Five share perfect scores to lead Dubai Open after three rounds
Azerbaijani, Russian, two Indians and an Armenian out in front
Staff Report
Published: 00:01 April 14, 2011
Dubai: Five players remain with perfect scores after three rounds of the 13th Dubai Open Chess Championship at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club in.
Four grandmasters, Parimarjan Negi of India, Sarhan Guliev of Azerbaijan, Sergey Volkov of Russia and David Petrosian of Armenia, and an international master, Lalith Babu of India, share the lead with three points each.
Guliev essayed the Queen’s Gambit to force checkmate against grandmaster Zaven Andriasian of Armenia in 35 moves.
Defense smashed
Volkov smashed the Queen’s Indian defense of FIDE master Hassan Abbasifar of Iran.
Petrosian crushed the French defence of grandmaster Murtas Kazhgaleyev of Kazakhstan while India’s youthful star Parimarjan outplayed the Ruy Lopez game of GM Dimitry Kayumov of Uzbekistan.
Lalith scored an upset, beating the Sicilian defence of grandmaster Yuriy Kuzubov of Ukraine.
A record 40 grandmasters are competing in the strong Dubai Open. Expected to give tough competition are nine women grandmasters, 22 international masters, three women international master and 16 FIDE masters and six woman FIDE masters.
Participating in the tournament are 168 players from 33 countries, namely India, UAE, Armenia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Philippines, Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Germany, Jordan, England, Syria, Australia, Belgium, Belarus, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Sweden, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Lithuania, Norway, Qatar, South Africa, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan.
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Negi hasn’t improved in 5 years.