4th Asian Championship, Doha, Qatar

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4th Asian Championship, Doha

Sasikiran wins Asian Championship

GM Sasikiran Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran (Elo 2664) defeated GM Darmen Sadvakasov of Kazakhstan, in the final round, to win the gold medal and US Dollar 12,000 in the 4th Asian Championship at Doha, here today. Iranian GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan drew with GM Utut Adianto of Indonesia to win the silver medal and US Dollar 10,000.

Six others who qualify to the next stage of the world championship cycle are GM Mohammad Al-Modiakhi of Qatar in third for the bronze medal, IM Neelotpal Das and GM Dibyendu Barua of India, Alexei Barsov of Uzbekistan, Dao Thien Hai of Vietnam and Hameed Kadhi of Yemen.

The result bodes well for India, with Sasikiran, Neelotpal and Barua qualifying for the next stage, thus clinching three of the ten qualifying spots. The result should push Sasikiran's elo closer to the 2700 bracket and makes a great beginning for the Chennai Grandmaster bringing his second successive title, this year. Sasi's previous conquest was the Indian National Championship where he took the title with a whopping 16/20 score.

Final Placings

Rank	Player	Title	Country	Points
1	SASIKIRAN Krishnan	g	IND	7.0
2	GHAEM Maghami Ehsan	g	IRI	6.5
3	AL-MODIAHKI Mohamad	g	QAT	6.0
3	SADVAKASOV Darmen	g	KAZ	6.0
3	ADIANTO Utut	g	INA	6.0
3	NEELOTPAL Das	m	IND	6.0
3	BARUA Dibyendu	g	IND	6.0
3	BARSOV Alexei	g	UZB	6.0
3	DAO Thien Hai	g	VIE	6.0
3	KADHI Hameed M Ali	m	YEM	6.0
11	GANGULY S S	m	IND	5.5
11	RAHMAN Ziaur	g	BAN	5.5
11	ZAGREBELNY Sergey	g	UZB	5.5
11	SAFIN Shukhrat	g	UZB	5.5
11	KUNTE Abhijit	g	IND	5.5
11	KAYUMOV Sergey		UZB	5.5
11	BAKRE Tejas	m	IND	5.5
11	HOSSAIN Enamul	m	BAN	5.5
19	WU Shaobin	g	SIN	5
19	TORRE Eugene	g	PHI	5
19	PARAGUA Mark	m	PHI	5
19	KOSTENKO Petr	m	KAZ	5
19	IULDACHEV Saidali	g	UZB	5
24	KOTSUR Pavel	g	KAZ	4.5
24	DZHUMAEV Marat	g	UZB	4.5
24	VILLAMAYOR Bong	g	PHI	4.5
24	KAKAGELDYEV Aman	m	TKM	4.5
24	THIPSAY Praveen	g	IND	4.5
24	AL SAYED Mohamad N	m	QAT	4.5
24	SADYKOV Rustem		KAZ	4.5
24	ANNABERDIEV Meilis	m	TKM	4.5
24	ISSA Rafat	f	SYR	4.5
24	ABU SUFIAN Sakil	f	BAN	4.5

Final Round Results

White	Pts	Result	Black	Pts
SASIKIRAN Krishnan	7.0	beat	SADVAKASOV Darmen	6.0
GHAEM Maghami Ehsan	6.5	drew	ADIANTO Utut	5.5
BARUA Dibyendu	5.5	drew	AL-MODIAHKI Mohamad	5.5
DAO Thien Hai	5.5	drew	NEELOTPAL Das	5.5
SAFIN Shukhrat	5.5	drew	BAKRE Tejas	5.5
IULDACHEV Saidali	5.0	lost to	BARSOV Alexei	6.0
TORRE Eugene	5.0	lost to	KADHI Hameed M Ali	6.0
KAYUMOV Sergey	5.5	drew	KUNTE Abhijit	5.0
PARAGUA Mark	5.0	lost to	GANGULY S S	5.0
HOSSAIN Enamul	5.0	beat	KOTSUR Pavel	4.0
RAHMAN Ziaur	5.0	beat	SADYKOV Rustem	4.0
ABU SUFIAN Sakil	4.0	lost to	ZAGREBELNY Sergey	5.0
WU Shaobin	5.0	beat	ALIEV Kerim	4.0
KOSTENKO Petr	5.0	beat	ISAEV Jamshed	4.0
THIPSAY Praveen	4.5	drew	AL SAYED Mohamad N	4.5
VILLAMAYOR Bong	4.0	beat	SUNDARARAJAN Kidambi	4.0
DZHUMAEV Marat	4.0	beat	MOHAMMADI H R	3.0
KAKAGELDYEV Aman	4.0	beat	AHMED Sk Nasir	3.0
ISSA Rafat	4.0	beat	SHARAVDORJ Dashzeveg	3.0
AL-ZENDANI Zendan	3.0	lost to	ANNABERDIEV Meilis	4.0
JASIM A R Saleh	3.0	lost to	HILWANI Talal	4.0
JANAHI Zeyaad	3.0	lost to	ALTANOCH Genden	4.0
AL-MARRI Omar	3.5	drew	AL-TAMIMI Hamad	3.5
NEZAD Husein Aziz	3.0	beat	KAYLE Charles	2.0
SALEH Nabil	3.0	beat	AYYAD Maher	2.0
DE SILVA Nirosh	2.5	drew	EKROF Ibrahim Shahab	1.5
HSMIN Mohamad Nasir	0.0	lost to	TURPANOV Milan	3.0