Eleven players on 2 out of 2

The Masters Tournament in the Dubai Police Global Chess Challenge is a 9-round Swiss open with a classical time control. A total of 135 participants from 28 different countries made their way to the most populous emirate in the UAE. Heading the field rating-wise are Yu Yangyi, Amin Tabatabaei and Vladislav Artemiev, who are all rated 2700 or above. Closely behind, 20 players in the 2600-2700 rating band are also participating.

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After two rounds, 11 players are sharing first place with a perfect score. Notably, only 2 players belonging to the top-20 in the starting rank are included in this group: Aravindh Chithambaram (8^th seed, Elo 2670) and Saleh Salem (17^th, 2629). Meanwhile, the lowest-rated players in this group are Ilamparthi A R (64^th, 2440) and Jan Malek (59^th, 2461).

This mix of players atop the standings shows that the two first rounds have featured a number of upsets, with some of the top seeds — Yu Yangyi, Narayanan S L and Hans Niemann, among others — only managing a couple of draws against much lower-rated opposition at the outset of the event.

Women’s world champion Ju Wenjun travelled from Malmö to Dubai to play in this tournament — she requested a ½-point bye in the first round

The biggest surprise in the first round was given by IM Ravi Teja from India, who defeated ninth seed Nodibek Yakubboev from Uzbekistan. Last year, Yakubboev gained notoriety by winning the strong Qatar Masters, where he outscored the likes of Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri.

Ravi, in fact, managed to checkmate the Uzbek grandmaster.

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Ravi Teja

Ravi Teja | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The tournament is taking place on May 4-12, with no rest days in the schedule.

Standings after round 2

Rk.	SNo		Name	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB4
1	57	IM	Movahed, Sina	2463	2	3256	1	2	10	9,8
2	59	IM	Malek, Jan	2461	2	3246	1	2	10	9,6
3	17	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2629	2	3238	1	2	10	5,1
4	64	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	2440	2	3205	0	2	10	9,1
5	33	GM	Can, Emre	2549	2	3204	1	2	10	6,1
	35	GM	Pranesh, M	2535	2	3204	1	2	10	6,4
7	38	GM	Makhnev, Denis	2518	2	3192	0	2	10	6,6
8	40	IM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2508	2	3186	0	2	10	6,7
9	42	IM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	2504	2	3171	1	2	10	6,4
10	41	GM	Visakh, N R	2506	2	3074	0	2	10	4,3
11	8	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2670	2	0	0,5	2	10	2,6
12	76	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	2420	1,5	2853	0,5	1	10	11
13	84	IM	Nigmatov, Ortik	2409	1,5	2765	1	1	10	9,2
14	102	IM	Nazari, Arad	2370	1,5	2730	0,5	1	10	9,4
15	45	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2493	1,5	2724	0,5	1	10	5,8
16	49	GM	Fawzy, Adham	2486	1,5	2720	0	1	10	5,9
17	48	GM	Miladinovic, Igor	2489	1,5	2710	0	1	10	5,6
18	112	FM	Mahdavi, Reza	2353	1,5	2689	1	1	20	17,8
19	50	IM	Nogerbek, Kazybek	2486	1,5	2689	0,5	1	10	5,3
20	53	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek	2473	1,5	2678	0	1	10	5,3
21	55	IM	Gholami Orimi, Mahdi	2470	1,5	2671	0	1	10	5,2
22	2	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2707	1,5	2654	0	1	10	-1
23	3	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2705	1,5	2651	1	1	10	-1,1
24	6	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2684	1,5	2648	1	1	10	-0,7
25	58	FM	Panesar, Vedant	2462	1,5	2648	0	1	10	4,8

...135 players

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