Ameya vs Alisher: The Championship game
After the penultimate round of action at the Chola Chess GM Norm Tournament, GM Alisher Suleymenov has taken the sole lead after defeating Akshay Borgaonkar, and he is on 5.5/8 points. On the other hand, IM Ameya Audi drew his game against Delgado Ramírez Neuris to reach 5/8, just half a point behind the leader, GM Alisher Suleymenov. Ameya and Alisher will be facing each other in the last round, and if Ameya wins the game, he will score his GM norm as well as the title of the First Chola Chess GM Norm Tournament.





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Replay Round 8 Games
Round 8 Results
Bo. | FED | Rtg |
| White | Result | Black |
| FED | Rtg | PGN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | IND | 2443 | IM | ½ - ½ | IM | IND | 2473 | |||||
2 | FRA | 2499 | GM | ½ - ½ | IM | IND | 2533 | |||||
3 | PAR | 2511 | GM | ½ - ½ | IM | IND | 2418 | |||||
4 | KAZ | 2500 | GM | 1 - 0 | IM | IND | 2381 | |||||
5 | FRA | 2486 | GM | 1 - 0 | IM | IND | 2518 |
Rankings after Round 8
Rk. | SNo |
| Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | GM | KAZ | 2500 | 5,5 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 1 | |||
2 | 7 | IM | IND | 2418 | 5 | 0 | 17,25 | 3 | 2 | |||
3 | 5 | IM | IND | 2518 | 4,5 | 1 | 20,25 | 3 | 1 | |||
4 | 2 | GM | PAR | 2511 | 4,5 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | |||
5 | 8 | IM | IND | 2533 | 4,5 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |||
6 | 9 | IM | IND | 2473 | 4 | 0 | 15,75 | 1 | 0 | |||
7 | 1 | GM | FRA | 2499 | 3,5 | 0 | 12,25 | 1 | 0 | |||
8 | 4 | GM | FRA | 2486 | 3 | 1 | 11,25 | 2 | 0 | |||
9 | 10 | IM | IND | 2443 | 3 | 2 | 12,25 | 0 | 0 | |||
10 | 6 | IM | IND | 2381 | 2,5 | 0 | 10,5 | 0 | 0 |
Round 9 Pairings
Bo. | FED | Rtg |
| White | Result | Black |
| FED | Rtg | PGN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | IND | 2518 | IM | IM | IND | 2443 | ||||||
2 | IND | 2381 | IM | GM | FRA | 2486 | ||||||
3 | IND | 2418 | IM | GM | KAZ | 2500 | ||||||
4 | IND | 2533 | IM | GM | PAR | 2511 | ||||||
5 | IND | 2473 | IM | GM | FRA | 2499 |









