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Grandmaster Koneru Humpy (10.0) got one up on tournament leader
Alexander Fominyh (9.5), defeating the experienced veteran in an
exciting final round game, here today. It was an anti-climax of sorts
for the Russian veteran, who lead the tournament right through and
lost out on title in the final game.
The win took her to the top of the table along with Uzbek
International Master Tahir Vakhidov, who defeated fellow Uzbek
Grandmaster Saidali Iuldachev in the second board.
Having the better of the tie-breaks Vakhidov piped Humpy for the
winner's trophy, as Humpy had drawn her first round game and lost her
third round game, which pulled down her tie-break score. The prize
money for the first two spots, Rs 80000 each was shared among the duo.
Three hit the IM Norm grade
A trio of talented
juniors viz., Preetham Sharma of Railways, WGM Dronavalli Harika and Deep Sengupta
made their International Master Norms, as the curtain came down on the
strongest ever Open event held in Chennai.
Final Placings :
1 Vakhidov, Tahir, UZB 2515 10 69
2 Humpy, Koneru, IND- 2498 10 68.5
3 Fominyh, Alexandre, RUS 2559 9.5 77
4 Iskusnyh, Sergei, RUS 2482 9.5 72.5
5 Smirnov, Pavel, RUS 2609 9.5 71
6 Ziaur Rahman, BAN 2492 9.5 70.5
7 Safin, Shukhrat, UZB 2528 9.5 65.5
8 Iuldachev, Saidali, UZB 2559 9 70
9 Lodhi, Mahmood, PAK 2395 9 67.5
10 Timoshenko, Georgy, UKR 2564 9 65.5
11 Vishal Sareen, IND- 2371 9 65
12 Koshy, Varugeese, IND- 2374 9 64.5 56
13 Neelotpal Das, IND- 2461 9 64.5 55.5
14 Venkatesh, M.R., IND- 2392 8.5 68.5
15 Dzhumaev, Marat, UZB 2498 8.5 68
16 Ramesh.R.B, IND- 2506 8.5 67
17 Konguvel.P, IND- 2366 8.5 65 60
18 Girinath, P.D.S., IND- 2368 8.5 65 59.5
19 Kidambi, Sundararajan, IND- 2437 8.5 64
20 Prasad, D.V., IND- 2395 8.5 63.5
Category Prizes :
Under 10: N Srinath 6 pts (Chennai)
Under-12: B Adiban 7 pts (Chennai)
Under-14: Dronavalli Harika 8 pts (AP)
Under-16: Deep Sengupta 8 pts (Jharkhand)
Under-20: Poobesh Anand 8 pts (Chennai)
Best Woman: Anupama Gokhale 7.5 pts (BPCL)
Best Veteran: S Nasir Ali 7.5 pts (Uttar Pradesh)
Main Results Round 13 :
A. Fominyh (Rus) 9.5 lost to Koneru Humpy 10, T. Vakhidov (Uzb) 10 beat S. Iuldachev (Uzb) 9, Z. Rahman (Ban) 9.5 drew with S. Safin (Uzb) 9.5, P. Smirnov (Rus) 9.5
beat D.V. Prasad 8.5, S. Iskusnyh 9.5 beat M.R. Venkatesh 8.5, V. Koshy 9 drew with R.B. Ramesh 8.5, Poobesh Anand 8 lost to G. Timoshenko (Ukr) 9, M. Dzhumaev (Uzb) 8.5 drew with P. Konguvel 8.5, D. Sengupta 8 lost to N. Das 9, Mari Arul 8.5 drew with S. Kidambi 8.5, M. Lodhi (Pak) 9
beat S. Arun Prasad 8, B.S. Shivananda 8 lost to V. Sareen 9, P.D.S. Girinath 8.5 drew with Preetham Sharma 8.5, D. Harika 8 drew with G.B. Prakash 8, R. Shetty 7.5 lost to Sudhakar Babu 8.5, R.R. Laxman 8.5
beat V. Parikh 7.5, B.T. Muralikrishnan 8 drew with D.K. Sharma 8, T.S. Ravi 8.5
beat K. Visweswaran 7.5
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