Indian GM Arun Prasad wins 86th Paris Chess Championship

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Here is the latest chess news from Paris. Indian Grandmaster Arun Prasad has won the 86th edition of the Paris Open Chess Championship. The tournament was held from July 2-10 and included more than 600 players competing in four different groups. In fact, Prasad's last round victim was another Indian GM SP Sethuraman giving the eventual champion a total of 7.0 points out of 9 rounds.

The A Open was won by Belgian Albin Dal Borgo (8.0 points, full point ahead of the rest of the field). The trophy in the B Group went to French Thaymour Bonneville and

C Open was won by the young Daniel Pietras from Poland. You can access the official website at this link.

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