IM Sriam Jha conquers first on tiebreak

The World Cup 2009 participant IM Sriram Jha won the 1st Syna International Chess Tournament. IM Jha finished with the same points as IM Kamble and IM Saptarshi, but better tiebreak gave him the first place.

The tournament 1st Syna International Chess Tournament itself was not among the strongest opens of India, but surely was a massive event that collected over 320 players. Here are the top finishers.

1 IM Sriram Jha IND 2497 8.5

2 IM Kamble Vikramaditya IND 2350 8.5

3 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2389 8.5

4 Shashikant Kutwal IND 2314 8.5

5 IM Deshmukh Anup IND 2256 8

6 Gupte Meghan IND 2174 8

7 Thakur Akash IND 2363 8

8 Singh Gurpreet Pal IND 2301 7.5

9 FM Akshat Khamparia IND 2263 7.5

10 IM Himanshu Sharma IND 2471 7.5

11 Abhishek Das IND 2263 7.5

12 Santhosh Kausik IND 2215 7.5

13 Negi V S IND 2034 7.5

14 Saurabh Kherdekar IND 2274 7.5

15 Bartakke Amardeep S IND 2197 7.5

16 Sharma Harish IND 2166 7.5

17 Sharma Hari O M IND 2211 7.5

18 Fenil Shah IND 2240 7.5

19 Jaiswal Puneet IND 2242 7.5

Total: 320 players

This is the last tournament of IM Jha before Khanty Mansiysk, where he will represent India together with GMs Abhijeet Gupta, Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Sandipan Chanda, Abhijit Kunte, and Parimarjan Negi.