Abhijeet Gupta wins the Caplin Masters in Hastings

An exciting final round

The large group from third to eleventh place included the three French grandmasters Maxime Lagarde, Romain Edouard and Pierre Laurent-Paoli, as well as 14-year-old Indian-born Shreyas Royal, who will certainly be heard from more often in the future.

Abhijeet Gupta is not as well-known as other Indian players, but the grandmaster became Junior World Champion back in 2008. Gupta was the direct predecessor of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in this position, but he was subsequently unable to launch such a glittering career as the Frenchman.

Before the last round, Gupta was part of a leading trio that also included the American Brandon Jacobson and the Chinese Pengxiang Zhang. Zhang drew in round 9 against Deep Sengupta (India), and Gupta was thus able to take the royal road to tournament victory by defeating Jacobson in their direct duel between the tied players.

The game was particularly enjoyable for the spectators, as both players were expected to make an effort to win.

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I took part in the 97th Caplin Hastings Masters. I ended up finishing joint 3rd, narrowly missing my final GM norm by half a point despite obtaining a winning position in the last game. It was fantastic to play in the prestigious tournament with the organisation being top-notch. pic.twitter.com/qUh41uVFJR
— Shreyas Royal (@shrez_royal09) January 6, 2024

Final standings

Rg.	Snr		Name	Pts
1	2	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2596	7,5
2	3	GM	Zhang, Pengxiang	2558	7
3	1	GM	Lagarde, Maxime	2640	6,5
	4	GM	Jacobson, Brandon	2538	6,5
	5	GM	Edouard, Romain	2527	6,5
	6	GM	Laurent-Paoli, Pierre	2524	6,5
	8	IM	Ghasi, Ameet K	2509	6,5
	9	GM	Petrov, Martin	2501	6,5
	10	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2501	6,5
	12	GM	Gasanov, Eldar	2487	6,5
	15	IM	Royal, Shreyas	2438	6,5
12	7	GM	Mikhalevski, Victor	2524	6
	25	FM	Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick	2338	6
	42		Bai, Xue	2099	6
15	11	GM	Sulskis, Sarunas	2490	5,5
	13	IM	Wadsworth, Matthew J	2448	5,5
	16	IM	Willow, Jonah B	2427	5,5
	17	GM	Gallagher, Joseph G	2427	5,5
	18	IM	Boyer, Mahel	2427	5,5
	19	GM	Cherniaev, Alexander	2381	5,5
	20	FM	Derakhshani, Borna	2380	5,5
	22	IM	Unuk, Laura	2345	5,5
	24	IM	Fischer, Daniel	2341	5,5
	27	IM	Vestby-Ellingsen, Mads	2329	5,5
	28	IM	Rudd, Jack	2314	5,5
	30		Bozinakis, Pavlos	2274	5,5
	31	IM	Sarkar, Justin	2272	5,5
	32	FM	Nielsen, Andre	2239	5,5
	34		Boswell, Jacob Connor	2235	5,5
	37	CM	Juknis, Paulius	2148	5,5

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