Sharjah Masters 2024

[LawrenceCooper]

35 88 IM Royal, Shreyas 2463 3½ 3½ GM Peralta, Fernando 2573 53

[Mick Norris]

35 88 IM Royal, Shreyas 2463 3½ 3½ GM Peralta, Fernando 2573 53

Lichess from 12:15 I think

Good luck Shreyas

[LawrenceCooper]

35 88 IM Royal, Shreyas 2463 3½ 3½ GM Peralta, Fernando 2573 53

Lichess from 12:15 I think

Good luck Shreyas

So far, so good. Nineteen moves played and Shreyas is a pawn up with a healthy lead on the clock (56 minutes against 14). Still a long way from a win but a promising start.

[LawrenceCooper]

35 88 IM Royal, Shreyas 2463 3½ 3½ GM Peralta, Fernando 2573 53

Lichess from 12:15 I think

Good luck Shreyas

So far, so good. Nineteen moves played and Shreyas is a pawn up with a healthy lead on the clock (56 minutes against 14). Still a long way from a win but a promising start.

His opponent has found a nice cheapo regaining the pawn on move 22.

[LawrenceCooper]

Game drawn by perpetual albeit black would have probably played on with more time.

[Mick Norris]

Pity, it looked like Shreyas had a decent position and was ahead on the clock

[John Moore]

Game drawn by perpetual albeit black would have probably played on with more time.

After 31 ... Qh5+, Shreyas can, and probably did, claim a threefold repetition since he intends 32 Kg2.

[LawrenceCooper]

Game drawn by perpetual albeit black would have probably played on with more time.

After 31 ... Qh5+, Shreyas can, and probably did, claim a threefold repetition since he intends 32 Kg2.

Yes, I meant he probably wouldn't have taken perpetual.

[Jonathan Rogers]

At least he did draw, and while that might not mean much now, it still does matter, since rating points are valuable too.

As for the +1 assessment in the opening; well, is that a Stockfish thing, this being the machine which specialises in inhuman defence? To my human eyes Black always had practical play for his pawn.

[LawrenceCooper]

At least he did draw, and while that might not mean much now, it still does matter, since rating points are valuable too.

As for the +1 assessment in the opening; well, is that a Stockfish thing, this being the machine which specialises in inhuman defence? To my human eyes Black always had practical play for his pawn.

He finished with a 2593 performance and +15 rating according to chess-results.

[NickFaulks]

He finished with a 2593 performance and +15 rating according to chess-results.

Another excellent result, surpassing his Grand Swiss performance. Shreyas is clearly at home against 2600+ opposition and on a trajectory to being a very strong GM.

Nonetheless, we should not ignore the biggest star of the event, who was his 13 year old rival Ivan Zemlyanskii. One to watch!

https://chess-results.com/tnr902564.asp ... =30&snr=75