Raunak wins his second tournament in a month
GM Raunak Sadhwani scored an unbeaten 7.0/9 to win 19th Splimbergo International Open 2021. Both Raunak and GM Pier Luigi Basso (ITA) not only had the same score but also the same tie-break score for the first two. Raunak's third tie-break score was better and thus he clinched the championship.
Perhaps the best thing, coming out of Raunak's triumph is the acknowledgement by the legend Vishy Anand who also praised him for his work ethics.
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Raunak won a difficult endgame in the third round against GM Oskar Wieczorek (POL) after the latter misplayed.
Wieczorek - Raunak, Round 3
White needed to play 44.Nd2 with the idea of Nf3 to prevent the movement of the h-pawn any further and capture it. Instead, the game continued 44.Kd3 and Raunak seized his opportunity to score a win.
India's latest IM Vaishali R was the only other Indian taking part in this event. She scored 6.0/9, suffered only one loss against the eventual runner-up GM Pier Basso Luigi (ITA).
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Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | Rp | ||
| 1 | 4 | GM | Sadhwani Raunak | IND | 2579 | 7,0 | 49,0 | 53,0 | 2445 | 2665 | ||
| 2 | 7 | GM | Basso Pier Luigi | ITA | 2541 | 7,0 | 49,0 | 53,0 | 2409 | 2629 | ||
| 3 | 2 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | UKR | 2594 | 6,5 | 49,0 | 52,5 | 2450 | 2616 | ||
| 4 | 13 | GM | Bellahcene Bilel | ALG | 2502 | 6,5 | 48,0 | 52,0 | 2432 | 2598 | ||
| 5 | 12 | GM | Kozak Adam | HUN | 2504 | 6,5 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 2462 | 2628 | ||
| 6 | 5 | GM | Dragnev Valentin | AUT | 2557 | 6,5 | 47,0 | 52,0 | 2426 | 2592 | ||
| 7 | 10 | IM | Sonis Francesco | ITA | 2508 | 6,5 | 47,0 | 51,0 | 2458 | 2624 | ||
| 8 | 6 | GM | Heberla Bartlomiej | POL | 2552 | 6,5 | 46,5 | 50,0 | 2419 | 2585 | ||
| 9 | 9 | IM | Balakrishnan Praveen | USA | 2508 | 6,5 | 45,0 | 49,0 | 2323 | 2489 | ||
| 10 | 22 | IM | Yankelevich Lev | GER | 2412 | 6,5 | 44,5 | 48,0 | 2308 | 2474 | ||
| 11 | 18 | IM | Markoja Boris | SLO | 2447 | 6,5 | 41,0 | 45,0 | 2320 | 2486 | ||
| 12 | 11 | IM | Lodici Lorenzo | ITA | 2506 | 6,0 | 48,0 | 51,0 | 2412 | 2537 | ||
| 13 | 23 | IM | Travadon Loic | FRA | 2410 | 6,0 | 47,0 | 51,0 | 2411 | 2536 | ||
| 14 | 26 | WGM | Vaishali R | w | IND | 2393 | 6,0 | 46,0 | 49,5 | 2347 | 2472 | |
| 15 | 1 | GM | Bosiocic Marin | CRO | 2610 | 6,0 | 45,5 | 50,0 | 2362 | 2487 |
