Congratulations to Sasikiran for winning Corsica Chess Circuit Main Open
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Hi everyone,
World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand beat 2nd seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2-0 in the final of the Corsica Masters knock-out which moves from Bastia to Ajaccio on Monday 31st October. Earlier rounds and the main open all took place in Bastica. Krishnan Sasikiran finished on 7.5/9 half a point clear of Gawain Jones in the open. Here are the top final standings and some videos. Enjoy. You can check the official website at this link.
Top 10-standings in the open
Pl Ti Player Rtng Fed Pts Tr. Bu. Perf
1 g Sasikiran Krishnan 2689 IND 7.5 44.5 55.5 2792
2 g Jones Gawain C B 2624 ENG 7.0 45 56.5 2692
3 g Melkumyan Hrant 2619 ARM 6.5 46.5 57.5 2647
4 g Fressinet Laurent 2696 FRA 6.5 45.5 55.5 2664
5 g Durarbeyli Vasif 2526 AZE 6.5 45 54 2542
6 g Baron Tal 2505 ISR 6.5 44.5 54.5 2559
7 g Cheparinov Ivan 2650 BUL 6.5 44 54.5 2597
8 m Arnold Marc T 2505 USA 6.5 44 54 2629
9 m Battaglini Gabriel 2452 FRA 6.5 43 53 2455
10 g Grigoryan Avetik 2614 ARM 6.5 43 52.5 2588
Hi everyone,
World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand beat 2nd seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2-0 in the final of the Corsica Masters knock-out which moves from Bastia to Ajaccio on Monday 31st October. Earlier rounds and the main open all took place in Bastica. Krishnan Sasikiran finished on 7.5/9 half a point clear of Gawain Jones in the open. Here are the top final standings and some videos. Enjoy. You can check the official website at this link.
Top 10-standings in the open
Pl Ti Player Rtng Fed Pts Tr. Bu. Perf
1 g Sasikiran Krishnan 2689 IND 7.5 44.5 55.5 2792
2 g Jones Gawain C B 2624 ENG 7.0 45 56.5 2692
3 g Melkumyan Hrant 2619 ARM 6.5 46.5 57.5 2647
4 g Fressinet Laurent 2696 FRA 6.5 45.5 55.5 2664
5 g Durarbeyli Vasif 2526 AZE 6.5 45 54 2542
6 g Baron Tal 2505 ISR 6.5 44.5 54.5 2559
7 g Cheparinov Ivan 2650 BUL 6.5 44 54.5 2597
8 m Arnold Marc T 2505 USA 6.5 44 54 2629
9 m Battaglini Gabriel 2452 FRA 6.5 43 53 2455
10 g Grigoryan Avetik 2614 ARM 6.5 43 52.5 2588
Labels: 15th corsican chess circuit, Corsica chess masters, corsica circuit, krishnan sasikiran, Viswanathan Anand
posted by Chess Blog Admin @ 1:19 PM
3 Comments:
At October 31, 2011 at 1:51 PM ,
Amrit Puri, Knights Chess Club, New Delhi said...
Sasikiran is great. He is heir apparent to Anand in India.
At October 31, 2011 at 1:52 PM ,
Sanjay Gupta, New Delhi said...
Congrats to Sasikiran.
At October 31, 2011 at 1:54 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Great for Sasikiran. I was missing him on the international circuit for a while lately.
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