Deep wins Canberra

Deep wins title in Canberra

NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding the last-round loss, International Master Deep Sengupta achieved his second Grandmaster norm and topped a three-way tie to win the Doeberl Cup chess tournament at Canberra on Monday.

In the ninth and final round, Deep lost to compatriot Deepan Chakkravarthy to remain on seven points. British Grandmaster Gawain Jones and Deepan matched Deep’s tally but followed the champion, in that order, after the tiebreak scores were considered.
For Deep, winner of the World boys’ under-12 title in 2000, this title is the biggest in the open section. Deep, Jones and Deepan received 2,700 Australian dollars each.

Three other Indians – Sriram Jha, Abhijit Kunte and Satyapragyan – were the other Indians to make the top-10 bracket. Pon N. Krithika secured her final Woman International Master norm. In the Blitz 960 chess tournament, S. Satyapragyan, Jha and K. Ratnakaran took the first three spots and completed an Indian sweep.

The results (involving Indians):

Ninth round: Deep Sengupta (7) lost to Deepan Chakkravarthy (7); Gawain Jones (Eng, 7) drew with Sriram Jha (6.5); Darryl Johansen (Aus, 6.5) bt Neelotpal Das (5.5); K. Ratnakaran (5.5) lost to Abhijit Kunte (6.5); David Smerdon (Aus, 6.5) bt Akshayraj Kore (5.5); S. Satyapraygan (6) bt Junta Ikeda (Aus, 5). Mas Hafizulhelmi (Mas, 5.5) drew with Swati Ghate (5.5); Andras Toth (Hun, 5) drew with Kruttika Nadig (5.5); Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury (5.5) bt Pon Krithika (4.5); Nisha Mohota (5.5) bt Jason Chan (Aus, 4.5); Amruta Mokal (5) bt Angelo Tsagarakis (Aus, 4).

Indians’ standings: 1. Deep, 3. Deepan, 7-8. Jha, Kunte, 10-12. Satyapragyan, Ratnakaran, Kore, 15-18. Kruttika, Eesha, Neelotpal, Chowdhury 21-22. Nisha, Swati, 36. Amruta, 38. Pon Krithika.

Source: http://www.hinduonnet.com