Ninth round: Srinath winning the Faroes Open
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Already before the last round it was was expected that indian GM Srinath Narayanan (2549) would win the Faroes Open for a second year in a row. He was already leading with 1 point down to his closest rivals, so he only needed a draw in the last round the be sure of the win.
GM Srinath Narayanan (2549) had black against IM Maksim Vavulin (2552) in the last round. They agreed on a draw after 32 moves, which was enough for GM Srinath Narayanan (2549) to win the tournament.
GM Srinath Narayanan (2549) won the tournament for the second time in a row after a draw in the last game.
GM Vitaly Kunin (2538) and GM Gawain Jones (2670) both won their games against GM Normunds Miezis (2463) and FM Høgni E. Nielsen (2397) meaning they ended the tournament ½ point after GM Srinath Narayanan (2549) with GM Kunin getting the second place and GM Jones getting third place.
GM Vitaly Kunin (2538) got the second place after winning against GM Normunds Miezis (2463) in the last round.
GM Gawain Jones (2670) got third place after winning against FM Høgni E. Nielsen (2397) in the last round.
IM Maksim Vavulin (2552), who got a draw in the last round against winner GM Srinath Narayanan (2549), came in fourth in the tournament, while local grandmaster Helgi Dam Ziska (2552) got fifth place after a win against IM John Arni Nilssen (2301) in the last round.
IM Maksim Vavulin (2552) got fourth place.
GM Helgi Dam Ziska (2552) got fifth place.
Most of the other players were also fighting for rating prizes. In the rating group 2201-2400 IM Martin Haubro (2373) won the rating prize. He finished the tournament with 5½ points.
IM Martin Haubro (2373) won the rating prize in the group 2201-2400.
In the group 1701-2200 Milan Hruby won the rating prize. He finished the tournament with 5 points.
Milan Hruby won the rating prize in the group 1701-2200.
In the group 1501-1700 Einar Gregersen won the rating prize. He finished the tournament with 4½ points.
Einar Gregersen (1665) won the rating prize in the group 1501-1700.
In the group 0-1500 Suni í Horni Nielsen won the rating prize. He finished the tournament with 4½ points.
Suni í Horni Nielsen (1487) won the rating prize in the group 0-1500.
Best woman of the tournament was Sue Maroroa (2104). She finished the tournament with 4 points.
Sue Maroroa (2104) was the best woman in the tournament with 4 points.
And the rating performance was won by Flóvin M. Tummasarson (1237).
These are the top 5 of the tournament. From the left: IM Maksim Vavulin (2552), GM Vitaly Kunin (2538), GM Srinath Narayanan (2549), GM Gawain Jones (2670) and GM Helgi Dam Ziska (2552).
All the winners.
You can see the games from the last round here.
You can see the results from the last round here and the final standing here.
