Srinath Wins IM Tournament At Czech Republic
By Arvind Aaron

FIDE Master Narayanan Srinath won the IM Dopravni Stavby Brno 2008 International Master Tournament by remaining undefeated at 8.5/11 in Czech Republic on July 6. It was a 12-player all-play-all.

Srinath who is 1994-born of Chennai also won a second IM norm in the process. In the final round, he drew FM Jakub Lahner of Czech Republic with the white pieces from a Two Knights opening in 14 moves.

Srinath, a former World U-12 champion from Chennai was impressive against the three International Masters. He scored two points from three games.

Final placings: 1 FM N. Srinath (Ind) 8.5/11, 2 IM Piotr Murdzia (Pol) 8, 3 IM Sergei Splosnov (Blr) 7.5, 4-5 FM Jakub Lahner (Cze), Zoltan Janko (Svk) 7 each, 6 FM David Holemar (Cze) 6.5, 7 IM Bogomil Andonov (Bul) 6, 8 Petr Skacelik (Cze) 5, 9 FM Milos Kozak (Cze) 4.5, 10 Michal Zavadil (Cze) 3, 11 Vadav Chladek (Cze) 2, 12 Jaromir Vesely (Cze) 1.

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