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Kirill Alekseenko wins Chessable Sunway Sitges Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 24/12/2022

Kirill Alekseenko drew with Hans Niemann (USA) to win Chessable Sunway Sitges Open 2022. He finished a half point ahead of the field 8.5/10 and did not require Playoffs. Hans defeated M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) in Armageddon after they traded wins in their Playoff Blitz finals. Thus, Hans finished second and Tabatabaei third. GM Karthikeyan Murali defeated Turkish prodigy 11-year-old IM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus to finish eighth after losing Playoffs against GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR). Karthikeyan became the sole Indian to make a top ten finish. Both Shantanu Bhambure and Ilamparthi A R scored their respective final IM-norms. Shantanu became India's latest International Master. Photo: Chessable

Shantanu and Ilamparthi A R score final IM-norms

Shantanu Bhambure secured his final IM-norm and became the latest International Master of India. We will have details about it in a separate article. The reigning World Youth Under-14 Open champion, Ilamparthi A R also earned his final IM-norm at this event. Jubin Jimmy has also scored his fourth IM-norm. However, Jubin has already become an IM, so it won't count.

Champion - GM Kirill Alekseenko 8.5/10 | Photo: Chessable

GM Kirill Alekseenko became a clear champion as he scored 8.5/10 and finished a half point ahead of the field.

Top 3 (L to R) - 3rd GM M Amin Tabatabei (IRI), 1st GM Kirill Alekseenko and 2nd GM Hans Niemann (USA) | Photo: Chessable

GM Hans Niemann (USA) defeated GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) in Armageddon after they traded wins in both of their Playoff Blitz finals.

Playoffs in progress | Photo: Isabel García de la Cruz/Chessable

Shantanu Bhambure becomes the latest IM of India | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Shantanu Bhambure scored an impressive 7/10 to secure his final IM-norm and become an International Master

Ilamparthi A R is well on his way to become India's next International Master | Photo: David Llada

World Under-14 champion Ilamparthi A R scored his final IM-norm scoring 6/9

Ilamparthi A R had already scored his final IM-norm at the conclusion of ninth round. Getting a last round walk over against GM Eltaj Safarli (AZE) did not affect his norm chances.

Prize distribution ceremony | Photo: Chessable

GM Sankalp Gupta among the prize winners | Photo: Chessable

Women's Top 3 (L to R) - 3rd IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL) 6/10, 2nd WGM Teodora Injac (SRB) 6/10 and 1st IM Irina Bulmaga (ROU) 6.5/10 | Photo: Chessable
Replay Chessable Sunway Chess Festival Round 10 Live commentary with GM Jan Gustafsson and GM Peter Svidler | Video: chess24

Replay Round 10 and Playoff games

Round 10 results

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
10310
GMTabatabaei Mohammad Amin266071 - 07GMAdhiban B.2611
21
101014
GMKarthikeyan Murali26201 - 0IMErdogmus Yagiz Kaan2453
51
101137
IMAditya Mittal2479½ - ½GMPuranik Abhimanyu2616
18
101272
IMWillow Jonah B24091 - 0GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr.2607
23
101435
GMSankalp Gupta2485½ - ½GMKraemer Martin2583
27
102182
IMRendle Thomas E238160 - 16GMArjun Kalyan2505
32
102342
IMSousa Andre Ventura24666½ - ½6IMAjay Karthikeyan2430
60
1024114
FMBhambure Shantanu230661 - 06GMSochacki Christophe2463
45
102548
IMSardana Rishi246060 - 16IMSammed Jaykumar Shete2430
61
102750
GMRaja Rithvik R24536½ - ½6FMJubin Jimmy2376
84

Details

Final standings after Round 10 minus Playoff

Rk.SNo NamesexFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
18
GMAlekseenko KirillFID26728,56468,556,50
22
GMNiemann Hans MokeUSA2698860,565,550,50
310
GMTabatabaei Mohammad AminIRI2660858,562,549,00
413
GMPetrosyan ManuelARM26217,561,566,548,00
51
GMYu YangyiCHN27287,561,56546,50
620
GMDurarbayli VasifAZE26127,559,56548,00
714
GMKarthikeyan MuraliIND26207,55963,544,50
817
GMBernadskiy VitaliyUKR26177,558,563,546,25
924
GMDardha DanielBEL2606SK Moretus Hoboken7,55862,543,75
106
GMEsipenko AndreyFID26787,55761,545,25
115
GMMoussard JulesFRA2684Asnières - Le Grand Echiquier7,55660,544,25
1229
GMTin JingyaoSGP25627,555,56044,25
1372
IMWillow Jonah BENG24097,554,55841,50
1458
IMBoyer MahelFRA2434L'Échiquier Nîmois7,55155,542,50
1518
GMPuranik AbhimanyuIND2616761,56744,00
169
GMKorobov AntonUKR2662Beskydská Šachová Škola759,564,544,75
1721
GMAdhiban B.IND2611758,56342,25
1828
GMSvane FrederikGER25687586342,50
194
GMCheparinov IvanBUL268875862,542,75
22
GMKollars DmitrijGER261075862,542,75

Details

Prizes

Total Prize fund - €27775. For the entire prize details, click here.

Schedule

12th - 21st December - 9:00 p.m. IST

18th December - Rest day

22nd December - 2 p.m. IST

Links

Official site

Tournament rules