15-year-old Indian grandmaster Gukesh D today clinched the third title in a row as he won the 1st Chessable Sunway Formentera Chess Festival 2022, right after he was victorious at the 1st Menorca Chess Open 2022 and the 48th La Roda Open 2022.
With impressive 8/10 points at Formentera Chess Festival, Gukesh managed to be unbeaten in the last three tournaments, with the total score of 22/26 points. After the Menorca Open, Gukesh had the live rating of 2660, leaping to the 80th position on the world live rating list, thus becoming the youngest Indian to break into World Top 100 in the live ratings. Gukesh now holds the 64th position on the world live rating list, with the live rating of 2674.6.
Read more: Gukesh D wins Menorca Open and becomes the youngest Indian ever to break into World Top 100
Satisfied with the results made in Spain, Gukesh joked on his twitter account that we should start a petition to keep all major events in Spain only. Later this year, he will play the second board for the Indian B team at the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai. Read more: India teams for Chess Olympiad 2022 announced
The 1st Chessable Sunway Formentera Chess Festival took place from April 29 to May 8 with a total prize fund of 20.500 euros and a wide range of events. The main events were Open tournaments: A and B, being played in 10 rounds, swiss system. 51 players from 20 countries competed in the A tournament, including 33 titled players. Replay all the games here
Final rankings – 1st Chessable Sunway Formentera Chess Open 2022:
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
Gukesh Dommaraju
IND
2637
8
57
62
48.3
2
GM
Santos Latasa Jaime
ESP
2656
7.5
58
63
46
3
GM
Sargsyan Shant
ARM
2639
7.5
58
62
44.8
4
GM
Martirosyan Haik M.
ARM
2633
7
57
62
41
5
IM
Soham Das
IND
2303
7
51
55
38
6
GM
Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando
ESP
2558
6.5
58
62
36.5
7
GM
Santos Ruiz Miguel
ESP
2597
6.5
57
62
37
8
GM
Jarmula Lukasz
POL
2434
6.5
53
57
33.5
9
IM
Song Julien
FRA
2373
6.5
51
54
31
10
GM
Romanishin Oleg M
UKR
2415
6.5
50
54
32
11
GM
Batsiashvili Nino
GEO
2463
6
56
61
33.3
12
IM
Yankelevich Lev
GER
2468
6
50
54
28.5
13
FM
Eugene Floryan
FRA
2375
6
49
53
30.8
14
IM
Chiku-Ratte Olivier-Kenta
CAN
2364
6
47
50
27.8
15
GM
Sasikiran Krishnan
IND
2650
5.5
59
64
32.3
16
FM
Papadiamandis Elliot
FRA
2385
5.5
53
56
28.8
17
FM
Real Thibault
BEL
2252
5.5
53
55
26.5
18
GM
Narciso Dublan Marc
ESP
2477
5.5
50
55
27.5
19
IM
Bergez Luc
FRA
2331
5.5
46
50
24.5
20
Lever Erwan
FRA
2239
5.5
44
47
22.3
21
WFM
Vanduyfhuys Daria
BEL
2080
5.5
44
47
21.8
22
WIM
Alinasab Mobina
IRI
2355
5
53
57
24
23
IM
Vrolijk Liam
NED
2474
5
51
55
25.3
24
Dukic Zachary
CAN
2226
5
50
54
23.8
25
FM
Neiman Emmanuel
FRA
2248
5
49
53
22.8
26
Bernard Jacques
FRA
2122
5
48
52
22.8
27
Grutter Tim
NED
2246
5
45
48
21.8
28
WGM
Tsatsalashvili Keti
GEO
2331
4.5
51
55
21.8
29
IM
Garcia Martin Marta
ESP
2299
4.5
51
53
18
30
FM
Mouhamad Joachim
FRA
2297
4.5
49
52
17.3
31
FM
Chkhaidze Nikoloz
GEO
2301
4.5
47
50
17.3
32
Prodhomme Boris
FRA
2045
4.5
46
48
18.3
33
WFM
Buiza Prieto Eihartze
ESP
2045
4.5
44
47
19
34
WFM
Galvan Cipriani Viviana
ESP
1937
4.5
42
45
17.5
35
Ribeiro Jose
POR
2076
4.5
40
42
16
36
FM
Park Evan
USA
2397
4
46
50
17.5
37
Aledo Yanguas David
ESP
1926
4
43
44
14.5
38
Buivys Martynas
LTU
1806
4
42
45
16.5
39
Fox Anthony
IRL
1936
4
42
45
16.5
40
WIM
Kovacs Klara
HUN
2117
4
42
45
14.5
41
Cafolla Peter
IRL
1948
4
41
44
16.5
42
Perkampus Laurin
GER
2061
4
41
44
14
43
Liessens Tom
BEL
1836
4
41
43
13.8
44
CM
Hashem Khaled
KUW
1838
4
37
39
11.5
45
Munoz Suarez Luis Alberto
ESP
1905
3.5
50
53
16.3
46
Shamir Shahar
ISR
0
3.5
39
42
13.3
47
FM
Al-Hajiri Bader
KUW
2046
3.5
38
40
9
48
Follana Albelda Lucia
ESP
1898
3
43
45
10.5
49
Fabregas Oliver
GER
1935
3
37
39
8.5
50
Liekens Ronny
BEL
1740
3
33
35
7.25
51
Parker Keith
ENG
1815
2.5
36
38
6.75
52
Angola Canchimbo Elmer
ESP
1508
0
37
39
0
53
FM
Louis Thibault
FRA
2181
0
32
33
0
Fallah Mohammad Mahdi
IRI
0
0
32
33
0