Kirill Alekseenko wins Chessable Sunway Sitges Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 24/12/2022

Kirill Alekseenko drew with Hans Niemann (USA) to win Chessable Sunway Sitges Open 2022. He finished a half point ahead of the field 8.5/10 and did not require Playoffs. Hans defeated M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) in Armageddon after they traded wins in their Playoff Blitz finals. Thus, Hans finished second and Tabatabaei third. GM Karthikeyan Murali defeated Turkish prodigy 11-year-old IM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus to finish eighth after losing Playoffs against GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR). Karthikeyan became the sole Indian to make a top ten finish. Both Shantanu Bhambure and Ilamparthi A R scored their respective final IM-norms. Shantanu became India's latest International Master. Photo: Chessable

Shantanu and Ilamparthi A R score final IM-norms

Shantanu Bhambure secured his final IM-norm and became the latest International Master of India. We will have details about it in a separate article. The reigning World Youth Under-14 Open champion, Ilamparthi A R also earned his final IM-norm at this event. Jubin Jimmy has also scored his fourth IM-norm. However, Jubin has already become an IM, so it won't count.

Champion - GM Kirill Alekseenko 8.5/10 | Photo: Chessable

GM Kirill Alekseenko became a clear champion as he scored 8.5/10 and finished a half point ahead of the field.

Top 3 (L to R) - 3rd GM M Amin Tabatabei (IRI), 1st GM Kirill Alekseenko and 2nd GM Hans Niemann (USA) | Photo: Chessable

GM Hans Niemann (USA) defeated GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) in Armageddon after they traded wins in both of their Playoff Blitz finals.

Playoffs in progress | Photo: Isabel García de la Cruz/Chessable

Shantanu Bhambure becomes the latest IM of India | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Shantanu Bhambure scored an impressive 7/10 to secure his final IM-norm and become an International Master

Ilamparthi A R is well on his way to become India's next International Master | Photo: David Llada

World Under-14 champion Ilamparthi A R scored his final IM-norm scoring 6/9

Ilamparthi A R had already scored his final IM-norm at the conclusion of ninth round. Getting a last round walk over against GM Eltaj Safarli (AZE) did not affect his norm chances.

Prize distribution ceremony | Photo: Chessable

GM Sankalp Gupta among the prize winners | Photo: Chessable

Women's Top 3 (L to R) - 3rd IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL) 6/10, 2nd WGM Teodora Injac (SRB) 6/10 and 1st IM Irina Bulmaga (ROU) 6.5/10 | Photo: Chessable

Replay Chessable Sunway Chess Festival Round 10 Live commentary with GM Jan Gustafsson and GM Peter Svidler | Video: chess24

Replay Round 10 and Playoff games

Round 10 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
10	3	10	GM	Tabatabaei Mohammad Amin	2660	7	1 - 0	7	GM	Adhiban B.	2611	21
10	10	14	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2620	6½	1 - 0	6½	IM	Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan	2453	51
10	11	37	IM	Aditya Mittal	2479	6½	½ - ½	6½	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2616	18
10	12	72	IM	Willow Jonah B	2409	6½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	23
10	14	35	GM	Sankalp Gupta	2485	6½	½ - ½	6½	GM	Kraemer Martin	2583	27
10	21	82	IM	Rendle Thomas E	2381	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2505	32
10	23	42	IM	Sousa Andre Ventura	2466	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Ajay Karthikeyan	2430	60
10	24	114	FM	Bhambure Shantanu	2306	6	1 - 0	6	GM	Sochacki Christophe	2463	45
10	25	48	IM	Sardana Rishi	2460	6	0 - 1	6	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete	2430	61
10	27	50	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2453	6	½ - ½	6	FM	Jubin Jimmy	2376	84

Details

Final standings after Round 10 minus Playoff

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	8	GM	Alekseenko Kirill		FID	2672		8,5	64	68,5	56,50
2	2	GM	Niemann Hans Moke		USA	2698		8	60,5	65,5	50,50
3	10	GM	Tabatabaei Mohammad Amin		IRI	2660		8	58,5	62,5	49,00
4	13	GM	Petrosyan Manuel		ARM	2621		7,5	61,5	66,5	48,00
5	1	GM	Yu Yangyi		CHN	2728		7,5	61,5	65	46,50
6	20	GM	Durarbayli Vasif		AZE	2612		7,5	59,5	65	48,00
7	14	GM	Karthikeyan Murali		IND	2620		7,5	59	63,5	44,50
8	17	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy		UKR	2617		7,5	58,5	63,5	46,25
9	24	GM	Dardha Daniel		BEL	2606	SK Moretus Hoboken	7,5	58	62,5	43,75
10	6	GM	Esipenko Andrey		FID	2678		7,5	57	61,5	45,25
11	5	GM	Moussard Jules		FRA	2684	Asnières - Le Grand Echiquier	7,5	56	60,5	44,25
12	29	GM	Tin Jingyao		SGP	2562		7,5	55,5	60	44,25
13	72	IM	Willow Jonah B		ENG	2409		7,5	54,5	58	41,50
14	58	IM	Boyer Mahel		FRA	2434	L'Échiquier Nîmois	7,5	51	55,5	42,50
15	18	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu		IND	2616		7	61,5	67	44,00
16	9	GM	Korobov Anton		UKR	2662	Beskydská Šachová Škola	7	59,5	64,5	44,75
17	21	GM	Adhiban B.		IND	2611		7	58,5	63	42,25
18	28	GM	Svane Frederik		GER	2568		7	58	63	42,50
19	4	GM	Cheparinov Ivan		BUL	2688		7	58	62,5	42,75
	22	GM	Kollars Dmitrij		GER	2610		7	58	62,5	42,75

Details

Prizes

Total Prize fund - €27775. For the entire prize details, click here.

Schedule

12th - 21st December - 9:00 p.m. IST

18th December - Rest day

22nd December - 2 p.m. IST

Links

Official site

Tournament rules

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