Plac. ELO Nation Points 1. Gawain Jones 2702 England 5 2. Pentala Harikrishna 2730 India 4½ 3. Nils Grandelius 2688 Sweden 4 4. Dieter Nisipeanu 2667 Germany 3½ 5-6. Nihal Sarin 2598 India 3 5-6. Parham Magsoodloo 2671 Iran 3 7-8. Tiger Hillarp Persson 2563 Sweden 2½ 7-8. Ivan …
After 2 hours of play Gawain Jones secured tournament victory by drawing against Pentala Harikrishna who at least will get a shared 2nd prize half a point behind Gawain.
Five days of hard and long games might have taken it’s toll as the play was untamed at times during round 6. Nils Grandelius sacrificed a pawn for promising compensation in a Rossolimo Sicilian against Nihal Sarin. As Nils was trying to find a way through, Nihal got his queen …
Yesterday Swedish Chess Federation official photographer, Lars OA Hedlund, arrived from Stockholm and was taking photos during the round. You find those photos here.