After a strong finish with 4.5 points from the last 5 games Norwegian IM Jens Evang Ingebretsen took first prize in the GM-group. The 22-year-old made 7 points in 9 rounds with a rating performance of 2577.
GM Diptayan Ghosh of India was leading during most of the tournament, but finishing with 4 straight draws turned out to be insufficient for first place. Ghosh took second place with 6.5 points, same as IM Tarun Kanyamarala (Ireland), GM Normunds Miezis (Latvia) and FM Ritvik Krishnan (India) on places 3 to 5 respectively. See the full standings here.
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| Top-5 in the GM-group: Ghosh, Kanyamarala, Ingebretsen, Miezis and Krishnan (Photo: Tom Eriksen) |
In the Open group Edvard Reinertsen had secured first place with one round to go. After a draw in the last round Reinertsen finshed on 7.5 points, a whole point ahead of runner-ups Misha Galinsky and Amanda Mai Irgens Eiding. On 6 points we find Abishan Arulmaran, Mykhailo Kuzmenko and Mikael Ruud. Apart from the Ukrainian Kuzmenko the mentioned players are all Norwegian.
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| Top-3 in the Open: Reinertsen, Galinsky and Eiding (Photo: Tom Eriksen) |
