R.R. Laxman, with eight points, emerged champion on tie-break [Buchholz system] after the 10th and final round of the 10th Chennai Open International Grandmaster chess tournament here on Thursday.
Important results (10th and final round):
Timur Gareyev (USA) 8 bt Ivan Rozum (Rus) 8; Karthik Venkataraman (7) lost to Arjun Erigaisai (8); R.R. Laxman (8) bt N.R. Visakh (7); Llaneza Vega Marcos (Esp) 7 lost to Marat Dzhumaev (Uzb) 8; Sidhant Mohapatra (7.5) drew with Adam Tukhaev (Ukr) 7.
J. Deepan Chakkravarthy (7.5) bt Sergei Tiviakov (Ned) 6.5; Khusenkhojaev Muhammad (Tjk) 7 drew with Yuri Solodovnichenko (Ukr) 7; K.S. Raghunandan (7.5) bt Sivuk Vitaly (Ukr) 6.5, Anup Dshmukh (6.5) lost to Suat Atalik (Tur) 7.5; Roeland Pruijssers (Ned) 7.5 bt S. Nitin (6.5); P. Karthikeyan (6.5) lost to K. Ratnakaran (7.5), Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vie) 7.5 bt Saptarshi Roy (6.5).
