Kolkata open last round

 

A total of 117 players took part in the kolkata Open chess tournament. Today is the final round starting at 12.30pm Malaysian time

Apart from one player whose rating is ‘only’ 1827 the rest are ranging from 2113 to 2721

(GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE-2721)

GM Le Quang Liem from Vietnam is leading with 7.5 points and having a easy last round game with IM Satyapragyan playing White and should have no problem winning this tournament outright and the cash money US 6000 that goes with it

here are the top 10 final pairings

 

1	14		GM	Le Quang Liem	VIE	2602	7½		6½	IM	Satyapragyan Swayangsu	IND	2439		46
2	1		GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	2721	6½		7	GM	Laznicka Viktor	CZE	2634		9
3	13		GM	Sandipan Chanda	IND	2611	6½		6½	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2634		8
4	3		GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2692	6		6½	GM	Filippov Anton	UZB	2595		16
5	2		GM	Short Nigel D	ENG	2706	6		6	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	GEO	2613		12
6	6		GM	Postny Evgeny	ISR	2651	6		6	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	IND	2598		15
7	35		IM	Laxman R R	IND	2486	6		6	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	BLR	2639		7
8	17		GM	Safarli Eltaj	AZE	2587	6		6	GM	Mamedov Rauf	AZE	2626		10
9	18		GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2584	6		6	GM	Negi Parimarjan	IND	2615		11
10	4		GM	Tkachiev Vladislav	FRA	2669	5½		5½	GM	Ismagambetov Anuar	KAZ	2528		25