Ganguly wins Fujairah on tiebreaks

The Fujairah International Chess Championship 2012 was organized by the Fujairah Chess Club from 13th to 21st November at the Exhibition Centre, Korthabah Road, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.

The 9-round Master Tournament was open for the players rated 2200 or above. The lower rated players competed in the Open Tournament.

Indian Grandmasters Ganguly Surya Shekhar and Sandipan Chanda signed a quick draw in the last round and waited for the other games to finish.

Sergey Fedorchuk, who was the co-leader before the last round, was defeated by Le Quang Liem, but Alexander Moiseenko outplayed the legendary GM Jaan Ehlvest to catch the Indians on the shared first place.

Ganguly Surya Shekhar is declared winner on best tie-break score.

The young Chinese Ma Qun achieved a fantastic 2732-performance but he already met the requirements for the Grandmaster title, pending approval of the FIDE PB in January in Yerevan.

The Master Tournament offered $50,500 in prizes.

Final standings (top 40):

1. GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2619 – 6.5
2. GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2702 – 6.5
3. GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2596 – 6.5

4. GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. UKR 2652 – 6
5. GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2710 – 6
6. GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2705 – 6
7. GM Sumets Andrey UKR 2622 – 6
8. Ma Qun CHN 2534 – 6
9. GM Saric Ivan CRO 2622 – 6

10. GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2702 – 5.5
11. GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2667 – 5.5
12. GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2621 – 5.5
13. GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2597 – 5.5
14. GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2559 – 5.5
15. GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2604 – 5.5

16. GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2626 – 5
17. GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2639 – 5
18. GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2679 – 5
19. GM Zherebukh Yaroslav UKR 2627 – 5
20. GM Yu Ruiyuan CHN 2538 – 5
21. GM Tkachiev Vladislav FRA 2659 – 5
22. GM Solak Dragan TUR 2597 – 5
23. GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2659 – 5
24. GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2635 – 5
25. GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2622 – 5
26. IM Zeng Chongsheng CHN 2474 – 5
27. IM Vishnu Prasanna. V IND 2463 – 5
28. GM Solodovnichenko Yuri UKR 2573 – 5
29. GM Li Chao B CHN 2693 – 5

30. GM Bakre Tejas IND 2481 – 4.5
31. GM Ni Hua CHN 2681 – 4.5
32. IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2488 – 4.5
33. FM Atabayev Yusup TKM 2407 – 4.5
34. GM Odeev Handszar TKM 2402 – 4.5
35. IM Debashis Das IND 2451 – 4
36. IM Saravanan V. IND 2399 – 4
37. IM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2423 – 4
38. IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu IND 2474 – 4
39. GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2550 – 4
40. Sagar Shah IND 2379 – 4