Li Chao winner of the Indonesia Open Chess Championship

Wednesday, 19 October 2011 21:22
The 2011 Indonesia Open Chess Championship was held from 13th to 19th October at the Le Meredien Hotel in Jakarta. 80 players competed in the 9-round Swiss tournament.

The generous prize fund amounts to 55.500 USD, with 10.000 USD reserved for the winner.

Top seeded Wang Yue and former Asia champion and Anand’s second Ganguly Surya Shekhar played a draw on the first board, while 3rd seed and Universiade champion Li Chao b defeated Sandro Mareco and joined Ganguly on the shared first place. Li Chao b takes the winner’s trophy on better tie-break score.

In the other games Oliver Barbosa held the famous Alexey Dreev to a draw with black pieces. In the Philippines’ derby Wesley So beat GM-elect Richard Bitoon to secure a shared 3rd place.

Full standings bellow. Photos by Reza Mahdipour.

Final standings:

1 GM Li Chao b CHN 2710 – 7
2 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2631 – 7
3 GM Barbosa Oliver PHI 2538 – 6.5
4 GM Tkachiev Vladislav FRA 2631 – 6.5
5 GM Wang Yue CHN 2716 – 6.5
6 GM So Wesley PHI 2655 – 6.5
7 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2711 – 6.5
8 GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2530 – 6
9 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2597 – 6
10 FM Wahono Awam INA 2379 – 6
11 GM Shabalov Alexander USA 2529 – 6
12 GM Kotanjian Tigran ARM 2546 – 6
13 GM Zhao Jun CHN 2587 – 6
14 GM Laylo PHI 2534 – 6
15 IM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2449 – 5.5
16 IM Bitoon Richard PHI 2504 – 5.5
17 IM Ahmadinia Ebrahim IRI 2430 – 5.5
18 GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2493 – 5.5
19 GM Reinderman Dimitri NED 2594 – 5.5
20 GM Cao Sang VIE 2529 – 5.5
21 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2564 – 5.5
22 Aris, T.L.S. INA 2222 – 5.5
23 GM Gomez John Paul PHI 2514 – 5.5
24 Nasri Amin IRI 2283 – 5.5
25 IM Purnama Tirta Chandra INA 2368 – 5
26 IM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2473 – 5
27 FM Khairul Anam INA 2266 – 5
28 GM Paragua Mark PHI 2533 – 5
29 GM Fier Alexander BRA 2583 – 5
30 Jafar Sofyan INA 2195 – 5
31 WGM Pokorna Regina SVK 2359 – 5
32 IM Dimakiling Oliver PHI 2414 – 5
33 GM Moradiabadi Elshan IRI 2549 – 5
34 IM Irwanto Sadikin INA 2429 – 5
35 GM Torre Eugenio PHI 2520 – 5

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