Nihal Sarin was the clear winner of the Silver Lake Open in Veliko Gradiste, Serbia. After seven rounds, Sarin, who celebrates his 17th birthday on 13 July, led with 6.5/7 and was a whole point ahead of the field.
But after Sarin drew against Abhimanyu Puranik in round eight, Raunak Sadhwani and Serbian veteran Branko Damljanovic again came within striking distance of Sarin. In the last round, it came to a duel between the leader and his rival Damljanovic. Sarin came to a smooth win and outplayed Damljanovic right from the opening.
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1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 d4 6.Na4 e5 7.d3 h6 8.0-0 Be7 9.e4 Be6 10.Bd2 Nd7 11.b3 g5 12.a3 a5 13.Nb2 h5 14.Qc1 Rg8 15.Ne1 h4 16.Nc2 g4 17.Rb1 Bg5 18.Ne1 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 Qf6 20.Nc2 Rh8 21.Ra1 Qh6 22.Qxh6 Rxh6 23.Rfb1 Ke7 24.Na4 Rhh8 25.Bf1 hxg3 26.fxg3 Rhb8 27.Nb2 b5 28.a4 bxc4 29.Nxc4 Bxc4 30.bxc4 Rxb1 31.Rxb1 Nb4 32.Ne1 Na2 33.Rb7 Nc3 34.h4 Kd6 35.Rb2 Nxa4 36.Rf2 Ke6 37.Nc2 Nc3 38.Na3 Rb8 39.Nb5 Nxb5 40.cxb5 Rxb5 41.h5 a4 42.h6 Nf6 43.Ra2 Ra5 44.Ra3 Ke7 45.Be2 Kf8 46.Bd1 Kg8 47.Rxa4 Rxa4 48.Bxa4 Kh7 49.Bb3 Kg6 50.Kf2 Nh7 51.Bd1 f5 52.exf5+ Kxf5 53.Ke2 Kg5 54.Kd2 Nf6 55.Kc2 Kxh6 56.Kb3 Kg5 57.Kc4 Nh5 58.Kxc5 Nxg3 59.Kd5 Kf4 0–1 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Damljanovic,B | 2501 | Nihal Sarin | 2620 | 0–1 | 2021 | A34 | Silver Lake Open 2021 | 9.1 |
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On twitter Sarin commented his tournament win rather matter-of-factly.
131 players from 27 countries played in the A Open, 16 Grandmasters and 17 International Masters.
Final standings
| 1 |
3 |
|
GM |
Nihal Sarin |
U18 |
|
|
|
2620 |
8,0 |
49,5 |
0,0 |
2807 |
9 |
8 |
6,26 |
1,74 |
10 |
17,4 |
| 2 |
6 |
|
GM |
Sadhwani Raunak |
U18 |
|
|
|
2555 |
7,0 |
51,0 |
0,0 |
2660 |
9 |
7 |
5,75 |
1,25 |
10 |
12,5 |
| 3 |
4 |
|
GM |
Puranik Abhimanyu |
|
|
|
|
2589 |
7,0 |
48,5 |
0,0 |
2581 |
9 |
7 |
6,92 |
0,08 |
10 |
0,8 |
| 4 |
11 |
|
IM |
Makhnev Denis |
|
|
|
|
2480 |
7,0 |
44,5 |
0,0 |
2562 |
9 |
7 |
6,02 |
0,98 |
10 |
9,8 |
| 5 |
9 |
|
GM |
Sadikhov Ulvi |
|
|
|
|
2490 |
6,5 |
47,0 |
0,0 |
2516 |
9 |
6,5 |
6,05 |
0,45 |
10 |
4,5 |
| 6 |
1 |
|
GM |
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel |
|
|
|
|
2644 |
6,5 |
46,0 |
0,0 |
2559 |
9 |
6,5 |
7,17 |
-0,67 |
10 |
-6,7 |
| 7 |
18 |
|
IM |
Agmanov Zhandos |
|
|
|
|
2404 |
6,5 |
46,0 |
0,0 |
2460 |
9 |
6,5 |
5,73 |
0,77 |
10 |
7,7 |
| 8 |
10 |
|
IM |
Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis |
|
|
|
|
2485 |
6,5 |
45,5 |
0,0 |
2508 |
9 |
6,5 |
6,13 |
0,37 |
10 |
3,7 |
| 9 |
14 |
|
IM |
Boskovic Drasko |
|
|
|
|
2451 |
6,5 |
45,5 |
0,0 |
2514 |
9 |
6,5 |
5,60 |
0,90 |
10 |
9,0 |
| 10 |
13 |
|
IM |
Raja Harshit |
|
|
|
|
2459 |
6,5 |
44,5 |
0,0 |
2508 |
9 |
6,5 |
5,78 |
0,72 |
10 |
7,2 |
| 11 |
7 |
|
GM |
Sedlak Nikola |
|
|
|
|
2519 |
6,5 |
44,0 |
0,0 |
2516 |
9 |
6,5 |
6,37 |
0,13 |
10 |
1,3 |
| 12 |
31 |
|
FM |
Vetokhin Savva |
U18 |
|
|
|
2324 |
6,5 |
41,5 |
0,0 |
2470 |
9 |
6,5 |
4,71 |
1,79 |
20 |
35,8 |
| 13 |
8 |
|
GM |
Damljanovic Branko |
S60 |
|
|
|
2501 |
6,5 |
39,0 |
0,0 |
2467 |
9 |
6,5 |
6,48 |
0,02 |
10 |
0,2 |
| 14 |
19 |
|
IM |
Radovanovic Nikola |
|
|
|
|
2395 |
6,0 |
48,0 |
0,0 |
2557 |
9 |
6 |
4,02 |
1,98 |
10 |
19,8 |
| 15 |
5 |
|
GM |
Perunovic Milos |
|
|
|
|
2567 |
6,0 |
45,0 |
0,0 |
2469 |
8 |
5,5 |
6,25 |
-0,75 |
10 |
-7,5 |
| 16 |
22 |
|
IM |
Mullick Raahil |
U18 |
|
|
|
2386 |
6,0 |
44,0 |
0,0 |
2445 |
9 |
6 |
5,21 |
0,79 |
20 |
15,8 |
| 17 |
34 |
|
FM |
Pasti Aron |
U18 |
|
|
|
2318 |
6,0 |
39,5 |
1,0 |
2260 |
9 |
6 |
6,50 |
-0,50 |
20 |
-10,0 |
| 18 |
76 |
|
WFM |
Balabayeva Xeniya |
U18 |
w |
|
|
2116 |
6,0 |
39,5 |
0,0 |
2390 |
9 |
6 |
2,82 |
3,18 |
40 |
127,2 |
| 19 |
102 |
|
|
Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan |
U18 |
|
|
|
1955 |
6,0 |
39,0 |
0,0 |
2303 |
8 |
5 |
1,53 |
3,47 |
40 |
138,8 |
| 20 |
20 |
|
IM |
Megalios Konstantinos |
|
|
|
|
2390 |
5,5 |
46,0 |
0,0 |
2416 |
9 |
5,5 |
5,06 |
0,44 |
10 |
4,4 |
| 21 |
2 |
|
GM |
Petrosyan Manuel |
|
|
|
|
2625 |
5,5 |
46,0 |
0,0 |
2430 |
9 |
5,5 |
7,30 |
-1,80 |
10 |
-18,0 |
131 players
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In the B-Open almost 100 players took part. Aleksa Alimpic, Aleksandar Arandjelovic and FM Miodrag Jevtic shared first place with 7.5/9 points each. Alimpic won on tiebreak.
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