GM Abhijeet Gupta wins Vizag International Chess Open on tiebreak

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Hello everyone,

Congratulations to GM Abhijeet Gupta for maintaining his good chess run. Right after winning the Indian national chess championship, he has won the Vizag Open Chess Tournament in the city of Visakhapatnam, India. Despite a last-round loss, he won the event on tiebreak. The 11-round tournament had 200 players competing for the top prize. 


Here are the top-20 standings 
1. GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2640 – 8.5
2. GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2566 – 8.5
3. GM Petrosian Tigran L ARM 2636 – 8.5
4. GM Danielsen Henrik ISL 2542 – 8.5
5. IM Lalith Babu M R IND 2484 – 8.5
6. GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2619 – 8
7. IM Grover Sahaj IND 2515 – 8
8. IM Shyam Sundar M IND 2462 – 8
9. IM Nolte Rolando PHI 2455 – 8
10. GM Arun Prasad S IND 2530 – 8
11. Krishna C R G IND 2305 – 7.5
12. GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2485 – 7.5
13. IM Vaibhav Suri IND 2448 – 7.5
14. GM Sumets Andrey UKR 2569 – 7.5
15. IM Anwesh Upadhyaya IND 2413 – 7.5
16. Swayams Mishra IND 2386 – 7.5
17. FM Minhazuddin Ahmed BAN 2388 – 7.5
18. Navin Kanna T U IND 2377 – 7.5
19. GM Murshed Niaz BAN 2435 – 7.5
20. GM Laxman R R IND 2431 – 7.5

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