Qxh4 Rxh4 36. Rxe6 Kb6 37. Rd6 Kc7 38. Re7 Rh6 39. c4 c5 40. Rd5 Kc6
41. f7 Rhh8 42. e6 Bxe6 43. Rxe6+ Kc7 44. Re7+ Kc8 45. Rxc5+ Kb8 46. Rcc7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Zhu, Yilun"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8609292"]
[BlackFideId "13708694"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. a4 d6
9. Nc3 b4 10. Ne2 Na5 11. Ba2 b3 12. Bd2 bxa2 13. Bxa5 O-O 14. c4 Ne8 15. Ng3 g6
16. Bc3 Ng7 17. b4 Ba7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 h5 20. Re1 h4 21. Ngf5 gxf5 22. Nxf5
f6 23. Qg4 Rf7 24. Nh6+ Kf8 25. Qg6 Qe7 26. Nxf7 Qxf7 27. Qxf6 Qxf6 28. Bxf6 h3
29. Rxa2 Nh5 30. Bg5 Kf7 31. Be3 Bxe4 32. g4 Rg8 33. f3 Bxe3+ 34. Rxe3 Bb7 35.
Rae2 Nf4 36. Re1 Kf6 37. Kf2 Kg5 38. Kg3 Rf8 39. Rc3 Ng6 40. c5 Ne5 41. cxd6
cxd6 42. Ree3 Rf7 43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 Bd5 45. Rc5 Ba8 46. f4+ Kg6 47. Rc8 Bb7
48. Re8 Nc4 49. R3e6+ Kg7 50. R6e7 Bg2 51. Kh4 Rxe7 52. Rxe7+ Kf6 53. Re8 d5 54.
Kg3 d4 55. Rd8 Ne3 56. Rd6+ Ke7 57. Rxd4 Nf1+ 58. Kf2 Nxh2 59. f5 Kf6 60. Rd6+
Kg5 61. Rg6+ Kh4 62. f6 Bd5 63. Rh6+ Kxg4 64. b6 Kg5 65. b7 Ng4+ 66. Kg3 Bxb7
67. f7 Nxh6 68. f8=Q Nf5+ 69. Kxh3 Be4 70. Qb8 Bf3 71. Qe5 Bg4+ 72. Kg2 Kh5 73.
Qf6 Nh4+ 74. Kg3 Ng6 75. Qd4 Bf5 76. Qe3 Nf8 77. Qc5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Sun, Chao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4200039"]
[BlackFideId "8622990"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. O-O Nd7 14. b4 Nf6
15. a4 a6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Qb3 Rfc8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qxb5 Qd7 21.
Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Rb1 b6 23. g3 Ra2 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Ra4 26. Rxb6 Re4 27. Rb8+
Kh7 28. Rb5 Rxe5 29. Kf1 g5 30. h3 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Re4 33. Rxd5 Rxg4 34.
f3 Ra4 35. Rxg5 Kh6 36. Rg8 Ra2 37. Rg2 Ra3 38. Kf2 f6 39. Rg8 Kh7 40. Rg1 Ra2+
41. Kg3 Kg6 42. Kf4+ Kf7 43. Rd1 Ra5 44. e4 Kg6 45. Kg4 Rg5+ 46. Kf4 Ra5 47. Rd8
Rb5 48. Rd5 Rb1 49. Ra5 Rb4 50. Ra6 Rb5 51. Kg3 Re5 52. Ra4 Rb5 53. f4 Rb6 54.
Kg4 Rb1 55. Ra6 Rg1+ 56. Kf3 Kf7 57. Ra7+ Kf8 58. Rc7 Ke8 59. Ke3 Kf8 60. Kd4
Rf1 61. f5 Rd1+ 62. Kc5 Ke8 63. Rb7 Kf8 64. Rb4 Ke7 65. Rb7+ Ke8 66. Rb6 Ke7 67.
Re6+ Kf7 68. Rd6 Rc1+ 69. Kd5 Ke7 70. Re6+ Kf7 71. Rc6 Rd1+ 72. Kc5 Ke7 73. Rc7+
Ke8 74. Ra7 Kf8 75. Kc4 Ke8 76. Kc3 Kf8 77. Ra4 Ke7 78. Kc2 Rd8 79. Kc3 Rd1 80.
Rd4 Ra1 81. Kc4 Ra4+ 82. Kc5 Ra1 83. Rb4 Rd1 84. Kc6 Rc1+ 85. Kd5 Rd1+ 86. Rd4
Ra1 87. Rb4 Rd1+ 88. Kc4 Kd6 89. Rb7 Ke5 90. Re7+ Kf4 91. Re6 Rd2 92. Kc5 Rd1
93. Rd6 Re1 94. Rxf6 Rxe4 95. Kd6 Re5 96. Rf8 Rxf5 97. Rxf5+ Kxf5 98. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Nyazi, Nehad"]
[Black "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "10601988"]
[BlackFideId "12528846"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e6 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Kd8 12. Ne5 Rf8 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Bc4
c6 15. Nf4 Nxe5 16. dxe5+ Kc7 17. Rhe1 g5 18. Nh5 Bh8 19. Nf6 Bf5 20. g4 Be6 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rd7+ Kb6 23. Re3 Bxf6 24. Rb3+ Ka6 25. Ra3+ Kb6 26. Rb3+ Ka6 27.
exf6 Rxf6 28. Ra3+ Kb6 29. Rb3+ Ka6 30. Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Rajdeep, Sarkar"]
[Black "Shanya, Mishra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25007963"]
[BlackFideId "46656065"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nc3 Rad8 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qb8 14. Ne1 Qa8 15.
f4 Ne8 16. g4 Nd6 17. d3 Rd7 18. Nf3 f6 19. Nd2 Rfd8 20. a3 f5 21. gxf5 Nxf5 22.
Nf3 Bf6 23. Na4 Kh8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Kf2 Rg7 26. Bh3 Rdg8 27. Rg1 Rxg1 28. Rxg1
Rxg1 29. Nxg1 Nce7 30. Qb2 Kg7 31. Ne2 Kf7 32. Ng3 Bc6 33. Nc3 Nxg3 34. hxg3 f5
35. Nb5 Qb8 36. a4 a6 37. Nc3 Qd6 38. Qe2 Ng6 39. Bf1 Qf8 40. Qb2 Qd8 41. Be2 e5
42. fxe5 Nxe5 43. Nd5 Nd7 44. Bf3 Bxd5 45. Bxd5+ Kg6 46. a5 b5 47. cxb5 Qxa5 48.
Bc6 Nb6 49. Be8+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Maroroa, Sue"]
[Black "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4301498"]
[BlackFideId "12505951"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Kb8 12. h4 Re8 13. Re1 Qe6 14. Qe4 g6
15. f4 h5 16. Rh3 Be7 17. Qd3 Ba6 18. b3 Ba3+ 19. Kc2 Bb4 20. a3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3
Qf5+ 22. Bd3 Qg4 23. Be2 Qf5+ 24. Bd3 Qg4 25. Be2 Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Aditya, Varun Gampa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "5300380"]
[BlackFideId "45066183"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Qf2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. h3 Nb4 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Ba6 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. f5 Nd7 15.
Qh4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rxc3 17. Bd4 Rxd3 18. Rxd3 Bxd3 19. Qh6 e5 20. fxe6 f6 21. Ng5
Qe7 22. exd7 Bxf1 23. Ne6 Qxe6 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. d8=Q+ Kg7 26. Qc7+ Kg8 27.
Kxf1 Qxe4 28. Qd8+ Kf7 29. Qxf6+ Ke8 30. Qxd6 Qb1+ 31. Kf2 Qxa2+ 32. Kg1 a5 33.
Bxb6 a4 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Qd7+ Kg8 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Bd4+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Kh5 39.
Qf3+ Kh6 40. Qf4+ g5 41. Qf6+ Kh5 42. g4+ Kh4 43. Bf2+ Kxh3 44. Qf3# 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "Al Hosani, Omran"]
[Black "Ashwath, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "9308733"]
[BlackFideId "5021049"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. d4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qd1 a6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Ng5 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Bd4 16. Nge4 e5 17. Be3 O-O 18. Qd3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 b4 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.
Rxf6 Qxf6 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Rd1 Kh8 24. e4 Qc5 25. b3 a5 26. Ne3 Qc3 27. Nc4 a4
28. Qxc3 bxc3 29. Rc1 Rfd8 30. Rxc3 Rd2 31. Nxd2 Rxc3 32. bxa4 Rc2 33. Nf3 Rxe2+
34. Kf1 Rxa2 35. Nxe5 Kg8 36. Nf3 Rxa4 37. Nd2 f6 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Ke3 Ke6 40.
Nf3 Ra3+ 41. Ke2 g5 42. h3 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Rg2 44. Nd4+ Ke5 45. Nf3+ Kd6 46. g4 Rg3
47. Kf2 Rxh3 48. e5+ Ke6 49. exf6 Kxf6 50. Kg2 Rxf3 51. Kxf3 Ke5 52. Ke3 h6 53.
Kf3 Kd4 54. Kg3 Ke4 55. Kh3 Kf4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Mohammed, Ahmed Said Al Amri"]
[Black "Poormosavi, Seyed Kian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "22000380"]
[BlackFideId "12585807"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qa4 Qxa4 13. Bxa4 Bd7 14. Ba3 Rfe8
15. Rab1 b6 16. Bb3 e6 17. Nd2 Rec8 18. Bd1 Na5 19. Bb4 Bh6 20. Rb2 Bxd2 21.
Rxd2 Nc4 22. Rc2 a5 23. Be7 Ra7 24. Rc1 Rac7 25. Be2 Nb2 26. Ba6 Ra8 27. Bd6
Rca7 28. Ba3 Rxa6 29. Bxb2 Rc8 30. Ba3 Bb5 31. Bd6 Bc4 32. a3 Rc6 33. f4 Ra8 34.
Kf2 Bd3 35. Ke3 Be4 36. g3 f5 37. Kd2 Rac8 38. Re3 Kf7 39. Ree1 h6 40. Rg1 g5
41. h3 Rc4 42. Rge1 Ra4 43. Ra1 Rac4 44. Rac1 Rg8 45. Rg1 Ke8 46. fxg5 hxg5 47.
h4 Rh8 48. hxg5 Rh2+ 49. Ke3 Kf7 50. Rgf1 Kg6 51. Rf2 Rxf2 52. Kxf2 Kxg5 53.
Be7+ Kg4 54. Bd8 Rc8 55. Bf6 Rc7 56. Bh4 b5 57. Bd8 Rc8 58. Be7 Rh8 59. Bh4 f4
60. Rg1 Rc8 61. Be7 Rxc3 62. gxf4+ Kxf4 63. Bg5+ Kf5 64. Bd2 Rf3+ 65. Ke2 Rf4
66. Bxf4 Kxf4 67. Kd2 Bf5 68. Kc3 Ke3 69. Re1+ Kf2 70. Rh1 Ke3 71. Rf1 Bg4 72.
Rh1 Bf5 73. Re1+ Kf2 74. Kd2 Kf3 75. Rf1+ Ke4 76. Kc3 Bg4 77. Rb1 Be2 78. Re1
Ke3 79. Rb1 Ke4 80. Re1 Ke3 81. Rb1 Ke4 82. Re1 Ke3 83. Rb1 Bc4 84. Re1+ Kf2 85.
Kd2 b4 86. axb4 axb4 87. Rb1 b3 88. Kc3 Ke3 89. Rh1 Ke4 90. Rh6 b2 91. Rh4+ Ke3
92. Kxb2 Kd3 93. Rh6 Kxd4 94. Rxe6 Bb5 95. Rb6 Kc5 96. Rb8 Bd7 97. Rd8 Bf5 98.
Kc3 Be6 99. Kd3 Bg4 100. Ke3 Bh3 101. Rh8 Be6 102. Kf4 d4 103. Kg5 d3 104. Kf6
d2 105. Rh1 Bg4 106. Rg1 d1=Q 107. Rxd1 Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.36"]
[White "Kakulidis, Ellen"]
[Black "Viani, Antonio Dcunha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "1444972"]
[BlackFideId "5027330"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 exd4 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 dxc3 6. Nxc3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. e4
Nc6 9. Bf4 Be6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Bg4 12. h3 Nd4 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd7 15.
Bg2 Ne5 16. Qf1 Re8 17. Rab1 Nec6 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. h4 a6 20. Bh3 Qd8 21. Nc3 Bf6
22. Bg2 b5 23. Nd5 a5 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bg5 Qe6 27. Rbc1 c4 28. a4
Rac8 29. Bh3 f5 30. axb5 Nb4 31. Be3 Nd3 32. Rc3 Nxb5 33. Rcxd3 cxd3 34. Qxd3
Rcd8 35. Bxf5 Qf6 36. Qb3+ Kh8 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Bg5 Qxf5 39. Bxd8 Nd4 40. Qa4
h6 41. Bxa5 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qf1 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qf7 e4 45. g4 Nf3+ 46. Kg3 Qg1+
47. Kf4 Nxh4 48. Kxe4 Qxg4+ 49. Kd3 Nf5 50. Bc3 Qf3+ 51. Kc2 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.37"]
[White "Srija, Seshadri"]
[Black "Gagare, Shalmali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5055903"]
[BlackFideId "5038650"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 Bg5 15. O-O
Ne7 16. b3 Bb7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bf6
22. Ne3 Rfe8 23. Nf5 Re6 24. Rf2 g6 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. f5 Ree8 27. Ng4 g5 28. Qh3
h5 29. Nxf6 Kxf6 30. Qxh5 Rh8 31. Qe2 Qe7 32. Bf3 Qe5 33. Rg2 Rh4 34. Qe3 Rf4
35. Re2 Re8 36. Qd3 Rd8 37. Bg2 Ke7 38. Qg3 f6 39. Ree1 Kf7 40. Qe3 Rh4 41. Qg3
Rf4 42. Rf1 Bxe4 43. Rxf4 gxf4 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Bxe4 Rd7 46. Qh6+ Rg7+ 47. Kf1
Qxe4 48. Qxf6+ Kg8 49. Qe6+ Qxe6 50. fxe6 Ra7 51. Rxd6 Kf8 52. Rd8+ Ke7 53. Rd7+
Rxd7 54. exd7 Kxd7 55. Ke2 Kd6 56. Kd3 Ke5 57. h4 Kf5 58. h5 Kg4 59. h6 f3 60.
h7 f2 61. Ke4 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "8.38"]
[White "Ma, Lin"]
[Black "Ahmed, Fareed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8610533"]
[BlackFideId "9303677"]
[EventDate "2018.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
O-O 9. Qe2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bc5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bd4 14. Rd1 Bxe5
15. c4 N5b6 16. Nc5 Qe8 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxe5 Rad8 20. Be3 b6 21.
a4 Qe7 22. a5 f6 23. Qc3 e5 24. axb6 axb6 25. c5 Qe6 26. cxb6 cxb6 27. Qc7 Rd7
28. Qxb6 Qxb6 29. Bxb6 Rb8 30. Ra8 Rxa8 31. Bxa8 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Rb1 33. Bd5+ Kh8
34. b3 g6 35. Bc5 Rd1 36. Bc4 Rc1 37. Be3 Rb1 38. Bh6 e4 39. h4 Rb2 40. g4 g5
41. hxg5 e3 42. gxf6 Rxf2+ 43. Kg3 Rxf6 44. Bxe3 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1
Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 c6
14. Ne4 Be5 15. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c3 c6 7. Bf4 Nh5 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nbd2 f5 11. c4 g5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb1 e6 14. Nc3 a6
15. Rc1 b5 16. Ne5 f4 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nc4 21.
Rc2 Qf7 22. Bc1 Bb7 23. b3 Nxe5 24. Bb2 f3 25. exf3 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27.
Qxf3 Rxf3 28. Ne2 Re8 29. Be5 Rf5 30. f4 gxf4 31. gxf4 d4 32. Rd2 Kh7 33.
Rxd4 Rg8+ 34. Kf2 Nf6 35. Bxf6 Rxf6 36. Rd7+ Rg7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Ke3 Rf7
39. Rd1 Bd5 40. Nc3 Rf5 41. Nxd5 exd5 42. Rc1 Rh5 43. Rc2 b4 44. Kd4 Kf6
45. Rc6+ Kf5 46. Rxa6 Kxf4 47. Rf6+ Kg4 48. Rf2 Kh3 49. Kc5 Rh4 50. Kxd5 h5
51. Kc5 Rg4 52. a4 bxa3 53. b4 Rg2 54. Rf3+ Kxh2 55. Rxa3 h4 56. b5 Rg5+
57. Kc6 Rg6+ 58. Kc7 Rg7+ 59. Kc6 Rg6+ 60. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch, 2.Bg5 variation"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bg3 d6 6. h4 g4 7. Nc3 Nh5 8.
Nge2 Bg7 9. Bh2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O c6 14. f4
Ng6 15. Bc4 Kh7 16. e4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 g3 18. Bg1 Nhxf4 19. Qd2 fxe4 20. Be3
Qa5 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Qe3 Ng6 23. Nxe4 Ne5 24. Nxg3 Qb4 25. Rd4 Nxc4 26.
Qd3+ Kh8 27. Rxc4 Qa5 28. Qe3 Rf7 29. Qxh6+ Rh7 30. Qe3 cxd5 31. Rf4 Qxa2
32. Qc3+ e5 33. Rhf1 Rg8 34. Rf8 Rg7 35. Qe3 Rg6 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. Qf3 Be6
38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qe7+ Kh8 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qe7+ Kh8 42. Rf8+ Bg8 43. Rf5
Rg7 44. Rh5+ Bh7 45. Qf8+ Rg8 46. Qf6+ Rg7 47. Rg5 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Vishnu, Prasanna. V"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Larsen system"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8.
Nd2 Na6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. d5 Bd7 11. h3 Rb8 12. e4 e5 13. Be3 cxd5 14. cxd5 b6
15. Nc1 Ne8 16. Nd3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Rc8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2 Nd6
21. Bf2 Nc5 22. Nb4 e4 23. Rad1 Qg5 24. Nc6 Rce8 25. h4 Qg4 26. Qxg4 fxg4
27. Be3 Nd3 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Rxd3 Nxg3 31. Bd2 Nf5 32. Bb4+
Kf7 33. d6 Re2 34. Nb8 Rxb2 35. Bd5+ Ke8 36. Bc6 Bd4+ 37. Rxd4 Nxd4 38.
Bxd7+ Kf7 39. Be1 Nf3+ 40. Kf1 Nh2+ 41. Kg1 Nf3+ 42. Kf1 Rb1 43. Kf2 Nxe1
44. Bf5 Rc1 45. d7 Ke7 46. Bxh7 Nf3 47. h5 Ne5 48. Bf5 Rh1 49. Kg3 Rxh5 50.
Kf4 Rxf5+ 0-1

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nguyen, Anh Khoi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8.
g4 h6 9. h4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. f3 Bb4 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O-O Re8 14. Qf2
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bxg4 16. Bb6 Qd6 17. fxg4 Ne4 18. Qe3 Ng3 19. Qf3 Nxh1 20.
Qxh1 a5 21. Qxd5 Qe7 22. a4 Qxh4 23. Bc4 Qf6 24. Qf5 Qxc3 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26.
Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Bxa5 Qc4 28. Kb2 Nxa5 29. Qxa5 Qxg4 30. Qb5 Ra8 31. Rd4 Qf3
32. Qd7 Rf8 33. a5 Rf7 34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qe6 h5 36. Qg6 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c5 7. c4 d5 8. Bb2
dxc4 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nfd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nfd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc4 Nba6
14. Nc3 Be6 15. Na5 Rab8 16. Rd4 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Bf5 18. f4 Ne6 19. Rdd1 Nb4
20. Nc4 Bc2 21. Rd2 b5 22. Nxb5 Rxb5 23. Ne3 Ra5 24. Nxc2 Rxa2 25. Be4 Nc5
26. Nxb4 Rxd2 27. Nd3 Rxe2 28. Rxc5 Rd8 29. Rd5 Rc8 30. Rc5 Rd8 31. Rd5 Rc8
32. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J."]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8.
a4 a5 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Qh5 Ncxe5 16. fxe5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rf4 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20.
Qe5 Raa8 21. Raf1 Rac8 22. h3 Nd7 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 24. Nf3 Nd7 25. Qg3 Rf8
26. Qc7 Qd8 27. Qd6 Re8 28. Re1 Nf6 29. Qc6 c4 30. Ne5 Re7 31. Ng6 Re8 32.
Rf1 Kh7 33. Ne5 Re7 34. b3 cxb3 35. Qb5 Qd6 36. Qxb3 Nd7 37. Nxd7 Rxd7 38.
Rb1 Qg3 39. Qc2+ Kg8 40. Rxb6 Qxe3+ 41. Qf2 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Kf7 43. Rc6 Rb7
44. Rc5 Rb3 45. Ke2 Ra3 46. Rxa5 Rxc3 47. Rc5 Ra3 48. a5 Kf6 49. Kd2 Kf5
50. Kc2 Ke4 51. Kb2 Ra4 52. Kc3 Rxd4 53. Kb3 Rd1 54. Kb2 Rf1 55. a6 Rf7 56.
Ra5 Ra7 57. Kc3 Ke3 58. Kb4 e5 59. Kc5 d4 60. Kb6 Rxa6+ 61. Rxa6 d3 62. Kc5
d2 63. Ra1 Kd3 64. Kd5 e4 65. Ra3+ Ke2 66. Ra1 Kd3 67. Ra3+ Ke2 68. Ra1 Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8.
c4 e6 9. Nc3 Na6 10. a3 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. cxd5
Qf6 15. Nd2 Nc7 16. e4 Nb5 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Nc4 Qf6 19. Qg4 Rad8 20. Rae1
Nd4 21. Ne5 h5 22. Qh3 Bc8 23. d6 Qxd6 24. g4 hxg4 25. Nxg4 Rh8 26. Qg3
Qxg3 27. fxg3 Rde8 28. Bd5 Nf5 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. h4 Ba6 31. Rf4 Be2 32. Bf3
Nxg3 33. Kf2 Bxf3 34. Kxf3 Ne2 35. Rf6 Nd4+ 36. Kf2 Re4 37. Rd6 Rxg4 38.
Rxd7+ Kh6 39. Rxa7 Rxh4 40. b4 cxb4 41. axb4 Nf5 42. b5 Rb4 0-1

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch with e3"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4
8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Rd1 b6 14. Bf4
Bb7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Bb1 Nb8 17. Ne5 a6 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Qe2 Nbd7 20. Rd3
Nd5 21. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 exd5 23. Rg3 Bh4 24. Qh5 Bxg3 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26.
Ng6+ Kh7 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Bxh6 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Stany, G.A."]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. exd5 Nf6 13. Nde2 Nexd5 14.
Bg5 Bg4 15. O-O Qb6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. h3 Be6 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Bc4 Nb4 20.
Be3 Qa5 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Nf4 Re5 23. Bd4 Rf5 24. g4 Rg5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26.
Qc3+ Kg8 27. Rd7 Nxa2 28. Qc4 Qf5 29. Rfd1 Re8 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kg7
32. Rd2 h5 33. Kh2 hxg4 34. h4 g3+ 35. fxg3 Qa5 36. b4 Qb5 37. Qd4+ Re5 38.
Nd3 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7
8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Rab8
14. a4 a6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Qc2 b5 17. f4 g6 18. Re3 Qb6 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Rh3 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Ng4 22. Qe2 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Rg3 Rb7 25. Rf1 Ne8 26.
Rgf3 Rbf7 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Bxb5 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Nf6 30. Bd3 Kf7 31. g3 Qa5
32. Kg2 Qa1 33. Qd2 Ke7 34. h3 Nd7 35. c4 dxc4 36. Bxc4 Qa8+ 37. Kh2 Qe4
38. Bf1 e5 39. d5 Qd4 40. Qh6 Qxb2+ 41. Bg2 e4 42. Qxh7+ Kd6 43. Qxg6+ Nf6
44. Qg5 Qf2 45. Qc1 Nxd5 46. Qf1 e3 47. Qa6+ Ke5 48. Qa1+ Kd6 49. Qa3+ Ke5
50. Qa1+ Kd6 51. Qa3+ Ke5 52. Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Raghunandan, Kaumandur Srihari"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 Ne7 7. b4 Bb6 8.
Bd3 Nbc6 9. Bb2 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14.
Nbd2 Nce7 15. b5 Nf5 16. Re4 a6 17. a4 axb5 18. axb5 Qe7 19. Qb3 Ra8 20. g3
Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 Ra8 22. Bb2 Be8 23. Re2 Nf8 24. Ne4 Nd7 25. Bd3 Nc5 26. Nxc5
Qxc5 27. Rc2 Qe7 28. Kg2 Bd7 29. h3 h6 30. g4 Nh4+ 31. Nxh4 Qxh4 32. Qb4 h5
33. Qe4 hxg4 34. hxg4 g6 35. Qf4 Ra5 36. Bd4 Bd8 37. Bc3 Ra3 38. Qd4 Bg5
39. Be2 Be8 40. f4 Bd8 41. Qf2 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Bb6+ 43. Kg2 Rb3 44. Bc4 Rb1
45. Bb2 Kg7 46. Kf3 Bd8 47. Bd3 Rd1 48. Ke2 Rh1 49. Kf3 Bb6 50. Ke4 Re1+
51. Re2 Rd1 52. Rc2 Bd7 53. Be2 Rd5 54. Bc4 Rd1 55. Be2 Re1 56. Bc3 Rb1 57.
Bb2 Kf8 58. Ba3+ Ke8 59. Bb2 Bc5 60. Rxc5 Rxb2 61. Ke3 Kd8 62. Bd3 b6 63.
Rc3 Bxb5 64. Bxb5 Rxb5 65. Rc1 g5 66. fxg5 Rxe5+ 67. Kf4 Rc5 68. Ra1 Rc4+
69. Kg3 b5 70. Ra8+ Rc8 71. Ra7 Rc7 72. Ra8+ Kd7 73. Kh4 Rb7 74. g6 fxg6
75. Kg5 b4 76. Kxg6 b3 77. Ra1 b2 78. Rb1 Ke7 79. g5 Rb5 80. Kh7 Rxg5 81.
Rxb2 e5 82. Kh6 Kf6 83. Rb1 Rg2 84. Kh5 e4 85. Rb5 e3 86. Kh4 Rg1 87. Rb2
Kf5 88. Kh3 Ke4 89. Kh2 Rg5 90. Ra2 Kf3 91. Ra8 e2 92. Re8 e1=Q 93. Rxe1
Kf2 94. Re4 Rh5+ 0-1

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Bf5 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6
8. Qb3 O-O-O 9. Bb5 Nge7 10. Qa4 a6 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. O-O Kb8 13. Rfc1 cxd4
14. exd4 Be4 15. Re1 Qf4 16. Re3 Rhe8 17. g3 Qf6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 e5
20. Nxe4 Qg6 21. Nc5 exd4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. cxd4 Qd6 24. Rc1 Qd5 25. Qb3
Qxb3 26. Nxb3 Nb4 27. Nc5 b6 28. Nd7+ Kb7 29. a3 Nd3 30. Rc3 Nxb2 31. Nxb6
Kxb6 32. Rb3+ Kc6 33. Rxb2 Rd8 34. Rc2+ Kb6 35. Rc4 Kb5 36. Rb4+ Kc6 37. a4
Rd7 38. Kg2 a5 39. Rc4+ Kd5 40. Rc5+ Kxd4 41. Rxa5 Ke4 42. Rb5 Ra7 43. a5
Kd4 44. Kf3 Kc4 45. Rh5 h6 46. h4 Ra6 47. Rf5 Ra7 48. h5 g6 49. hxg6 fxg6
50. Rf6 Rxa5 51. Rxg6 Rf5+ 52. Ke4 Rxf2 53. Rc6+ Kb5 54. Rxh6 Kc5 55. g4
Rg2 56. Kf5 Rf2+ 57. Kg5 Kd5 58. Rf6 Rh2 59. Kf5 Rf2+ 60. Kg6 Rg2 61. g5
Ke5 62. Kh6 Ra2 63. Rf1 Ke6 64. g6 Ke7 65. g7 Rh2+ 66. Kg6 Rg2+ 67. Kh7
Rh2+ 68. Kg8 Rh4 69. Re1+ Kd7 70. Kf7 Rf4+ 71. Kg6 Rg4+ 72. Kf6 Kd8 73. Re5
1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Asgarizadeh, Ahmad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Rubinstein counter-gambit"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Nxd4 Bxd4
8. O-O c6 9. Bb3 h6 10. Be3 a5 11. a4 Qb6 12. Qd2 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Be6 14. Ra3
O-O 15. d4 Bxb3 16. Rxb3 Qc7 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Qf2 Qe7 19. Ne2 f5 20. exf5
f6 21. e4 Kh7 22. Qh4 Rg8 23. Rh3 Qg7 24. Rg3 Qf7 25. Rh3 Qg7 26. Rg3 Qf8
27. Rb3 Rb8 28. c4 Rg5 29. Qf2 Qf7 30. d5 Rbg8 31. g3 c5 32. Re3 Qh5 33.
Kg2 Qe8 34. b3 h5 35. h3 Qd8 36. Nc3 Kg7 37. Kh2 Kf7 38. Rf3 Ke7 39. Qd2
Kd7 40. Qf2 Qf8 41. Qd2 Qg7 42. Qe3 Qh7 43. Ne2 Rh8 44. Rf2 Qh6 45. Rf3 Qh7
46. Rf2 b6 47. Kg2 Qh6 48. Rf3 Qh7 49. Rf2 Rhg8 50. Rf3 R5g7 51. Kh2 Rh8
52. Rf2 Kc7 53. Rg2 Rg5 54. Rf2 Qh6 55. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Laxman, R.R."]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8.
O-O b6 9. Bh4 Bb7 10. Ne5 Ne8 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. a4 Nd6 13. Bg3 Nf5 14. Bf4
f6 15. Bg4 e6 16. Re1 g5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Bg3 c4 19. a5 b5 20. b4 a6 21.
h4 Rae8 22. Qh5 h6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. f4 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. fxg5 fxg5
27. Bd6 Rg8 28. Nf3 Bh6 29. Kf2 Re6 30. Ne5+ Ke8 31. Bc5 Bg7 32. Rh1 Bc8
33. Rh7 Rh6 34. Rxh6 Bxh6 35. Rh1 Bg7 36. Rh5 Bxe5 37. dxe5 Kf7 38. Kg3 Kg6
39. Rh1 Be6 40. Be7 d4 41. exd4 f4+ 42. Kf2 Bd5 43. Re1 g4 44. e6 Re8 45.
Bd6 Rxe6 46. Rxe6+ Bxe6 47. Bxf4 Kf5 48. Ke3 Bd5 49. g3 Ke6 50. Bb8 Kf5 51.
Bc7 Kg5 52. Bd8+ Kf5 53. Bh4 Bf3 54. Bd8 Bd5 55. Be7 Ke6 56. Bf8 Kf5 57.
Bg7 Kg5 58. Be5 Kf5 59. Bc7 Kg5 60. Bd8+ Kf5 61. Bh4 Bf3 62. d5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Gligoric system with 7...dc"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qd3 a6 11. Rd1 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. dxc5 Bxc3 14. Qc2
Qa5 15. bxc3 Ne7 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. c4 Qxc5 18. Ne5 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20.
Nxc4 Rad8 21. f3 Bc6 22. e4 Ba4 23. Rdc1 Ng6 24. Nb6 Bb5 25. a4 Rb8 26. Ba3
Rfd8 27. Bc5 Bd3 28. Be3 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Rc3 h5 31. Rd1 Rbd8 32. Bg5
Be2 33. Re1 Rd2 34. Bxd2 Rxd2 35. Bb3 Nf4 36. Rc2 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C24"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2
Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Nf1
Bg4 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. f3 Bh5 17. Re1 Bg6 18. Re3 h6 19. c3 Re8
20. Ne2 Ne6 21. Nd4 Nc5 22. Bd1 a6 23. b4 Ne6 24. Bb3 Nc7 25. a4 b6 26.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Ne3 a5 28. h3 Kh7 29. Kf2 Qe7 30. Nef5 Qd7 31. Nh4 Ne6 32.
Nxg6 fxg6 33. Ne2 Qd6 34. g3 g5 35. Bc2+ Kg8 36. Bf5 Kf7 37. Qe3 g6 38.
Bxe6+ Qxe6 39. bxa5 bxa5 40. Qa7+ Qd7 41. Qxa5 Qxh3 42. Ke3 Qe6+ 43. Kd2 g4
44. Qc7+ Qd7 45. Qxd7+ Nxd7 46. fxg4 Nc5 47. a5 Nb3+ 48. Kd3 Nxa5 49. Nf4
Nc6 50. g5 hxg5 51. Nxd5 Ke6 52. Ke4 Ne5 53. Nc7+ Kf6 54. Nb5 Ke6 55. Nd4+
Kd6 56. Nb3 Nd7 57. Kd4 g4 58. Nd2 Ne5 59. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Raja, Rithvik R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "E06"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 a5 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. e4 e5 16. d5 Bd7 17. Nd2 c6 18. Nc4 Nb4 19. Qd2 Bc5 20. Kh1 cxd5
21. exd5 Bf5 22. f4 Bd3 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Qg5 26. d6 Nc6
27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. Bxd5 Rad8 29. Rd1 Bb4 30. Rf5 Rd7 31. Rdf1 Nd8 32. Bg2 Ne6
33. Bh3 Re8 34. Rd5 Red8 35. Rfd1 g6 36. Re5 Re8 37. Bxe6 Rxe6 38. Rxe6
fxe6 39. Kg2 Kf8 40. Kf3 Ke8 41. Ke4 Rf7 42. Ke5 Kd7 43. Nb6+ Kc6 44. d7
1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Chanda, Sandipan"]
[Black "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Ne2 b6 9. d5 d6 10. f3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 e5 12. Bd3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh6 14. Qe2 f5
15. h4 Nd7 16. e4 Nf6 17. exf5 Nh5 18. g4 Ng3 19. Qd2 Nxh1 20. Qxh6 gxh6
21. Ne4 h5 22. Ke2 hxg4 23. fxg4 h5 24. Rxh1 hxg4 25. Nxd6 Rf6 26. Ne8 Rxf5
27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Rf1 Bg6 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. h5 Bf7 31. h6+ Kxh6 32. Nxg4+
Kg7 33. Nxe5 Bh5+ 34. Kd2 Re8 35. Re1 Rf8 36. Rg1+ Kh6 37. d6 Rd8 38. d7
Be8 39. Rg8 Rxd7+ 40. Nxd7 Bxd7 41. Ra8 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b4
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 a6 14. b5
Nf6 15. Ne5 axb5 16. Bxb5 Ne4 17. Bb4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 f6 19. f3 Ng5 20. exf6
Rxf6 21. Bc3 Rf7 22. Ba1 Ne6 23. Qb2 Rf6 24. Rfd1 Qd6 25. e4 Qf4 26. exd5
Ng5 27. Qe2 Rf5 28. Bc4 Kf8 29. Re1 e6 30. Be5 Qh4 31. Bg3 Qd4+ 32. Bf2 Qf6
33. h4 Nxf3+ 34. gxf3 Rxf3 35. Rf1 Kg7 36. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Kuybokarov, Temur"]
[Black "Fenil, Shah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Nxc4 b5 7. Na5 c5 8.
Bd2 b4 9. Nc4 Bb7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Na5 Be4 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nce4 18. Nec6 Nxg5 19. Nxe7+
Kf8 20. Nec6 Rd2 21. Nc4 Rxe2 22. h4 Nge4 23. Rac1 e5 24. Kf3 Rd2 25. Ke3
Rd5 26. Nb6 Rad8 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Nxb4 Rd2 29. Nd3 h5 30. Rc4 Ng4+ 31.
Kxe4 f5+ 32. Kxf5 Rxd3 33. f3 Rd6 34. fxg4 Rf6+ 35. Kxe5 Rxf1 36. Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Rathnakaran, K."]
[Black "Venkatesh, M.R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 a6
8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Na5 13. Bc2 g5 14. Bg3
Ng6 15. Nc3 g4 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. Ne3 gxf3 18. gxf3 Nxd4 19. Nf5 Nxf5 20. exf5
Ne5 21. Be4 Rb8 22. Kh1 Rb6 23. Rg1 Nd7 24. Rg2 Re8 25. Qg1 Kf8 26. Qh2 Qf6
27. Bf4 Ke7 28. Rag1 Bf8 29. b4 Kd8 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Pranav, Anand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7
8. O-O e5 9. c5 e4 10. Nd2 d5 11. f3 e3 12. Nb1 Re8 13. Na3 b6 14. c6 Nb8
15. Nc2 Nxc6 16. Nxe3 Na5 17. Rf2 h6 18. g4 c5 19. h4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc6 21.
Qa4 Ne5 22. g5 Bd7 23. Qd4 Nc6 24. Qd2 hxg5 25. hxg5 Nh5 26. Nxd5 Ne5 27.
Qd4 Ng3 28. e4 Bb5 29. Bf4 Ne2+ 30. Rxe2 Bxe2 31. Bxe5 Bxf3 32. Bf6 gxf6
33. Nxf6+ Kf8 34. Bxf3 Qxd4+ 35. cxd4 Red8 36. d5 Rac8 37. Kf2 b5 38. Kg3
b4 39. e5 Rc3 40. Kf4 Ra3 41. Rh1 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Pranav, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bc4 Qg6 7. Qf3 e5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Nd2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe3 Bg4 12. f3 Bh3 13. Qf2 Bg5 14. f4
Bh4 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Rae1 exf4 17. Qxf4 Bg5 18. Qf2 Rae8 19. Nf3 Bd8 20. Bb5
Qh7 21. d5 Ne5 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Qxa7 Nc5 24. b4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26.
Qxb7 Rxe1 27. Nxe1 Qe4 28. Nf3 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qxc3 30. a4 Bg5 31. Nxg5 hxg5
32. Qb5 g6 33. a5 Kg7 34. a6 Qe3 35. Qc6 g4 36. Qxc7 Qd3 37. Ra1 Rh8 38.
Qxd6 Qc3 39. Rf1 g3 40. h3 Re8 41. Qd7 Qf6 42. Rg1 Re2 43. Qc6 Qd4 44. Qc5
Qh4 45. Qc3+ Kh7 46. Ra1 Qf4 47. Qf3 Qd4 48. Qxf7+ Kh6 49. Qf1 Rf2 50. Qc1+
Kh7 51. Qg1 Qb2 52. Qc1 Qd4 53. Qc7+ Kh6 54. Rg1 Qh4 55. Qc8 Qd4 56. Qg4
Qe3 57. d6 Qd3 58. Qh4+ Kg7 59. Qe7+ Kh6 60. Qe1 Qxa6 61. Qe3+ g5 62. Qxg3
Rf4 63. Rd1 Qe2 64. Qe1 Qxe1+ 65. Rxe1 Rd4 66. b5 Rb4 67. Rd1 Rxb5 68. d7
Rf5 69. d8=Q Rf7 70. Qh8+ Kg6 71. Rd6+ Kf5 72. Qc8+ Kf4 73. Qc4+ Kg3 74.
Rd3+ Kf2 75. Qc2+ Ke1 76. Rd1# 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[ECO "A65"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "6.e4"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8.
Ng3 O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. f3
Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. Rab1 b5 17. axb5 Nxb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. b4 Nd7 20. bxc5
b4 21. Na4 Qa5 22. c6 Qxa4 23. cxd7 Bxd7 24. Bd4 f6 25. Qb2 Rf8 26. Rfc1 b3
27. Ne2 Rb7 28. h3 Qb4 29. Bc3 Qb6+ 30. Kh2 Ra8 31. Bxf6 Ra2 32. Qxa2 Bxf6
33. Rxb3 Qxb3 34. Qxb3 Rxb3 35. Rc7 Be5+ 36. f4 Bg7 37. Rxd7 Re3 38. Ng3 h5
39. h4 Kh8 40. Rxd6 Bh6 41. Rf6 Kg7 42. e5 Rd3 43. d6 Rd4 44. Ne2 Rd2 45.
Ng1 Rd4 46. Nh3 Rd5 47. Ng5 Bxg5 48. hxg5 Rd4 49. e6 Rxd6 50. e7 Rxf6 51.
gxf6+ Kf7 52. Kg3 Ke8 53. Kh4 Kf7 54. Kg5 h4 55. Kxh4 Ke8 56. Kg5 Kf7 57.
g4 Ke8 58. Kxg6 Kd7 59. Kf7 Kc6 60. e8=Q+ Kc5 61. g5 Kd4 62. g6 Kc3 63. g7
Kd2 64. g8=N Kd1 65. Kg7 Kd2 66. f7 Kd3 67. f8=B Kc2 68. f5 Kd3 69. f6 Kc2
70. f7 Kb2 71. Qc8 Kb1 72. Be7 Kb2 73. f8=R Kb1 74. Rf6 Ka2 75. Qb8 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Nigmatov, Ortik"]
[Black "Sapaev, Maksad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
a4 Bb7 9. c3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6
15. d4 Qc7 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. h3 h6 19. Be3 Nd7 20. h4 Nc5 21. h5
Nab3 22. Rb1 Bc8 23. Nh2 Qe7 24. Rf1 bxa4 25. Ng4 Qh4 26. Nh2 Rf8 27. f4
exf4 28. Bxf4 Be5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Rf3 Bd7 31. Qe2 Qg5 32. Rd1 Rac8 33.
Qf2 Nc1 34. Rf1 N1d3 35. Bxd3 Nxd3 36. Qa7 Rcd8 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. Ne2 Rxf3
39. Nxf3 Qe7 40. Qxa6 Kg7 41. Qb6 Bg4 42. Qe3 Bxf3 43. Rxf3 Qc5 44. Qxc5
Nxc5 45. Rf1 Rb8 46. d6 Rxb2 47. Nd4 exd4 48. cxd4 Nxe4 49. d7 Rb8 50. Re1
Nf6 0-1

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.27"]
[White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 7. Be3 b5
8. f3 Bb7 9. a3 e6 10. g4 h6 11. Rg1 d5 12. h4 dxe4 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5
Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. fxe4 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Bc5 18. Qe2 Rh4 19. Bg2 Qb6 20.
Bf2 Rg4 21. b4 Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Rc8 23. Rf1 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Ne5 25. Rd1 Rxg5
26. Kf1 Rg3 27. Re2 Ke7 28. Kf2 Rb3 29. Red2 g5 30. Ke2 Rc7 0-1

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Jeet, Jain"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. c3 Bg5 14.
Nc2 Rb8 15. a4 bxa4 16. Ncb4 Nxb4 17. cxb4 O-O 18. Rxa4 a5 19. b5 Bd7 20.
Nc3 d5 21. exd5 Rb6 22. Rxa5 e4 23. Ra4 e3 24. f4 Bf6 25. Re4 Qc7 26. Qb3
g5 27. fxg5 Bxg5 28. Be2 Rh6 29. Bg4 Rxh2 30. Rxh2 Qxh2 31. Bxd7 Qxg2 32.
Rd4 Ra8 33. Qa3 Rxa3 34. bxa3 Qc2 35. Nd1 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Meran variation"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.
Ne4 Nd7 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. a4 a6 17. Qb3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20.
axb5 Bd5 21. Qc2 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bd2 Be7 24. e4 Bc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Gokhale, Chandrashekhar"]
[Black "Nasanjargal, Urtnasan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 d5 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 dxe4
8. dxe4 b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Bf1 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 Qd7 12. c3 h6 13. Kg2 Rfd8 14.
Qe2 a6 15. Nh4 g6 16. Re1 Kg7 17. Nf1 Qe6 18. f3 Nh5 19. Be3 Bxh4 20. gxh4
Qf6 21. Ng3 Nf4+ 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. e5 Qxh4 24. Qe4 Qg5 25. Qxc6 Rd2+ 26.
Kh3 fxg3 0-1

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Vignesh, N R"]
[Black "Omar, Noaman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, 6.h4"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8.
Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rd8 14.
Qe2 Ne7 15. h5 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qb5 17. b3 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20.
c4 Nb4 21. Bc3 Be7 22. Ne4 Kf7 23. Rh3 Nc2 24. Rd1 e5 25. g4 Ke6 26. Rhd3
Rxd3 27. Kxd3 Nd4 28. Bxd4 Rd8 29. Ke2 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 exd4 31. Ng3 Ke5 32.
Nf5 Bf8 33. Nh4 Bd6 34. Ng6+ Ke6 35. Kd3 c5 36. Ke4 f5+ 37. gxf5+ Kf6 38.
f4 Kf7 39. Nh4 Kf6 40. Ng2 d3 41. Kxd3 Kxf5 42. Ke3 Kg4 43. Ke4 Bf8 44. Ke5
Bg7+ 45. Ke6 Bd4 46. f5 Kxh5 47. f6 Kg5 48. f7 Bg7 49. Ke7 h5 50. f8=Q
Bxf8+ 51. Kxf8 Kg4 52. Kf7 Kg3 53. Ne3 Kf4 54. Nf1 h4 55. Kg6 h3 56. Kh5
Kf3 57. Kh4 Kf2 58. Nh2 Kg2 59. Ng4 b6 60. Ne3+ Kf3 61. Nf5 h2 62. Ng3 Kg2
63. Kg4 Kf2 64. Kf4 Kg2 65. a3 a5 66. a4 Kf2 67. Nh1+ Ke2 68. Ke4 Kd2 69.
Kd5 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.32"]
[White "Franco Valencia, Angela"]
[Black "Darini, Pouria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nde2 Rb8 11. a4 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1
b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nd5 Nd7 17. c3 b4 18. cxb4 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Nb6 20. b5
Bxb5 21. Nec3 Bc4 22. Ra1 Ne5 23. Ra7 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Rb3 26.
Qa5 Qxa5 27. Rxa5 Rxb2 28. Ra4 h6 29. Be3 Reb8 30. Ra7 Bf6 31. Rc1 Rb1 32.
Rxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. Ra2 h5 35. Be4 Rb4 36. Bg2 Rb1 37. Be4 Re1 38.
Rc2 Bg5 39. Bxg5 Rxe4 40. Kg2 Nd3 41. Rc7 f6 42. Bd2 Kf7 43. Rb7 Re5 44.
Ba5 Rxd5 45. Bd8 Re5 46. f4 Re3 47. Ra7 f5 48. Bb6 Re4 49. Ra3 Nb4 50. Ra8
h4 51. gxh4 Nd5 52. Bf2 Nxf4+ 53. Kg3 Rc4 54. Rh8 e5 55. Be1 Rd4 56. Rh7+
Ke6 57. Ba5 Rd3+ 58. Kf2 Nxh3+ 59. Ke2 Nf4+ 60. Kf2 e4 61. Rh8 Rf3+ 62. Ke1
e3 0-1

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.33"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Sharma, Dinesh K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 dxc4 7. Nxf5 exf5
8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 g6 11. Qe2 Bb4 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. a3 Bxc3 14.
Bxc3 Nbd5 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Rhe1 Ne4 18. f3 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Nc7
20. Kb1 Rhe8 21. Qg2 Qf6 22. g4 h6 23. Qg3 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 f4 25. Qg1 fxe3
26. Qxe3 g5 27. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.34"]
[White "Akshat, Khamparia"]
[Black "Mullick, Raahil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Breyer variation"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
e3 e6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. f4 Bd6 13. Kf2 Be7 14.
Nf5 Bf8 15. Nh4 Be7 16. g3 h6 17. f5 Ng8 18. Ng2 f6 19. Re1 Bf7 20. e4 dxe4
21. Nxe4 Kd8 22. Bf4 b5 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Nb6 25. Bf8 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.35"]
[White "Dr., Murtaza Ali"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. exd5 cxd5 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bb5+
Nc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bxc6 Rxc6 13. Rac1 Qa5
14. a4 a6 15. Re5 Qc7 16. Rce1 d4 17. Nb1 Rd8 18. c4 dxc3 19. dxc3 Nd7 20.
R5e2 Nc5 21. c4 Nd3 22. Rf1 Nxb2 23. Rxb2 Rcd6 24. Re2 Bg5 25. Qg3 Qe7 26.
f4 Bh4 27. Qe3 Rd3 28. Qe4 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.36"]
[White "Akash, G"]
[Black "Mrudul, Dehankar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6
8. d4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qd3 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 O-O 14.
c4 Qe7 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Bc3 Bb8 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rd7 19. Rad1 Red8 20.
g3 Bc7 21. Rd3 Bb6 22. Red1 Re8 23. Bg2 Qd8 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. Kh2 h5 26. Kg1
Red8 27. Qe2 Re8 28. Bf3 h4 29. gxh4 Nh7 30. h5 Bc7 31. Bg2 Red8 32. Kf1
Qg5 33. Qg4 Qh6 34. Bd2 Qf6 35. Be3 c5 36. Be4 Qe7 37. Bxh7+ Kxh7 38. d5
exd5 39. cxd5 Be5 40. Qe4+ Kg8 41. Bxc5 Qxc5 42. Qxe5 Re7 43. Qd4 Qc2 44.
Rg3 Qe2+ 45. Kg2 Re5 46. h6 Rdxd5 47. Rxg7+ Kh8 48. Qf4 Rxd1 49. Qf6 Qf1+
50. Kg3 Rd3+ 51. f3 Rxf3+ 52. Qxf3 Qe1+ 53. Qf2 Re3+ 54. Kg2 Re2 55. Rxf7
Rxf2+ 56. Rxf2 Qe4+ 57. Rf3 Kh7 58. b3 Kxh6 59. a4 Kg5 60. Kg3 Qe5+ 61. Kf2
Qd4+ 62. Kg2 Kh4 63. Kf1 Qd2 64. Kg1 Qe2 65. Rf2 Qe3 0-1

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.37"]
[White "Zou, Chen"]
[Black "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Nimzo-English opening"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bf4 c6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Bf8 11. b4 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Bb7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Be3 Bg7 20.
Rad1 Qe7 21. Be4 Rad8 22. Qa4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Bf3 a6 26.
Bxb6 Rg8 27. Qc2 Bh6 28. Rd1 Qf6 29. Qe4 Ba8 30. Bc5 Bf4 31. g3 Qg7 32. Kh1
Bg5 33. Rd7 Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Bxd8 35. Qf5 Bg5 36. Be4 Bb7 37. Qh3+ Kg8 38. Qd7
f5 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Bxf5+ Kh6 41. Bf8 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.38"]
[White "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"]
[Black "Kunal, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8.
Qxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Qb3 e5 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14.
Qd1 Nc6 15. Nb5 Ne4 16. Qd5 Nf6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Be6 19. Qa3 Qe7 20.
b3 Qxa3 21. Bxa3 e4 22. Ng5 Nd4 23. Nxe4 Nxe2+ 24. Kh1 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 b6 26.
Bg2 Nc3 27. Rfc1 Kd7 28. Bb2 Nd5 29. Rd1 Rc5 30. b4 Rb5 31. a3 f6 32. Rd2
Rd8 33. a4 Rxb4 34. Bxd5 Ke7 35. Re1 Rxd5 36. Ba3 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.39"]
[White "Nitin, S."]
[Black "Rohit, S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. f5 Bd7 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Rg1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3
Kh8 15. Be2 Bc6 16. Rg3 h6 17. Rdg1 Bf6 18. Rh3 Kh7 19. Bh5 Bg5 20. Rxg5
Qxg5 21. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.40"]
[White "Abdurakhmonov, Mukhammadali"]
[Black "Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Sicilian reversed"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Rb1 O-O 8.
O-O h6 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 Ba7 11. a4 Qc8 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Ne7 14. e4 Nd7
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bd4 19. Bg4 Qd8 20. Bb2 Bxb2
21. Rxb2 Nc5 22. b6 cxb6 23. Qb1 Ra3 24. Rxb6 Qc7 25. Be2 Rfa8 26. Rb2 R8a4
27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 Qe7 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. Rf3 Qd4 31. Qc2 Ra1 32. Bf1 f5 33.
Qf2 fxe4 34. dxe4 Qxe4 35. Re2 Qxd5 1-0

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.41"]
[White "Bouzidi, Ahmed"]
[Black "Buksa, Nataliya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto (Smyslov/Barnes) defence"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4
8. Nxd4 c5 9. Ne2 Bd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 O-O-O 13. Nd2 Bg7 14.
f3 Ne7 15. Bf2 b6 16. Ng3 h5 17. h4 g4 18. Rd1 Be6 19. f4 f5 20. e5 Bxa2
21. b3 a5 22. Ra1 Rxd2 23. Kxd2 Bxb3 24. Rhb1 Bc4 25. Be3 Kd7 26. Ra4 Bd5
27. Rg1 Bb3 28. Raa1 Ke6 29. Ke2 Ng6 30. Rh1 Bd5 31. Kf2 Bf8 32. Ne2 Be7
33. Kg3 Ra8 34. Rh2 a4 35. Kf2 Kd7 36. g3 Nf8 37. Nc1 Ne6 38. Nd3 Kc6 39.
Bc1 b5 40. Nb2 Bb3 41. Ke1 c4 42. Be3 Nc5 43. Bd4 Ne4 44. Rg2 b4 45. cxb4
Bxb4+ 46. Ke2 Kd5 47. Bg1 a3 48. Nd1 Nc3+ 49. Nxc3+ Bxc3 0-1

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.42"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Zarkovic, Mila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. fxe5 Bh4+ 14.
Bf2 Bxf2+ 15. Qxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.43"]
[White "Zaibi, Amir"]
[Black "Srihari, L R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6
8. Qe2 d6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bd2 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Nd5
exd5 15. exd5 Nce5 16. Ba5 Qb8 17. Bf5 Qa7+ 18. Kh1 Bxd5 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20.
fxe5 Bc4 21. e6 Qxe6 22. Qf3 O-O 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Nf5 Be6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26.
Bc3+ f6 27. Qe4 Rae8 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Kf7 30. Ree1 Rc8 31. Rf4 Rc4
32. Rxc4 bxc4 33. Re4 Rc8 34. g4 d5 35. Rf4 Ke6 36. Kg2 Rf8 37. Rf5 Rg8 38.
h3 Rg5 39. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.44"]
[White "Saurabh, Anand"]
[Black "Singgih, Diajeng Theresa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Romanishin variation"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5
8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. Qe1+ Be6 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc8
14. Qe4 g6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 c6 17. c4 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Bb4 19. Bd2 Bxd2
20. Rxd2 Rfe8 21. Qf4 a6 22. Bf1 Bf5 23. Red1 b5 24. f3 Qa7 25. Kh1 bxc4
26. Bxc4 Be6 27. d5 cxd5 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Qf2 30. h4 Re2 31. Qg5 Rae8
32. h5 h6 33. Qg4 g5 34. Kh2 Re1 35. Rxe1 Rxe1 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qg4 Kg8 38.
Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.45"]
[White "Ajay, Karthikeyan"]
[Black "Mohammed, Dilshad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 c5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. f4 Ne7 12. Qf3 Nd7 13. Qh3 f5 14. Nxd7
Qxd7 15. Nf3 c4 16. Bc2 b5 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. g4 b4 19. Rg1 a5 20. Qg3 Qc7 21.
Rg2 Ra7 22. Ke2 Bc6 23. Rag1 Be8 24. gxf5 Nxf5 25. Qh3 Qb8 26. Bxf5 Rxf5
27. Qh6 Bg6 28. Nxg6 gxh6 29. Ne7+ Kf7 30. Rg7+ Ke8 31. Rg8+ Rf8 32. Rxf8+
Kxf8 33. Rg8+ Kxe7 34. Rxb8 Kf6 35. Kf3 h5 36. e4 dxe4+ 37. Kxe4 bxc3 38.
bxc3 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.46"]
[White "Gandhi, Anish"]
[Black "Priyanka, Nutakki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. O-O-O b6 11. Bb5 Nb4 12. a3 bxc5 13. Kb1 Rb8 14.
axb4 cxb4 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Nb3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6
20. Qxb6 Rxb6 21. Nd4 g6 22. b3 a5 23. Kb2 Rc8 24. Ra1 Rc5 25. h3 h5 26.
Rhg1 h4 27. Rgf1 Bf5 28. Rf2 Kf8 29. Rd1 Ra6 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Rd3 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sharjah Masters 2019"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "9.47"]
[White "Sultan, Ibrahim"]
[Black "Koniahli, Malek."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Opening "Benoni defence"]
[EventDate "2018.03.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8.
h3 O-O 9. e3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Bh2 Be5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Nd7
15. Be2 Nhf6 16. e4 Ne8 17. O-O Qf6 18. Bg4 Nd6 19. b3 Rb8 20. Qe2 Rd8 21.
Rae1 Qe7 22. f4 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Nf6 24. Bxc8 Rbxc8 25. Qf3 Rd6 26. g4 Nd7 27.
f5 g5 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Ne2 h6 31. Ng3 Kh7 32. Rh1 Qe7 33. Ne2
Nf6 34. Ng1 b5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. axb5 Qb7 37. Nf3 Qxb5 38. Nxe5 Qb2+ 39.
Qe2 Qxe5 40. h4 gxh4 41. Rxh4 Rg8 42. Kf3 Rb6 43. Qe3 Nd7 44. Reh1 Qg7 45.
Kg2 Rgb8 46. g5 Rb2+ 47. Kf3 Ne5+ 48. Kg3 R8b3 49. Rxh6+ Kg8 50. Kf4 Rxe3
51. f6 Rf3+ 52. Kxe5 Qxg5+ 53. Kd6 Rxf6+ 0-1

