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Om Prakash and Tanmay Srinath neck-and-neck
Update on 1518 Championship (Engine Allowed)

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1 Om Prakash ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 9.5 67.9 58.25
2 Tanmay Srinath ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 9.5 67.9 58.25
3 Lalit Kapoor ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 9 64.3 53.5
4 Aniruddha Dutta Gupta ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 64.3 54
5 Gautam De ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8.5 60.7 50.5
6 Ajith Jose ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8.5 60.7 50.5
7 Arghyadip Das ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 57.1 48.5
8 Santhosh Paul ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 57.1 48.5
9 Sushil Maurya ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 7.5 53.6 41.75
10 R.K. Chauhan 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½   1 1 1 7.5 57.7 43
11 Alok Saxena 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7 50.0 39.5
12 Sailesh Chandra 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½   ½ 1 1 1 6.5 50.0 33.75
13 Mihir Naniwadekar ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 4.5 32.1 22
14 Sai Dinesh Garikipati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7.1 0
15 Suresh R.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0

With only 1 game pending, we are at a very interesting stage in the Championship 1518. Presently we have Om Prakash and Tanmay Srinath tied at first-second places with 9.5 points each. Positions 3-4 are also tied between Aniruddha Dutta Gupta and Lalit Kapoor with 9 points each.

Presently Om Prakash and Tanmay Srinath are also tied on Direct Encounter, Greater Number of Wins, S.B.Points and Koya Score, leaving only toss of coin to resolve the tie! However the result of the one pending game Sailesh Chandra - R.K.Chauhan may lead to a difference in S.B.Points whiich will decide the prize winners.

Case 1: If R.K.Chauhan wins or draws against Sailesh Chandra: In this case the prize winers will be 1. Om Prakash 2. Tanmay Srinath 3. Aniruddha Dutta Gupta

Case 2: If R.K.Chauhan loses against Sailesh Chandra: The tie for places 1-2 will remain unresolved by all the tie breaking rules and a toss of coin will be necessary. At the same time, places 3-4 will also be dead-locked, requiring a toss of coin to resolve!