15-year-old Gukesh wins the third title in a row

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15-year-old Indian grandmaster Gukesh D today clinched the third title in a row as he won the 1st Chessable Sunway Formentera Chess Festival 2022, right after he was victorious at the 1st Menorca Chess Open 2022 and the 48th La Roda Open 2022.

With impressive 8/10 points at Formentera Chess Festival, Gukesh managed to be unbeaten in the last three tournaments, with the total score of 22/26 points. After the Menorca Open, Gukesh had the live rating of 2660, leaping to the 80th position on the world live rating list, thus becoming the youngest Indian to break into World Top 100 in the live ratings. Gukesh now holds the 64th position on the world live rating list, with the live rating of 2674.6.
Read more: Gukesh D wins Menorca Open and becomes the youngest Indian ever to break into World Top 100

Satisfied with the results made in Spain, Gukesh joked on his twitter account that we should start a petition to keep all major events in Spain only. Later this year, he will play the second board for the Indian B team at the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai. Read more: India teams for Chess Olympiad 2022 announced

Formentera open 8/10…?,

Petition to keep all major events in Spain only !! ? pic.twitter.com/mP7hUsjgn3

— Gukesh D (@DGukesh) May 8, 2022

The 1st Chessable Sunway Formentera Chess Festival took place from April 29 to May 8 with a total prize fund of 20.500 euros and a wide range of events. The main events were Open tournaments: A and B, being played in 10 rounds, swiss system. 51 players from 20 countries competed in the A tournament, including 33 titled players. Replay all the games here

Final rankings – 1st Chessable Sunway Formentera Chess Open 2022:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Gukesh Dommaraju	IND	2637	8	57	62	48.3
2	GM	Santos Latasa Jaime	ESP	2656	7.5	58	63	46
3	GM	Sargsyan Shant	ARM	2639	7.5	58	62	44.8
4	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	ARM	2633	7	57	62	41
5	IM	Soham Das	IND	2303	7	51	55	38
6	GM	Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando	ESP	2558	6.5	58	62	36.5
7	GM	Santos Ruiz Miguel	ESP	2597	6.5	57	62	37
8	GM	Jarmula Lukasz	POL	2434	6.5	53	57	33.5
9	IM	Song Julien	FRA	2373	6.5	51	54	31
10	GM	Romanishin Oleg M	UKR	2415	6.5	50	54	32
11	GM	Batsiashvili Nino	GEO	2463	6	56	61	33.3
12	IM	Yankelevich Lev	GER	2468	6	50	54	28.5
13	FM	Eugene Floryan	FRA	2375	6	49	53	30.8
14	IM	Chiku-Ratte Olivier-Kenta	CAN	2364	6	47	50	27.8
15	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	IND	2650	5.5	59	64	32.3
16	FM	Papadiamandis Elliot	FRA	2385	5.5	53	56	28.8
17	FM	Real Thibault	BEL	2252	5.5	53	55	26.5
18	GM	Narciso Dublan Marc	ESP	2477	5.5	50	55	27.5
19	IM	Bergez Luc	FRA	2331	5.5	46	50	24.5
20		Lever Erwan	FRA	2239	5.5	44	47	22.3
21	WFM	Vanduyfhuys Daria	BEL	2080	5.5	44	47	21.8
22	WIM	Alinasab Mobina	IRI	2355	5	53	57	24
23	IM	Vrolijk Liam	NED	2474	5	51	55	25.3
24		Dukic Zachary	CAN	2226	5	50	54	23.8
25	FM	Neiman Emmanuel	FRA	2248	5	49	53	22.8
26		Bernard Jacques	FRA	2122	5	48	52	22.8
27		Grutter Tim	NED	2246	5	45	48	21.8
28	WGM	Tsatsalashvili Keti	GEO	2331	4.5	51	55	21.8
29	IM	Garcia Martin Marta	ESP	2299	4.5	51	53	18
30	FM	Mouhamad Joachim	FRA	2297	4.5	49	52	17.3
31	FM	Chkhaidze Nikoloz	GEO	2301	4.5	47	50	17.3
32		Prodhomme Boris	FRA	2045	4.5	46	48	18.3
33	WFM	Buiza Prieto Eihartze	ESP	2045	4.5	44	47	19
34	WFM	Galvan Cipriani Viviana	ESP	1937	4.5	42	45	17.5
35		Ribeiro Jose	POR	2076	4.5	40	42	16
36	FM	Park Evan	USA	2397	4	46	50	17.5
37		Aledo Yanguas David	ESP	1926	4	43	44	14.5
38		Buivys Martynas	LTU	1806	4	42	45	16.5
39		Fox Anthony	IRL	1936	4	42	45	16.5
40	WIM	Kovacs Klara	HUN	2117	4	42	45	14.5
41		Cafolla Peter	IRL	1948	4	41	44	16.5
42		Perkampus Laurin	GER	2061	4	41	44	14
43		Liessens Tom	BEL	1836	4	41	43	13.8
44	CM	Hashem Khaled	KUW	1838	4	37	39	11.5
45		Munoz Suarez Luis Alberto	ESP	1905	3.5	50	53	16.3
46		Shamir Shahar	ISR	0	3.5	39	42	13.3
47	FM	Al-Hajiri Bader	KUW	2046	3.5	38	40	9
48		Follana Albelda Lucia	ESP	1898	3	43	45	10.5
49		Fabregas Oliver	GER	1935	3	37	39	8.5
50		Liekens Ronny	BEL	1740	3	33	35	7.25
51		Parker Keith	ENG	1815	2.5	36	38	6.75
52		Angola Canchimbo Elmer	ESP	1508	0	37	39	0
53	FM	Louis Thibault	FRA	2181	0	32	33	0
		Fallah Mohammad Mahdi	IRI	0	0	32	33	0