Final round top board pairings:
| Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 14 |  |
GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2602 | 7½ | 6½ | IM | Satyapragyan Swayangsu | IND | 2439 | |
46 | |
| 2 | 1 | |
GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2721 | 6½ | 7 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | CZE | 2634 | |
9 | |
| 3 | 13 | |
GM | Sandipan Chanda | IND | 2611 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | IND | 2634 | |
8 | |
| 4 | 3 | |
GM | Ni Hua | CHN | 2692 | 6 | 6½ | GM | Filippov Anton | UZB | 2595 | |
16 | |
| 5 | 2 | |
GM | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2706 | 6 | 6 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | GEO | 2613 | |
12 | |
| 6 | 6 | |
GM | Postny Evgeny | ISR | 2651 | 6 | 6 | GM | Geetha Narayanan Gopal | IND | 2598 | |
15 | |
| 7 | 35 | |
IM | Laxman R R | IND | 2486 | 6 | 6 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR | 2639 | |
7 | |
| 8 | 17 | |
GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2587 | 6 | 6 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2626 | |
10 | |
| 9 | 18 | |
GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2584 | 6 | 6 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | IND | 2615 | |
11 | |
| 10 | 4 | |
GM | Tkachiev Vladislav | FRA | 2669 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Ismagambetov Anuar | KAZ | 2528 | |
25 |
Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr24974.aspx?lan=1
Official website: http://www.alekhinechessclub.com/4kolkata/index.html
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Board 3,Chanda vs Ganguly game has ended in a draw after 24 moves.Both finished with 7 Points each.
Board 1 Liem vs Satyapragyan Ended in a draw after 21 moves.Board 10 Tkachiev vs Anuar has also ended in a draw after 21 moves.
What a game by Short.
[Event “4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2009”]
[Site “Kolkata”]
[Date “2009.09.10”]
[Round “10”]
[White “Nigel D, Short”]
[Black “Mikheil, Mchedlishvili”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteELO “2706”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackELO “2613”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[Source “MonRoi”]
1.e4 c6 2.Ne2 d5 3.e5 c5 4.d4 Nc6 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bg4 7.Nbc3 e6 8.Be3 Nge7 9.f3 Bf5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nf4 a6 12.Rc1 h5 13.Bg2 hxg4 14.fxg4 Bh7 15.O-O Ng6 16.Nfxd5 Nh4 17.Bh1 exd5 18.Nxd5 Bg6 19.Rxc6 bxc6 20.Nf6 gxf6 21.Bxc6 Ke7 22.exf6 Kd6 23.Qa4 Kc7 24.Rc1 Qd6 25.Bxa8 Kb8 26.Qe8 1-0
Board 2 Shakhriyar bt Viktor 1-0
Board 4 Ni Hua lost to Fillipov 0-1
Board 5 Nigel Short beat Mikhael 1-0
Board 2 Shakhriyar bt Viktor 1-0
Board 4 Ni Hua lost to Fillipov 0-1
Board 5 Nigel Short beat Mikhael 1-0
Final Ranking after 10 Rounds
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 VIE GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2602 8,0 64,0 59,0 54,0
2 AZE GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2721 7,5 59,0 55,0 50,0
3 UZB GM Filippov Anton UZB 2595 7,5 56,0 53,0 48,5
4 IND GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2611 7,0 66,0 60,5 55,0
5 ENG GM Short Nigel D ENG 2706 7,0 61,5 57,5 52,0
6 CZE GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2634 7,0 60,5 56,5 52,0
7 IND IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu IND 2439 7,0 60,5 56,0 51,0
8 IND GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2634 7,0 60,5 56,0 50,5
9 BLR GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2639 7,0 54,5 50,5 46,0
10 AZE GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2587 6,5 60,5 56,0 51,0
11 BAN GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 2554 6,5 56,5 52,5 48,0
12 AZE GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2626 6,5 54,5 50,5 45,5
13 ISR GM Postny Evgeny ISR 2651 6,5 54,0 50,0 46,0
14 IND GM Negi Parimarjan IND 2615 6,5 54,0 50,0 45,5
15 IND GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2584 6,5 53,0 48,5 43,5
16 IND GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal IND 2598 6,5 51,5 48,0 44,0
17 SWE GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2577 6,5 47,5 43,5 39,5
18 IND GM Panchanathan Magesh Chandran IND 2532 6,0 61,5 56,5 51,5
19 KAZ GM Khusnutdinov Rustam KAZ 2506 6,0 60,5 56,0 51,0
20 GEO GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2564 6,0 59,5 55,0 50,0
21 GEO GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2613 6,0 59,0 54,5 49,5
22 IND IM Laxman R R IND 2486 6,0 58,5 55,0 50,0
23 IND IM Himanshu Sharma IND 2471 6,0 58,0 54,5 50,0
24 BEL GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2569 6,0 56,5 51,5 46,5
25 CHN GM Ni Hua CHN 2692 6,0 55,0 51,0 46,5
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