Arun Prasad Wins Paris Championship
The 2011 Paris Chess Championships were held from 2-10 July, and the winner was Indian Grandmaster and popular Chess.com columnist Arun Prasad.
Arun won the main Open competition, a nine round Swiss for players rated minimum 2200 Elo, with a score of 7/9. His only loss occurred in round four, to his compatriot and frequent Chess.com collaborator GM Magesh Panchanathan!
Arun Prasad receiving his prize (picture from the official website)
The top standings are below. Full results can be found here.
| 1 | ARUN PRASAD S. | 2489 | IND | 7.0 | 39.0 |
| 2 | FEDORCHUK Sergey A. | 2618 | UKR | 6.5 | 43.0 |
| 3 | FELGAER Ruben | 2573 | ARG | 6.5 | 39.5 |
| 4 | PANCHANATHAN Magesh Chandran | 2556 | IND | 6.0 | 44.0 |
| 5 | ARNOLD Marc T | 2445 | USA |
6.0 | 42.0 |
| 6 | SOCHACKI Christophe | 2358 | FRA | 6.0 | 40.5 |
| 7 | SETHURAMAN S.p. | 2529 | IND | 6.0 | 40.5 |
| 8 | GULIYEV Namig | 2549 | AZE | 6.0 | 38.0 |
| 9 | BATTAGLINI Gabriel | 2407 | FRA | 6.0 | 36.0 |
| 10 |
ROSER Kevin | 2446 | FRA | 6.0 | 30.5 |
| 11 | DAVID Alberto | 2609 | LUX | 5.5 | 39.5 |
| 12 | KALEGIN Evgenij | 2477 | RUS | 5.5 | 34.0 |
| 13 | MOUSSARD Jules | 2426 | FRA | 5.0 | 40.5 |
| 14 | DOURERASSOU Jonathan | 2413 | FRA | 5.0 | 38.0 |
| 15 | ZYSK Robert | 2437 | GER | 5.0 | 37.5 |
| 16 | DEBRAY Christopher | 2364 | FRA | 5.0 | 37.0 |
| 17 | WIRIG Anthony | 2510 | FRA | 5.0 | 35.5 |
| 18 | GUILLEUX Fabien | 2388 | FRA | 5.0 | 34.0 |
| 19 | ALFRED Nathan S W | 2275 | ENG | 5.0 | 33.5 |
| 20 | BAJARANI Ulvi | 2424 | AZE | 5.0 | 33.0 |
A selection of Arun's games from the event are below. More information is available at the official website (in French).
