Abhijeet Gupta wins Orillas de Mar Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/07/2023

GM Abhijeet Gupta, GM Yan Liu (CHN), GM Xiangzhi Bu (CHN), IM Dragos Ceres (ROU) and Tong Xiao (CHN) scored 7/9 each at Orillas de Mar International Open 2023. Abhijeet won the tournament due to better tie-breaks. The remaining four were placed second to fourth according to tie-breaks. Despite losing the second round against an untitled Chinese teenager, Renjie Huang, Abhijeet scored 6/7 in the next seven games to finish first. The total prize fund of the tournament was €11500. The top three prizes were €3500, €2500 and €1500 along with a trophy each respectively. GM Lalit Rohit is the only other Indian to make a top ten finish. He scored an unbeaten 6.5/9 to finish ninth. Photos: Arona Chess Club

Top five score 7/9

GM Yan Liu (CHN) and GM Xiangzhi Bu (CHN) were the only two players in the lead 6.5/8, heading into the final round. Nine players were in pursuit at 6/8 each including GM Abhijeet Gupta and GM Lalit Rohit. Abhijeet defeated Xiongjian Peng (CHN) in the final round and Lalit drew against GM Sarunas Sulskis (LTU). Abhijeet 7/9 won the tournament due to better tie-break score, Lalit 6.5/9 was placed ninth.

Champion - GM Abhijeet Gupta 7/9

Runner-up GM Yan Liu (CHN) 7/9

Second Runner-up GM Xiangzhi Bu (CHN) 7/9

9th GM Lalit Rohit 6.5/9

The tournament hall at Tenerife, Adeje in Spain

A total of 131 players including 22 GMs, 16 IMs, 3 WGMs and 4 WIMs took part from 26 countries across the world in this eight-day nine-round Swiss League Rating tournament. The tournament was organized by Aroma Chess Club and Casa Fuerte of Adeje at Casa Fuerte of Adeje in Tenerife, Spain from 25th June to 2nd July 2023. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	2	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	IND	2628	7	0	2594	6	9	7	7,35	-0,35	10	-3,5
2	5	GM	Liu, Yan	CHN	2545	7	0	2584	5	9	7	5,48	1,52	10	15,2
3	1	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2694	7	0	2581	5	9	7	7,28	-0,28	10	-2,8
4	36	IM	Ceres, Dragos	MDA	2409	7	0	2543	5	8	6,5	3,82	2,68	10	26,8
5	48		Xiao, Tong(Qd)	CHN	2316	7	0	2500	5	9	7	3,52	3,48	20	69,6
6	38		Huang, Renjie	CHN	2406	6,5	0	2578	4	9	6,5	3,36	3,14	10	31,4
7	3	GM	Dardha, Daniel	BEL	2619	6,5	0	2465	4	9	6,5	7,11	-0,61	10	-6,1
8	14	GM	Gorshtein, Ido	ISR	2503	6,5	0	2440	5	9	6,5	5,99	0,51	10	5,1
9	10	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	IND	2529	6,5	0	2440	4	9	6,5	6,15	0,35	10	3,5
10	8	GM	Stremavicius, Titas	LTU	2540	6,5	0	2433	5	9	6,5	6,46	0,04	10	0,4