Indian GM S L Narayanan wins Cattolica International Open chess tourney; Praggnanandhaa finishes second

Indian Grandmaster S L Narayanan emerged winner within the Grandiscacchi Cattolica International Open right here on Tuesday whereas his compatriot R Praggnanandhaa completed runner-up.

Narayanan and 6 others, together with Praggnanandhaa, completed equal first on 6.5 factors after 9 rounds. However, Narayanan took the highest spot on the idea of a greater tie-break rating.

The 24-year previous Indian GM, the top-seed, remained unbeaten by means of the 9 rounds. He drew towards Pier Luigi Basso (Italy) within the ninth and closing spherical on Tuesday.

He posted 4 wins and secured 5 attracts to attain 6.5 factors. The wins got here towards Italian Alex Dobboletta, compatriot Akshat Khamparia, Jobaova Baadur (Georgia) and Belarusian Sergei Azarov. Among his drawn video games, one was towards Praggnanandhaa.

Praggnanandhaa too completed with 4 wins and 5 attracts. He scored wins over Sauat Nurgaliyev (Kazakhstan), Nikolas Wachinger (Germany), Dutchman Lucas Van Foreest and Meruert Kamalidenova (Kazakhstan). In the ultimate spherical, Praggnanandhaa shared the purpose with Lorenzo Lodici of Italy.

India’s Pranav Anand, an International Master, secured ninth spot with six factors whereas one other Indian Akshat Khamparia took the eleventh place scoring the identical variety of factors.