One-Sided Victory!

Iniyan started the tournament as the top seed and claimed an early lead. Going into the last round, only Boris Savchenko could have stopped him, but the last round saw some early and solid draws on the top board. Iniyan drew against Ajay Santhosh, Boris Savchenko drew against Akash Daalvi, and Apoorv Kamble drew against Harsh Suresh.

Champion: Iniyan Panneerselvam with his hard-earned trophy and ₹8,00,000

GM Boris Savchenko finishes as a runner-up after scoring 6.5/9

Second Runner up: Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy

Top 3 finishers (L to R): 3rd Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy, 1st Iniyan P, and 2nd Boris Savchenko

Aakash Dalvi secured the 4th place

5th Place IM Harsh Suresh

9th IM Ayush Sharma
Prize List

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Replay Round 9 Games

Round 9 Results

Bo.

 

White

Rtg

Pts.

Result

Pts.

Black

Rtg

 

PGN

1

GM

Iniyan, Pa

2573

7

½ - ½

5½

IM

Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy

2503

PGN

2

GM

Savchenko, Boris

2478

6

½ - ½

5½

IM

Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi

2402

PGN

3

IM

Apoorv, Kamble

2431

5½

½ - ½

5½

IM

Harsh, Suresh

2435

PGN

4

GM

Paichadze, Luka

2492

5

½ - ½

5

GM

Aleksandrov, Aleksej

2433

PGN

5

IM

Nitish, Belurkar

2479

5

½ - ½

5

GM

Fedorov, Alexei

2388

PGN

6

IM

Soham, Kamotra

2405

5

½ - ½

5

IM

Ayush, Sharma

2440

PGN

7

IM

Shahil, Dey

2423

4½

½ - ½

5

IM

Sammed Jaykumar, Shete

2400

PGN

8

CM

Matyakubov, Miraziz

2346

4½

½ - ½

4½

GM

Gorovets, Andrey

2427

PGN

9

IM

De Silva, L M S T

2382

4½

1 - 0

4½

IM

Gochelashvili, David

2275

PGN

10

IM

Slizhevsky, Alexander

2297

4½

½ - ½

4½

IM

Borgaonkar, Akshay

2380

PGN

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Final Ranking

Rk.

SNo

 

Name

Typ

sex

FED

Rtg

Pts.

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

 TB4 

 TB5 

 TB6 

1

1

GM

Iniyan, Pa

IND

2573

7,5

44,5

48

39,25

0

6

2

2

9

GM

Savchenko, Boris

RUS

2478

6,5

44,5

49

33,5

0

5

3

3

4

IM

Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy

IND

2503

6

45

49,5

31,5

0

4

3

4

23

IM

Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi

IND

2402

6

44,5

47,5

29,75

0

4

2

5

13

IM

Harsh, Suresh

IND

2435

6

43

46

29

0

3

1

6

15

IM

Apoorv, Kamble

IND

2431

6

40,5

44

28,75

0

3

1

7

28

GM

Fedorov, Alexei

BLR

2388

5,5

44

47

25,5

0

4

2

8

12

IM

Ayush, Sharma

IND

2440

5,5

43

47

25,5

0

4

1

9

22

IM

Soham, Kamotra

IND

2405

5,5

43

46

25

0

3

2

10

34

IM

Jain, Kashish Manoj

IND

2365

5,5

42

46,5

28

0

2

1

11

24

IM

Sammed Jaykumar, Shete

IND

2400

5,5

41

44

25

0

3

1

12

5

GM

Paichadze, Luka

GEO

2492

5,5

40,5

44

26,25

0

3

1

13

8

IM

Nitish, Belurkar

IND

2479

5,5

40,5

43,5

25,75

0

2

1

14

14

GM

Aleksandrov, Aleksej

BLR

2433

5,5

38,5

42,5

26,25

0

3

1

15

30

IM

De Silva, L M S T

SRI

2382

5,5

36

39

21,5

0

4

0

Details

Prizes

The tournament features an impressive prize fund of INR 35,00,000/- (around 37,207 USD), with a record first prize of INR 8,00,000/- (around 8,500 USD), one of the highest ever offered in an open chess tournament in India. This reflects our continued commitment to elevating the standards of professional chess events in the country.

Venue: Expo Center, The Arcade, World Trade Center, Mumbai

The event will be hosted at the state-of-the-art venue at the iconic World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade, located in the heart of Mumbai. With world-class playing conditions and seamless organisation, players can expect a truly professional tournament experience.

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