GM Jan Krzysztof Duda claims Lake Sevan 2015 Print
Wednesday, 22 July 2015 22:00
Lake Sevan 2015The annual “Lake Sevan 2015” International Chess Tournament was organized by the Chess Academy of Armenia, under the auspices of Armenian Chess Federation, from July 12-20th, in Martuni, Armenia.

The event was a 15th category 10-player FIDE round-robin tournament.

Polish player Jan Krzysztof Duda emerged a clear winner with 6/9 points, leaving the runner-up, Anton Guijarro, half a point behind.

Duda scored 1 loss, 4 draws and 4 victories to obtain an Elo performance 2741 and take the title.

The Spaniard Guijarro was leading but a last-round loss against Vidit Santosh Gujrathi led him to the second position.

The Indian representative edged Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Vladislav Artemiev on a better tie-break score to take the third place.

http://sevan.chessacademy.am/static/article/49?lang=en

Final standings:

1 GM Duda Jan Krzysztof 2632 POL - 6
2 GM Anton Guijarro David 2626 ESP - 5½
3 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2643 IND - 5
4 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 2593 ARM - 5
5 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2660 RUS - 5
6 GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2611 ARM - 4½
7 GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes 2589 ARM - 4½
8 GM Petrosyan Tigran L. 2630 ARM - 4
9 GM Sevian Samuel 2578 USA - 3
10 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2615 UAE - 2½