Russian Grandmaster Aleksandr Rakhmanov preserved the lead from the penultimate round and won the 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship with 7,5/9 points.
With the top four boards being drawn and a couple of decisive results further bellow, the number of players on the shared second place grew to eight. Among them is the talented Chinese girl Ju Wenjun.
Check out the video by Vijay Kumar, including the interview with the tournament winner. Standings are bellow.
Final standings:
1. GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2591 – 7.5
2. GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2593 – 7
3. WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2521 – 7
4. GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2619 – 7
5. GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2674 – 7
6. GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2611 – 7
7. GM Istratescu Andrei FRA 2648 – 7
8. GM Michalik Peter SVK 2535 – 7
9. GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2643 – 7
10. GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2704 – 6.5
11. IM Ghosh Diptayan IND 2451 – 6.5
12. GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2668 – 6.5
13. GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2666 – 6.5
14. GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2623 – 6.5
15. GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2554 – 6.5
16. GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2556 – 6.5
17. GM Lalith Babu M.R. IND 2565 – 6.5
18. IM Debashis Das IND 2477 – 6.5
19. GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2591 – 6.5
20. GM Darini Pouria IRI 2505 – 6
21. GM Edouard Romain FRA 2670 – 6
22. IM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2492 – 6
23. GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2549 – 6
24. GM Amin Bassem EGY 2641 – 6
25. GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2530 – 6
26. GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2580 – 6
27. IM Vishnu Prasanna. V IND 2470 – 6
28. GM Carlsson Pontus SWE 2520 – 6
29. GM Adhiban B. IND 2555 – 6
30. GM Kotsur Pavel KAZ 2552 – 6
31. GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2561 – 6
32. IM Shoker Samy EGY 2480 – 6
33. GM Grover Sahaj IND 2467 – 6
34. IM Hayrapetyan Hovik ARM 2503 – 6
35. IM Karavade Eesha IND 2389 – 6
36. GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2505 – 6
37. GM Wen Yang CHN 2631 – 6
38. GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2640 – 5.5
39. IM Kanter Eduard RUS 2408 – 5.5
40. IM Gagare Shardul IND 2397 – 5.5
41. IM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2421 – 5.5
42. GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2602 – 5.5
43. Karthikeyan Murali IND 2432 – 5.5
44. GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 2511 – 5.5
45. FM Anurag Mhamal IND 2401 – 5.5
46. FM Das Sayantan IND 2299 – 5.5
47. IM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2475 – 5.5
48. GM Shanava Konstantine GEO 2578 – 5.5
49. GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2599 – 5.5
50. IM Yap Kim Steven PHI 2418 – 5.5
51. GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 2477 – 5.5
52. IM Paehtz Elisabeth GER 2479 – 5.5
53. IM Khukhashvili Sopiko GEO 2386 – 5.5
54. GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2509 – 5.5
55. IM Purtseladze Maka GEO 2347 – 5.5
56. WGM Hoolt Sarah GER 2338 – 5.5
57. Sagar Shah IND 2376 – 5.5
58. Tabada Jobannie C. PHI 2199 – 5.5
59. Raes Abdul Kader SYR 2241 – 5.5
60. FM Vandenbussche Thibaut BEL 2387 – 5.5
61. IM Nezad Husein Aziz QAT 2400 – 5
62. GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2663 – 5
63. IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2440 – 5
64. WGM Saduakassova Dinara KAZ 2336 – 5
65. WIM Davletbayeva Madina KAZ 2248 – 5
66. IM Tania Sachdev IND 2409 – 5
67. IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal IND 2389 – 5
68. GM Al-Sayed Mohammed QAT 2517 – 5
69. Krishna C.R.G. IND 2334 – 5
70. FM De Ramos Julius PHI 2350 – 5
71. FM Kowsarinia Amir IRI 2301 – 5
72. IM Praveen Kumar C. IND 2312 – 5
73. WIM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI 2267 – 5
74. IM Houska Jovanka ENG 2417 – 5
75. IM Ezat Mohamed EGY 2461 – 5
76. IM Galojan Lilit ARM 2323 – 5
77. Hemant Sharma (del) IND 2253 – 5
78. IM Gameel Mohamed YEM 2250 – 5
79. FM Chahrani Ibrahim LBA 2244 – 5
80. IM Isaev Jamshed TJK 2355 – 5
81. FM Mohannad Farhan JOR 2231 – 5
82. WIM Ivana Maria Furtado IND 2093 – 5
83. WFM Nekrasova Elena LIB 2089 – 5
84. Mahmoud Haitham SUD 2005 – 5
85. CM Nadir Samir SUD 2135 – 5
86. Nimmy A.G. IND 2152 – 5
87. Ahmed Fayez UAE 1946 – 5
