Exciting draws in the sixth round of the 7th Sharjah Masters

UAE national team and Sharjah Club player Salem Abdul Rahman, internationally ranked 2629, shared the match point with his Iranian counterpart, Amin Tabatabai, internationally ranked 2707 after an exciting match that lasted about 4 hours in 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Round 6.

Engineer Talal Ahmed Al Zaabi, former Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sharjah Cultural Chess Club, opened the sixth round in the tournament organised by the club under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah.

The tournament's activities will continue until May 23, with the participation of 298 male and female players from 60 countries, competing for tournament prizes totaling $65,000.

The leader, Indian international grandmaster Aravinda Chithambaram, tied with American Sam Shackland.
American Hans Niemann and Iranian Daneshvar Pradia also tied, and Spaniard Daniel Uva lost to Indian Arjun Eregaisi, champion of the previous edition.
The tie was also decided as a result of Russian Morzin Volodar's meeting with his Chinese counterpart Yu Yanji, and Serbian Alexei Sarana achieved victory over Indian Gupta Sankalp.
The great Indian international master, Aravinda Chitambaram, maintained his lead in the Masters tournament after the end of the sixth round with 5 points, and in second place are 6 players with 4 and a half points, namely Iranian Amin Tabatabai, American Hans Nyman, Iranian Daneshvar Baradiya, American Sam Shackland, Serbian Alexei Sarana, and Indian Arjun Eregaisi.

7 players are in third place with 4 points, led by UAE national team and Sharjah club player, Salem Abdul Rahman.
The Challenge Tournament, which began in conjunction with the Masters Tournament, saw strong confrontations with the participation of 98 male and female players, which ended in a draw between Russian Leah Garifullina and Moldovan Gigor Lashkin, and Indian Divya Deshmukh with Delgado Ramirez from Paraguay, and Egyptian Abdel Rahman Hisham suffered his second loss at the hands of Indian Nitish Bolurkar.

Uzbekistan's Muhammadzadeh Soyarov also lost to Indian Vianni Antonio, American Shouf Jayesh also lost to Russian veteran Vladimir Burmakin, and Jordanian Ahmed Al Khatib tied with his counterpart Ilian Abdul Karim from Azerbaijan.

In the Future Championship for Promising Players, in which 112 male and female players participated, the leader, Alizadeh Akshin from Azerbaijan, shared the match point with his compatriot Yunus Muhammad Zadeh, and the Indian Samart Gorai suffered his first loss in the tournament at the hands of his compatriot Jaya Raj.
The Egyptian Ramez Samir was able to defeat his compatriot Salama Ahmed, the Syrian Hamza Masoud defeated the Indian Rayhan Bin Anzar, the Indian Madhuso Danan lost to the Filipino Santiago German, and the national team and Sharjah club player Rashid Hussein Al Hammadi lost to the Indian Safin Khan, the Asian junior champion.