ASIAN INDIVIDUAL,TASHKENT PART - 1
Sethuraman, Bhakti Win Titles
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So in the previous blog, we learn PLAYING FOR STALEMATE Here's the link - https://www.chess.com/blog/Apoorva_rastogi/playing-for-stalemate
NOW TODAY WE GOING TO READ ABOUT SOME INFORMATION OF ASIAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS TITLES WHICH HELD AT TASHKENT...DATE - 3 JUNE 2016 TO 6 JUNE 2016
SO NOT WASTING YOUR TIME LET'S START!!!
India won the two titles on a stake at the Asian Individual Chess Championship that concluded in Tashkent on June 3. Both S.P. Sethuraman of Chennai and Bhakti of Goa Scored identical 7/9 scores to win by half-point margins.
Sethuraman, 23, lost to top seed Le Quang Liem ( Vie), drew Aravind Chithambaram, Gao Rui, and beat the rest of the six players. His victims included third seed, Wei Yi. Importantly, he won the last three rounds in a row. The top five from here qualify for the 2017 World Chess Cup at Batumi, Georgia. Sethuraman gains around 13.60 Elo and should be in the World Top 100 ratings in July.
Fifteenth seed Bhakti Kulkarni, 24, remained under defeat and surprisingly won the women's event. She gains 50.20 Elo from this single event, and more importantly, she has qualified for the 2017 World Women's Championship. She was the lowest rated of the five Indians at Tashkent but surprised everyone by winning the title. In the fourth round, she recorded a surprise win over top seed IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh of Iran.
PLayers from 19 nations in men and 15 in women took part in this event that was organized by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation in Tashkent.
Final placings (top and Indians): Men: 1. GM S.P. Sethuraman (Ind) 7/9; 2-9. GM Le Quang Liem (VIe), GM Wei YI (Chn), GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (Kaz), GM Deep Sengupta (Ind), GM Lu Shanglei (Chn), GM Nguyen Ngoc Troung Son (Vie), GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (Ind), GM Batchuluun Tsegmed (Mgl) 6.5 each; 11. GM B ADHIBAN 6; 15. GM Karthikeyan Murali 5.5; 17. GM Vidit Gujrathi 5.5 18. GM Aravind Chithambaranv 5.5 23. GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzb) 5.5 29. GM M.R. Lalith Babu 5; 30. GM Abhijeet Gupta 5....91 players.
Women: 1. WGM Bhakti Kulkarni (Ind) 7/9; 2-3 WGM Dinara Sadukassova (Kaz), WGM Soumya Swaminathan (Ind) 6.5 each; 4-6. WGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (Vie), WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram (Vie), WIM VO Thi Kim Phung (Vie) 6 each; 10. WIM B Pratyusha 5; 15. IM Padmini Rout 5; 17. WGM Mary Ann Gomes 4.5; 20. WIM R Vaishali 4.5...35 players.
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