On the rest day of the 15th Dubai Chess Open, the organizers have staged the Axiom Cup Dubai Blitz Tournament. The event with 89 players was completed over nine rounds of Swiss system.
GM Salem A.R. Saleh (UAE) won the tournament with 7,5/9 points to the delight of the local chess fans. Georgian GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili finished with same points but weaker tie-break score.
Salem A.R. Saleh
Final standings:
1 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2534 – 7.5
2 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2649 – 7.5
3 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2579 – 7
4 IM Ghosh Diptayan IND 2511 – 7
5 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2606 – 7
6 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2615 – 6.5
7 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2625 – 6.5
8 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2558 – 6.5
9 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2687 – 6.5
10 GM Istratescu Andrei FRA 2694 – 6.5
11 GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2602 – 6
12 GM Shanava Konstantine GEO 2536 – 6
13 Krishna C.R.G. IND 2368 – 6
14 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2619 – 6
15 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2668 – 6
16 GM Carlsson Pontus SWE 2520 – 6
17 IM Shoker Samy EGY 2570 – 6
18 IM Hayrapetyan Hovik ARM 2559 – 6
19 IM Al Qudaimi Basheer YEM 2395 – 6
20 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2557 – 6
21 IM Gagare Shardul IND 2399 – 5.5
22 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2401 – 5.5
23 IM Ezat Mohamed EGY 2403 – 5.5
24 IM Isaev Jamshed TJK 2355 – 5.5
25 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2481 – 5.5
26 GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2574 – 5.5
27 FM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2269 – 5
28 FM Anurag Mhamal IND 2282 – 5
29 Raes Abdul Kader SYR 2266 – 5
30 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed QAT 2517 – 5
31 Sameir Ramez EGY 2115 – 5
32 Elnemr Mohamed EGY 1995 – 5
33 FM Othman A. Moussa UAE 2328 – 5
34 Hilwani Talal SYR 2333 – 5
35 FM Das Sayantan IND 2299 – 5
36 Abdulhamid Erfan EGY 0 – 5
37 Abdalsalam Abubukr SUD 2002 – 5
38 Khadzh Khamed Naser UKR 2003 – 5
39 CM Nadir Samir SUD 2135 – 5
40 CM Ahmed Holi Ali Moawia SUD 2050 – 5
41 Ahmed Fayez UAE 1918 – 5
42 Magdy Kassem EGY 1894 – 5
43 Pabalan Rocky PHI 2134 – 5
44 GM Grover Sahaj IND 2472 – 4.5
45 GM Taleb Moussa UAE 2326 – 4.5
46 Basencyan Mark ARM 2055 – 4.5
47 FM Yaaqoub Rashid SUD 2203 – 4.5
48 WFM Grishina Alexandra RUS 2030 – 4.5
49 Alnami Salaheddin LBA 1851 – 4.5
50 WIM Ivana Maria Furtado IND 2158 – 4
51 Sultan Ibrahim UAE 1872 – 4
52 Sobh Amrou EGY 2177 – 4
53 FM Saleh Nabil UAE 2279 – 4
54 Rafee Mohd Hayel SYR 1889 – 4
55 Mehdi Samer IRI 2089 – 4
56 CM Saleh Nagueb UAE 2209 – 4
57 Adarsh Saji IND 1705 – 4
58 Samir Mohamed EGY 2235 – 4
59 Khagzh Khamed UKR 1623 – 4
60 Al Dhaffari Salma UAE 1570 – 4
61 Al Sori Mohamed LBA 1782 – 4
62 Hassweh Mwaffaq SYR 1886 – 4
63 Ilhomzoda Ikrom TJK 2243 – 4
64 Dasgupta Natun IND 1831 – 4
65 Ashraf Ahmed Ramadan EGY 0 – 4
66 CM Tayeb Suhail UAE 2214 – 3.5
67 Ahmed Fareed UAE 1701 – 3.5
68 Abdallah Khaled Elnami LBA 1839 – 3.5
69 Abdulla Al Neyadi UAE 0 – 3.5
70 Abdulaziz Abdulla UAE 1636 – 3.5
71 Ali Abdulaziz UAE 1703 – 3
72 Elnaami Hashem A.K. LBA 1856 – 3
73 Mohamed Moussa UAE 1960 – 3
74 Sultan Fareed UAE 1500 – 3
75 Naidu Harish IND 1469 – 3
76 Mao Listana PHI 0 – 3
77 Holi Sief Al Din SUD 0 – 3
78 WCM Kalbani Wadema UAE 1408 – 3
79 Al Shamisi Hareb Nasser UAE 1486 – 2.5
80 Biniam Keleta ETH 0 – 2.5
81 Montaser Kamil SUD 1883 – 2.5
82 Khaled Ahmed Y. UAE 1624 – 2.5
83 Al Maamari Wafia Darwish UAE 1521 – 2.5
84 Santosh Sanath IND 1522 – 2.5
85 Harikrishnan Samyuktha IND 1540 – 2
86 Nandu Gagarin IND 1458 – 2
87 Amal AlShamsi UAE 1397 – 2
88 Hamed Ahmed Yousef UAE 0 – 2
89 Al-Moaamari Mozah UAE 1367 – 2
