Mumbai, Jun 10: GM Amonatov Farrukh of Tajikistan today drew with GM Pruijssers Roeland of the Netherlands in the tenth and final round of the 11th Mumbai Mayors International Chess Tournament to garner 8 points and emerge champion of the Rs 35-lakh prize money tournament.
GM Amonatov Farrukh was last year’s runner-up.
Farrukh took home the winners cash prize of Rs 3.3 lakh while Roeland pocketed Rs 2.3 lakh in the LIC-sponsored tournament hosted by Mount Litera International School in Bandra Kurla Complex here.
Indias IM Karthik Venkatraman (6th), GM Ghosh Diptayan (8th) and GM Deepan Chakravarthy J (10th) all finished with 7.5 points each to make it to the top 10, besides earning Rs 50,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively.
The game between Farrukh and Roeland started with the traditional Scotch opening and was equally poised with both players exchanging pieces at regular intervals that left them with a rook and bishop.
With no scope of a clear victory, both the players agreed for a draw after 25 moves, with Farrukh emerging the winner by virtue of a better tie-break score.
The game between IM Visakh (ELO 2467) and GM Manik Mikulas (ELO 2399) ended in a draw after 57 moves with both playing safe. (PTI)
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