Gautam De is Champion!
1517 Championship Concluded

No	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total	%	SB
1	Gautam De		½	½	0	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	10.5	75.0	61
2	R.K. Chauhan	½		½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	10.5	75.0	62.75
3	Ganesh Hegde	½	½		½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	10.5	75.0	61.5
4	Om Prakash	1	½	½		½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	10	71.4	61.25
5	Lalit Kapoor	½	½	½	½		½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	9.5	67.9	59.25
6	Mohan Turaga	0	½	½	½	½		½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	9	64.3	52.5
7	Arghyadip Das	½	0	½	½	½	½		½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	8.5	60.7	46.25
8	Ajith Jose	0	½	0	½	½	½	½		½	1	1	½	1	1	1	8.5	60.7	45.75
9	Anil Anand	½	0	½	½	0	0	1	½		1	½	1	1	½	1	8	57.1	44.75
10	Rabi Roy	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	0		½	½	1	1	1	5.5	39.3	24.25
11	B.Mohanakrishnan	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½		1	0	1	1	4.5	32.1	18.5
12	Amit Kumar Sharma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0		1	1	1	4	28.6	13
13	Satyajit Das	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	3	21.4	14.5
14	Biswa Preet Ray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1		1	2.5	17.9	7.5
15	Vikrant Malvankar	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.5	3.6	4.75

There was a 3-way tie at the top with Gautam De, R.K. Chauhan and Ganesh Hegde all having scored 10.5 points.

Tie breaking rules were applied as follows:
1. Direct Encounter (Results of tied players against each other):
The three players had all drawn with each another. The tie could not be resolved by the Direct Encounter rule.
2. Greater number of wins:
Gautam De had 8 wins, R.K.Chauhan and Ganesh Hegde both had 7 wins. Hence Gautam De is declared the Winner.
3. Sonneborn-Berger Score (also called Neustadtl Sonneborn-Berger Score):
The S.B.Score of R.K.Chauhan (62.75) is higher than that of Ganesh Hegde (61.50). Hence R.K.Chauhan is declared 2^nd and Ganesh Hegde comes 3^rd.
Rule 4 (Koya Score) and Rule 5 (Toss of coin) were not needed.

The calculations are detailed below:

Rank	Player	Points	Wins	SB	Koya
1	Gautam De	10.5	8	61.00	4.5
2	R.K.Chauhan	10.5	7	62.75	5.0
3	Ganesh Hegde	10.5	7	61.50	4.5

This was a very close contest. This is the first time in the history of AICCF that the Championship ended in a three-way tie.