GM Norms for Deep Sengupta & Arghyadip Das @ Cannes Open, France

International Master Deep Sengupta (7/9) along with an Elo rating performance of 2645 made his third and final Grandmaster Norm, in the Cannes Open 2010, at Cannes, France. Deep drew with French Grandmaster Christian Bauer in the ninth round joining a three-way tie for the title. Adding to the Indian delight was Bengal boy Arghyadip Das who made his maiden Grandmaster Norm with 6.0 points from nine rounds.

Deep Sengupta first two GM Norms came from Gurgaon International Open 2009 and at Australia in the Doeberl Cup 2009. GMs Tigran Gharamian and Vadim Malakhatko finished 1-2 with 7.0 points, and a better tie-break giving them the first and second spots, while Deep Sengupta took the third place.

International Master Arghyadip Das (6/9) who stunned Grandmaster Murtas Kazhgaleyev (Kazhakhastan) in the final round took the eighth spot, that came with an Elo rating performance of 2621.

Other Indians in fray IMs Venkatachalam Saravanan (5.5) and Saptarshi Roy (5.0) finished above the fifty per cent mark. The event ran from 28th February to 7th March, 2010.

Final Standings :

http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Resultat2.aspx?URL=Tournois/2010/CannesFij/FIJA2010&Action=Cl

Official Site :

http://www.echecs.asso.fr/

Top 30 Finishers

Pl		Nom	Elo	Cat.	Fede	Ligue	Club	Pts	Perf	Tr.	Bu.
1	g	GHARAMIAN Tigran	2609	Sen		NPC	L’Echiquier Cappellois	7	2740	45	55
2	g	MALAKHATKO Vadim	2549	Sen		PRO	Ech. Centre Vaucluse …	7	2733	43½	53½
3	m	SENGUPTA Deep	2480	Sen				7	2645	39½	46
4	g	FEDORCHUK Sergey A.	2641	Sen		IDF	GRAND ECHIQUIER DE ME…	6½	2653	39½	47½
5	g	BAUER Christian	2610	Sen		LOR	Vandoeuvre-Echecs	6½	2629	43½	53
6	g	HAMDOUCHI Hicham	2601	Sen		IDF	Clichy-Echecs-92	6½	2608	40½	49
7	m	ABASOV Nijat Azad Oglu	2510	Min		CAZ	Cannes Echecs	6½	2597	38½	45½
8	m	DAS Arghyadip	2396	Sen				6	2621	42	50½
9	g	ITURRIZAGA Eduardo	2616	Sen				6	2600	41	50
10	g	FIER Alexandr	2601	Sen				6	2595	41	48½
11	g	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	2577	Sen		PRO	Marseille Echecs	6	2580	43	51½
12	g	LEON HOYOS Manuel	2516	Sen				6	2537	41½	48½
13	m	SHANKLAND Samuel L	2491	Jun				6	2507	35	43½
14	g	SHCHEKACHEV Andrei	2546	Sen		IDF	GRAND ECHIQUIER DE ME…	6	2476	36	45
15	g	SULAVA Nenad	2539	Sen		CAZ	La Tour Hyéroise	6	2468	36½	45
16	m	HEBERT Jean	2418	Sen				6	2429	34	40½
17	g	BHAT Vinay S.	2540	Sen				5½	2518	40	48½
18	g	MILADINOVIC Igor	2559	Sen		CAZ	La Tour Sarrazine – A…	5½	2513	43	52
19	g	APICELLA Manuel	2518	Sen		CHA	L’Echiquier Chalonnais	5½	2481	36	44
20	m	SARAVANAN V.	2356	Sen		PDL	EFE Paul Fournelle – …	5½	2469	35½	42
21	g	CORNETTE Matthieu	2554	Sen		BRE	Echiquier Guingampais	5½	2454	34½	40½
22	m	AGUETTAZ Maxime	2399	Sen		PIC	A.J.E. Noyon	5½	2449	36	42½
23	m	DANIN Alexandre	2519	Sen				5½	2442	38½	47½
24	m	BORGO Giulio	2442	Sen		CAZ	C.E.M.C. Monaco	5½	2353	34	42
25	g	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	2643	Sen		CAZ	Cannes Echecs	5	2452	36½	45
26	f	PETAKOV Uros	2356	Sen				5	2446	39	46
27	m	GOVCIYAN Pavel	2422	Sen		CAZ	Cannes Echecs	5	2430	36	42
28		ABELLO Sebastien	2297	Sen		PRO	CE Vitrolles	5	2402	36	43
29	m	BUJISHO Benjamin	2420	Sen		CAZ	Echiquier Niçois	5	2388	37	44
30	m	SAPTARSHI Roy	2407	Sen				5	2381	36	41½

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