Alexadr Fier edges Aravindh to win 49th La Roda Open

Indians claim second to fifth

GM Alexandr Fier drew with GM Aravindh Chithambaram in the final round of the 2023 La Roda Open. The Brazilian champion won the tournament due to better tiebreaks, and Aravindh was placed second.

Seven players scored 7/9 points each. GM Pranav Venkatesh, GM Iniyan P and GM S L Narayanan secured third, fourth and fifth place respectively. GM Vignesh N R scored 6.5/9 to finish in tenth place. Thus, Indians claimed five out of the top ten places.

The total prize fund of the tournament was €15000. The top three prizes were €3500, €2200 and €1000 along with a trophy each. After winning four tournaments in a row, this is Aravindh’s first runner-up finish in 2023, which is quite an impressive feat.

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A total of 177 players from 22 countries, including 16 GMs, 7 IMs and a WIM, took part in the event. The tournament was organized by “Club Ajedrez Torneos La Roda” on April 5-9 at Caja Blanca in La Roda, Spain. The nine-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 90 minutes for the game plus 30-second increments from move one.

Aravindh, Alexandr Fier

The final-round game between Alexandr Fier (playing white) and Aravindh Chithambaram

La Roda Chess Open

The tournament hall

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	RtgI	RtgN	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	K	rtg+/-
1	6	GM	Fier Alexandr		BRA	2599	2607	7,5	52,5	57	41	46,25	10	14,9
2	4	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.		IND	2607	0	7,5	51	55,5	39,5	44,75	10	11,1
3	12	GM	Pranav V		IND	2545	0	7	52,5	57,5	39	43,00	10	17,8
4	13	GM	Iniyan P		IND	2515	0	7	51,5	56,5	38,5	42,50	10	19
5	1	GM	Narayanan.S.L		IND	2661	2661	7	51	56	37,5	42,00	10	-1
6	8	GM	Albornoz Cabrera Carlos Daniel		CUB	2586	2589	7	50	55	37	41,00	10	-1,5
7	9	GM	Li Di		CHN	2554	0	7	48,5	52,5	36	39,50	10	1,7
8	5	GM	Svane Frederik		GER	2600	0	7	46,5	51,5	35,5	38,75	10	0,4
9	40	FM	Santos Antonio P	V65	POR	2176	0	7	42	44,5	33	32,00	20	37
10	14	IM	Vignesh N R		IND	2497	0	6,5	51,5	56	35,5	39,25	10	5,3
11	18	IM	Zhao Yuanhe		CHN	2447	0	6,5	49	53,5	35,5	36,00	10	10,1
12	3	GM	Jumabayev Rinat		KAZ	2609	0	6,5	49	53,5	34,5	35,75	10	-6,2
13	11	GM	Kobo Ori		ISR	2549	0	6,5	48,5	53	35	36,25	10	-5,1
14	7	GM	Xu Xiangyu		CHN	2587	0	6,5	47,5	51,5	36,5	35,25	10	-0,4
15	48	CM	Horcajuelo Rocamora Martin		ESP	2107	2129	6,5	46	49	33	31,50	40	118
16	16	IM	Shyaamnikhil P		IND	2476	0	6	49,5	54	36	33,50	10	6,7
17	10	GM	Visakh N R		IND	2552	0	6	49	53,5	34,5	33,50	10	-7,8
18	2	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy		UKR	2619	0	6	47,5	51,5	35	32,75	10	-11,8
19	20	IM	Siddharth Jagadeesh		SGP	2393	0	6	47	51	30,5	32,75	10	-11,8
20	23	FM	Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia Daniel		ESP	2307	2332	6	47	50,5	33	30,00	20	13,8

...178 players

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