IM Harsha Bharathakoti triumphs in Kathmandu Grandmaster Open

8 years ago

Photo Courtesy: Shahid Ahmed/ ChessBase India

Eighteen-year-old Harsha Bharathakoti has won the Kathmandu GM International Open Chess Tournament held in Kathmandu, Nepal. With this win, Harsha bagged a glittering trophy along with winner’s cash prize of Rs. 2,00,000/- The five-day event which ran through 12 to 17 April 2018 saw the participation of 63 Indians.

Harsha scored 7.5/9 and was half-point ahead of his nearest rivals. He drew against Azerbaijan’s Grandmaster Mirjorv Azar in the final round to emerge as the winner.

Ukraine’s Tarlev Constantine secured third position with seven points but came behind Azar due to tie-breaks. He received Rs 80,000. Tarlev drew with India’s IM Himal Gosain in the ninth round. Likewise, IM P Shyam Nikhil secured fourth place.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	8	IM	Harsha Bharathakoti		IND	2424	7,5	0,0	49,0	54,0	4	6
2	5	GM	Mirzoev Azer		AZE	2504	7,0	0,0	51,0	55,0	5	5
3	4	GM	Tarlev Konstantin		UKR	2549	7,0	0,0	50,5	54,0	4	5
4	14	IM	Shyaamnikhil P		IND	2385	7,0	0,0	49,5	53,5	5	5
5	6	GM	Greenfeld Alon		ISR	2490	7,0	0,0	49,0	53,0	4	5
6	10	IM	Gusain Himal		IND	2413	7,0	0,0	47,0	50,5	5	5
7	1	GM	Volkov Sergey		RUS	2598	7,0	0,0	46,5	50,5	4	6
8	9	IM	Llaneza Vega Marcos		ESP	2422	7,0	0,0	43,5	47,5	4	7
9	13	GM	Fominyh Alexander		RUS	2391	6,5	0,0	50,0	54,5	4	5
10	2	GM	Sandipan Chanda		IND	2579	6,5	0,0	50,0	53,5	5	4
11	3	GM	Sengupta Deep		IND	2579	6,5	0,0	49,0	52,5	5	5
12	11	IM	Prince Bajaj		IND	2409	6,5	0,0	48,0	53,0	5	5
13	25		Neelash Saha		IND	2212	6,5	0,0	48,0	52,0	4	5
14	12	GM	Sriram Jha		IND	2392	6,5	0,0	47,5	50,0	4	5
15	19	FM	Gajwa Ankit		IND	2292	6,5	0,0	45,0	49,0	4	6
16	21	IM	Deshmukh Anup		IND	2282	6,5	0,0	44,0	47,0	4	6
17	35		Saptorshi Gupta		IND	2080	6,5	0,0	43,0	46,0	4	6
18	17		Srijit Paul		IND	2351	6,5	0,0	39,5	42,5	4	6
19	7	GM	Kasparov Sergey		BLR	2462	6,0	0,0	50,0	53,5	5	4
20	36		Subhayan Kundu		IND	2079	6,0	0,0	47,0	50,0	4	6