Kolkata Open: Samvel Ter-Sahakyan first on tie-break

The SREI International Grandmasters Chess Tournament was held on 5-14th December at the historic Town Hall in Kolkata, India.

The tournament was open for the players rated above 1900 and was completed over 10 rounds of Swiss system.

Four players shared the first place with 7,5 points each: GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan ARM 2562, IM Mikhail Mozharov RUS 2535, GM Levan Pantsulaia GEO 2605 and FM Tigran S. Petrosyan ARM 2383.

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan took the winner’s trophy on best tie-break score.


The event was organized by the Allsports Management and Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy, under the aegis of FIDE, AICF and Bengal Chess Association. The prize fund was 12,000 EUR.

Kolkata Open was part of a series of strong open tournaments organized in India to celebrate the World Chess Championship Match in Chennai.

Chennai Open was won by the rising star Aravindh Chithambaram, while GM Sethuraman S P took the trophy in Hyderabad Open.

After Kolkata Open there will be a short break for international players as AICF is holding the national championship. However, from the 1st January the tour continues with two back-to-back international opens – the2nd Gurgaon Open and the 12th Delhi Open.

Final standings:

1 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 2562 – 7.5
2 IM Mozharov Mikhail RUS 2535 – 7.5
3 GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2605 – 7.5
4 FM Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM 2383 – 7.5
5 GM Mirzoev Azer AZE 2518 – 7.5

6 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2644 – 7
7 GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2514 – 7
8 IM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2431 – 7
9 GM Laxman R.R. IND 2443 – 7
10 IM Rzayev Bahruz AZE 2465 – 7

11 GM Borovikov Vladislav UKR 2557 – 6.5
12 GM Sengupta Deep IND 2570 – 6.5
13 GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2546 – 6.5
14 GM Hayrapetyan Hovik ARM 2458 – 6.5
15 GM Drazic Sinisa SRB 2441 – 6.5

16 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2557 – 6
17 IM Stopa Jacek POL 2488 – 6
18 GM Sanikidze Tornike GEO 2553 – 6
19 IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R IND 2393 – 6
20 IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao IND 2392 – 6
21 GM Babujian Levon ARM 2512 – 6
22 Kunal M. IND 2277 – 6
23 GM Neelotpal Das IND 2445 – 6
24 IM Sharma Dinesh K. IND 2386 – 6
25 IM Udeshi Aditya IND 2444 – 6
26 GM Yagupov Igor RUS 2427 – 6
27 IM Karthikeyan P. IND 2343 – 6

28 Vignesh Nr IND 2293 – 5.5
29 Visakh Nr IND 2303 – 5.5
30 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2646 – 5.5
31 IM Ravichandran Siddharth IND 2395 – 5.5
32 GM Ziatdinov Raset USA 2357 – 5.5
33 Karthik V. Ap IND 2097 – 5.5
34 IM Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM 2395 – 5.5
35 Roy Prantik IND 2272 – 5.5
36 GM Thipsay Praveen M IND 2419 – 5.5
37 IM Swayams Mishra IND 2440 – 5.5
38 IM Shivananda B.S. IND 2337 – 5.5
39 Sardana Rishi AUS 2373 – 5.5
40 IM Himanshu Sharma IND 2368 – 5.5