Who won Sharjah Challengers Chess 2024?

In the Sharjah Challengers 2024, IM Divya Deshmukh secured the title by drawing against IM Leya Garifullina.

Who won the Sharjah Challengers?

Divya Deshmukh : Divya Deshmukh Wins Sharjah Challengers Chess Title | Nagpur News - Times of India.

What is the prize money for Sharjah Challengers 2024?

The top three prizes in all three sections were the following: Masters - US$ 12000, $8000 and $7000, Challengers - $2000, $1600 and $1300, Futures - $1500, $1100 and $900 , along with a winner's trophy + medal for all three.

Who is the best chess player in the world 2024?

Since July 2011 Magnus Carlsen has led the world rankings, and in July 2024 he is still at the top of the list. In June he played in the Norwegian Chess Tournament in Stavanger and although he lost to Praggnanandhaa at the start of the tournament, he still won the tournament and gained two rating points.

Where is World Chess Championship 2024?

After reviewing the bids and inspecting all potential host cities for their venues, amenities, event programs, and opportunities, the International Chess Federation has selected Singapore as the host of the World Championship Match.

What is the prize money for Sharjah Masters?

The Sharjah Masters 2024 is on its way! With a massive prize fund exceeding USD 65,000 , this prestigious chess event promises intense competition and thrilling matches.

What is the prize money for the Challenger Tournament?

Men's ATP Challenger Category And Points Table Event Category Winner Qualifier Challenger 125 (USD$164,000) 125 5 Challenger 100 (USD$133,250) 100 4 Challenger 75 (USD$82,000) 75 4 Challenger 50 (USD$41,000) 50 3 1 more row

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Magnus Carlsen took the gold for best performance on the first board, silver went to Erigaisi while the World Champion Ding Liren from Decade China took the bronze.

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The current world champion is Ding Liren , who defeated his opponent Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2023 World Chess Championship.

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Daneshvar wins Sharjah Masters, Divya clinches Challengers (2024)

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A 48-move draw against top seed Arjun Erigaisi allowed Bardiya Daneshvar, aged 17, to claim tournament victory at the Sharjah Masters. The rising star collected as many points as Volodar Murzin, Sam Shankland and Shamsiddin Vokhidov, and obtained the highest tiebreak score in the leading pack. Murzin and Shankland grabbed second and third place respectively.

The turning point for Daneshvar was his round-7 victory over former sole leader Aravindh Chithambaram. In a double-edged game, Aravindh first failed to make the most of an advantageous position and then faltered decisively in time trouble. After obtaining that crucial win, Daneshvar was tied for first place with Shankland, and draws in rounds 8 and 9 were enough for him to end the event atop the standings.

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The open tournament was extremely competitive, with the likes of Teimour Radjabov, Andrey Esipenko and Vladimir Fedoseev finishing around the middle of the tournament table (88 players registered to participate). Thus, this was the biggest success in Daneshvar’s career. The youngster, nonetheless, had won the 2022 Iranian Championship and had knocked out elite GM Alexander Grischuk in the second round of the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

Second-placed Murzin was born in 2006, like Daneshvar, while Vokhidov, who obtained fourth place, is 22 years old. This makes Shankland, at 32, a veteran next to his ‘co-champions’ — as he described them in a sincere recap of the event shared on Facebook:

I tied for first in the Sharjah Masters with 6½/9. Mathematical tiebreaks left me with the bronze, but I’m still counting it as a tournament victory, my first in a long time.
After 2 years of going through hell and back, I’m so incredibly relieved to finally be playing like my old self again.
[...] I’m amazed at how young chess has become. My 3 co champions are 17, 17, and 22. My opponents’ average age was 22, and I was the only player over 30 to finish with a plus score! At the prehistoric age of 32, I am proud to have represented the old guard successfully and honorably. Upward and onward!

Eight players finished the tournament a half point behind the leading group, including the three highest-rated players that made their way to Sharjah: Arjun Erigaisi, Parham Maghsoodloo and Yu Yangyi.

A few of the participants, including Daneshvar and Radjabov, will make the short trip from Sharjah to Dubai to play in the upcoming Dubai Open, which should not be confused with the Dubai Global Police Challenge that took place earlier this month.

Volodar Murzin | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Sam Shankland | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Divya clinches Challengers ahead of Garifullina and Movahed

The seventh edition of the Sharjah Festival also featured a Challengers section and a Futures section. A total of 13 players in the 2400-2500 rating band participated in the Challengers.

Much like in the Masters, tournament victory in the Challengers was decided according to tiebreak criteria, with Divya Deshmukh (aged 18) edging Leya Garifullina (19) and Sina Movahed (13) to clinch the title after all three youngsters ended the event with 7/9 points.

Remarkably, two women players finished in the top two places of the 98-player open. Divya and Garifullina were seeded 8^th and 10^th, respectively, in the starting rank.

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Divya Deshmukh and Leya Garifullina analysing their round-9 encounter

Divya 1 - 0 Dcunha (Round 7)

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Final standings - Masters

Rk.	SNo		Name	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	50	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2581	6,5	45,5	41	4	2850
2	28	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2631	6,5	45,5	40,5	2	2796
3	18	GM	Shankland, Sam	2671	6,5	41,5	38,5	3	2772
4	46	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2591	6,5	41,5	37	2	2860
5	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2707	6	46	41	2	2771
6	6	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2706	6	44,5	40	0	2756
7	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2761	6	43	39	2	2749
8	3	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2728	6	43	38,5	1	2723
9	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2732	6	41,5	37,5	1	2738
10	32	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2621	6	41	38,5	2	2735
11	75	FM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2516	6	40,5	36,5	3	2770
12	27	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2634	6	34	31,5	1	2657
13	19	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2670	5,5	44,5	41	1	2689
14	29	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2629	5,5	44	40	1	2694
15	14	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2688	5,5	43,5	40	1	2697
16	30	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2629	5,5	43,5	39,5	2	2715
17	84	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2493	5,5	40	36	1	2714
18	23	GM	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	2649	5,5	40	35,5	0	2629
19	15	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2684	5,5	39,5	35,5	2	2666
20	26	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2637	5,5	35,5	31,5	1	2629
21	66	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2531	5	43,5	39	1	2704
22	34	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria	2617	5	42,5	37,5	0	2666
23	49	GM	Pranav, V	2587	5	41	37	1	2700
24	52	GM	Gurel, Ediz	2578	5	39,5	35,5	0	2688
25	7	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2705	5	38,5	35,5	1	2637

...88 players

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Final standings - Challengers

Rk.	SNo		Name	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	8	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	2440	7	47	42,5	1	2584
2	10	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2430	7	45	40,5	3	2567
3	5	IM	Movahed, Sina	2463	7	41	37	3	2515
4	7	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	2449	6,5	48,5	43,5	2	2536
5	3	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2480	6,5	46	41	1	2511
6	17	IM	Aradhya, Garg	2385	6,5	42,5	39	1	2450
7	13	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2414	6,5	41,5	37,5	2	2508
8	33	FM	Mendes, Aaron Reeve	2306	6,5	38	34,5	3	2314
9	12		Wang, Yanbin	2415	6,5	37,5	34	2	2377
10	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	2483	6	47,5	42,5	2	2478
11	24	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	2345	6	44,5	40,5	2	2406
12	1	IM	Pang, Tao	2496	6	44,5	40	1	2480
13	16	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2386	6	43,5	40	3	2466
14	27	FM	Hakobyan, Erik	2335	6	40,5	36,5	2	2393
15	21	FM	Piliposyan, Robert	2364	6	40,5	36,5	2	2321
16	28	FM	Baranciuc, Alexandr	2332	6	37	33,5	2	2310
17	23		Dhruva, Thota	2349	5,5	46,5	42	1	2344
18	6	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2449	5,5	44	40	2	2421
19	22	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2352	5,5	43,5	39,5	1	2353
20	11	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2429	5,5	43	38,5	2	2335
21	9	IM	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	2431	5,5	42,5	39,5	1	2373
22	48	FM	Ammar, Sedrani	2189	5,5	40,5	36,5	2	2336
23	4	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2466	5,5	40	36	0	2337
24	26	IM	Ezat, Mohamed	2340	5,5	39,5	35,5	2	2259
25	20	IM	Al Qudaimi, Basheer	2375	5,5	38	34,5	2	2316

...98 players

All available games - Challengers

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