Srinath wins the tournament in a fairy-tale ending
GM Srinath Narayanan scored 7.5/9, bagged home the champion's trophy and ₹3 lacs cash
Srinath talks about his aim for the tournament after he won it
Srinath raring to go before the last round
Srinath drew with GM Shyam Sundar M in Sicilian Scheveningen in just 27 moves. Since it was the final round and the championship was on the line. He need not take any unnecessary risks and settled for a draw by threefold repetition.
GM Shyam Sundar shares his difficulties of being unemployed
GM Deepan Chakkravarthy also scored 7.5/9. Due to a lower tie-break score, he was placed 2nd. Deepan received a trophy and
₹2 lacs cash
Deepan continued his devastating attack in the final round and claimed GM Deep Sengupta as his victim, handing him his second straight loss.
Can you think like Deepan? Find out the best move for White here.
Can you think like Deepan again? Find out the best move with an idea for White here.
Find out the final stage of Deepan's path of destruction
Top seed GM Nigel Short scored 7.0/9 and finished at third position due to a better tie-break score
Let's hear what the candidate for FIDE Presidency had to say at the Prize Distribution Ceremony
Nigel Short speaks after receiving his prize
Nigel Short faces the prodigal FM Erigaisi Arjun who scored his maiden GM norm
Second seed of the tournament GM Abhijeet Gupta drew with GM Vladimir Burmakin of Russia in the last round and finished at 14th position and the latter finished at 9th
Abhijeet's game against Burmakin became quite exciting at the later part of the game, in the endgame, however Burmakin defended not only well but also threatened to turn things out before Abhijeet put brakes on his opponent's ideas.
Final moments from the game between Abhijeet Gupta and Vladimir Burmakin
Reigning National Junior Champion and Kathmandu Open 2018 winner IM Harsha Bharathakoti continued his impressive performance by defeating GM Sandipan Chanda in the last round
Here Sandipan could have easily repeated moves and got a draw easily but he wanted to play for a win
Things could have been different if Black played the best move here. Can you find it?
Things seemed to have got out of hand as the White King marched down to Black's territory. However there is still some hope left. Can you find it?
Final moments of the game between Harsha Bharathakoti and Sandipan Chanda
Photo Gallery:
The match we all wanted to see but didn't happen in Kolkata Open 2018
AICF Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan with GM Nigel Short, the next president of FIDE?
What do you think they were speaking about? Share your thoughts
GM Shyam Sundar M scored 7.0/9, remained undefeated and secured 4th position. He won ₹1.2 lacs cash | Photo: Sagar Shah
FM Erigaisi Arjun had an impressive performance scoring 7.0/9 and earned his maiden GM norm
| Photo: Sagar Shah
Harsha Bharathakoti continued his impressive performance, scored 7.0/9 and finished at 6th position
| Photo: Sagar Shah
GM Adam Tukhaev started well but could manage to finish at 7th position with a score of 6.5/9
| Photo: Sagar Shah
GM Ivan Rozum was also a sole leader of the tournament at some point but he finished at 8th position with a score of 6.5/9
| Photo: Sagar Shah
Veteran GM Vladimir Burmakin of Russia scored 6.5/9 and played steady throughout the tournament to secure 9th position
Familiar face in the Indian circuit, GM Farrukh Amonatov did not have the best tournament as he had a 10th position finish with a score of 6.5/9
12-year old AGM Jubin Jimmy gained a massive 154 ELO Rating points with a performance rating of 2322 | Photo: Sagar Shah
WIM R Vaishali won the first prize in Best female category | Photo: Amruta Mokal
WGM Mary Ann Gomes got the second prize in Best female category
Priyanka Nutakki secured her maiden IM norm
Video Gallery:
AICF Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan inaugurates the final round
Surya Sekhar Ganguly speaks about Dibyendu Barua and few other things
Final moments: GM Abhijeet Gupta - GM Vladimir Burmakin
Final moments: Interesting Queen and Passed Pawn Ending
Starting moments of Final round
Amazing Sportsman Spirit shown by GM Sandipan Chanda
The entire closing ceremony
Results of final Round
Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w | we | w-we | ||
| 1 | 14 | GM | Narayanan Srinath | IND | 2525 | AIR INDIA | 7,5 | 0,0 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 44,00 | 6 | 7,5 | 5,12 | 2,38 | ||
| 2 | 16 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2516 | RLYS | 7,5 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 45,0 | 38,00 | 7 | 7,5 | 6,04 | 1,46 | ||
| 3 | 1 | GM | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2656 | ENG | 7,0 | 0,0 | 47,5 | 51,0 | 38,75 | 5 | 7 | 6,67 | 0,33 | ||
| 4 | 15 | GM | Shyam Sundar M. | IND | 2518 | TN | 7,0 | 0,0 | 45,5 | 49,5 | 37,75 | 5 | 7 | 6,12 | 0,88 | ||
| 5 | 21 | FM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2488 | TEL | 7,0 | 0,0 | 43,0 | 46,0 | 32,75 | 6 | 7 | 5,30 | 1,70 | ||
| 6 | 25 | IM | Harsha Bharathakoti | IND | 2463 | TEL | 7,0 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 43,5 | 34,00 | 6 | 7 | 6,22 | 0,78 | ||
| 7 | 9 | GM | Tukhaev Adam | UKR | 2551 | UKR | 6,5 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 51,5 | 34,25 | 6 | 6,5 | 5,93 | 0,57 | ||
| 8 | 6 | GM | Rozum Ivan | RUS | 2581 | RUS | 6,5 | 0,0 | 48,0 | 52,0 | 35,25 | 6 | 6,5 | 6,05 | 0,45 | ||
| 9 | 13 | GM | Burmakin Vladimir | RUS | 2528 | RUS | 6,5 | 0,0 | 45,5 | 49,5 | 34,50 | 4 | 6,5 | 5,78 | 0,72 | ||
| 10 | 4 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | TJK | 2608 | TJK | 6,5 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 49,0 | 34,25 | 5 | 6,5 | 6,79 | -0,29 | ||
| 11 | 10 | IM | Nihal Sarin | IND | 2551 | KER | 6,5 | 0,0 | 44,0 | 47,5 | 33,50 | 4 | 6,5 | 6,54 | -0,04 | ||
| 12 | 3 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2617 | PSPB | 6,5 | 0,0 | 43,5 | 47,5 | 33,00 | 6 | 6,5 | 7,28 | -0,78 | ||
| 13 | 20 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | BAN | 2495 | BAN | 6,5 | 0,0 | 43,0 | 47,0 | 32,50 | 5 | 5,5 | 5,20 | 0,30 | ||
| 14 | 2 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2619 | PSPB | 6,5 | 0,0 | 43,0 | 47,0 | 31,25 | 5 | 6,5 | 7,05 | -0,55 | ||
| 15 | 11 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2532 | TN | 6,5 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 45,5 | 32,25 | 5 | 6,5 | 7,21 | -0,71 | ||
| 16 | 19 | GM | Neverov Valeriy | UKR | 2496 | UKR | 6,5 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 43,5 | 30,25 | 5 | 6,5 | 6,86 | -0,36 | ||
| 17 | 26 | IM | Nguyen Van Huy | VIE | 2462 | VIE | 6,5 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 44,0 | 31,25 | 5 | 6,5 | 6,74 | -0,24 | ||
| 18 | 23 | IM | Iniyan P | IND | 2469 | TN | 6,5 | 0,0 | 37,5 | 39,5 | 28,25 | 5 | 6,5 | 7,42 | -0,92 | ||
| 19 | 8 | GM | Sengupta Deep | IND | 2563 | PSPB | 6,0 | 0,0 | 49,0 | 53,0 | 31,50 | 6 | 6 | 5,76 | 0,24 | ||
| 20 | 7 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | IND | 2573 | WB | 6,0 | 0,0 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 32,00 | 4 | 6 | 6,16 | -0,16 | ||
| 21 | 12 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | IND | 2531 | PSPB | 6,0 | 0,0 | 46,5 | 50,0 | 31,50 | 4 | 5 | 5,16 | -0,16 | ||
| 22 | 41 | IM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | IND | 2400 | KAR | 6,0 | 0,0 | 45,5 | 49,5 | 32,00 | 5 | 6 | 5,13 | 0,87 | ||
| 23 | 33 | CM | Gukesh D | IND | 2426 | AP | 6,0 | 0,0 | 45,5 | 49,0 | 30,75 | 5 | 6 | 5,48 | 0,52 | ||
| 24 | 22 | IM | Vignesh N R | IND | 2485 | TN | 6,0 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 47,5 | 29,00 | 5 | 6 | 5,94 | 0,06 | ||
| 25 | 17 | GM | Tran Tuan Minh | VIE | 2512 | VIE | 6,0 | 0,0 | 44,0 | 48,0 | 30,25 | 5 | 6 | 6,46 | -0,46 | ||
| 26 | 57 | IM | Ravi Teja S. | IND | 2338 | RLYS | 6,0 | 0,0 | 44,0 | 47,0 | 29,50 | 4 | 5 | 3,83 | 1,17 | ||
| 27 | 100 | Nguyen Phuoc Tam | VIE | 2210 | VIE | 6,0 | 0,0 | 43,5 | 46,5 | 29,00 | 6 | 6 | 3,42 | 2,58 | |||
| 28 | 82 | Neelash Saha | IND | 2280 | WB | 6,0 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 45,0 | 28,25 | 5 | 6 | 4,68 | 1,32 | |||
| 29 | 5 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2597 | TN | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 44,0 | 27,75 | 5 | 6 | 7,66 | -1,66 | ||
| 30 | 52 | Kaustuv Kundu | IND | 2360 | WB | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 42,5 | 25,50 | 5 | 6 | 5,93 | 0,07 |
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