Untitled Kundu Subhayan of India won the inaugural DINI International Chess Championship while former Sri Lanka National Champion Dahamdi Sanudula won the prize for the Best Performance Among Women.
The tournament, organized by the Blue and Gold Chess Club on behalf of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka was sponsored by DINI Communications Inc., and was held at the Mount Lavinia Hotel. (Photos by Sachini Ranasinghe).
Subhayan, who shared the lead after 9 rounds with GM Kirill Stupak from Belarus and GM Li Min Peng from Switzerland, drew his final game with GM Sayantan Das (India), as did Stupak with GM Mihail Nikitenko of Belarus and Peng with GM Guha Mitrabha of India.
Meanwhile GM Bors Sevchenko of Russia beat P Karthikeyan of India and GM Deepan Chakkravarthy of India beat Kirill Kuderinov of Kazakhstan to end on 7.5 point, making for a 5-player tie at the top.
Subhayan emerged champion following the tie-break with Peng and Stupak having to be content with second and third places, respectively. Meanwhile S Sivathanujan, who finished just a half point behind the leaders and was placed 13th overall had the best performance among Sri Lankans.
The main prizes were given by Bandula Gunawardena, Minister of Transport, Highways and Mass Media, and Mrs Nirmala Wijedasa, who represented DINI Communications Inc. Mr Luxman Wijesuriya, President of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka also spoke at the closing ceremony.
Untitled Kundu Subhayan of India (above left) topped the DINI International GM Tournament held 28 July to 4 August in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Subhayan finished with 7.5 points prevailing by tie-break over four others with similar points, namely GMs Peng Li Min of Switzerland (above center), Kiril Stupak of Belarus (above right), Boris Savchenko of Russia (below left) and Chakkravarthy Deepan of India (below right).
Here are final standings:
