Top seed Grandmaster Popov Ivan of Russia clinched the seventh Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess title via super tie-breaker after eight players ended with 7.5 points each, here today.
For the first time in the history of Chennai Open, there was an eight way tie and it was resolved on quotient.
Sharing the top spot with Popov were Dzhumaev Marat (Uzbekistan), Mozharov Mikhail (Russia), Ramnath Bhuvanesh R, Swapnil S Dhopade, Ravichandran Siddharth (all India), Gasanov Eldar (Ukraine), Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vietnam), all at 7.5 points.
Champion Popov Ivan (Russia) was awarded the cash purse of Rs. 200000 (Rupees Two Lakhs only), while Runner-up second placed Uzbek GM Dzhumaev Marat got Rs 150000 (Rupees One lakh fifty thousand only). Third placed GM Mozharov Mikhail (Russia) secured a cash award of Rs. 115000 (Rupees one lakh fifteen thousand only).
Four Norms were made signifying the success of the event. Grandmaster Norms - Ramnath Bhuvanesh & Swapnil S Dhopade, International Master Norm - Rakesh Kumar Jena Woman International Master Norm - Pratyusha Bodda
Category "A" - Final Placings (Indians unless specified):
1-8 Popov Ivan (Russia), Dzhumaev Marat (Uzbekistan), Mozharov Mikhail (Russia), Ramnath Bhuvanesh R, Swapnil S Dhopade, Ravichandran Siddharth (all India), Gasanov Eldar (Ukraine), Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vietnam) 7.5, 9-10 Cruz Cristhian (Peru), Das Sayantan (India) 7.0 points
Category "A" - Round 10 Results (Indians unless specified) :
Popov Ivan (Rus) 7.5 drew with Mozharov Mikhail (Rus) 7.5, Gasanov Eldar (Ukr) 7.5 drew with Dzhumaev Marat (Uzb) 7.5, Ramnath Bhuvanesh R 7.5 drew with Ravichandran Siddharth 7.5, Brunello Sabino (Ita) 7 drew with Swapnil S Dhopade 7.5, Baryshpolets Andrey (Ukr) 7 drew with Karthikeyan Murali 7, Das Sayantan 7 drew with Cruz Cristhian (Per) 7, Prasanna Raghuram Rao 6.5 lost to Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vie) 7.5, Evdokimov Alexander A (Rus) 7 bt Visakh NR 6.5.
