{"id":897,"date":"2018-01-08T10:54:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T00:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doubleroo.com.au\/blog\/?p=897"},"modified":"2018-01-23T10:10:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T00:10:22","slug":"mumbai-closing-ceremony-rounds-8-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doubleroo.com.au\/blog\/2018\/01\/mumbai-closing-ceremony-rounds-8-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Mumbai International GM Open closing ceremony rounds 8 and 9"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seventeen year old Iranian GM Maghsoodloo Parham drew his last round game with Italian GM Alberto David to clinch first place. He has a very aggressive,\u00a0 swashbuckling style which impressed everyone.<\/div>\n
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Alberto and GM Timor Gareyev finished second and third respectively on 7.5, followed by a whole bunch of players on 7 points. The full list can be viewed on<\/div>\n
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Excellent articles and pictures of this event and other Indian tournaments can be viewed on the Chessbase India website<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Since there were lots of professional\u00a0 journalists there I kept my amateur efforts to a minimum, but had to show you this cute video of the little kids dancing.<\/div>\n
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Vishvanathan Anand, the newly crowned World rapid champion was a special guest, just arriving back in India that day. He gave a simul before the ceremony and gave a short speech to cheering fans.<\/div>\n
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My own tournament ended as unspectacular as it started with two draws, one from a losing position, the other a winning one.<\/div>\n
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Since I was playing a sweetly smiling 13 year old girl I thought I’d confuse her with an offset opening, the Nimzowitch defence. Her play, however, was anything but sweet as she proceeded to rip my position to shreds. I only just escaped into a pawn down room ending, which, after twists and turns, I managed to draw by triple repetition, due to her time trouble.<\/div>\n