7th Sharjah Masters R8: Siddharth Jagadeesh becomes the fifth Grandmaster of Singapore

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/05/2024

Chandigarh-born Indian origin, 16-year-old IM Siddharth Jagadeesh became the fifth Grandmaster of Singapore. He earned his final GM-norm by scoring a smashing win against Andrey Esipenko. GM Arjun Erigaisi made a quick draw against GM Alexey Sarana (SRB). The coleaders GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI) and GM Sam Shankland (USA) also did the same. GM Aravindh Chithambaram suffered his second consecutive loss of the event. It was against GM Volodar Murzin. Bardiya, Murzin and Shankland are leading 6/8. Arjun is the sole Indian at 5.5/8. IM Divya Deshmukh drew with GM Vladimir Burmakin to stay in the lead 6.5/8. She will face her coleader IM Leya Garifullina in the final round to determine the winner of the Challenger section. Round 9 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Can Divya win the Challengers?

Siddharth Jagadeesh started playing chess at the age of eight years. He moved to Singapore when he was four or five-years-old. The teenager has always represented Singapore and his chess playing days have always been there. The first GM-norm was scored at Vezerkepzo September GM in Budapest, Hungary in 2023. A little over 4.5 months later, he scored his second GM-norm - L R Global Grandmaster Aspirant 1 Chess Tournament in Dhaka, Bangladesh in February 2024. Three months later, he got a published rating of 2508 and on Tuesday 21st May, he earned his final GM-norm, making him the latest Grandmaster of Singapore.

Singapore's fifth Grandmaster - Siddharth Jagadeesh

GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI) - GM Sam Shankland (USA): 0.5-0.5

GM Alexey Sarana (SRB) - GM Arjun Erigaisi: 0.5-0.5

Volodar - Aravindh

Position after 44...Rd7?

In an already difficult position, 44...Rd7? allowed White to open his bishop's path 45.Ng5 Rhd8?? did not help his case 46.Bxb7 Nd4 47.Rxd7 Rxd7 48.Bc8 Rd5 49.b7 Rb5 50.Bxg4 Nxg4 51.Re4 and Black loses one of the knights. 44...Bxf3 45.Bxf3 Nd6 would have been a better continuation for Black.

GM Aravindh Chithambaram suffered his second consecutive loss, delaying him in reaching 2700

GM Abhimanyu Puranik (pictured) - GM Yangyi Yu (CHN): 0.5-0.5

GM Sankalp Gupta - GM Leon Luke Mendonca: 0.5-0.5

GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (ARM) - GM Pranav V: 0.5-0.5

Siddharth - Esipenko

Position after 15.Nb5!

IM Siddharth Jagadeesh (SGP, 2508) made his intentions very clear about what he is aiming for - to break the queenside wide open and attack the c8-king. 15.Nb5! if Black takes axb5 16.axb5 Qb8 17.b4. The game continued 15...Qb8 16.b4 axb5 17.axb5 e5 18.b6+- things fell apart in a hurry for Black and White soon won the game. This win earned Siddharth his final GM-norm and he became the fifth Grandmaster of Singapore.

Interview with the latest GM of Singapore - Siddharth Jagadeesh | Video: ChessBase India

Six years ago, then 10-year-old Siddharth Jagadeesh watching then CM Kushagra Mohan and CM D Gukesh in action at 3rd Kolkata GM Open 2018 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The CEO of Singapore Chess Federation, GM Kevin Goh Wei Ming congratulated Siddharth on becoming the fifth Grandmaster of Singapore and shared an important fact which many are oblivious

A very young Siddharth with his father Jagadeesh

Singapore's latest GM - Siddharth Jagadeesh with his mother

The first-ever scholarship on ChessBase India was started by Siddharth's parents - Anitha and Jagadeesh Balakrishnan back in 2018. This was his quote: “When ordinary people come together and contribute, extraordinary things can happen to our chess society.” This motivated our Cofounders - IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal to start HelpChess Foundation which has powered many chess players and continues to do so.

Siddharth Jagadeesh with his family

Challengers: Divya to square off coleader Garifullina to determine the winner

IM Divya Deshmukh (2440) drew with GM Vladimir Burmakin (2480) to maintain her lead 6/8. IM Leya Garifullina (2430) defeated IM Nitish Belurkar (2449) to join the lead with Divya. Divya and Leya will face each other in the final round to fight for the first place.

GM Vladimir Burmakin - IM Divya Deshmukh: 0.5-0.5

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Round 8 Masters results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	50	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2581	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Shankland, Sam	2671	18
2	6	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2706	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2761	1
3	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2707	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2621	32
4	28	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2631	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2670	19
5	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2732	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2560	56
6	29	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2629	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2728	3
7	46	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2591	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2688	14
8	30	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2629	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	2649	23
9	66	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2531	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2640	25
10	75	FM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2516	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2634	27
11	7	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2705	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Gledura, Benjamin	2619	33
12	34	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria	2617	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2684	15
13	52	GM	Gurel, Ediz	2578	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	2678	17
14	22	GM	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	2650	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Pranav, V	2587	49
15	4	GM	Radjabov, Teimour	2723	3½	½ - ½	4	GM	Blohberger, Felix	2505	78

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	50	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2581	6	35,5	31	4	2867
2	28	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2631	6	35	30,5	2	2818
3	18	GM	Shankland, Sam	USA	2671	6	32	29	3	2796
4	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2707	5,5	37	32,5	2	2776
5	6	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2706	5,5	35,5	31,5	0	2774
6	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2761	5,5	32,5	29	2	2771
7	30	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2629	5,5	32	28,5	2	2781
8	46	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2591	5,5	32	28	1	2844
9	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2732	5,5	31	27,5	1	2742
10	32	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2621	5,5	30,5	28,5	2	2739
11	19	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2670	5	37	33,5	1	2701
12	66	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	IND	2531	5	34,5	30	1	2760
13	29	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2629	5	34	30,5	1	2702
14	3	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2728	5	33,5	30	1	2696
15	75	FM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	FID	2516	5	30	26,5	2	2740

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Round 9 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	18	GM	Shankland, Sam	2671	6	6	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2631	28
2	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2761	5½	6	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2581	50
3	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2732	5½	5½	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2707	5
4	32	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2621	5½	5½	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2706	6
5	30	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2629	5½	5½	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2591	46
6	3	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2728	5	5	GM	Gurel, Ediz	2578	52
7	19	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2670	5	5	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2629	29
8	25	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2640	5	5	FM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2516	75
9	27	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2634	5	5	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2531	66
10	36	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2616	4½	4½	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2705	7
11	34	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria	2617	4½	4½	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2698	10
12	78	GM	Blohberger, Felix	2505	4½	4½	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2692	12
13	14	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2688	4½	4½	GM	Idani, Pouya	2605	40
14	15	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2684	4½	4½	IM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2508	77
15	49	GM	Pranav, V	2587	4½	4½	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2680	16

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Round 8 Challengers results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	3	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2480	5½	½ - ½	6	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	2440	8	PGN
2	6	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2449	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2430	10	PGN
3	12		Wang, Yanbin	2415	5	½ - ½	5½	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	2449	7	PGN
4	13	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2414	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	2483	2	PGN
5	16	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2386	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Movahed, Sina	2463	5	PGN
6	19	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2380	3	0 - 1	3		Mukund, Hemant Agarwal	2096	62	PGN
7	17	IM	Aradhya, Garg	2385	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	2431	9	PGN
8	22	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2352	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2429	11	PGN
9	60		Daksh, Jain	2101	3	½ - ½	3		Nofal, Mohamed *)	1962	82	PGN
10	28	FM	Baranciuc, Alexandr	2332	5	½ - ½	4½	IM	Pang, Tao	2496	1	PGN
11	4	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2466	4½	½ - ½	4½	FM	Sahakyan, Aleks	2332	29	PGN
12	51	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja *)	2181	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Hesham, Abdelrahman	2391	15	PGN
13	20	IM	Al Qudaimi, Basheer	2375	4½	0 - 1	4½	FM	Ammar, Sedrani	2189	48
14	33	FM	Mendes, Aaron Reeve	2306	4½	1 - 0	4½		Dhruva, Thota	2349	23
15	14	GM	Grivas, Efstratios	2396	4	1 - 0	4	FM	Peycheva, Gergana	2295	38

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	8	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2440	6,5	35	31	1	2607
2	10	IM	Garifullina, Leya	FID	2430	6,5	34	30	3	2586
3	7	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	MDA	2449	6	37	32,5	2	2549
4	3	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	RUS	2480	6	36,5	32	1	2525
5	5	IM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2463	6	31	27,5	3	2469
6	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	PAR	2483	5,5	37	32,5	2	2496
7	22	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	SRI	2352	5,5	34,5	30,5	1	2397
8	17	IM	Aradhya, Garg	IND	2385	5,5	34	30,5	0	2393
9	6	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	IND	2449	5,5	34	30	2	2467
10	9	IM	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	BAN	2431	5,5	33	30	1	2432
11	13	IM	Harsh, Suresh	IND	2414	5,5	32	28,5	1	2497
12	11	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	UZB	2429	5,5	31,5	28	2	2379
13	48	FM	Ammar, Sedrani	UAE	2189	5,5	30	26,5	2	2377
14	12		Wang, Yanbin	CHN	2415	5,5	29,5	26	1	2335
15	33	FM	Mendes, Aaron Reeve	CAN	2306	5,5	28,5	25	2	2254

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Round 9 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	8	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	2440	6½	6½	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2430	10
2	7	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	2449	6	6	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2480	3
3	5	IM	Movahed, Sina	2463	6	5½	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2449	6
4	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	2483	5½	5½	FM	Baranciuc, Alexandr	2332	28
5	9	IM	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	2431	5½	5½	FM	Mendes, Aaron Reeve	2306	33
6	97		Abdulrahim, Salem	1824	3	3	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2380	19
7	11	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2429	5½	5½	IM	Aradhya, Garg	2385	17
8	22	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2352	5½	5½		Wang, Yanbin	2415	12
9	82		Nofal, Mohamed *)	1962	3½	3½		Alizada, Pasham	2000	73
10	48	FM	Ammar, Sedrani	2189	5½	5½	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2414	13
11	1	IM	Pang, Tao	2496	5	5	IM	Kanter, Eduard	2344	25
12	51	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja *)	2181	5	5	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	2345	24
13	26	IM	Ezat, Mohamed	2340	5	5	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2466	4
14	27	FM	Hakobyan, Erik	2335	5	5	GM	Grivas, Efstratios	2396	14
15	29	FM	Sahakyan, Aleks	2332	5	5	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2386	16

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