Swayams secures second place in consecutive tournaments

Five players were in the lead heading into the final round at 6.5/9 each. GM Titas and GM Swayams defeated GM Marc Narciso Dublan (ESP) and WGM Yaniela Forgas Moreno (CUB) respectively, to finish with the same score 7.5/9 each. GM FT Swayams Mishra mentioned on his fb page, "Played 3 tournaments in Europe continuously. Feels good to be back at the board after 3 years." Before this event, Swayams secured a second place finish at Six days Budapest March 2023 GM-B tournament. His students performed well at 10th Martinique Open - Joel Gratien Memorial. It will be mentioned in a separate report.

Champion - GM Titas Stremavicius (LTU) 7.5/9 | Photo: Hondarribia-Marlaxka Chess Association

Runner-up - GM FT Swayams Mishra 7.5/9

GM FT Swayams Mishra scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 ad gained 6.4 Elo rating points

The tournament hall at City Council of San Sebastian in Spain | Photo: Hondarribia-Marlaxka Chess Association

A total of 134 players including 5 GMs, 7 IMs and a WGM took part in this eight-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament from 16 countries across the world. It was organized by Federación Gipuzkoana de Ajedrez from 1st to 8th April 2023 at City Council of San Sebastian in Spain. The time control for the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.SNoNameTypGrFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
11GMStremavicius, TitasLTU25327,5525739,5
24GMSwayams, MishraIND24807,5505438,5
310GMPap, MisaSRB2405751,555,537,5
49FMBilych, OlexiyUKR24237515638
53IMRoshka, YevgeniyUKR25057505437
65IMLarkin, VladyslavUKR2450748,552,536,5
77IMGrieve, HarryENG24396,550,554,536
86IMAloma Vidal, RobertESP24426,546,55134
98GMNarciso Dublan, MarcESP24296,5464936
1024Sarabando, Rodrigo AndiasPOR21156,545,549,532,5
1125Martel Bruniaux, MalkoESP21016,544,547,531
122GMMartinez Duany, LelysCUB25316,54246,531,5
1315FMPrieto Aranguren, AlainESP228064751,533,5
1421Vesga Izeta, MarkelGipESP2185645,549,532
1514WGMForgas Moreno, YanielaCUB2285644,548,531

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