Asian Particular person Blitz Chess Championship: Karthikeyan, Rout end 4th

Karthikeyan Murali. File
| Photograph Credit score: B. Jothi Ramalingam

Grandmaster Murali Karthikeyan signed off in fourth place on the Asian Particular person Blitz Chess Championship, with Padmini Rout replicating the end result within the ladies’s part to emerge as the highest Indian performers Al Ain.

The open part was received by 15-year-old Grandmaster Ivan Zemlyanskiia who represents Russia however competed below the FIDE flag. He scores a dominant 8 out of 9 factors.

Fellow 15-year-old Iran’s Sina Mohaved completed second on 7.5 factors forward of Rudik Makarian of Russia who had 7 factors however one of the best tie-break rating.

Simply behind Karthikeyan was Neelash Saha who additionally notched seven factors however needed to be content material with a fifth-place end.

Former Blitz world champion Alexander Grischuk, who flew in along with his spouse and fellow Grandmaster Kateryna Lagno, each high seeds of their sections, didn’t make it to the rostrum.

Grandmaster Nihal Sarin, identified to be an incredible exponent within the quicker model of the sport determined to present the blitz occasion a miss.

Alua Nurman of Kazakhstan received the ladies’s occasion forward of Russian Valentina Gunina on 7.5 factors and the third place went to Yuxin Tune of China who had a greater tie-break than Rout.