Abhijeet Gupta (6.5 factors) drew with eventual champion Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov (7) within the ninth and ultimate spherical to complete third within the $60,000 Sharjah Masters chess match in Sharjah on Sunday.
D. Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi (6 every) gained their ultimate rounds to complete sixth and ninth, respectively, and broke into the top-10 bracket.
The outcomes (involving Indians): Ninth spherical:
| Abhijeet Gupta (6.5) drew with Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzb, 6.5); Aleksandar Indijic (Srb, 5) misplaced to Arjun Erigaisi (6); D. Gukesh (6) bt Nijat Abasov (Aze, 5); Mustafa Yilmaz (Tur, 5.5) drew with S. P. Sethuraman (5.5); S. L. Narayanan (5) drew with Abhimanyu Puranik (5); Lucas van Foreest (Ned, 5) drew with Nihal Sarin (5); Aravindh Chithambaram (5) drew with Aram Hakobyan (Arm, 5); Aryan Chopra (5) drew with Temur Kuybokarov (Aus, 5); Sankalp Gupta (4) misplaced to Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (5); Aditya Mittal (4) misplaced to Rinat Jumabayev (Kaz, 5); Surya Shekhar Ganguly (4) misplaced to Sanal Vahap (5); Kivanc Haznedaroglu (Tur, 4) misplaced to B. Adhiban (4.5); Raunak Sadhwani (4.5) bt Mert Erdogdu (3.5). |
