High-seed Grandmaster Boris Savchenko of Russia pipped Indian Worldwide Grasp Nitin Senthilvel by way of the tie-break to emerge champion after each completed equal on 8.5 factors within the thirteenth Chennai Open Worldwide Grandmaster Chess match 2022 on Sunday.
Each Savchenko and Nitin completed with 8.5 factors from 10 rounds however with a superior tie-break rating the Russian took the highest prize.
Nitin, who was within the lead after the ninth spherical, accepted an early draw supply from GM Alexei Federov (Belarus) and wound up with 8.5 factors. The highest board draw, gave Savchenko a possibility to meet up with Nitin, which the Russian promptly did, scoring a tough fought win over IM Aronyak Ghosh.
GM Savchenko, obtained the Chennai Open 2022 trophy and a money award of Rs 3 lakh whereas the runner-up Nitin obtained Rs 2 lakh.
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Belarus' Alexei Federov and India's L R Srihari secured 8 factors every however the former took third place resulting from a greater tie-break rating.
As many as 275 gamers together with 11 GMs and 14 IMs took half within the 275-player, 10-round match performed on a Swiss format.
Tamil Nadu State Chess Affiliation president M. Manickam gave away the prizes.
Outcomes: Spherical 10 (Indians except specified): Alexei Fedorov 8 drew with S Nitin 8.5, Boris Savchenko 8.5 beat Aronyak Ghosh 7.5, L R Srihari 8 beat Gusain Himal 7.5, Ravichandran Siddharth 7.5 drew with Nguyen Van Huy (Vietnam) 7.5, J Deepan Chakkravarthy 7.5 beat V A V Rajesh 7, Kirill Stupak (Belarus) 7.5 beat M Kunal 6.5, Jubin Jimmy 7 drew with Ajay Karthikeyan 7.0, P Saravana Krishnan 6.5 misplaced to R R Laxman 7.5, S Prasannaa 6.5 misplaced to Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vietnam) 7.5, N B Hari Madhavan 7.5 beat Baghdasaryan Vahe (Armenia) 6.5, B Vignesh 6.5 misplaced to P Karthikeyan 7.5, Daakshin Arun 7 drew with P Konguvel 7. Remaining placings: 1-2. Boris Savchenko, Nitin 8.5 factors, 3-4. Fedorov, Srihari 8, 5-14. Stupak, Ravichandran Siddharth, Aronyak Ghosh, Deepan Chakkravarthy (all India), Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vietnam), Himal Gusain (India), Nguyen Van Huy (Vietnam), Hari Madhavan, Karthikeyan, Laxman (all India) 7.5 pts. |
