Harshavardhan's first podium finish of the year

Going into the last round, Harshavardhan was in a joint lead with Augustin Droin and Vladyslav Larkin. He drew his last round game against Vladyslav Larkin to score an unbeaten 7/9 points with 4 draws and secure the third place and €700 prize. 10 Indian players took part in this event, and 2 finished in the top 15. Harshavardhan secured 3rd place, and IM Srihari L secured 12th place.

As GM Egor Bogdanov was not available for the Closing ceremony, his trophy was received by the officials

Runner-up: Augustin Droin

Second runner-up: Harshavardhan G B

Harshavardhan played 4 draws and won 5 games to score 7/9 points, and he also increased his rating by 10.6 points

Harshavardhan won a marathon game against Albert Tomasi in round 8

Playing hall at Palais des Festivals de Cannes

4th place: Vladyslav Larkin

5th place: Moritz Valentin Collin

Harshavardhan G B Laurent-Paoli Pierre, Round 5

IM Srihari L secured 12th position with 6/9 points

It was a bad tournament for Adhiban as he scored 5.5/9 points

Games in action

A total of 114 players registered for the event with 6 Grandmasters, 11 International Masters, and 29 FIDE Masters, with a total of 10 Indian players taking part in it. The time control was 1 hour 30 minutes + 30 minutes [30"] with 9 rounds swiss format

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Final Standings

Ranking

Names

Elo FIDE

Category

Points

Performance

1

BOGDANOV Egor

2500 F

SenM

7

2596

2

DROIN Augustin

2480 F

JunM

7

2593

3

HARSHAVARDHAN G B

2490 F

SenM

7

2592

4

LARKIN Vladyslav

2478 F

SenM

7

2576

5

COLLIN Moritz Valentin

2308 F

JunM

7

2456

6

LAURENT-PAOLI Pierre

2537 F

SenM

6½

2522

7

SHUKHMAN Anna

2431 F

CadF

6

2497

8

MATERIA Marco

2497 F

CadM

6

2468

9

CHAN Kim Yew

2382 F

SenM

6

2465

10

NOGERBEK Kazybek

2537 F

SenM

6

2444

11

CHARMETEAU Sven

2389 F

SenM

6

2435

12

SRIHARI L

2372 F

SenM

6

2411

13

BELKAID Sohan

2349 F

JunM

6

2402

14

TULLIEZ Andre

2225 F

JunM

6

2402

15

DI NICOLANTONIO Lucas

2384 F

SenM

6

2349

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