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Yakkuboev wins Bhopal International GM Open, Venkatesh finishes second

by Niklesh Jain - 31/12/2019

Central India's biggest tournament of 2019, Bhopal International GM Open came conclusion by crowning GM Nodirbek Yakubboev of Uzbekistan as the champion of the tournament. He remained undefeated in all ten games. This was the most exciting finish in Bhopal International tournament history as six players finished with a score of 8.0/10. Tie-break scores decided the final standings. India's highest rated player in the event, fifth seeded GM Venkatesh M R secured the runner-up position to make his country proud. India's Secretary (Sports), Radhey Shyam Julaniya (IAS) encouraged all the players at the prize distribution ceremony along with many office bearers of AICF. Photo: Niklesh Jain

Central India's biggest chess tournament Bhopal International GM Open 2019 came to a successful completion. Uzbekistan's GM Nodirbek Yakubboev drew with Indian GM Venkatesh M R in the final round which was also the last game to finish and according to the tie-break score, Yakubboev clinched the championship. After the conclusion of final round, six players finished with a score of 8.0/10

Champion - GM Nodirbek Yakubboev scored 8.0/10, TB2 65 and received ₹200000 cash prize and a beautiful glittering trophy | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Runner-up - India's GM Venkatesh M R scored 8.0/10, TB2 62.5 and received ₹150000 along with a beautiful trophy | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Second runner-up - IM Taher Yoseph Theolifus of Indonesia, scored 8.0/10, TB2 62 and bagged home ₹100000 cash along with a trophy | Photo: Niklesh Jain

4th IM Nguyen Van Huy scored 8.0/10, TB2 61.5, received ₹75000 cash and a trophy | Photo: Niklesh Jain

5th GM Adam Tukhaev of Ukraine, scored 8.0/10, TB2 60.5, won ₹50000 cash and a trophy | Photo: Niklesh Jain

6th GM Attila Czebe of Hungary also scored 8.0/10, TB2 60, got ₹40000 cash and a trophy | Photo: Niklesh Jain

7th GM Cristhian Rios of Colombia scored 7.5/10 and won ₹25000 cash | Photo: Niklesh Jain

8th GM Stanislav Bogdanovich 7.5/10, received ₹20000 cash | Photo: Niklesh Jain

9th GM Azer Mirzoev 7.5/10, got ₹15000 cash | Photo: Niklesh Jain

10th Utkal Ranjan Sahoo 7.5/10 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

The 11th-20th prize winners received ₹11000 cash prize each, 21st-30th got ₹10000 and 31st-40th won ₹8000 cash prize each respectively. Total ₹1414000 cash prize was distributed among the prize winners.

India's Secretary (Sports) Radhey Shyam Julaniya (IAS) encouraged everyone by with his inspiring words. His message to everyone was to be physically fit like Vishy Anand. He also congratulated all players of Madhya Pradesh who showed great performance at the tournament.

Apart from him, State Sports Secretary S L Thaosen, All India Chess Federation President PR Venkatarama Raja, Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan, Treasurer Kishore Bandekar, FIDE Vice President D V Sundar, FIDE Member Ravindra Dongre, Madhya Pradesh Chess Association President Sunil Bansal, IAS S N Rupala, Union Bank DGM Gurtej Singh and Organizing Secretary Kapil Saxena were present and encouraged all the players. The best veteran prize was awarded to B K Gulhariya of Bhopal and the best female player was awarded to Ishvi Agarwal of Haryana. Madhya Pradesh's top player in the competition was awarded to the sensation emerged in the competition to Shivansh Tiwari, while Aishwin Daniel was awarded the best player of Bhopal.

What went down in the final round

The top board clash for the championship was an extremely exciting game. Playing with white pieces Venkatesh opted Sicilian Rossolimo, he pressed hard for an advantage but Yakubboev gave him no chance and the game eventually ended up in a draw after 77 moves. With this result, both players finished with a score of 8.0/10 each.

Hungarian GM Attila Czebe drew with IM Nguyen Van Huy of Vietnam on board no.2. They both scored 8.0/10 each.

GM Adam Tukhaev of Ukraine beat GM Manik Mikulas of Slovakia to finish fifth.

IM Taher Yoseph Theolifus secured the second runner-up position by defeating Raahul V S. Thus six players finished with a score of 8.0/10. This only reveals how strong the field of tournament was.

Translation from Hindi by Shahid Ahmed

Final Standings

Rk.SNo NameTypsexGrFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
11
GMYakubboev NodirbekUZB2592Uzbekistan8,00,065,070,555,256
25
GMVenkatesh M.R.IND2491Tamil Nadu - India8,00,062,567,551,507
37
IMTaher Yoseph TheolifusINA2469Indonesia8,00,062,066,050,257
410
IMNguyen Van HuyVIE2457Vietnam8,00,061,566,550,507
53
GMTukhaev AdamUKR2552Ukraine8,00,060,565,552,256
615
GMCzebe AttilaHUN2374Hungary8,00,060,065,551,757
74
GMRios Cristhian CamiloCOL2505Colombia7,50,064,068,549,255
82
GMBogdanovich StanislavUKR2562Ukraine7,50,063,067,047,507
99
GMMirzoev AzerAZE2457Azerbaijan7,50,058,563,546,756
1017
Sahoo Utkal RanjanIND2329Odisha - India7,50,058,562,543,506
1111
IMKhusenkhojaev MuhammadTJK2427Tajikistan7,50,057,061,543,757
1243
Sharan RaoIND1912Karnataka - India7,50,056,560,545,257
1338
Jain Kashish ManojU15IND1934Maharashtra - India7,50,052,056,541,756
1413
IMEraschenkov DenisRUS2386Russia7,50,052,056,042,006
1514
GMManik MikulasSVK2379Slovakia7,00,063,067,545,505
166
IMNigmatov OrtikUZB2474Uzbekistan7,00,062,067,045,256
1722
GMZiatdinov RasetS60USA2204United States of America7,00,060,565,042,006
1829
Mahindrakar IndrajeetIND2042Maharashtra - India7,00,059,063,542,006
1931
Anadkat KartavyaU15IND2023Gujarat - India7,00,058,063,042,756
2019
Raahul V SIND2252Tamil Nadu - India7,00,058,063,041,506
2132
AGMRathneesh RU15IND2006Tamil Nadu - India7,00,058,062,539,256
2221
Varun VIND2250Andhra Pradesh - India7,00,057,562,041,256
2312
IMAbdisalimov AbdimalikUZB2394Uzbekistan7,00,056,561,040,006
2418
Pranav VU13IND2264Tamil Nadu - India7,00,055,059,038,507
2527
Jay KundaliyaIND2088Gujarat - India7,00,054,558,038,756
2620
Sapaev MaksadUZB2250Uzbekistan7,00,054,058,539,506
2723
IMDeshmukh AnupIND2168Maharashtra - India7,00,053,558,537,756
288
GMLugovskoy MaximRUS2466Russia6,50,062,067,041,256
2916
Bharat Kumar Reddy PoluriIND2337Andhra Pradesh - India6,50,059,564,536,506
3073
Tiwari ShivanshIND1770Madhya Pradesh - India6,50,059,061,536,256
31123
Jani Kushal RU13IND1611Gujarat - India6,50,058,561,536,005
3234
Trivedi Karan RIND1949Gujarat - India6,50,057,061,034,506
33118
Lund RachitU15IND1625Maharashtra - India6,50,054,557,031,506
3428
Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma UIND2072Andhra Pradesh - India6,50,054,058,036,505
3549
Ilamparthi A RU11IND1852Tamil Nadu - India6,50,053,558,034,006
3644
Srikrishnan PU15IND1898Tamil Nadu - India6,50,053,557,533,255
3726
WGMSafranska AndawFRA2112France6,50,053,058,036,505
3846
Sreehith Reddy RU13IND1865Telangana - India6,50,052,557,035,256
3930
Sri Sai Baswanth PIND2027Telangana - India6,50,052,557,035,255
4024
WIMFranco Valencia AngelawCOL2167Colombia6,50,052,557,033,756
41111
Devansh SinghIND1645Madhya Pradesh - India6,50,052,553,031,255
4265
Parekh VishrutIND1791Gujarat - India6,50,051,554,533,756
4352
Sahu Rajendra KumarIND1837Odisha - India6,50,051,055,032,505
4461
Ananthapadmanabh D VU15IND1808Kerala - India6,50,050,555,033,755
45153
Soham PalU15IND1498West Bengal - India6,50,048,551,031,006
46134
Patel Suyogkumar MU15IND1577Gujarat - India6,50,048,052,031,005
4770
Phatak AanjaneyaIND1776Maharashtra - India6,00,058,062,030,004
4837
Lakshmi Sandeep Naidu VIND1937Andhra Pradesh - India6,00,057,062,034,506
4954
Shaik Sumer ArshU11IND1826Telangana - India6,00,056,561,033,006
50115
Mithil Anande PIND1632Maharashtra - India6,00,055,558,529,255

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