367 players (including 20 GMs) took part in the first SCS International Open which took place from June 7 to 14 in Bhubaneswar (which is the capital and largest city in the state of Orissa, India).

Final standings:

1-5. GM Drozdovskij (UKR, 2603), GM Kurnosov (RUS, 2658), GM Rychagov (RUS, 2530), GM Kuzubov (UKR, 2632), Thejkumar (IND, 2420) 8 / 10

6-13. GM Hossain (BAN, 2531), GM Timoshenko (UKR, 2550), IM Sethuraman (IND, 2451), IM Konguvel (IND, 2428), Sangma Rahul (IND, 2312), IM Khusnutdinov (KAZ, 2507), GM Ismagambetov (KAZ, 2525), GM Bakre (IND, 2452) 7.5 / 10

367 total players

Here are the full results.

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