The final round of the 2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship saw Ivan Sokolov opt for the exchange variation of the Slav and attempt to squeeze out a win against tournament leader Yu Yangyi who was happy with a draw and with accurate defence he easily got it.
On the other board played on the stage, second placed defending champion Li Chao also faced the Slav defence but opted instead to play the mainline. His efforts finally paid off when Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son made a mistake after holding the balance for much of the game.
Li’s win meant that he ended in a tie with Yu for first place with 7.5/9 but still lost out to the compatriot on tiebreaks.
In third place half a point behind on 6.5/9 is Sokolov who is joined by Vladislav Tkachiev who drew Viorel Iordachescu, Sergey Fedorchuk who out-maneuvered Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Surya Sekhar Ganguly who beat Nguyen Duc Hoa to spoil his GM norm hopes, Dimitri Bocharov who outplayed Haridas Pascua, Oleg Korneev who won quickly when Lu Shanglei’s speculative play in an Evans Gambit went horribly wrong, and Marat Dzhumaev beating Merab Gagunasvili after the later lost a piece when grabbing a poisoned pawn.
Further back on six points were Nguyen, Viorel Iordachescu, Lou Yiping and Avetik Grigoryan. Full standings bellow.
GM Lu Shanglei took the prize for best junior while WGM Pham Le Thao Nguyen was the best woman player.
In a field with 33 Grandmasters, there were many opportunities for title norms and these were achieved by Wei Yi (GM Norm), Haridas Pascua, Pham Le Thao Nguyen, Wan Yunguo, Gui Qi, and Hamdani Rudin (IM Norm).
Final standings(top finishers):
1 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2651 – 7.5
2 GM Li Chao B CHN 2681 – 7.5
3 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2610 – 6.5
4 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2690 – 6.5
5 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2603 – 6.5
6 GM Tkachiev Vladislav FRA 2662 – 6.5
7 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. UKR 2647 – 6.5
8 GM Korneev Oleg ESP 2591 – 6.5
9 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2516 – 6.5
10 GM Grigoryan Avetik ARM 2572 – 6
11 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2635 – 6
12 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2637 – 6
13 IM Lou Yiping CHN 2444 – 6
14 GM Lu Shanglei CHN 2526 – 5.5
15 GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2584 – 5.5
16 GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2535 – 5.5
17 GM Gomez John Paul PHI 2523 – 5.5
18 IM Wang Chen CHN 2469 – 5.5
19 GM Xu Jun CHN 2506 – 5.5
20 FM Wei Yi CHN 2454 – 5.5
21 FM Pascua Haridas PHI 2350 – 5.5
22 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2557 – 5.5
23 IM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2494 – 5.5
24 GM Xiu Deshun CHN 2525 – 5.5
25 GM Barbosa Oliver PHI 2575 – 5.5
26 GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2607 – 5.5
27 GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2532 – 5.5
28 GM Bitoon Richard PHI 2430 – 5.5
29 WGM Pham Le Thao Nguyen VIE 2387 – 5.5
30 IM Gao Rui CHN 2443 – 5.5
31 GM Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2470 – 5.5
32 WGM Guo Qi CHN 2391 – 5.5
33 FM Hamdani Rudin INA 2328 – 5.5
34 IM Wahono Awam INA 2389 – 5.5
35 Wan Yunguo CHN 2477 – 5
36 GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2523 – 5
37 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2636 – 5
38 IM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2517 – 5
39 GM Paragua Mark PHI 2540 – 5
40 GM Barus Cerdas INA 2400 – 5
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