IM Lalith Babu from India created a big sensation
winning the Leiden open ahead of 7 GM’s with a defending
last round victory over GM Sanikidze(2559) from Georgia
with black pieces. The victory took his tally to 7.5
points from 9 games half a point clear of the field.
Facing the Petrosian system of Queens indian from the
black side Lalith was cornered right from the opening by
Sanikidze who seemed to be increasing the pressure with
every move. Lalith defended resolutely and this
encouraged Sanikidze to get into time trouble looking
for a quick win. Under severe time trouble Sanikidze
missed several good continuations to hand over the point
to Lalith who was very brave in defence. This is a big
victory for the young Indian. He wins the winner prize
of 1750 Euro for his efforts .
Daklia gets IM norm
Daklia played white side of Sicilian Rosolimo and
obtained a slight advantage and offered a draw to higher
rated GM Van der Wiel from white pieces which was
accepted by the opponent. This creditable draw gave
Daklia his first IM norm. GM Savchenko and Van den Doel
made a quick draw on the top board to finish 2nd and 3rd
places. For the 4th place 3 Indians are tied. They are
IM Adhiban who won against young Naroditsky from USA,
Daklia and IM Karthikeyan who had a lucky win over
compatriot VAV Rajesh. All 3 have 6.5 points and tie for
the 4th position.
Harini gets IWM norm
Harini who played this tournament very well throughout
except a loss in the middle got her maiden IWM norm with
a draw against Van Putten of Netherlands.
Padmini Rout played a see saw game to get the better of
Law Nicky.
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under the banner of "Chess Association of India" is not
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all the rating tournaments should be registered 30 days in
advance. We therefore request all the organizers / State chess
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organize any FIDE rating events, 45 days in advance to All India
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