IM Diasmany Otero Acosta of Cuba, won the 40th Tamil Nadu IM-Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament and his second title in three weeks. Otero remained undefeated with five wins and four draws in nine games. The prizes were distributed by GM Sundararajan Kidambi, in presence of Dr. M Manickam, President, TNSCA, Senthil Chinnasamy, President, Coimbatore District Chess Association. IA Palaniappan, Chief Arbiter and FA Vinod Kumar, Deputy Chief Arbiter conducted the tournament in an excellent manner.
IM Carlomagno Oblitas (PER) speaks only Spanish, delivered his feedback in a mix of English and Tamil!! In fact, he learnt English from a Teacher in Coimbatore to learn the language in his free time during tournament stay.
Balasubramaniam scored 1.5/4 in the first rounds. But in the second half he scored heavily with 4.5/5 !! and finished a creditable third.
The Chief Guest of the event, GM Sundararajan Kidambi was candid in his talk, with travel abroad for seeking norms, missed chances, expenses, choosing tournaments etc. He was all in praise for the Chairman, Sakthi Group and President, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and the team for organising set of events in a year.
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Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | IM | Otero Acosta, Diasmany | CUB | 2317 | 7 | 0 | 28,75 | 5 | |
| 2 | 8 | IM | Oblitas, Carlomagno | PER | 2272 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 3 | |
| 3 | 5 | Balasubramaniam, H | IND | 2221 | 6 | 0 | 22,25 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 10 | Nithin, Babu | IND | 2326 | 5,5 | 1 | 21,5 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 6 | IM | Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos | CUB | 2282 | 5,5 | 2 | 19,25 | 4 | |
| 6 | 7 | IM | Claverie, Raul | ARG | 2164 | 4,5 | 1 | 17 | 3 | |
| 7 | 2 | Siddhanth, Poonja | IND | 2315 | 4,5 | 2 | 15,5 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 1 | IM | Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo | COL | 2185 | 2,5 | 0 | 10,25 | 0 | |
| 9 | 4 | CM | Velavaa, Ragavesh | IND | 2159 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 10 | 3 | FM | Jai, Sankar Subramanian | IND | 2283 | 1,5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
About the Author
V Vijayaraghavan is an International Arbiter and Vice President of Tamil Nadu State Chess Association. He was also the Tournament Coordinator for 24th, 26th, 27th, 31st, 37th and 40th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit Tournament.
The report was edited by Shahid Ahmed
