Indians claim five out of top ten
Top seed GM S L Narayanan did not have the best start. However, he made great recovery. The next best thing to winning the tournament is beating the eventual champion. He was the only player to beat IM Sina Movahed (IRI) in the tournament.
Top 3 (L to R): 2nd GM Abhimaynu Puranik 7/9, 1st IM Sina Movahed (IRI) 7/9 and 3rd GM Aditya Mittal 7/9 | Photo: Azerbaijan Chess Federation
GM Abhimanyu Puranik suffered his sole loss against the eventual champion, IM Sina Movahed (IRI). He gained 7.4 Elo rating points | Photo: Azerbaijan Chess Federation
GM Aditya Mittal scored an unbeaten 7/9, finished third on tie-breaks and crossed 2600 again
Top seed GM S L Narayanan made a good recovery after a first round loss, won the next six games in-a-row, scored 7/9 to finish fourth
| Photo: Azerbaijan Chess Federation
Replay Round 9 Live Commentary | Video: Azerbaijan Chess Federation
Closing Ceremony | Video: Azerbaijan Chess Federation
A total of 122 players including 16 GMs, 26 IMs and 6 WIMs took part from eight countries across the world in Group A. The nine-day nine-round Swiss League tournament was organized by the Ministry of Youth & Sport of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan Chess Federation from 29th June to 7th July 2024 at Baku Sport Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan. The time control of the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Replay all available Group A games
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | IM | Movahed, Sina | U14 | IRI | 2482 | 7 | 0 | 2477 | 6 | 51 | ||
| 2 | 4 | GM | Puranik, Abhimanyu | IND | 2632 | 7 | 0 | 2472 | 6 | 50 | |||
| 3 | 7 | GM | Aditya, Mittal | U18 | IND | 2595 | 7 | 0 | 2430 | 5 | 50 | ||
| 4 | 1 | GM | Narayanan, S L | IND | 2668 | 7 | 0 | 2384 | 6 | 50,5 | |||
| 5 | 9 | GM | Asadli, Vugar | AZE | 2560 | 6,5 | 0 | 2380 | 5 | 46 | |||
| 6 | 13 | IM | Samadov, Read | U18 | AZE | 2503 | 6,5 | 0 | 2379 | 5 | 45,5 | ||
| 7 | 21 | IM | Shuvalova, Polina | w | FID | 2467 | 6,5 | 0 | 2349 | 5 | 44,5 | ||
| 8 | 24 | IM | Ilamparthi, A R | U16 | IND | 2446 | 6,5 | 0 | 2348 | 5 | 46,5 | ||
| 9 | 15 | GM | Shyam, Sundar M. | IND | 2493 | 6,5 | 0 | 2310 | 5 | 44,5 | |||
| 10 | 19 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | U20 | w | KAZ | 2472 | 6,5 | 0 | 2310 | 4 | 49 | |
| 11 | 2 | GM | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2651 | 6 | 0 | 2439 | 4 | 51 | |||
| 12 | 5 | GM | Suleymanli, Aydin | U20 | AZE | 2626 | 6 | 0 | 2429 | 4 | 49,5 | ||
| 13 | 17 | GM | Ahmadzada, Ahmad | U20 | AZE | 2481 | 6 | 0 | 2427 | 5 | 49 | ||
| 14 | 6 | GM | Abasov, Nijat | AZE | 2621 | 6 | 0 | 2393 | 4 | 46,5 | |||
| 15 | 26 | IM | Manafov, Vugar | U20 | AZE | 2430 | 6 | 0 | 2391 | 4 | 48 | ||
| 16 | 28 | IM | Stribuk, Artiom | U18 | FID | 2422 | 6 | 0 | 2375 | 5 | 47 | ||
| 17 | 3 | GM | Pranav, V | U18 | IND | 2632 | 6 | 0 | 2354 | 4 | 48 | ||
| 18 | 40 | FM | Talibov, Shiroghlan | U18 | AZE | 2361 | 6 | 0 | 2345 | 5 | 46,5 | ||
| 19 | 56 | FM | Novozhilov, Semen | U14 | FID | 2288 | 6 | 0 | 2311 | 6 | 40 | ||
| 20 | 29 | IM | Aradhya, Garg | IND | 2418 | 6 | 0 | 2207 | 4 | 41 |
