The Aeroflot Open concluded with Vladislav Kovalev of Bulgaria taking clear first with 7 points from 9 rounds. GM Kovalev wins a slot in the Dortmund Super-GM round robin. S P Sethuraman and Dmitry Gordievsky shared second-third spot with 6.5 each.
This is “Sethu’s” best result and it propels him to #4 in India’s national rankings.
This is “Sethu’s” best result and it propels him to #4 in India’s national rankings.
Sadly, R Praggnanaandhaa (4) did not make a GM norm in Moscow and he’s not going to break Sergey Karjakin’s record. Vidit Gujrathi, Krishnan Sasikiran, Murali Karthikeyan and Aravindh Chithambaram all ended on 5, though they came to that score from different directions.
Gujrathi started