Nils Grandelius grabs the trophy in Golden Sands

Swedish Grandmaster Nils Grandelius won the 2nd Golden Sands open tournament that was held on 10-18th June in the Bulgarian sea resort Golden Sands.

Grandelius defeated Indian GM Arun Prasad in the last round to complete the tournament with 7,5/9 points.

Vladislav Nevednichy and MR Venkatesh were also victorious to catch Zbynek Hracek and Vladimir Georgiev on the shared second place.

WGM Mary Ann Gomes was the best placed woman with 6,5 points.

Last round video

Final standings:

1 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2544 – 7.5
2 GM Hracek Zbynek CZE 2625 – 7
3 GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2580 – 7
4 GM Georgiev Vladimir MKD 2532 – 7
5 GM Venkatesh M.R. IND 2506 – 7
6 GM Solak Dragan TUR 2598 – 6.5
7 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2579 – 6.5
8 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2554 – 6.5
9 IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2472 – 6.5
10 GM Arun Prasad S. IND 2522 – 6.5
11 GM Spasov Vasil BUL 2565 – 6.5
12 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2600 – 6.5
13 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2649 – 6.5
14 IM Raznikov Danny ISR 2491 – 6.5
15 GM Rusev Krasimir BUL 2556 – 6.5
16 GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2560 – 6.5
17 GM Sengupta Deep IND 2548 – 6.5
18 GM Vajda Levente ROU 2617 – 6.5
19 WGM Gomes Mary Ann IND 2408 – 6.5
20 GM Solodovnichenko Yuri UKR 2565 – 6
21 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2605 – 6
22 GM Blagojevic Dragisa MNE 2524 – 6
23 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2557 – 6
24 IM Bernadskiy Vitaliy UKR 2475 – 6
25 FM Bonafede Alessandro ITA 2353 – 6
26 GM Abasov Nijat AZE 2492 – 6
27 GM Grover Sahaj IND 2478 – 6
28 IM Givon Asaf ISR 2415 – 6
29 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2502 – 6
30 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny LAT 2512 – 6
31 GM Gopal G.N. IND 2522 – 6
32 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2565 – 6
33 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2464 – 6
34 GM Drenchev Petar BUL 2485 – 6
35 IM Debashis Das IND 2482 – 6
36 IM Galinsky Timofey UKR 2439 – 6
37 IM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2435 – 6
38 IM Rombaldoni Axel ITA 2484 – 6
39 FM Ali Marandi Cemil Can TUR 2383 – 6