Indian Grandmaster SP Sethuraman received the Barcelona Open chess match.© Twitter
Indian Grandmaster S P Sethuraman received the Barcelona Open chess match title whereas compatriot Karthikeyan Murali completed third. Sethuraman (Elo 2644) collected 7.5 factors from 9 rounds to emerge winner on the premise of a greater tie-break rating after Daniil Yuffa of Russia additionally completed stage with the Indian participant. Within the ninth and closing spherical performed late on Thursday, Sethuraman beat Hakobyan in a Catalan Closed variation sport. Sethuraman, who was the highest seed, remained unbeaten by means of the 9 rounds, successful six matches and drawing three. He completed strongly, scoring wins in his final three rounds, together with over fellow Indian N R Visakh and Armenia’s Aram Hakobyan.
Elated to win the Barcelona Open 2021 pic.twitter.com/pOTJ8y9zoD
— Sethuraman (@sethuramanchess) August 27, 2021
“Elated to win the Barcelona Open 2021,” he tweeted after the win.
Sethuraman gained 8.5 Elo factors after the victory whereas Murali (Elo 2606) gained 6.4 factors. Sethuraman and Murali had performed out a draw within the fifth spherical.
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Murali received six video games, drew two and went all the way down to Hakobyan within the sixth spherical. He completed equal on seven factors with 4 others, together with fellow Indian Aravindh Chithambaram, however clinched the third spot on the premise of a greater tie-break rating.
Within the closing spherical, Murali outplayed WGM R Vaishali in 30 strikes. Chithambaram took the fifth spot whereas Arjun Kalyan (6.5 factors) ended ninth, adopted by Visakh in tenth place after a handful of gamers completed with 6.5 factors. Indian Worldwide Grasp N R Vignesh and Vaishali scored six factors to complete fifteenth and sixteenth respectively.
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