Andrey Baryshpolets wins Parsvnath Chess Tournament (Video)
Grandmaster Andrey Baryshpolets of Ukraine won the 13th Parsvanth International Grandmasters chess tournament after defeating GM Deepan Chakkravarthy in the 10th and final round that concluded here.
It was a three-way tie for the top spot and Baryshpolets was followed by Ivan Popov of Russia and Alberto Davidof Italy who finished second and third respectively on eight points out of a possible ten. Of the three, Baryshpolets went home richer by Rs. 300000/- in the Rs. 3000000/- prize money festival.
Deepan Chakkravarthy had the consolation of finishing as the best performing Indian as he finished tenth on seven points despite losing the last round game.
It was a tough final day as overnight sole leader Mikhail Mozharov of Russia was outdone by David who won a fine game with black pieces. Popov also had to work hard but eventually prevailed over Van Huy Nguyen of Vietnam.
Top seed Abhijeet Gupta won his last round game against Himal Gusain to end 11th on seven points. After a slump midway in the tournament Gupta recovered a little to win the last three rounds.
As many as five International Master norms were secured in the tournament and the biggest gainer was C R G Krishna who became an International Master post his performance here. The other norms were scored by Aniruddha Deshpandey, Abhishek Kelkar, M Kunal and S Ravi Teja.
The ‘C’ category of the festival was won by young talent from Delhi Vardan Nagpal who won a cash prize of Rs. 1.25 Lakhs for his efforts. Interestingly the second place in this section was also won by local youngster Rishabh Jain who won Rs. 100000/-.
The prizes to the winners were given away by Mr. Ajit M Sharan, Secretary Sports Govt. of India, Air Commodore Mr. G Amar Babu, Air Officer Commanding Air Force Station New Delhi, Group Captain Mr. J Rajendra, Chief Administrative Officer Air Force Station New Delhi, Mr. V Hariharan, Hony. Secretary AICF, Mr. Bharat Singh Chauhan, CEO AICF and Mr. A K Verma, Hony. Secretary Delhi Chess Association.
Top finishers:
1 GM Baryshpolets Andrey UKR 2541 – 8
2 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2622 – 8
3 GM David Alberto ITA 2572 – 8
4 GM Mozharov Mikhail RUS 2557 – 7.5
5 GM Cruz Cristhian PER 2546 – 7.5
6 GM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2518 – 7.5
7 GM Rombaldoni Axel ITA 2509 – 7.5
8 IM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2445 – 7
9 GM Demchenko Anton RUS 2611 – 7
10 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 2484 – 7
11 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2631 – 7
12 GM Neelotpal Das IND 2437 – 7
13 GM Debashis Das IND 2503 – 7
14 GM Kunte Abhijit IND 2486 – 7
15 IM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2437 – 7
16 IM Karthikeyan P. IND 2435 – 7
17 GM Brunello Sabino ITA 2552 – 7
18 IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao IND 2436 – 7
19 Krishna C.R.G. IND 2350 – 6.5
20 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2477 – 6.5
21 IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu IND 2410 – 6.5
22 IM Rathnakaran K. IND 2387 – 6.5
23 Gusain Himal IND 2322 – 6.5
24 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2448 – 6.5
25 GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 2507 – 6.5
26 GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2501 – 6.5
27 Visakh Nr IND 2346 – 6.5
28 IM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2424 – 6.5
29 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2489 – 6.5
30 GM Gasanov Eldar UKR 2520 – 6.5
Great score.