Belt and Road China Hunan International Chess Open

India’s Surya Shekhar Wins Belt and Road China International Chess Open 2019

India’s Surya Shekhar Wins Belt and Road China International Chess Open 2019

  • Kolkata based Surya Shekhar Ganguly made India proud, as he won the 2019 Belt and Road China Hunan International Chess Open held at Hunan Province, China from 28 July to 7 August 2019.
  • The 36-year-old ONGC staffer, finished unbeaten with seven points from nine rounds (five wins and four draws) to collect 27.5 Elo points and $50,000 at the tournament regarded as one of the richest chess events globally.
  • The second seed Yu Yangyi of China and 5th seed Amin Bassem of Egypt scored 6 points each to be placed second.

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