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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.
The final-round game between Alexandr Fier (playing white) and Aravindh Chithambaram
The tournament hall
| Rk. | Name | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | ||
| 1 |
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GM | Fier Alexandr | 2599 | 7,5 | 52,5 |
| 2 |
|
GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2607 | 7,5 | 51 |
| 3 |
|
GM | Pranav V | 2545 | 7 | 52,5 |
| 4 |
|
GM | Iniyan P | 2515 | 7 | 51,5 |
| 5 |
|
GM | Narayanan.S.L | 2661 | 7 | 51 |
| 6 |
|
GM | Albornoz Cabrera Carlos Daniel | 2586 | 7 | 50 |
| 7 |
|
GM | Li Di | 2554 | 7 | 48,5 |
| 8 |
|
GM | Svane Frederik | 2600 | 7 | 46,5 |
| 9 |
|
FM | Santos Antonio P | 2176 | 7 | 42 |
| 10 |
|
IM | Vignesh N R | 2497 | 6,5 | 51,5 |
| 11 |
|
IM | Zhao Yuanhe | 2447 | 6,5 | 49 |
| 12 |
|
GM | Jumabayev Rinat | 2609 | 6,5 | 49 |
| 13 |
|
GM | Kobo Ori | 2549 | 6,5 | 48,5 |
| 14 |
|
GM | Xu Xiangyu | 2587 | 6,5 | 47,5 |
| 15 |
|
CM | Horcajuelo Rocamora Martin | 2107 | 6,5 | 46 |
| 16 |
|
IM | Shyaamnikhil P | 2476 | 6 | 49,5 |
| 17 |
|
GM | Visakh N R | 2552 | 6 | 49 |
| 18 |
|
GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | 2619 | 6 | 47,5 |
| 19 |
|
IM | Siddharth Jagadeesh | 2393 | 6 | 47 |
| 20 |
|
FM | Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia Daniel | 2307 | 6 | 47 |
