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Abhimanyu Puranik had suffered his only defeat of the tournament in the sixth round, when he lost to 20-year-old Brandon Jacobson from the United States. Abhimanyu was then able to put in a strong final run with four wins in a row, which ultimately brought him tournament victory.
The Indian employed an interesting style — he took quite a few risks, was then in a bad position or even lost, but his opponents were unable to deal with the complicated positions correctly and eventually made mistakes. For example, in round 9:
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Puranik playing white against Sethuraman | Photo: David Llada
The winner’s trophy is unlikely to pass as hand luggage on the flight home:
GM Abhimanyu Puranik 🇮🇳 is the winner of the 10th edition of the @chessable Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival. Congratulations!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/ezPhKjKZW7
— Sunway Chess Festival (@SunwayChessOpen) December 23, 2023
The four players in the chasing pack (all with 8/10 points) were invited back to the board for a series of play-offs to determine the exact order in the final standings — two days before Christmas in the open air and against a fantastic backdrop:
Amazing playoffs in another beautiful #Sitges afternoon. Sunsets have become a characteristic image of the @chessable Sunway Sitges tournament! pic.twitter.com/OD7VhO2iX3
— Sunway Chess Festival (@SunwayChessOpen) December 23, 2023
The tiebreaks resulted in this order: the aforementioned Brandon Jacobson (USA) finished second, Volodar Murzin (FIDE) got third place, Aravindh Chithambaram (India) finished fourth and Ernesto Fernandez (Cuba) got fifth place.
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| Rg. | Snr | Name | Elo | Pkt. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Puranik, Abhimanyu | 2627 | 8,5 | 58 | ||||
| 2 | GM | Jacobson, Brandon | 2538 | 8 | 63 | ||||
| 3 | GM | Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. | 2646 | 8 | 62,5 | ||||
| 4 | GM | Murzin, Volodar | 2627 | 8 | 61,5 | ||||
| 5 | IM | Fernandez Guillen, Ernesto J. | 2462 | 8 | 57 | ||||
| 6 | GM | Sethuraman, S.P. | 2582 | 7,5 | 64 | ||||
| 7 | GM | Iniyan, Pa | 2500 | 7,5 | 61,5 | ||||
| 8 | IM | Tiglon, Bryce | 2485 | 7,5 | 61 | ||||
| 9 | IM | Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan | 2496 | 7,5 | 60,5 | ||||
| 10 | GM | Raja, Rithvik R | 2500 | 7,5 | 58 | ||||
| 11 | GM | Pranesh, M | 2523 | 7,5 | 57,5 | ||||
| 12 | GM | Abdisalimov, Abdimalik | 2496 | 7,5 | 57 | ||||
| 13 | GM | Vignesh, N R | 2529 | 7,5 | 56 | ||||
| 14 | GM | Sankalp, Gupta | 2523 | 7,5 | 54,5 | ||||
| 15 | GM | Bharath, Subramaniyam H | 2504 | 7,5 | 53,5 | ||||
| 16 | FM | Makkar, Rajat | 2465 | 7,5 | 46 | ||||
| 17 | IM | Horvath, Dominik | 2564 | 7 | 61 | ||||
| 18 | IM | Krishna, C R G | 2396 | 7 | 58,5 | ||||
| 19 | GM | Boruchovsky, Avital | 2536 | 7 | 56,5 | ||||
| 20 | GM | Mendonca, Leon Luke | 2611 | 7 | 56,5 | ||||
| 21 | Dhruva, Thota | 2182 | 7 | 56,5 | |||||
| 22 | GM | Vetoshko, Volodymyr | 2503 | 7 | 56 | ||||
| 23 | IM | Lamard, Guillaume | 2497 | 7 | 55,5 | ||||
| 24 | GM | Moussard, Jules | 2635 | 7 | 55 | ||||
| 25 | GM | Visakh, N R | 2546 | 7 | 54,5 |
