Aravindh Chithambaram and Kozul Zdenko were leading the Sunway Sitges International 2017 with 6.5/8. Going into the last round Aravindh was up against Kozul in the last round with the white pieces. He played a fantastic game and emerged as a clear champion with half a point.
Aravindh's performance in the tournament:
| Rd. | Bo. | SNo | Name | RtgI | RtgN | FED | Club/City | Pts. | Res. | |
| 1 | 14 | 107 | FM | Larsen Karsten | 2224 | 0 | DEN | Skakforeningen Øbro | 4,5 | s 1 |
| 2 | 12 | 65 | FM | Kaasen Tor Fredrik | 2347 | 0 | NOR | 4,5 | w 1 | |
| 3 | 11 | 49 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2397 | 0 | MGL | 6,0 | s 1 | |
| 4 | 3 | 11 | GM | Predke Alexandr | 2599 | 0 | RUS | 6,0 | w ½ | |
| 5 | 4 | 31 | IM | Saduakassova Dinara | 2460 | 0 | KAZ | 5,5 | s 1 | |
| 6 | 2 | 21 | IM | Dann Matthias | 2517 | 0 | GER | 7,0 | w ½ | |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | GM | Motylev Alexander | 2675 | 0 | RUS | 6,5 | s 1 | |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | GM | Shankland Samuel | 2662 | 0 | USA | 7,0 | w ½ | |
| 9 | 1 | 8 | GM | Kozul Zdenko | 2607 | 0 | CRO | 6,5 | w 1 |
Rank after Round 9
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | RtgI | RtgN | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 14 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2586 | 0 | 7,5 | 49,0 | 53,0 | 39,0 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | GM | Shankland Samuel | USA | 2662 | 0 | 7,0 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 36,0 | ||||
| 3 | 21 | IM | Dann Matthias | H | GER | 2517 | 0 | 7,0 | 46,5 | 50,5 | 36,5 | |||
| 4 | 3 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2638 | 0 | 7,0 | 43,5 | 48,0 | 35,0 | ||||
| 5 | 27 | IM | Gascon Del Nogal Jose Rafael | VEN | 2479 | 0 | Madrid | 7,0 | 41,5 | 44,5 | 33,5 | |||
| 6 | 4 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2633 | 0 | 6,5 | 50,0 | 53,5 | 37,5 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | GM | Kozul Zdenko | CRO | 2607 | 0 | 6,5 | 49,0 | 53,5 | 36,0 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | GM | Motylev Alexander | RUS | 2675 | 0 | 6,5 | 45,5 | 50,0 | 33,5 | ||||
| 9 | 5 | GM | Zubov Alexander | UKR | 2626 | 0 | 6,5 | 44,5 | 48,0 | 32,5 | ||||
| 10 | 19 | IM | Santos Latasa Jaime | H | ESP | 2536 | 0 | Extremadura | 6,5 | 44,0 | 47,5 | 34,0 | ||
| 11 | 36 | IM | Cernousek Lukas | CZE | 2456 | 0 | 6,5 | 38,0 | 41,5 | 30,0 | ||||
| 12 | 11 | GM | Predke Alexandr | RUS | 2599 | 0 | 6,0 | 49,0 | 52,5 | 34,0 | ||||
| 13 | 29 | IM | Hambleton Aman | H | CAN | 2474 | 0 | 6,0 | 47,5 | 50,5 | 36,0 | |||
| 14 | 6 | GM | Edouard Romain | FRA | 2621 | 0 | Club de Ajedrez Sestao | 6,0 | 46,5 | 51,0 | 33,0 | |||
| 15 | 33 | IM | Bilguun Sumiya | H | MGL | 2459 | 0 | 6,0 | 46,5 | 50,0 | 32,5 |
Our 12-year-old author Avathanshu Bhat is at the Sunway Sitges and he will bring the full report.
