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Levan Pantsulaia wins consecutive GM tournaments in India

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/01/2019

GM Levan Pantsulaia made a quick draw with GM Alexandr Predke in the final round and won 11th Chennai Open 2019 with a score of 8.5/10, half point ahead of a pack of five players. Few days ago he won the biggest tournament of the world - 17th Delhi Open 2019. Since Levan had already defeated GM Maxim Lugovskoy, he just needed a draw in the last round to secure the championship. GM Ivan Popov and GM Aleksej Aleksandrov secured the 2nd and 3rd position by defeating GM Maxim Lugovskoy and IM Nguyen Van Huy respectively. We bring you selected final round games and few interesting positions. Photo: R R Vasudevan

Levan starts the year with two championship victories in a row

GM Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia with the N Mahalingam Trophy and a winner's cheque of ₹300000 | Photo: R R Vasudevan

GM Levan Pantsulaia made a quick draw in just 16 moves via threefold repetition. Since he had already defeated GM Maxim Lugovskoy, a draw in the final round meant Levan clinching the title.

GM Ivan Popov of Russia scored 8.0/10 and finished at 2nd position due to a better tie-break score. He received ₹200000 | Photo: Sa Kannan

GM Maxim Lugovskoy made a mistake here with 18...Qf6. Find out why it's a mistake.

GM Ivan Popov capitalized on his opponent's mistake and gradually converted his advantage into a win.

3rd - GM Aleksej Aleksandrov of Belarus also scored 8.0/10 and received ₹125000 | Photo: Sa Kannan

Black just played 15...Rb8, what is the best continuation for White?

4th - GM Luka Paichadze of Georgia scored 8.0/10 and took home ₹100000 | Photo: Sa Kannan

Luka got lucky as Padmini played 18...Nc4. What did she miss here?

Black played 27...Rf2. Why is it a blunder?

5th - GM Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia scored 8.0/10 and he was awarded ₹80000 | Photo: Sa Kannan

6th - GM Ivan Rozum of Russia scored 8.0/10 and bagged ₹60000 | Photo: Sa Kannan

7th - GM Maxim Lugovskoy of Russia finished with a score of 7.5/10 and won ₹45000 | Photo: Sa Kannan

8th - The highest finisher among Indians, GM Kartik Venkataraman also scored 7.5/10 and won ₹40000 | Photo: Sa Kannan

9th - Top seed of the tournament GM Alexander Predke of Russia scored 7.5 and he was awarded ₹30000 | Photo: Sa Kannan

13-year old Pranesh M scored 7.0/10, secured his maiden IM-norm and he was placed 19th. He won ₹15000 | Photo: Sa Kannan

Pranesh had a phenomenal tournament. He increased his ELO rating by 162 points with a performance rating of 2399

11th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2019 for Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam Trophy was organized by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association at Novotel IBIS OMR Hotel, Sholinganallur, Chennai from 18th - 25th January 2019. Total 286 players participated from 17 different countries including India.

Round 10 results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
12
GMPantsulaia Levan25978½ - ½7GMPredke Alexandr2620
1
24
GMPopov Ivan258871 - 0GMLugovskoy Maxim2445
20
33
GMRozum Ivan258971 - 07GMDeviatkin Andrei2461
14
45
GMPaichadze Luka258371 - 07IMPadmini Rout2365
34
56
GMAleksandrov Aleksej258271 - 07IMNguyen Van Huy2450
18
611
GMMegaranto Susanto253071 - 07Pranesh M2125
72
715
IMVignesh N R24617½ - ½7GMKarthik Venkataraman2515
12
831
Sahoo Utkal Ranjan23880 - 1GMTran Tuan Minh2541
10
916
IMKhusenkhojaev Muhammad24551 - 0Ritviz Parab2362
35
1037
IMSaravanan V.2318½ - ½GMLaxman R.R.2421
24
1139
IMAmeir Moheb23090 - 1GMCzebe Attila2418
26
1228
IMGirish A. Koushik24111 - 0Saurabh Anand2210
56
1391
Barath Kalyan M2004½ - ½IMMuthaiah Al2406
30
148
GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.254361 - 0Samant Aditya S2205
58
159
GMStupak Kirill254261 - 06GMZiatdinov Raset2248
50
1613
IMGajek Radoslaw24816½ - ½6IMSuvrajit Saha2221
54
1721
IMNitin S.24426½ - ½6IMRamnathan Balasubramaniam2191
60
1822
GMSundararajan Kidambi243661 - 06WIMVarshini V2171
63
1925
GMNeelotpal Das241961 - 06Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U2048
80
2027
GMManik Mikulas241361 - 06Md.Abzid Rahman2040
82

Final Ranking after 10 Rounds

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
12
GMPantsulaia LevanGEO25978,50,061,566,0
24
GMPopov IvanRUS25888,00,064,069,5
36
GMAleksandrov AleksejBLR25828,00,063,067,5
45
GMPaichadze LukaGEO25838,00,062,066,0
511
GMMegaranto SusantoINA25308,00,060,064,0
63
GMRozum IvanRUS25898,00,057,061,5
720
GMLugovskoy MaximRUS24457,50,062,567,5
812
GMKarthik VenkataramanIND25157,50,062,566,5
91
GMPredke AlexandrRUS26207,50,060,565,5
1028
IMGirish A. KoushikIND24117,50,060,565,5
1115
IMVignesh N RIND24617,50,059,564,5
1210
GMTran Tuan MinhVIE25417,50,059,064,0
1326
GMCzebe AttilaHUN24187,50,059,063,5
1416
IMKhusenkhojaev MuhammadTJK24557,50,055,561,0
1518
IMNguyen Van HuyVIE24507,00,063,567,5
169
GMStupak KirillBLR25427,00,060,565,5
1736
IMTran Minh ThangVIE23557,00,060,564,5
1837
IMSaravanan V.IND23187,00,059,564,0
1972
Pranesh MIND21257,00,058,563,0
2027
GMManik MikulasSVK24137,00,058,562,5
218
GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.IND25437,00,057,562,5
2230
IMMuthaiah AlIND24067,00,057,562,0
2325
GMNeelotpal DasIND24197,00,057,562,0
2424
GMLaxman R.R.IND24217,00,057,562,0
2514
GMDeviatkin AndreiRUS24617,00,057,061,5
2643
WGMBabiy OlgaUKR22757,00,057,061,5
2734
IMPadmini RoutIND23657,00,055,560,0
2829
IMRajesh V A VIND24107,00,055,559,0
2991
Barath Kalyan MIND20047,00,055,559,0
3046
FMGajwa AnkitIND22637,00,055,060,0


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