Sanikidze wins Gurgaon International – All India Chess Federation

Sanikidze wins Gurgaon International

Gurgaon (08 Jan 14) :- Grandmaster Tornike Sanikidze of Georgia annexed the title in the 2^nd Gurgaon International open chess tournament after settling for a quick draw with International Master Swayams Mishra in the tenth and final round that concluded here at the Suncity International School.

In what turned out to be a four-way tie for the top, veteran Grandmaster Raset Ziatdinov of United States was declared second while Mishra finished third.

In an inspiring display of competitive chess, talented V Karthik defeated R Prasanna in the final round to take his tally to eight points and tied for the top spot too. However, Karthik’s tiebreaker could only fetch him fourth place.

In a colouful closing ceremony, Shri. Surender Dangi, Joint Secretary Haryana Olympic Association and Smt. Sunil Dabas, Dronacharya Awardee gave away the prizes in presence of Shri. Raju Verma, Chairman District Chess Association Gurgaon, Naresh Garg, President Haryana Chess Assocition, Shri. Naresh Sharma, Secretary The Haryana Chess Association, Shri. Rajpal Yadav, Organising Secretary; Shri. Anil Kumar Parnami, Vice President Haryana Chess Association, Smt. Roopa Chakkravarthy, Principal Suncity School.

The caravan now moves to Delhi to participate in the 12^th Parsvnath Delhi International Chess Festival at the Ludlow Castle Sports Complex. As per latest updates over 1000 players have registered for the Delhi Festival.

	Final Ranking
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	BH.	Prize
1	6	GM	Sanikidze Tornike	2541	GEO	8	63	200000
2	21	GM	Ziatdinov Raset	2354	USA	8	61½	150000
3	12	IM	Swayams Mishra	2426	IND	8	59	100000
4	54		Karthik V. Ap	2179	IND	8	56½	65000
5	2	GM	Barbosa Oliver	2579	PHI	7½	64	40000
6	1	GM	Kravtsiv Martyn	2628	UKR	7½	62½	20000
7	13	IM	Shyam Nikil P.	2424	IND	7½	62	15000
8	26	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya	2336	IND	7½	61	15000
9	27	IM	Nitin S.	2331	IND	7½	58	11000
10	18	IM	Prasanna Raghuram Rao	2399	IND	7	62½	10000
11	3	GM	Evdokimov Alexander A.	2558	RUS	7	62½	8000
12	5	GM	Gomez John Paul	2541	PHI	7	62	8000
13	24		Kunal M.	2346	IND	7	57½	8000
14	31		Krishna C.R.G.	2318	IND	7	57	8000
15	29		Visakh Nr	2330	IND	7	57	8000
16	32	FM	Faizulaev Akmal	2314	UZB	7	56½	7000
17	25	IM	Karthikeyan P.	2342	IND	7	56	7000
18	14	IM	Narayanan Srinath	2414	IND	7	56	7000
19	17	IM	Satyapragyan Swayangsu	2401	IND	7	56	7000
20	30		Gusain Himal	2322	IND	7	55½	7000
21	9	GM	Arun Prasad S.	2504	IND	7	55½	5000
22	53		Deepthamsh Reddy. M	2181	IND	7	55	5000
23	15	GM	Sundararajan Kidambi	2411	IND	7	54½	5000
24	7	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	2521	UZB	7	54½	5000
25	8	GM	Neverov Valeriy	2519	UKR	7	54½	5000
26	22		Vignesh Nr	2354	IND	7	50½	5000
27	11	GM	Gasanov Eldar	2469	UKR	6½	59	5000
28	23		Kathmale Sameer	2351	IND	6½	58	5000
29	4	GM	Gagunashvili Merab	2547	GEO	6½	57½	5000
30	61		Lakshmi Narayanan Mv	2127	IND	6½	56½	5000

Category and slab Prizes
	Best Unrated
SNo.		Name	Rtg		FED	Club	Prize
1		Vasuki G Krishna		0	IND	KAR	10000
2		Snigdha Goel	F	0	IND	HAR	5000
	ELO 1000-1299
SNo.		Name	Rtg		FED	Club	Prize
1		Harshit Arya		1292	IND	HAR	10000
2		Garima Gaurav	F	1273	IND	BIH	5000
	ELO 1300-1499
SNo.		Name	Rtg		FED	Club	Prize
1		Siddhant Rao		1325	IND	DEL	10000
2		Pawan Kaushik		1328	IND	HAR	5000
	ELO 1500-1699
SNo.		Name	Rtg		FED	Club	Prize
1		Gurung Rahul		1618	IND	SIK	10000
2		Soham Das		1504	IND	WB	5000
	ELO 1700-1899
SNo.		Name	Rtg		FED	Club	Prize
1		Sadhu S Adithya		1778	IND	TN	10000
s2		Aansh Gupta		1856	IND	DEL	5000
	ELO 1900-2099
SNo.		Name	Rtg		FED	Club	Prize
1		Manan Rai		1972	IND	DEL	10000
2		Bhattacharya Niladri Shekhar		2057	IND	WB	5000
	ELO 2100-2250
SNo.		Name	Rtg		FED	Club	Prize
1		Tillyaev Ulugbek		2243	UZB	UZB	10000
2		Singh S. Vikramjit		2235	IND	SC Rlwys	5000