GM N. Srinath’s quick draw against M. Shyam Sundar helped him emerge as the champion in the LIC Kolkata Open International here on Tuesday.
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Overnight leader Srinath agreed for the draw after 27 moves to gather 7.5 points. He was tied with Deepan Chakkravarthy, who recorded a crushing victory over Deep Sengupta, but became champion on tie-breaker scores.
Nigel Short finishes third
Nigel Short drew with Erigaisi Arjun, who earned his maiden GM norm, to finish third.
Srinath bagged ₹3 lakh as prize money. Chakkravarthy collected a cheque of ₹2 lakh, while Short got ₹1.6 lakh.
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- Important results (ninth round) : N. Srinath 7.5 drew with M. Shyam Sundar 7; Nigel Short (Eng) 7 drew with Erigaisi Arjun 7; Deepan Chakkravarthy 7.5 bt Deep Sengupta 6; Abhijeet Gupta 6.5 drew with Vladimir Burmakin (Rus) 6.5; Harsha Bharathakoti 7 bt Sandipan Chanda 6; Nihal Sarin 6.5 drew with Nguyen Van Huy (Vie) 6.5; R.K. Srihari 6 lost to Adam Tukhaev (Ukr) 6.5; Karthikeyan Murali 6.5 bt Muhammad Khusenkhojaev (Tjk) 5.5; Farrukh Amonatov (Tjk) 6.5 bt Neelotpal Das 5.5; Ivan Rozum (Rus) 6.5 bt Sayantan Das 5.5.
- Final standings: 1. N. Srinath 7.5, 2. Deepan Chakkravarthy 7.5; 3. Nigel Short (Eng) 7; 4. M. Shyam Sundar 7; 5. Erigaisi Arjun 7; 6. Harsha Bharathakoti 7; 7. Adam Tukhaev (Ukr) 6.5; 8. Ivan Rozum (Rus) 6.5; 9. Vladimir Burmakin (Rus) 6.5; 10. Farrukh Amonatov (Tjk) 6.5.
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