GM Bardiya Daneshvar of Iran (right) drew wth GM Ivan Zemlyanskii (FID) to maintain solo lead with 6 points out of 7 rounds in the homestretch of the Asian Individual Chess Championship at the Danat Resort Hotel in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Zemlyanskii and GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov of Uzbekistan follow with 5.5 points each.
Vokhidov (right) used the Sicilian Defense to beat FM Yang Zilong of China in 45 moves.
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Thirteen players trail with 5 points each in the race for the top ten qualification slots into the FIDE World Cup and $80,000 in cash prizes for the top 15 places.
WGM Seshadri Srija of India (right) drew with compatriot IM Agrawal Vantika to tie for the lead in the women’s division. Srija and Bat-Erdene Mungunzul of Mongolia are tied at 6 points each.
Mungunzul (right) beat WGM P. V. Nandhidhaa of India in 54 moves of a Scotch Game.
Vantika, GM Valentina Gunina (FID) and IM Anastasia Bodnaruk (FID) follow with 5.5 points each. Nandhidhaa and six others trail with 5 points each in the race for the top two qualification slots into the FIDE Women’s World Cup.
Guess the Sacrifice
In the following position after 30…Qe7-d6 between GM S.P. Sethuraman of India as White and FM Imangali Akhilbay of Kazakhstan as Black, guess White’s next sacrificial move. Answer at end of this story.
In the following position after 32…Nf8 in the round 7 game between IM Jan Emmanuel of the Philippines as White and GM Abhijeet Gupta of India, Black is threatening mate. Guess White’s next two sacrificial moves.
Officials of the Asian Individual Chess Championships headed by Organizing Committee Executive Director IM Sami Khader of Jordan (seated, center).
Guess the Sacrifice
In the following round 7 game between GM S.P. Sethuraman of India as White and FM Imangali Akhilbay of Kazakhstan as Black, White played 31.Bf1xa6
In the following round 7 game between IM Jan Emmanuel of the Philippines as White and GM Abhijeet Gupta of India, Black is threatening mate. White played 33.Bxf7+! and 34.Bg8+!
