“Triple struggle” at the “Dubai International Chess Summit”

Reda Saleem (Dubai)
The Dubai Open Chess Championship, organized by the Dubai Chess and Culture Club, is witnessing a three-way struggle for the top, after the seventh round, as the tournament enters the final meters before two rounds of the end, where 3 players are equal with a score of 5.5 points, and they are the Azerbaijani Muradli Muhammad, after his draw with the Indian Aruniyak Ghosh, The Serbian Vilmir Ivic, after his victory over the Indian Inian Ba, and the Iranian Movahed Sina, who defeated the Uzbek Vakhidov, and behind them are 7 players with 5 points, which means that the competition is wide open, with the tournament entering the eighth and penultimate round.
In the eighth round of the first table, the Azerbaijani Muradli Muhammad will meet with the Iranian Movahed Sina, to resolve the clash over the lead, and the Serbian Vilmir Ivic will face the Chinese Li Di, and in the third, the Indian Srihari will meet his compatriot Raunak Sadhwani, the highest ranked player in the tournament, and the youngest Turkish player Yagiz in the first tables. He was in front of the Chinese Dai Changren, the Indian Aruniyak Ghosh and the Chinese Zhao Yuanhe, and the lead may change after the eighth round, and at the last turn before the closing round.
In the second category tournament, Libyan Youssef Al-Hasadi topped the standings by defeating Emirati Ahmed Farid, raising his score to 6.5 points, while Farid’s score stagnated at 5.5 points. Al-Hasadi chased his Indian competitor Bandi Srishti after defeating her Indian compatriot Vishal Chaudhary, thus achieving the sixth point, behind him. With half a point, along with Temirov Bakhit from Kazakhstan, who won an important position against Omani Mana Al Kathiri, thus equaling points with Srishti.
In the eighth round, Al-Hasadi will meet Emirati Saif Ahmed, who returned with an important victory in the round after losing to Ahmed Farid in the last round, achieving 5 and a half points. The second table will witness Bandi Srishti meeting with Kazakhstani Tamirov to resolve the clash in Al-Wassaf, while Ahmed Farid will meet with Chinese Yang Zilong.
The closing ceremony of the tournament will be held tomorrow evening, Sunday, after the end of the ninth round, at the headquarters of the Dubai Chess and Culture Club, and the total prize value is estimated at $52,000 for the two tournaments.