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15th Dubai Open Chess ChampionshipThe Dubai Open, one of the strongest tournaments in the world, took place from 6 to 16th April 2013, with a record of 194 players from 34 countries are competing – 38 GMs, six WGMs, 26 IMs, six WIMs, 13 FMs and five WFMs. At stake was the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cuip and a total of $50,000 in cash prizes. The tournament was a nine-round Swiss with games scheduled 5:30 daily. There was also a blitz tournament with $4,000 at stake in cash prizes. |
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The venue of the 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship was the Dubai Chess and Culture Club, the biggest than most modern dedicated chess club in the world. Here are some pictures:
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The Club has organized many international and local events among which are the following: Youth Blitz World Chess championship 1985, Blitz Chess Tournament for participants in Dubai Olympiad 1986, Dubai Open Chess Championship and Credit Swiss Chess Masters Tournament 1994, and the Asian Cities Team Chess Championship (Dubai Cup) 1996. In addition its technical team took part in the organization of all international events held in UAE.
Round one opening with GM Akopian Vladimir, 2704, vs CM Nadir Samir, 2135 (Akopian won)
Enchanting: three little Arab princesses, with
dignitaries
Khaled Zayed, Ibrahim Abdulmalik and Ibrahim Al Bannai
The luxurious playing venue in the Dubai Chess and Culture Club
Sole first place: GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov, RUS, 2591, with 7.5/9 points
A critical game in round five: Estonian GM
Jaan Ehlvest vs Rakhmanov –
the Russian GM won and Ehlvest finished at 7.0/9 points
GM Michalik Peter from Slovakia, 2535, finished at 7.0/9 points
| Rk. | Title | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 |
| 1 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2591 | 7.5 | 20611 |
| 2 | GM | Volkov Sergey | RUS | 2593 | 7.0 | 20561 |
| 3 | WGM | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2521 | 7.0 | 20284 |
| 4 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2619 | 7.0 | 20144 |
| 5 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | CZE | 2674 | 7.0 | 20111 |
| 6 | GM | Ehlvest Jaan | USA | 2611 | 7.0 | 20089 |
| 7 | GM | Istratescu Andrei | FRA | 2648 | 7.0 | 20009 |
| 8 | GM | Michalik Peter | SVK | 2535 | 7.0 | 19439 |
| 9 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | NED | 2643 | 7.0 | 19287 |
| 10 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | ARM | 2704 | 6.5 | 20512 |
| 11 | IM | Ghosh Diptayan | IND | 2451 | 6.5 | 20389 |
| 12 | GM | Kryvoruchko Yuriy | UKR | 2668 | 6.5 | 20229 |
| 13 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2666 | 6.5 | 20210 |
| 14 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | IND | 2623 | 6.5 | 20131 |
| 15 | GM | Oleksienko Mikhailo | UKR | 2554 | 6.5 | 20060 |
| 16 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | GEO | 2556 | 6.5 | 19989 |
| 17 | GM | Lalith Babu M.R. | IND | 2565 | 6.5 | 19836 |
| 18 | IM | Debashis Das | IND | 2477 | 6.5 | 19796 |
| 19 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2591 | 6.5 | 19621 |
| 20 | GM | Darini Pouria | IRI | 2505 | 6.0 | 20452 |
| 21 | GM | Edouard Romain | FRA | 2670 | 6.0 | 20198 |
| 22 | IM | Khotenashvili Bela | GEO | 2492 | 6.0 | 20097 |
| 23 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | KAZ | 2549 | 6.0 | 19897 |
| 24 | GM | Amin Bassem | EGY | 2641 | 6.0 | 19841 |
| 25 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2530 | 6.0 | 19691 |
| 26 | GM | Burmakin Vladimir | RUS | 2580 | 6.0 | 19685 |
| 27 | IM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2470 | 6.0 | 19652 |
| 28 | GM | Carlsson Pontus | SWE | 2520 | 6.0 | 19601 |
| 29 | GM | Adhiban B. | IND | 2555 | 6.0 | 19567 |
| 30 | GM | Kotsur Pavel | KAZ | 2552 | 6.0 | 19529 |
| 31 | GM | Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | IRI | 2561 | 6.0 | 19426 |
| 32 | IM | Shoker Samy | EGY | 2480 | 6.0 | 19156 |
| 33 | GM | Grover Sahaj | IND | 2467 | 6.0 | 19124 |
| 34 | IM | Hayrapetyan Hovik | ARM | 2503 | 6.0 | 19057 |
| 35 | IM | Karavade Eesha | IND | 2389 | 6.0 | 18973 |
| 36 | GM | Shyam Sundar M. | IND | 2505 | 6.0 | 18904 |
| 37 | GM | Wen Yang | CHN | 2631 | 6.0 | 18796 |
The blitz tournament was held on day six (with
two regular rounds played on day five
to make this possible). It was won by GM Salem Saleh of the United Arab
Emirates.
Chinese WGM Ju Wenjun, rated 2521, 7.0/9, with an impressive 2683 performance
Wenjun finishing ahead of many strong GMs and was celebrated in the local press
German IM Elisabeth Paehtz, rated 2479, finished at 5.5/9 points
Her buddy IM Tania Sachdev from India, rated 2409, also scored 5.5/9
Indian talent WIM Ivana Maria Furtado, 2093, who has just turned 14 and scored 5.0/9
Top Iranian female: WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan, 2303, finished at 4.5/9
Coverage in the local broadsheets (note: you must read the text from right to left)
Wijk aan Zee has its famous pea soup bar, Dubai offers a slightly different cuisine
All photos above are by Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh. There are hundreds more, unfortunately all uncpationed, on the official site, which also provides links to the daily bulletins, PGN files of the games (here's a zip file for your convenience), and video reports.
The final video report which includes an interview with the winner GM Aleksandr Rakhainov
Video report on Dubai International Blitz for Axiom Cup, won by Salem A.R. Saleh
Indian TV journalist Vijay Kumar's reports
can be seen by litereally hundreds of
millions of viewers. You can watch more videos from Dubai 2013 his
Youtube channel.
