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Turov wins title
By R.Anantharam, International
Arbiter and Media Incharge
Maxim Turov of Russia won the Chennai Open 2010 international
chess tournament sponsored by LIC & ONGC and organized by Sports
Promotion Foundation, today, collecting 9.5 points from 11
rounds and conceding only three draws. His title fetched him a
cash prize of two lakh rupees. GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh, R.
Siddharth of Tamil Nadu and national junior champion M.R. Lalith
Babu of Andhra Pradesh, tied for the second to fourth places
scoring 9 points each. They were placed in that order based on
the Buchholz tiebreak.
(Photo: From left:
D.V. Sundar, Secreatar, All India Chess Federation, Maxim Turov,
Nagesh, Regional Manager, LIC, J.C.D. Prabhakar, Vice President,
TNSCA, Y. Pradeep Secretary, RMK Residential School and S.
Ganesan Chairman, Organising Committee )
Maxim had a formal seventeen move draw against Ziaur and Lalith
Babu could not make any headway in his game against the fellow
IM Richard Bitoon of Philippines and settled for a draw.
R. Siddharth extended his good show, carving out a nice win over
Asian Junior champion Ashwin Jayaram, also of Tamil Nadu. He
mopped up Ashwin’s king side pawns completely and Ashwin
resigned when his queen was trapped by Siddharth’s aggressive
rook.
After winning a knight for two pawns, Pavel Kptsur of Kazakhstan
tried in vain to win against Vikramaditya Kamble of Railways.
Kamble stoutly defended the position and agreed for a draw in a
king vs and king and pawn position.
Six times national woman champion S. Vijayalakshmi of Indian
Airlines found her rhythm against former under 25 national
champion B.T. Muralikrishnan of Railways. By splitting the point
with GM Alexander Zubarev of Ukriane, Anwesh Upadhyaya of Oriss
lost his chances to obtain the GM norm, in addition to the IM
norm already earned. Combining his queen and knight beautifully,
GM Sundaarajan Kidambi checkmated former national champion P.
Konguvel.
Shri. Y. Pradeep, Secretary, RMK Residential School was the
chief guest for the prize distribution function. Shri. R.
Ganesan, Chairman of the organizing committee presided, Mr.
Nagesh, Regional Manager, LIC of India was the Guest of Honour.
Shri A. Surya Narayana Rao, Correspondent, Jawahar Vidyalaya and
Shri. J.C.D. Prabhakar, Vice President, TN State Chess
Association offered felicitations.
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on February 03rd, 2010
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