Sasikiran Wins Najdorf Memorial
By Arvind Aaron

Krishnan Sasikiran of ONGC, Chennai won the Najdorf Memorial Category 15 Tournament that concluded at Warsaw on August 10. Sasikiran remained undefeated after he drew Michal Krasenkow in the final round with the black pieces to reach 6.5/9 and win by a one point margin.

Sasikiran is clearly gaining some Elo from this contest as he won four games and drew five. His wins were recorded against GM Emanuel Berg (Swe), GM Eduardas Rozentalis (Ltu), GM Robert Kempinski (Pol) and IM Michal Olszewski (Pol). This is Sasikiran's best performance since slipping from a great position at Sofia last May and the Doha Asian Games success in Dec 2006.

Final placings: 1 GM K. Sasikiran (Ind) 6.5/9, 2-3. GM Emanuel Berg (Swe), GM Tomi Nyback (Fin) 5.5 each, 4-5. GM Bartosz Socko (Pol), GM Michal Krasenkow (Pol) 5 each, 6. GM Eduardos Rozentalis (Ltu) 4, 7-9. GM Bartlomiej Macieja (Pol), GM Csaba Balogh (Hun), GM Robert Kempinski (Pol) 3.5 each, 10 IM Michal Olszewski (Pol) 3.




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