Jinshi Bai wins 16th Paleochora Open 2023, Surya Sekhar Ganguly second

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/08/2023

GM Jinshi Bai (CHN) scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win 16th Paleochora Open A 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the field. GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly, GM Ziaur Rahman (BAN) and FM Edvin Trost (SWE) scored 7/9 each. They shared the second place. Jinshi drew against Surya in the penultimate round. Both Surya and Ziaur remained undefeated. The total prize fund of the event was €10000. The top three prizes were €2000, €1500 and €1000 along with a trophy each respectively. IM Nubairshah Shaikh is the only other Indian to make a top ten finish. He scored 6.5/9 and shared fifth place with ten more players. Photos: Chania Chess Academy

Top 3 remain unbeaten

Three players - GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly, GM Jinshi Bai (CHN) and GM Andreas Kelires (GRE) were the leaders 6.5/8 heading into the final round. Jinshi defeated Kelires and Surya drew with the top seed of the tournament, GM Hristos Banikas (GRE). Thus, Jinshi won the tournament, Surya finished second. GM Ziaur Rahman (BAN) got the better of FM Evaggelos Patrelakis (GRE) and 15-year-old FM Edvin Trost (SWE) won against GM Alberto David (ITA). Ziaur and Edvin shared second place with Surya.

Top four (L to R): 4th FM Edvin Trost (SWE) 7/9, 3rd GM Ziaur Rahman (BAN) 7/9, 2nd GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly 7/9 and 1st GM Jinshi Bai (CHN) 7.5/9

Runner-up - GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly 7/9

The top ten finishers in Category A - 6th IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh (second from right) 6.5/9

16th Paleochora International Chess Tournament 2023 was financially supported by FIDE Open Aid Project

The top boards in action

The trophies and medals for the prize winners

The tournament hall at Paleochora School & Cultural Center of Paleochora in Paleochora, Greece

The venue from the outside

Midnight Blitz team tournament

A total of 150 players including 12 GMs, 5 IMs and 2 WIMs took part from 26 countries across the world in A group (>1800). The tournaments were organized by Municipality of Kantanos – Selino, Chania Chess Academy, Region of Chania, Greek Chess Federation at Paleochora Primery School & Cultural Center of Paleochora in Paleochora, Greece from 19th to 26th July 2023. The time control for the Classical event was 90 min for 40 moves + 15 min for all game + 30sec per move from the first move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	4	GM	Bai, Jinshi			CHN	2560	7,5	0	54,5	42,5	44,50	9	7,5	6,26	1,24	10	12,4
2	2	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar			IND	2571	7	0	54	42,5	40,75	9	7	6,02	0,98	10	9,8
3	13	GM	Rahman, Ziaur			BAN	2452	7	0	47	37	36,25	9	7	7,42	-0,42	10	-4,2
4	15	FM	Trost, Edvin	U16		SWE	2437	7	0	47	36	35,25	9	7	6,49	0,51	10	5,1
5	9	GM	Basso, Pier Luigi			ITA	2508	6,5	0	52	41	35,25	9	6,5	6,22	0,28	10	2,8
6	21	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh			IND	2406	6,5	0	51,5	41	35,50	9	6,5	4,80	1,70	10	17
7	1	GM	Banikas, Hristos			GRE	2599	6,5	0	51	40	35,25	9	6,5	7,17	-0,67	10	-6,7
8	10	GM	Nikolov, Momchil			BUL	2494	6,5	0	50,5	39	36,00	9	6,5	7,18	-0,68	10	-6,8
9	3	GM	Jobava, Baadur			GEO	2566	6,5	0	50	39	35,25	9	6,5	7,07	-0,57	10	-5,7
10	12	GM	Nevednichy, Vladislav			ROU	2453	6,5	0	49	37,5	35,00	9	6,5	6,79	-0,29	10	-2,9
11	7	IM	Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis			GRE	2531	6,5	0	49	37,5	33,50	9	6,5	6,57	-0,07	10	-0,7
12	8	GM	Kelires, Andreas			GRE	2525	6,5	0	48	36,5	32,50	9	6,5	6,81	-0,31	10	-3,1
13	17	FM	Spyropoulos, Nikolaos			GRE	2428	6,5	0	47	37	32,25	9	6,5	6,12	0,38	10	3,8
14	18	FM	Kvaloy, Aksel Bu	U16		NOR	2415	6,5	0	45,5	35,5	31,75	9	6,5	6,68	-0,18	10	-1,8
15	16	FM	Kalogeris, Ioannis			GRE	2434	6,5	0	44,5	35	30,50	9	6,5	7,18	-0,68	10	-6,8

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