Chennai: Top seed Russian Grandmaster Boris Savchenko (8.5) edged out International Master Nitin Senthilvel of India with a superior tie-break score to emerge the champion after the tenth round of the 13th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2022 for the Sakthi Group Dr. Mahalingam Trophy here on Sunday.
Tournament leader Nitin accepted an early draw offer from GM Alexei Federov of Belarus and finished with 8.5 points. The top board draw gave Savchenko an opportunity to catch up with Nitin, which the Russian promptly did, scoring a hard-fought win over IM Aronyak Ghosh.
Savchenko received the glittering Chennai Open trophy and a cash award of Rs. 3,00,000 while the runner-up Nitin was richer by Rs. 2,00,000.
