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At the top of the list was Indian grandmaster Gupta Abhijeet with 2642 FIDE. Although
he performed roughly in line with his rating, his final score of 8.5/11 was good for sole
third, ahead of a number of players on 7.5
Mexican GM Gilberto Hernandez played solidly, but a last-round loss to
top-seed Gupta prevented him from penetrating the podium, and he
ended with 7.0/11
In second was 19-year-old Indian GM Grover Sahaj who tied for first-second with 9.0/10
The winner of the tournament was Italian GM Sabino Brunello, who not only had a great
tournament throughout, leading from end to end, but in the eleventh round when crunch
time came, he defeated his compatriot Axel Rombaldoni in a key game
Here is a key win by GM Sabino Brunello (2531) over top-seed Gupta Abhijeet (2642) in round seven:
Strong Canadian GM Eric Hansen was the third seed with 2593, but
a string of four draws in the middle prevented him from doing better
than fifth with 7.5/11
Naturally it wasn't all grandmasters and masters. Stephen Skosona
from South Africa had the privilege of playing three grandmasters
one-on-one. Not your everyday opportunity for an amateur.
Canada had several representatives in the event, such as IM Nikolay
Noritsyn who finished with 7.0/11
GM Sandro Mareco from Argentina chats with Italian GM Axel Rombaldoni at the prize ceremony
A group shot of all the top performers in the open
We would like to extend special thanks to Reint Dykema who has provided wonderful pictures at the South African Chess federation's Facebook page. The pictures presented here are but the smallest sample of his work.
Rk | SNo | Ti. | Name |
Fed
|
Rtg
|
Pts
|
TB
|
1 | 5 | GM | Brunello Sabino |
ITA
|
2552
|
9.0
|
65.0
|
2 | 10 | GM | Grover Sahaj |
IND
|
2492
|
9.0
|
62.5
|
3 | 1 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet |
IND
|
2642
|
8.5
|
64.5
|
4 | 19 | GM | Bui Vinh |
VIE
|
2411
|
7.5
|
56.0
|
5 | 14 | GM | Solozhenkin Evgeniy |
RUS
|
2448
|
7.5
|
62.0
|
6 | 3 | GM | Hansen Eric |
CAN
|
2593
|
7.5
|
61.5
|
7 | 9 | GM | Popilski Gil |
ISR
|
2493
|
7.5
|
59.5
|
8 | 7 | GM | Bhat Vinay S. |
USA
|
2511
|
7.5
|
62.5
|
9 | 28 | Van Rensburg Ryan Pierre |
RSA
|
2175
|
7.0
|
56.0
|
|
10 | 48 | Nel Andre |
RSA
|
1889
|
7.0
|
53.0
|
|
11 | 13 | IM | Noritsyn Nikolay |
CAN
|
2449
|
7.0
|
63.5
|
12 | 20 | GM | Khatanbaatar Bazar |
MGL
|
2376
|
7.0
|
57.0
|
13 | 24 | Rubery Mark |
RSA
|
2238
|
7.0
|
55.5
|
|
14 | 6 | GM | Hernandez Guerrero Gilberto |
MEX
|
2531
|
7.0
|
60.0
|
15 | 15 | IM | Annaberdiev Meilis |
TKM
|
2439
|
7.0
|
59.5
|
16 | 12 | GM | Bakre Tejas |
IND
|
2452
|
7.0
|
58.5
|
17 | 16 | IM | Cawdery Daniel |
RSA
|
2432
|
7.0
|
58.0
|
18 | 8 | GM | Rombaldoni Axel |
ITA
|
2502
|
7.0
|
63.0
|
19 | 45 | Pesa Mofoka A. |
RSA
|
1940
|
6.5
|
51.5
|
|
20 | 4 | GM | Mareco Sandro |
ARG
|
2585
|
6.5
|
62.0
|
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