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The Hindu
The Hindu
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V. V. Subrahmanyam

Savchenko triumphs

Sports Bureau

GM Boris Savchenko of Russia outwitted GM Farrukh Amonatov of Tajikistan in the final round to emerge winner with 8.5 points in the GITAM University Grandmasters chess tournament here on Friday.

Five players GMs, Paichadze Luka of Georgia, Stupak Kirill of Belarus, Harsha Bharathakoti, IM S. Nitin and GM Mitrabha Guha scored seven points each to finish from second to sixth by virtue of the tie-break score in that order.

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