15-year-old Savva Vetokhin triumphs at Sunway Sitges Chess Festival 2024

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The 11th edition of the Sunway Sitges Chess Festival took place from 12-22 December in Barcelona, Spain. The event gathered more than 350 players who competed in Open A and Open B for the total prize fund of 30.000 euros.

Heading into the final round, 15-year-old GM Savva Vetokhin (FIDE, 2502) had the sole lead in the event with the score of 7.5 points and was followed by seven players who tied for second with 7 points each. Vetokhin faced French representative on the top board GM Jules Moussard (France, 2600), and playing black, had a difficult task to secure gold. The game finished in a draw, and GM Ido Gorshtein (Israel, 2542) caught the youngster on the top after winning his final-round game against GM David Gavrilescu (Romania, 2549).

Traditionally, the Winner of Sunway Sitges Chess Festival is not determined by tiebreak criteria, but the tiers for the top determine their destiny in the playoffs which are played under the sky. 15-year-old Savva Vetokhin emerged as the Winner of the playoff match, lifting a massive trophy of the Sunway Festival.

The best-ranked female player in the event was WGM Mobina Alinasab (Iran, 2330) with the score of 7 points. The swiss pairing sistem was cruel for two competitors for the first women prize as Mobina Alinasab faced WIM Ayan Allahverdiyeva (Azerbaijan, 2194) and the final-round direct encounter between them determined the winner of the top prize. WGM Mobina Alinasab won the game securing herself the trophy and the prize of 1.500 euros, while Ayan Allahverdiyeva came second and won the prize of 1.000 euros.

Final rankings – Sunway Sitges Chess Festival Open A 2024:

Rk.		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Gorshtein, Ido		ISR	2542	8
2	GM	Vetokhin, Savva		FID	2502	8
3	GM	Li, Di		CHN	2552	7.5
4	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria		FRA	2576	7.5
5	GM	Tin, Jingyao		SGP	2588	7.5
6	GM	Moussard, Jules		FRA	2600	7.5
7	GM	Gholami Orimi, Mahdi		IRI	2507	7.5
8	IM	Ilamparthi, A R		IND	2461	7.5
9	FM	Kiladze, Luka		GEO	2359	7.5
10	GM	Alekseenko, Kirill		AUT	2673	7.5
11	FM	Dudognon, Thibault		FRA	2411	7.5
12	IM	Song, Edward		USA	2363	7
13	GM	Gavrilescu, David		ROU	2549	7
14	IM	Isanzhulov, Arystan		KAZ	2395	7
15	IM	Sofronie, Iulian		ROU	2368	7
16	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh		SGP	2510	7
17	GM	Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel		ESP	2455	7
18	IM	Arfan, Aditya Bagus		INA	2416	7
19	WGM	Alinasab, Mobina	w	IRI	2330	7
20		Naoum, Spyridon		GRE	2338	7
21	IM	Hess, Max		GER	2385	7
22	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl		UKR	2630	7
23	IM	Atanasov, Anthony		CAN	2415	7
24	FM	Kristoferitsch, Daniel		AUT	2287	7
25	FM	Alexiadis, Hristos		GRE	2341	7
26	GM	Arkell, Keith C		ENG	2355	7
27	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya		IND	2379	6.5
28	IM	Raczek, Krzysztof		POL	2443	6.5
29	IM	Aloma Vidal, Robert		ESP	2398	6.5
30	GM	Girel, Joseph		FRA	2494	6.5
31	GM	Gormally, Daniel W		ENG	2424	6.5
32	IM	Xu, Minghui		CHN	2405	6.5
33	FM	Tan, Jun Ying		MAS	2357	6.5
34	FM	Brzezina, Piotr		POL	2274	6.5
35	IM	Liu, Xiangyi		SGP	2372	6.5
36	WIM	Shukhman, Anna	w	FID	2245	6.5
37	IM	Travadon, Loic		FRA	2428	6.5
38	GM	Velten, Paul		FRA	2501	6.5
39	FM	Van Zyl-Rudd, Jack		RSA	2268	6.5
40	FM	Safarov, Deniel		GEO	2319	6.5
41	FM	Liu, Yi		AUS	2261	6.5
42	FM	Khusenkhojaev, Mustafokhuja		TJK	2339	6.5
43		Piccoli, Lucas Fonseca		BRA	2270	6.5
44	IM	Lacasa Diaz, Josep Anton		ESP	2324	6.5
45		Yang, Qindong		CHN	2258	6.5
46	FM	Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin		TJK	2278	6.5
47	CM	Harish, Neeraj		USA	2153	6.5
48	WIM	Allahverdiyeva, Ayan	w	AZE	2194	6
49	FM	Diaz Rosas, Julio Cesar		MEX	2401	6
50	FM	Shamatava, Nikolozi		GEO	2334	6
51		Chanturia, Giorgi Mal		GEO	2042	6
52	FM	Esplugas Esteve, Vicenc		ESP	2277	6
53	WGM	Savitha, Shri B	w	IND	2329	6
54	IM	Torres Rosas, Luis Carlos		MEX	2277	6
55	FM	Jaksland, Tim		DEN	2107	6
56	FM	Karimov, Alisher		TJK	2296	6
57		Coles, Robin		FRA	2291	6
58		Nalbandyan, Vahan		ARM	2197	6
59	CM	Aarav, A		IND	2186	6
60	FM	Chia, Yu Zhe Ashton		SGP	2252	6
61		Safin, Safarullakhan		IND	1825	6
62	FM	Pniaczek, Marek		POL	2132	6
63	IM	Filgueiras, Nathan Felipe		BRA	2328	6
64		Grimault, Nathan		FRA	2086	6
65	CM	Kuandykuly, Danis		KAZ	2168	6
66	FM	Anand, Batsukh		MGL	2290	6
67	CM	Marie, Maxime		FRA	2196	6
68	WFM	Janiashvili, Mariami	w	GEO	2017	6
69	FM	Patrascu, Catalin-Lucian		ROU	2299	6
70	FM	Webb, Laurence E		ENG	2219	6
71	WIM	Ibrahimova, Sabina	w	AZE	2179	6
72	WFM	Kirtadze, Anastasia	w	GEO	2047	6
73	IM	Degraeve, Remy		FRA	2400	6
74	FM	Hauchamps, Maxime		BEL	2269	6
75	GM	Abergel, Thal		FRA	2411	5.5
76		Koh, Ming Yao Gavin		SGP	1995	5.5
77	WCM	Swara, Lakshmi S Nair	w	IND	1976	5.5
78	WIM	Schippke, Manon	w	FRA	2213	5.5
79	CM	Banerjee, Supratit		ENG	2116	5.5
80	FM	Lee, Jun Wei		SGP	2238	5.5
81		Wang, Lachlan		AUS	1848	5.5
82	WFM	Hu, Jiani	w	CHN	2101	5.5
83		Pecci, William		ITA	2061	5.5
84	FM	Domingo Nunez, Alejandro		ESP	2318	5.5
85		Adharsh, K		IND	2235	5.5
86		Li, Harry		ENG	2194	5.5
87		Koudounis, Vasileios		GRE	2190	5.5
88	CM	Mizzi, Jack		MLT	2097	5.5
89	WIM	Tejaswini, G	w	IND	2211	5.5
90		Coles, Ruben		FRA	2155	5.5
91	FM	Domene Mulyukov, Alexander		ESP	2205	5.5
92		Ghazaryan, Raffi		ARM	2097	5.5
93		Vivaan, Rana		IND	1899	5.5
94		Fondrat, Johan		FRA	2054	5.5
95		Patel, Zain		ENG	2099	5.5
96		Merkel, Luis		GER	2056	5.5
97		Kyparissopoulos, Spyridon		GRE	1948	5.5
98		Luk, Danbe		HKG	1893	5.5
99		Donate Villalba, Juan Francisco		ESP	1997	5.5
100	WFM	Koridze, Lile	w	GEO	2107	5.5
101		Villar Reymundo, Juan Antonio		PER	2147	5.5
102		Fellowes, Billy		ENG	2091	5.5
103		Lyutsinger, Iren	w	FID	2150	5.5
104		Herman Gamazo, Isaac		ESP	2191	5.5
105		Boricha, Yohan		IND	1888	5.5
106		Singh, Siddharth		USA	2104	5
107		Shah, Jeet		IND	2052	5
108		Srijak, Sengupta		IND	2112	5
109	CM	Lam, Chun Yung Samuel		HKG	2065	5
110	CM	Grebennikov, Nikolai A.		FID	2194	5
111		Hong, Xing	w	CHN	2070	5
112		Comellas Blanchart, Jordi		ESP	2080	5
113		Goh, Jinghan Cameron		SGP	2021	5
114		Muth, Matthias Potisarath		GER	2026	5
115		Zheng, Harry Z		ENG	2248	5
116		Bartakke, Aditya		IND	1957	5
117	CM	Bartakke, Amardeep S.		IND	1965	5
118	FM	Chan, Kim Yew		MAS	2274	5
119		Freeland, Alex		WLS	2048	5
120	FM	Lopez Del Alamo, Antonio		ESP	2194	5
121	FM	Hristodorescu, Daniel		ROU	2138	5
122		Gajdzica, Maciej		POL	2035	5
123		Mnatsakanyan, Aren		ARM	1939	5
124		Kumar, Sanjit S		ENG	2034	5
125		Rechberger, Franz		AUT	2087	5
126	CM	Garmendia Vega, Gabriel		CHI	2017	5
127		Lever, Erwan		FRA	2172	5
128		Lopez Garcia, Miguel Angel		MEX	2127	5
129		Mitul, K H		IND	1834	5
130		Koenig, Christian		GER	2008	5
131		Pisan, Kai		USA	1972	5
132	CM	Menac Comas, Joan Ramon		ESP	2036	5
133	WIM	Xu, Huahua	w	CHN	2153	5
134	FM	Real, Thibault		BEL	2255	5
135		Salimova, Asal	w	UZB	1985	5
136		Atharva, Kale		IND	1866	5
137		Van Der Merwe, Alexander		RSA	2105	5
138		Armstrong, Malcolm J		ENG	2011	5
139		Herzwurm, Robert		GER	2016	5
140		Camps Abadia, Arnau		ESP	1998	5
141	CM	Sofronie, Vladimir		ROU	2083	4.5
142	FM	Koskinen, Henri		FIN	2118	4.5
143		Vihaan, Dumir		IND	1799	4.5
144		Machado Hernandez, Junior		ESP	2064	4.5
145		Costache, Andrei Eugeniu		ROU	2076	4.5
146		Charvein, Gabriel		FRA	2119	4.5
147	FM	Mouhamad, Joachim		FRA	2252	4.5
148		Yu, Zechen		CHN	2003	4.5
149		Eche, Sylvain		FRA	2047	4.5
150		Doraszelski, Alexander		GER	2251	4.5
151		Spitz, Patrick		FRA	1993	4.5
152		Donghvani, Nia	w	GEO	2044	4.5
153		Legrand, Stephane		FRA	2056	4.5
154		Gayon, Benoit		FRA	1963	4.5
155		Fernandez Vazquez, Jorge		ESP	1974	4.5
156		Duke, Michael		SCO	2090	4.5
157	WFM	Badenhorst, Chloe	w	RSA	1970	4.5
158		Yang, Sung-Jui		TPE	1882	4.5
159		Medhvansh, Madeti		IND	1879	4.5
160		Schmitt, Carsten		GER	1976	4.5
161		Yonemitsu, Kohei		JPN	2076	4.5
162		Avanesyan, Aleksandr		ARM	1864	4.5
163		Aryan, Mehta		IND	1762	4.5
164	WCM	Flores Mirabal, Nancy	w	ARG	2005	4.5
165		Langlois-Remillard, Alexis		CAN	1981	4.5
166		Aryan, Goyal		IND	1737	4.5
167		Wen, Yili	w	CHN	2008	4.5
168		Leidorf, Sebastian		GER	2063	4.5
169		Fernandez Fuentes, Francisco Javier		ESP	2051	4
170	IM	Mannion, Stephen R		SCO	2139	4
171	IM	Makkar, Rajat		FRA	2433	4
172	FM	Paasikangas, Johanna	w	FIN	2048	4
173		Montes Molina, Ivan		ESP	2144	4
174		Athvik, M		IND	1878	4
175		Mathan, Priyaen		MAS	1898	4
176		Maloberti, David		FRA	1982	4
177		Mixakis, Evangelos		GRE	1949	4
178		Levanzov, Yevgeny		ISR	1740	4
179	WFM	Lomaia, Diana	w	GEO	2047	4
180		Ekam, Singh		IND	1680	4
181		Beisteiner, Joachim		AUT	2161	4
182		Stevens, Christian		FRA	1945	4
183	WFM	Barthel, Bergit  Dr.	w	GER	1892	4
184		Gupta, Anand		USA	1792	4
185		Gregersen, Hedin		FAI	2032	4
186		Patzelt, Nikolaus		GER	2169	4
187		Braun, Michael		GER	2098	4
188	WFM	Rindhiya, V	w	IND	2007	4
189		Roques, Pascal		FRA	1827	4
190		Sikkam, Sai Vishnu		IND	1653	4
191		Rivlin, Shachar		ISR	2057	4
192		Yedid, Lior		ENG	1915	4
193		Shakhmatov, Roman		KAZ	1911	4
194	WCM	Huseynova, Lala	w	AZE	2021	4
195		Aadya, Ranganath	w	IND	1745	4
196	WIM	De Seroux, Camille	w	SUI	2126	4
197		Perez Garcia, Saul		ESP	1930	4
198		Richet, Vincent		FRA	2028	4
199	CM	Dolas, Aarush		IND	2014	4
200		Chia, Zhi Kai Aaron		SGP	1615	4
201	CM	Arnott, Jonathan W		ENG	2082	4
202		Skutta, Bernd  Dr.		GER	1948	4
203		Colomer Gomez, Jordi		ESP	1981	4
204		Sanpera Bonet, Joan Carles		ESP	2012	3.5
205		Dhruva, Thota		IND	2351	3.5
206		Piotrowski, Grzegorz		POL	1875	3.5
207		Graells, Ricardo		SUI	1987	3.5
208		Fernandez Muixi, Francesc		ESP	1926	3.5
209		De Leon Navarro, Claudio		ESP	1937	3.5
210		Borre Meza, Orlando David		COL	1875	3.5
211		Sarkisian, Arman		BEL	2062	3.5
212		Guez, Fabien		FRA	1968	3.5
213		Sierra Magrazo, Lidia	w	ESP	1783	3.5
214		Rice, Leah	w	SGP	1925	3.5
215		Carey, Michael		USA	1947	3.5
216		Patil, Rushad		JPN	1782	3.5
217		Pellicer Roncero, Nestor		ESP	1899	3.5
218		Liessens, Tom		BEL	1982	3.5
219		Delgado Montanes, Jose Antonio		ESP	1988	3.5
220		Schulman, Julia	w	USA	1852	3.5
221		Boudey, Simon		FRA	1979	3.5
222		Sayce, Hannah	w	AUS	1821	3.5
223		Escoriza Pons, Xavier		ESP	1870	3.5
224		D, Souza Kevin		IND	1711	3.5
225		Barkasheva, Sofia	w	EST	1653	3.5
226		Sijpkens, Michiel		NED	2120	3
227		Vallbona Domingo, Joan		ESP	1927	3
228		Zima, Teofil		POL	2023	3
229		Adarsh, D		IND	1987	3
230		Devecchi, Jorge		FRA	1995	3
231	IM	Leisch, Lukas		AUT	2417	3
232		Mccallum, Elliot		CAN	1962	3
233		Kong, Lingzhijie		ESP	1816	3
234		Woozeer, Seth		ENG	1771	3
235	WCM	Bibilashvili, Lali	w	GEO	1938	3
236		Peter, Steven		CAN	2074	3
237		Rana, Oliver		USA	1911	3
238		Moseley, Alan		USA	1740	3
239		Abadia Pascual, Lluis		ESP	1840	3
240		Conradie, Dirk Cornelis Uys		RSA	1794	3
241		Barrera Baucells, Grau		ESP	1761	3
242		Svensen, Tarjei Joten		NOR	1991	2.5
243		Vargas Drechsler, Carlos		ESP	1929	2.5
244		Holliman, Bob		USA	2000	2.5
245		Bous, Florian		GER	1995	2.5
246		Feuerstein, Mario		GER	1864	2.5
247		Turmel, Fabien		FRA	1876	2.5
248		Martinez Rodriguez, Jose Gregorio		VEN	1883	2.5
249		Amith, Boddapati		ZIM	1611	2.5
250		Rice, Lana	w	SGP	1473	2.5
251		Pyda, Arjun		ENG	1861	2.5
		Wojciechowski, Tomasz		POL	1689	2.5
253		Pla Rofes, Aleix		ESP	1945	2.5
254		Kirchner, Michael		GER	1977	2
255		Garcia Rodriguez, Laia	w	ESP	1915	2
256		Hartmann, Wolfgang Dr.		GER	1965	2
257		El Gazzar, Ahmed		MAR	1628	2
258	CM	Boix Redorta, Roc		ESP	2084	2
259		Collado Arapa, Victor Hugo		PER	1879	1.5
260	CM	Llopis De Aysa, Manuel		ESP	2030	1.5
261		Leon, Vladimir		BOL	1859	1.5
262		Aarush, Agrawal		SGP	1906	1.5
263		Lozano Casasayas, Marc		ESP	2154	1.5
264		Mombiela De Sus, Jose Luis		ESP	1957	0.5
265	IM	Minero Pineda, Sergio		CRC	2346	0.5
266		Manukyan, Levon		ARM	1881	0
267		Wilson, Matthew R		ENG	1766	0