Lalit conquers three tournaments in three countries, in a month and remains unbeaten
India's 26th GM Lalit Rohit has won a plethora of tournaments all over the world. His first hat-trick of tournament wins consisted of an individual triumph and two team events - 5th Chennai GM, National Team for PSPB and All India Public Sector Team championship for Indian Oil in 2013. His second hat-trick actually completed at Vergani Cup 2022 as he won both Blitz and Classical events in Thailand Chess Festival 2021. However, if you consider Classical tournament victories only, the hat-trick completed at Marienbad Open 2022 A2 GM.
Speaking with ChessBase India, Lalit shared, "I feel motivated, and I am very happy to win the tournaments back to back." On his favorite game of the event, "I liked my third round game. I tried something new, and it turned out well for me."
Finek - Lalit, Round 3
11-year-old FM Vaclav Finek (CZE) made the mistake of capturing the b7-pawn here. Find out why it is a mistake and what White should have done instead.
The tournament was organized by AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o. It took place at Hotel Continental, Marianske Lazne in Czech Republic from 15th to 22nd January 2022. Time control of the tournament was 90 mins + 30 seconds increment and 30 minutes each was added after the completion of 40th move.
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Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 10 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | IND | 2548 | 6,5 | 26,75 | 0,0 | 10 | 3,4 | |||
| 2 | 5 | GM | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2518 | 6,0 | 25,00 | 0,0 | 10 | 2,0 | |||
| 3 | 1 | Wachinger Nikolas | GER | 2360 | SV WERDER BREMEN | 5,0 | 21,25 | 0,0 | 20 | 26,0 | |||
| 4 | 7 | IM | Malinovsky Karel | CZE | 2473 | Slavia Kromeriz | 4,5 | 20,00 | 0,0 | 10 | -7,1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | FM | Ghazarian Kirk | USA | 2379 | 4,5 | 19,25 | 0,0 | 20 | 11,0 | |||
| 6 | 8 | IM | Braeuer Franz | GER | 2435 | ERFURTER SCHACHKLUB | 4,0 | 17,75 | 0,0 | 10 | -7,1 | ||
| 7 | 6 | GM | Rasik Vitezslav | CZE | 2424 | TJ Ostrava | 4,0 | 17,50 | 0,0 | 10 | -5,4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | FM | Finek Vaclav | CZE | 2425 | TJ Desko Liberec | 4,0 | 17,25 | 0,0 | 10 | -5,5 | ||
| 9 | 9 | FM | Kusa Jakub | CZE | 2297 | Moravska Slavia Brno | 3,5 | 15,00 | 0,0 | 20 | 12,4 | ||
| 10 | 4 | FM | Sorm Daniel | CZE | 2345 | Unichess | 3,0 | 12,25 | 0,0 | 10 | -5,0 |
