Shanmukha Pulli (Twitter Image)
Pulli from Andhra Pradesh drew his final spherical rapidly with Darsh Shetty and led to a three-way tie on the high with the remaining outcomes going his method.
In a event of turnarounds and surprises, eighth seed Shanmukha Pulli, who was not anticipated to be in competition for the crown, emerged the champion of the sixth FIDE Rating Chess Championship right here on Thursday.
Starting the final spherical because the joint in a single day chief with the favorite, Arnav Kheredekar, the 24-year outdated Pulli from Andhra Pradesh drew his final spherical rapidly with Darsh Shetty and led to a three-way tie on the high with the remaining outcomes going his method.
Arnav misplaced to International Master Viramaditya Kulkarni whereas Aayush Shirodkar was overwhelmed by Sauravh Khhedekar on the Russian Cultural Centre.
Kulkarni, Khhedekar and Pulli completed with a rating of seven.5 out of 9. However, the tie-breaker favoured Pulli and he was declared the champion of the event. He bagged a trophy and a money award of Rs 75,000.
The second and third prizes had been received by Kulkarni and Khhederkar, who took residence Rs 50,000 and Rs 30,000 respectively.
Arnav Kherderkar, who missed the championship by a whisker needed to be content material with fourth place and an award of Rs 20,000, whereas the fifth prize went to Darsh Shetty who bagged Rs 15,000.
The greatest feminine prize was awarded to Mysha Perwez and the perfect unrated participant prize was received by Divyesh Bhattacharya.
A complete money award of Rs 3.00 lakh and 30 trophies had been introduced to the winners by Nishikant Shukla, Regional Manager of SBI Life, the title sponsor of the event.
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