Seven players score 7/9
With a just a little over a month left for 44th Chess Olympiad to start, GM S L Narayanan, member of the India A team, has certainly hit all the right notes at the 15th Teplice Open 2022.
The prize winners - GM S L Narayanan (fourth from left) and GM Iniyan P (fifth from right) | Photo: levap29/Teplice Open 2022
Champion (left) - GM Cemil Can Ali Marandi (TUR) 7.5/9 | Photo: levap29/Teplice Open 2022
Runner-up - GM S L Narayanan 7/9 | Photo: FI Atul Dahale
Second seeded GM S L Narayanan secured second place and remained undefeated
Narayanan - Sankalp, Round 6
Position after 16...e5
16...cxd4 was the correct continuation for Black 17.0-0 Qxc4 18.Qxc4 dxc4 19.Nxd4 Kf7 would have kept things balanced. 16...e5 turned things in White's favor 17.cxd5 exd4 18.0-0 Ne5 19.Nxe5 fxe5 20.c4 0-0-0 21.Rae1 and he won the game in another eight moves.
Interview with GM S L Narayanan | Video: Chess Olympiad 2022 Chennai
GM S L Narayanan in action | Photo: levap29/Teplice Open 2022
Bird's eye view of the tournament hall | Photo: levap29/Teplice Open 2022
A total of 226 players took part in this nine-day Classical Rating GM tournament. The event was organized by Teplice Chess Club at House of Culture, Teplice, Czech Republic from 18th to 26th June 2022. The time control of the event was 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes including 30 seconds increment.
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Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | RtgI | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | 13 | GM | Ali Marandi Cemil Can | TUR | 2532 | Turkey | 7,5 | 40,5 | 51,50 | 2433 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | GM | Narayanan.S.L | IND | 2662 | India | 7,0 | 44,0 | 55,50 | 2432 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | GM | Kollars Dmitrij | GER | 2643 | Germany | 7,0 | 42,5 | 54,50 | 2438 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | GM | Santos Latasa Jaime | ESP | 2674 | Spain | 7,0 | 41,5 | 54,00 | 2433 | ||||
| 5 | 14 | GM | Pultinevicius Paulius | LTU | 2524 | Lithuania | 7,0 | 41,0 | 52,50 | 2421 | ||||
| 6 | 23 | IM | Yankelevich Lev | GER | 2482 | Germany | 7,0 | 38,5 | 50,00 | 2375 | ||||
| 7 | 12 | GM | Stocek Jiri | CZE | 2541 | Czech Republic | 7,0 | 38,5 | 49,50 | 2376 | ||||
| 8 | 17 | GM | Iniyan P | IND | 2518 | India | 7,0 | 37,0 | 47,50 | 2354 | ||||
| 9 | 4 | GM | Demchenko Anton | FID | 2654 | FIDE | 6,5 | 45,0 | 57,00 | 2449 | ||||
| 10 | 22 | IM | Yilmazyerli Mert | TUR | 2504 | Turkey | 6,5 | 43,5 | 54,50 | 2448 | ||||
| 11 | 3 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | HUN | 2654 | Hungary | 6,5 | 40,5 | 52,50 | 2411 | ||||
| 12 | 11 | GM | Laurusas Tomas | LTU | 2561 | Lithuania | 6,5 | 39,0 | 51,00 | 2370 | ||||
| 13 | 16 | GM | Blomqvist Erik | SWE | 2521 | Sweden | 6,5 | 38,5 | 50,00 | 2330 | ||||
| 14 | 28 | IM | Seo Jung Min | SWE | 2479 | Sweden | 6,5 | 37,0 | 48,00 | 2364 | ||||
| 15 | 21 | GM | Sankalp Gupta | IND | 2505 | 6,5 | 36,5 | 48,00 | 2321 |
