2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup, Tiayuan, China - Harikrishna Wins By A One Point Margin

World Junior champion Pentyala Harikrishna of Gas Authority of India, Hyderabad won the 12-player round robin tournament with an impressive 8.5/11 score on July 20. The event took place from July 8-20 in China. It was an impressive week for the Indians as Krishnan Sasikiran of ONGC, Chennai won the Benasque Open in the Spanish mountains while Harikrishna won a closed event on the other side of the planet in China.

Final Round 11 Standings:
1 Harikrishna P g IND 2645 8.5;
2 Motylev Alexander g RUS 2675 7.5;
3 Wang Yue g CHN 2576 6.5;
4 Bu Xiangzhi g g CHN 2632 6.5;
5 Ni Hua g   CHN 2629 6.0;
6 Karjakin Sergey g UKR 2645 5.5;
7 Petrosian Tigran L g ARM 2581 5.5;
8 Zhang Pengxiang g   CHN 2616 5.0;
9 Zhang Zhong g   CHN 2608 4.5;
10 Wang Hao   CHN 2512 4.5;
11 Zhao Xue wg   CHN 2470 3.0;
12 McShane Luke J g ENG 2625 3.0.

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