GM Ponkratov Pavel wins Chennai Open 2020 – All India Chess Federation

Top seed Russian Grandmaster Ponkratov Pavel (8.0) emerged the Chennai Open 2020 Champion, with superior tie-break score, after the 10th and final round of the 12th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2020 for Sakthi Group Dr. N. Mahalingam Trophy at Hotel Novotel & IBIS OMR, Sholinganallur, Chennai here today. Ponkratov takes home the handsome Sakthi Group Dr. N. Mahalingam Trophy along with the cash award of Rs. 300000 (Rupees three lakhs only). The first runner up prize of Rs 200000 (Rupees two lakhs only) went to Grandmaster Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduardo of Peru.

In a first, the Chennai Open 2020 saw an eight-way-tie for the top spot. Sharing the podium with Ponkratov at 8.0 points were Grandmasters Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduardo (Per), Yudin Sergei (Rus), Aleksandrov Aleksej (Blr), Rozum Ivan (Rus), Bogdanovich Stanislav (Ukr), Stupak Kirill (Blr) and Vishnu Prasanna. V (Ind).

International Master Norms were achieved by Harshavardhan G B, Jubin Jimmy, Pranav V and Rohit Krishna S. while Priyanka K made a WIM Norm.

In a grand closing ceremony, 55 cash prizes out of total prize money of Rs. 15,00,000 (Rupees fifteen lakhs only) were distributed by, Chief Guest Shri Manickam, Chairman & Managing Director, Sakthi Group and President, TNSCA. Present in the dais were Guest of Honor, Shri D V Sundar, Vice President, FIDE, Shri Stephen Balasamy P, Gen. Secy, TNSCA, Technical Director, R Anantharam, Chief Arbiter R Srivatsan and Shri; Rohan, General Manager, Novotel & IBIS OMR Hotels.

Final Ranking after 10 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Bdld	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	1	GM	Ponkratov Pavel	RUS	2622		8,0	0,0	65,0	70,5	54,75
2	2	GM	Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduardo	PER	2606		8,0	0,0	62,0	67,5	52,75
3	12	GM	Yudin Sergei	RUS	2508		8,0	0,0	62,0	67,0	52,25
4	4	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	BLR	2592		8,0	0,0	60,5	66,0	51,50
5	7	GM	Rozum Ivan	RUS	2573		8,0	0,0	60,0	65,0	50,75
6	8	GM	Bogdanovich Stanislav	UKR	2562		8,0	0,0	59,5	63,5	49,00
7	13	GM	Stupak Kirill	BLR	2506		8,0	0,0	58,5	63,5	48,75
8	18	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	IND	2474		8,0	0,0	57,0	61,5	44,75
9	11	GM	Visakh N R	IND	2518		7,5	0,0	63,5	68,5	48,75
10	60	FM	Jubin Jimmy	IND	2193		7,5	0,0	62,0	66,0	48,25
11	52	FM	Rohith Krishna S	IND	2289		7,5	0,0	59,5	63,0	45,50
12	24	IM	Mitrabha Guha	IND	2448		7,5	0,0	58,0	62,5	45,50
13	10	GM	Fedorov Alexei	BLR	2562		7,5	0,0	57,0	62,0	45,75
14	21	GM	Neverov Valeriy	UKR	2460		7,5	0,0	57,0	62,0	45,25
15	32	GM	Karthikeyan P.	IND	2416		7,5	0,0	56,0	60,5	43,50
16	5	GM	Goganov Aleksey	RUS	2583		7,0	0,0	62,5	67,5	44,50
17	38	IM	Muthaiah Al	IND	2367		7,0	0,0	59,5	64,5	42,50
18	6	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	GEO	2578		7,0	0,0	59,0	64,0	42,25
19	30	IM	Khusenkhojaev Muhammad	TJK	2420		7,0	0,0	58,5	63,0	41,50
20	20	IM	Taher Yoseph Theolifus	INA	2462		7,0	0,0	58,0	63,0	42,50