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1 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2586 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Kozul Zdenko 2607
2 GM Shankland Samuel 2662 6 1 - 0 6 IM Hambleton Aman 2474
3 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2638 6 1 - 0 6 GM Peralta Fernando 2556
4 IM Santos Latasa Jaime 2536 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2633
5 GM Bologan Victor 2607 6 0 - 1 6 IM Dann Matthias 2517
6 GM Predke Alexandr 2599 6 0 - 1 6 IM Gascon Del Nogal Jose Rafael 2479
7 GM Motylev Alexander 2675 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Stella Andrea 2505
8 GM Zubov Alexander 2626 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Manolache Marius 2495
9 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2509 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Edouard Romain 2621
10 GM Can Emre 2605 5½ 0 - 1 5½ IM Cernousek Lukas 2456
11 IM Bilguun Sumiya 2459 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Agrest Evgenij 2600
12 GM Sokolov Ivan 2589 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2456
13 IM Petrov Nikita 2574 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ IM Yankelevich Lev 2435
14 GM Liang Awonder 2573 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ IM Krishna C R G 2421
15 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 2344 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2547
16 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2397 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ IM Asis Gargatagli Hipolito 2531
17 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2598 5 1 - 0 5 IM Eggleston David J 2389
18 FM Trepat Herranz Joan 2376 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2509
19 FM Valenzuela Gomez Fernando 2385 5 ½ - ½ 5 IM Liu Guanchu 2462
20 IM Akshat Khamparia 2364 5 ½ - ½ 5 IM Saduakassova Dinara 2460
Final Standings
Rk. Name FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 7.5 49 53.5 39 38,0 ...
2 GM Shankland Samuel USA 7 50 54 36 35,0 ...
3 IM Dann Matthias GER 7 47.5 51.5 36.5 35,5 ...
4 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 7 43.5 48 35 34,0 ...
5 IM Gascon Del Nogal Jose Rafael VEN 7 42 45.5 33.5 32,5 ...
6 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 6.5 50 54.5 37.5 36,5 ...
7 GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 6.5 49 53.5 36 35,0 ...
8 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 6.5 46 50.5 33.5 32,5 ...
9 IM Santos Latasa Jaime ESP 6.5 44.5 48.5 34 33,0 ...
10 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 6.5 44.5 48.5 34 33,0 ...
11 GM Zubov Alexander UKR 6.5 44.5 48 32.5 31,5 ...
12 IM Cernousek Lukas CZE 6.5 38.5 42.5 30 29,0 ...
13 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 6 49.5 53 34 33,0 ...
14 IM Hambleton Aman CAN 6 48.5 52 36 35,0 ...
15 IM Bilguun Sumiya MGL 6 47.5 52 32.5 31,5 ...
16 IM Petrov Nikita RUS 6 47 51.5 33.5 32,5 ...
17 GM Edouard Romain FRA 6 46.5 51 33 32,0 ...
18 IM Yankelevich Lev GER 6 46.5 50.5 32 31,0 ...
19 GM Peralta Fernando ARG 6 46 50 35 34,0 ...
20 GM Bologan Victor MDA 6 46 50 32.5 31,5 ...
21 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo CHI 6 45.5 50 33.5 32,5 ...
22 GM Liang Awonder USA 6 45 49 35.5 34,5 ...
23 IM Asis Gargatagli Hipolito ESP 6 44 47.5 31.5 30,5 ...
24 IM Krishna C R G IND 6 42 46 31 30,0 ...
25 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag MGL 6 42 44 31 30,0
Making GM has been a goal of mine for awhile... anyone who has been following the Chessbrah channel knows I've been working at it since I became an IM back in 2013. Achieving this title has been, by far, one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.
Not a bad way to end off 2017, we'll see what 2018 has in store!
- GL Aman
- Go Hambo
- Can’t understand the draw but ok
- GM Hambleton!
- Congrats Aman, that should clinch his final GM norm
- Yup another genuine Grand
- Disgusting not to have played this game out to 40 moves
Final position with the StockFish evaluation at 0.34
Round Eight Results and Final Round Pairings
Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg
1 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2586 6½ - 6½ GM Kozul Zdenko 2607
2 GM Shankland Samuel 2662 6 - 6 IM Hambleton Aman 2474
3 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2638 6 - 6 GM Peralta Fernando 2556
4 IM Santos Latasa Jaime 2536 6 - 6 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2633
5 GM Bologan Victor 2607 6 - 6 IM Dann Matthias 2517
6 GM Predke Alexandr 2599 6 - 6 IM Gascon Del Nogal Jose Rafael 2479
7 GM Motylev Alexander 2675 5½ - 5½ GM Stella Andrea 2505
8 GM Zubov Alexander 2626 5½ - 5½ GM Manolache Marius 2495
9 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2509 5½ - 5½ GM Edouard Romain 2621
10 GM Can Emre 2605 5½ - 5½ IM Cernousek Lukas 2456
11 IM Bilguun Sumiya 2459 5½ - 5½ GM Agrest Evgenij 2600
12 GM Sokolov Ivan 2589 5½ - 5½ GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2456
13 IM Petrov Nikita 2574 5½ - 5½ IM Yankelevich Lev 2435
14 GM Liang Awonder 2573 5½ - 5½ IM Krishna C R G 2421
15 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 2344 5½ - 5½ GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2547
16 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2397 5½ - 5½ IM Asis Gargatagli Hipolito 2531
17 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2598 5 - 5 IM Eggleston David J 2389
18 FM Trepat Herranz Joan 2376 5 - 5 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2509
19 FM Valenzuela Gomez Fernando 2385 5 - 5 IM Liu Guanchu 2462
20 IM Akshat Khamparia 2364 5 - 5 IM Saduakassova Dinara 2460
21 FM Arman Deniz 2324 5 - 5 IM Cruz Jonathan 2432
22 IM Raja Harshit 2420 5 - 5 WIM Nandhidhaa Pv 2196
If Awonder, then why not Shankland?
Ranking after Round Eight
Rk. Name FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 6.5 38.5 42.5 31.5
2 GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 6.5 36.5 41 29.5
3 GM Shankland Samuel USA 6 40 44 29
4 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 6 38.5 42 31
5 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 6 38.5 41.5 28
6 IM Dann Matthias GER 6 38 42 29.5
7 IM Hambleton Aman CAN 6 38 41 30
8 GM Bologan Victor MDA 6 36.5 40 26.5
9 GM Peralta Fernando ARG 6 36.5 39.5 29
10 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 6 34.5 38 28
11 IM Santos Latasa Jaime ESP 6 34.5 38 27.5
12 IM Gascon Del Nogal Jose Rafael VEN 6 33.5 36.5 26.5
13 IM Bilguun Sumiya MGL 5.5 37.5 41 26.5
14 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 5.5 36.5 41 27
15 GM Edouard Romain FRA 5.5 36.5 40.5 27
16 GM Liang Awonder USA 5.5 36 39.5 29.5
17 IM Yankelevich Lev GER 5.5 36 39.5 26
18 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 5.5 35.5 39.5 27.5
19 IM Petrov Nikita RUS 5.5 35.5 39.5 27.5
20 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo CHI 5.5 35.5 39.5 27.5
21 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 5.5 35 38.5 27
22 GM Zubov Alexander UKR 5.5 34 37.5 26
23 IM Asis Gargatagli Hipolito ESP 5.5 34 37 25.5
24 GM Manolache Marius ROU 5.5 33 36.5 26.5
25 GM Can Emre TUR 5.5 32.5 36.5 25
26 IM Krishna C R G IND 5.5 32.5 36 25
27 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag MGL 5.5 32.5 34.5 25
28 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 5.5 32 35 26
29 IM Cernousek Lukas CZE 5.5 31.5 35 23.5
30 GM Stella Andrea ITA 5.5 31 34.5 25
31 GM Agrest Evgenij SWE 5.5 30 33 22
32 GM Pogorelov Ruslan UKR 5.5 30 32.5 21.5
Last edited by Wayne Komer; Friday, 22 December, 2017, 06:57 PM.
Another draw round 8 against GM Peralta. Congratulations on your final grandmaster norm Aman! and two extra evenings of celebration before Christmas! What a great present.
Hi,
If I were to guess, he will get his norm even with 2 losses now. But a draw with white will for sure guarantee it, irrespective who he'd play and lose to in Round 9.
Hope he gets 2 wins and takes 1st in the tournament though!
Now the games just have to be played.
Congrats Aman,
Alex F.
Aman should be able to secure his last GM norm at this tournament. Would be a great Christmas present for him considering how many times he’s missed out in recent months.
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