Al Ain Open won by Abhijeet Gupta

12/31/2013 – In parallel to the World Youth Championship in Al Ain, U.A.E, two swiss opens were held. One for players rated 2000 FIDE or less, and one open to all. The top Open attracted dozens of grandmasters, the strongest being Georgian GM Baadur Jobava who was the only 2700 player. Jobava led until the end, when he fell ill and defaulted the last round. Abhijeet Gupta took first. Report and games.

 

In parallel to the World Youth Championship in Al Ain, U.A.E., two swiss opens were held. One for players rated 2000 FIDE or less, and one open to all. The Al Ain Open A attracted dozens of grandmasters from all around, the strongest being Georgian GM Baadur Jobava who was the only 2700 player.

Visiting players wishing to play some chess and not just watch the World Youth
had all they needed

The top rated player not only was in form, but was destroying the field up until round seven of nine, when he fell ill. He then lost in round eight, and despite still being one of the leaders, failed to show up entirely in round nine, losing by default. As a result he finished in tenth.

Baadur Jobava observes the games near him

The friendly arbiters ensuring a smooth event

The tournament was won by Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta, tied with two others at 7.0/9, and who ironically was the beneficiary of the last round default by Jobava. In second was Vasif Durarbayli from Azerbaijan and in third was Ukrainian GM Martyn Kravtsiv.

Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta took first on tiebreak

Final ranking

Rk	SNo	Tit	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	Perf
1	10	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2608	7.0	2622
2	16	GM	Durarbayli Vasif	AZE	2559	7.0	2711
3	7	GM	Kravtsiv Martyn	UKR	2617	7.0	2715
4	26	GM	Babujian Levon	ARM	2512	6.5	2581
5	17	GM	Baryshpolets Andrey	UKR	2557	6.5	2546
6	6	GM	Oleksienko Mikhailo	UKR	2622	6.5	2686
7	11	GM	Vovk Andrey	UKR	2599	6.5	2601
8	2	GM	Amin Bassem	EGY	2654	6.5	2668
9	19	GM	Gopal G.N.	IND	2540	6.5	2635
10	1	GM	Jobava Baadur	GEO	2705	6.0	2743

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Source: Here