Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, July 10: The 2022 La Plagne International Open Chess Tournament was held in La Plagne, France, where young Indian Grandmaster P Iniyan placed second.
The 19-year-old GM tied for a first-place early on Sunday with Ukraine’s Vitaly Sivuk after scoring 7 points from nine rounds. However, the Ukrainian took home the top award because of a higher tie-break score.
Sayantan Das of India finished third with 6.5 points. Through the nine rounds, Iniyan went undefeated, winning five games and drawing four others. In round six, one of the draws was against Sivuk.
After five rounds, he had a score of 4.5 after starting with a win, but three consecutive draws in rounds six, seven, and eight knocked him back.
Iniyan increased his rating by 10 points and reached seven points after defeating Austrian GM Andreas Diermair.
Das, on the other hand, finished half a point behind the pair with four victories and five draws, including victories over Iniyan and Sivuk.
Notably, 95 competitors from 19 different nations made up the event lineup, including 9 General Managers and 18 International Masters.
