After seven rounds of play at the 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship six players are joint leaders with 6,0 points each. Among them is the ultra-talented Chinese girl Ju Wenjun.
Ju held the higher rated GM Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR 2668) to a draw with the black pieces. At the same time the Russians Aleksandr Rakhmanov and Sergey Volkov shared the point on the top board.
Check out the round six and round seven videos by Vijay Kumar. Also included is the video from the Blitz Tournament which was won by the local star GM Salem A.R. Saleh. Round 7 standings are bellow.
Round 7 standings:
1. GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2593 – 6
2. GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2591 – 6
3. WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2521 – 6
4. GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2674 – 6
5. GM Istratescu Andrei FRA 2648 – 6
6. GM Michalik Peter SVK 2535 – 6
7. GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2704 – 5.5
8. GM Darini Pouria IRI 2505 – 5.5
9. GM Edouard Romain FRA 2670 – 5.5
10. GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2668 – 5.5
11. GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2623 – 5.5
12. GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2619 – 5.5
13. GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2591 – 5.5
14. IM Ghosh Diptayan IND 2451 – 5
15. IM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2492 – 5
16. GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2666 – 5
17. GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2611 – 5
18. GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2554 – 5
19. GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2663 – 5
20. GM Amin Bassem EGY 2641 – 5
21. GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2549 – 5
22. GM Lalith Babu M.R. IND 2565 – 5
23. GM Kotsur Pavel KAZ 2552 – 5
24. IM Debashis Das IND 2477 – 5
25. GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2561 – 5
26. GM Adhiban B. IND 2555 – 5
27. IM Vishnu Prasanna. V IND 2470 – 5
28. GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2530 – 5
29. GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2643 – 5
30. IM Shoker Samy EGY 2480 – 5
31. GM Grover Sahaj IND 2467 – 5
32. GM Shanava Konstantine GEO 2578 – 5
33. Krishna C.R.G. IND 2334 – 5
34. IM Ezat Mohamed EGY 2461 – 5
35. IM Nezad Husein Aziz QAT 2400 – 4.5
36. GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2556 – 4.5
37. GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2580 – 4.5
38. GM Carlsson Pontus SWE 2520 – 4.5
39. GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2602 – 4.5
40. IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2440 – 4.5
41. IM Kanter Eduard RUS 2408 – 4.5
42. FM Anurag Mhamal IND 2401 – 4.5
43. IM Hayrapetyan Hovik ARM 2503 – 4.5
44. IM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2421 – 4.5
45. GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 2511 – 4.5
46. GM Wen Yang CHN 2631 – 4.5
47. GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2599 – 4.5
48. FM Das Sayantan IND 2299 – 4.5
49. Karthikeyan Murali IND 2432 – 4.5
50. GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 2477 – 4.5
51. GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2509 – 4.5
52. WGM Hoolt Sarah GER 2338 – 4.5
53. IM Gagare Shardul IND 2397 – 4
54. GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2640 – 4
55. WIM Davletbayeva Madina KAZ 2248 – 4
56. WGM Saduakassova Dinara KAZ 2336 – 4
57. IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal IND 2389 – 4
58. FM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2333 – 4
59. IM Tania Sachdev IND 2409 – 4
60. GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2505 – 4
61. IM Karavade Eesha IND 2389 – 4
62. GM Al-Sayed Mohammed QAT 2517 – 4
63. FM Somoff Abdo LIB 2155 – 4
64. FM Kowsarinia Amir IRI 2301 – 4
65. IM Praveen Kumar C. IND 2312 – 4
66. Phadke Sohan IND 2187 – 4
67. IM Houska Jovanka ENG 2417 – 4
68. WIM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI 2267 – 4
69. Basencyan Mark ARM 2133 – 4
70. FM De Ramos Julius PHI 2350 – 4
71. IM Yap Kim Steven PHI 2418 – 4
72. IM Paehtz Elisabeth GER 2479 – 4
73. WIM Olsarova Karolina CZE 2264 – 4
74. Hemant Sharma (del) IND 2253 – 4
75. IM Galojan Lilit ARM 2323 – 4
76. IM Khukhashvili Sopiko GEO 2386 – 4
77. IM Purtseladze Maka GEO 2347 – 4
78. Sobh Amrou EGY 2177 – 4
79. Ilhomzoda Ikrom TJK 2212 – 4
80. Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2418 – 4
81. Nyazi Nehad EGY 2203 – 4
82. FM Chahrani Ibrahim LBA 2244 – 4
83. IM Isaev Jamshed TJK 2355 – 4
84. CM Nadir Samir SUD 2135 – 4
85. Nimmy A.G. IND 2152 – 4
86. FM Visweswaran K. IND 2159 – 3.5
87. WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa IRI 2303 – 3.5
88. IM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2475 – 3.5
89. Abdel Rabb Raouf YEM 2036 – 3.5
90. Mohammed Tarig Elther SUD 1993 – 3.5
91. WFM Raghavi N. IND 2096 – 3.5
92. WIM Olsarova Tereza CZE 2260 – 3.5
93. IM Gameel Mohamed YEM 2250 – 3.5
94. Sagar Shah IND 2376 – 3.5
95. Osman Abdelgadir SUD 2157 – 3.5
96. Tabada Jobannie C. PHI 2199 – 3.5
97. Michelle Catherina P IND 2123 – 3.5
98. Navalgund Niranjan IND 2219 – 3.5
99. FM Vandenbussche Thibaut BEL 2387 – 3.5
100. Raes Abdul Kader SYR 2241 – 3.5
101. FM Mohannad Farhan JOR 2231 – 3.5
102. FM Ram Aravind L N IND 2035 – 3.5
103. WFM Schmidt Jade GER 2113 – 3.5
104. WGM Makropoulou Marina GRE 2227 – 3.5
105. FM Yaaqoub Rashid SUD 2203 – 3.5
106. Salah Romany EGY 2085 – 3.5
107. Takrory Hosam PLE 2044 – 3.5
108. Walid Anwar UAE 1893 – 3.5 etc
