11-year-old D. Gukesh wins the First Friday Tournament

9 years ago

The ‘First Friday’ tournament was held in Institute of Chess Excellence, Malaysia. We had five Indians participating in this event. After six days of gruelling chess, Tamil Nadu’s D. Gukesh dominated the tournament from beginning to end. The 11-year-old had also scored his maiden IM norm in the process.

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Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5	CM	Gukesh D	IND	2323	7,0	0,0	5	29,00
2	6		Kumar Gaurav	IND	2274	5,5	0,0	2	24,50
3	9	IM	Nay Oo Kyaw Tun	MYA	2344	5,0	1,0	2	21,75
4	1		Lokesh N.	IND	2181	5,0	0,0	4	18,50
5	2	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	MAS	2318	4,5	1,5	1	21,00
6	7	IM	Lioe Dede	INA	2356	4,5	1,0	3	17,00
7	10		Sekar B	IND	2260	4,5	0,5	3	16,50
8	3	FM	Sivakumar Ashvin	SGP	2309	4,0	0,0	3	14,50
9	4	FM	Subramaniam Sumant	MAS	2172	3,0	0,0	1	14,25
10	8	IM	Mishra Neeraj-Kumar	IND	2301	2,0	0,0	0	9,00