Kransenkow triumphs

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Posted online: Tuesday , May 20, 2008 at 04:40:08

Mumbai, May 19 Macieja Bartlomiej (in the background), who won the final round of Mumbai Mayor's International open chess tournament against Saptarshi Roy at the Goregaon Sports Complex on Monday—Puneet Chandhok

In a thrilling 11th and last round of the Mumbai Mayor's International Chess Tournament, overnight sole leader, Michael Kransenow who was assured of the title with a round to spare, was not content with a draw and went for a win against his Uzebk opponent, grandmaster Anton Fillipov of Uzbekistan.

However; in a winning position he made a mistake and lost the game.

This allowed Fillipov and as also players occupying the second spot, grandmaster Koneru Humpy, grandmaster Abhijit Kunte from India, grandmaster Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh and grandmaster Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistant catch up with Kransenkow by scoring the win over their respective rivals.

All these players scored 9 points but,Micheal Kransenow was declared the Champion of the tournametn as he enjoyed superior tie-break as compared the other six players.

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