Vitaly Sivuk wins 2nd La Plagne Chess Festival 2022 Masters, Iniyan second and Sayantan third

Nubairshah wins the 2nd La Plagne Blitz Open

IM Nubairshah Shaikh scored an unbeaten 6.5/7 and finished a half point ahead of the field to win the Blitz Open tournament. This is Nubair's third triumph in 45 days. First he won 5th LBHM All India Open in May, then he won Silver Lake Open last month and now this Blitz Open. The total prize fund in the Classical event was €6600. Top three prizes were €2000, €1200 and €800 each respectively.

A total of 72 players including 2 GMs and 3 IMs took part from six countries across the world in the Blitz Open. The seven-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 5 mins + 2 seconds each. The total prize fund in the Blitz event was €1000. Top three prizes were €250, €200 and €150 each respectively.

A total of 95 players including 9 GMs, 18 IMs, 1 WGM and 2 WGMs took part in the Masters (>1900) tournament from 19 countries across the world. The event was organized by Cercle d'Échecs du Bassin Annemassien from 2nd to 9th July 2022. The time control was 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings in Classical

Pl

Nom

Elo

Cat.

Fede

Ligue

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

R 6

R 7

R 8

R 9

Pts

Tr.

Perf

Bu.

1

g

SIVUK Vitaly

2565 F

SenM

+ 51B

+ 21N

+ 31B

=  8N

+  7B

=  2N

+ 12B

=  3N

=  4B

7

43½

2640

53

2

g

INIYAN P

2533 F

JunM

+ 57B

= 30N

+ 37B

+ 29N

+  8B

=  1B

=  3N

=  7N

+ 12B

7

41½

2622

50½

3

m

DAS Sayantan

2449 F

SenM

+ 71B

+ 55N

= 29B

+ 16N

+ 18B

=  7N

=  2B

=  1B

= 10N

6½

42½

2559

50½

4

m

MOHAMMAD NUBAIRSHAH

2445 F

SenM

+ 91N

+ 28B

= 26N

= 20B

- 11N

+ 43B

+  9N

+ 13B

=  1N

6½

41½

2526

48

5

m

SZPAR Milosz

2431 F

JunM

+ 58N

+ 38B

= 10N

=  9B

= 22N

= 19B

= 30N

+ 32B

+  7B

6½

39

2485

48

6

f

RAZAFINDRATSIMA Timothe

2416 F

MinM

PAC

=

- 32N

+ 78B

+ 71N

+ 44B

-  9B

+ 47N

+ 30B

+ 21N

6½

35

2430

41½

7

g

SOLODOVNICHENKO Yuri

2497 F

SenM

EST

+ 50N

+ 22B

+ 15N

+ 11B

-  1N

=  3B

+ 10N

=  2B

-  5N

6

45

2545

55

8

m

OSMAK Yuliia

2420 F

SenF

CVL

+ 80B

+ 33N

+ 25N

=  1B

-  2N

= 22B

+ 20N

= 10B

=  9N

6

42½

2486

50½

9

m

PETRE Nad-Titus

2286 F

SenM

BRE

+ 87B

= 34N

+ 23B

=  5N

= 14B

+  6N

-  4B

+ 29N

=  8B

6

42

2509

50

10

m

ZWIRS Nico

2485 F

SenM

+ 81B

+ 43N

=  5B

= 19N

+ 21B

+ 11N

-  7B

=  8N

=  3B

6

42

2502

49½

Details

Final standings in Blitz

Pl

Nom

Blitz

Cat.

Fede

Ligue

R 1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

R 6

R 7

Pts

Tr.

Perf

1

m

MOHAMMAD NUBAIRSHAH

2338 F

SenM

+ 69N

+ 23B

+ 15N

+  9B

+  2N

=  3B

+  6N

6½

30½

2454

2

m

PHILIPPE Guillaume

2379 F

SenM

PAC

+ 26B

+ 12N

+ 10B

+  5N

-  1B

+  8N

+ 14B

6

31½

2409

3

f

LAMAZE Simon

2090 F

MinM

PAC

+ 47N

+ 50B

+ 22N

= 14N

+  7B

=  1N

+ 10B

6

28

2338

4

g

DIERMAIR Andreas

2322 F

SenM

HDF

+ 64B

+ 28N

-  9B

+ 12N

+ 14B

=  5N

+ 16B

5½

28½

2252

5

BREGNAC Tristan

2012 F

JunM

ARA

+ 48N

+ 43B

+ 21N

-  2B

+ 22N

=  4B

+ 17N

5½

27½

2239

6

ZIENKIEWICZ Jan

2025 F

BenM

PAC

+ 52B

+ 36N

- 14B

+ 19N

+ 13B

+  7N

-  1B

5

29

2090

7

f

SAYA Ethan

2236 F

JunM

IDF

+ 41N

+ 44B

+ 11N

+ 24B

-  3N

-  6B

+ 22N

5

27

2080

8

TOMASI Elise

1901 F

CadF

CVL

+ 20N

+ 59B

+ 25N

- 21B

+ 35N

-  2B

+ 26B

5

26½

2109

9

AVANESYAN Davit

1902 F

CadM

PAC

+ 62N

+ 68B

+  4N

-  1N

- 16B

+ 29B

+ 28N

5

26½

2005

10

KANOV Nikola

1915 F

MinM

+ 42N

+ 55B

-  2N

+ 43B

+ 24N

+ 21B

-  3N

5

26½

1990

Details

Links

Official site

Cercle Échecs Bassin Annemassien fb

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