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Om Prakash and Sameeh Nazrulla Joint Winners
AIWCF 1522 Championship (Engine Allowed)

Four players Om Prakash, A.Chatterjee, Sameeh Nazrulla and Carlos Vila Hernandez emerged at the top with 9 points. All four players had 4 wins and 10 draws. The S.B.Scores were Om Prakash: 55.25, Sameeh Nazrulla: 55.25, A.Chatterjee: 54.75 and Carlos Hernandez: 54.25. Accordingly Om Prakash and Sameeh Nazrulla were declared Joint Winners followed by A.Chatterjee runner-up. The tie-breaking rules did not resolve the tie for the top spot.

From this Championship onwards we are awarding medals and certificates to the winners instead of cash prizes.

Om Prakash and Sameeh Nazrulla with their medals and certificates

The contest was closely fought. At the end, the game Shijith - A.Chaterjee reached a drawn result, even though Black expected to win with material advantage. A win here would have meant a clear top spot in the tournament, but Shijith held on and the game was eventually drawn. This game is given below.

Here is the final cross table

NoName123456789101112131415Total%SB
1 Om Prakash ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 64.3 55.25
2 A.Chatterjee ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 64.3 54.75
3 Sameeh Nazrulla ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 64.3 55.25
4 Carlos Vila Hernandez ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 9 64.3 54.25
5 Alok Saxena ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8.5 60.7 51.75
6 Giraldo Menendez Rodriguez ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8.5 60.7 51.75
7 Valsan K. ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8.5 60.7 51.75
8 Mariano Rodriguez 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8 57.1 46.25
9 Rakesh Agrawal ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 57.1 49
10 Evelio Utrera Zunda ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 57.1 49
11 Dr K.Prabhakar ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7 50.0 41
12 Shijith ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 42.9 32.75
13 Eliecer Cruz Ramirez 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5.5 39.3 28.25
14 Dan-Constantin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7.1 0
15 Peter Brodie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0

Below we give the game where L.V., Shijithlal L.V held a draw over Dr. Ambar Chatterjee.