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The 4th Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival took place in Barcelona 15th to 23rd December 2017. GM Aravinth Chithambaram beat Zdenko Kozul to take first place with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Sam Shankland, Matthias Dann, Saleh Salem and Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal. There was a tie-break to determine second place. Salm Saleh beat Matthias Dann but then lost the final to Sam Shankland. Aman Hambleton made his final GM norm with a round to spare.

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Sunway Sitges Open 2017 Sitges ESP Fri 15th Dec 2017 - Sat 23rd Dec 2017 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	14	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2586	7.5	49.0	53.5	39.0
2	2	Shankland Samuel	USA	2662	7.0	50.0	54.0	36.0
3	21	Dann Matthias	GER	2517	7.0	47.5	51.5	36.5
4	3	Salem A.R. Saleh	UAE	2638	7.0	43.5	48.0	35.0
5	27	Gascon Del Nogal Jose Rafael	VEN	2479	7.0	42.0	45.5	33.5
6	4	Melkumyan Hrant	ARM	2633	6.5	50.0	54.5	37.5
7	8	Kozul Zdenko	CRO	2607	6.5	49.0	53.5	36.0
8	1	Motylev Alexander	RUS	2675	6.5	46.0	50.5	33.5
9	19	Santos Latasa Jaime	ESP	2536	6.5	44.5	48.5	34.0
10	13	Sokolov Ivan	NED	2589	6.5	44.5	48.5	34.0
11	5	Zubov Alexander	UKR	2626	6.5	44.5	48.0	32.5
12	36	Cernousek Lukas	CZE	2456	6.5	38.5	42.5	30.0
13	11	Predke Alexandr	RUS	2599	6.0	49.5	53.0	34.0
14	29	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2474	6.0	48.5	52.0	36.0
15	33	Bilguun Sumiya	MGL	2459	6.0	47.5	52.0	32.5
16	15	Petrov Nikita	RUS	2574	6.0	47.0	51.5	33.5
17	6	Edouard Romain	FRA	2621	6.0	46.5	51.0	33.0
18	39	Yankelevich Lev	GER	2435	6.0	46.5	50.5	32.0
19	17	Peralta Fernando	ARG	2556	6.0	46.0	50.0	35.0
20	7	Bologan Victor	MDA	2607	6.0	46.0	50.0	32.5
21	18	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	CHI	2547	6.0	45.5	50.0	33.5
22	16	Liang Awonder	USA	2573	6.0	45.0	49.0	35.5
23	20	Asis Gargatagli Hipolito	ESP	2531	6.0	44.0	47.5	31.5
24	42	Krishna C R G	IND	2421	6.0	42.0	46.0	31.0
25	49	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	MGL	2397	6.0	42.0	44.0	31.0
26	23	Santos Ruiz Miguel	ESP	2509	6.0	41.0	44.5	32.0
27	43	Raja Harshit	IND	2420	6.0	41.0	44.5	30.0
28	12	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	ESP	2598	6.0	40.0	43.0	28.5
29	10	Agrest Evgenij	SWE	2600	6.0	39.0	43.0	28.0
30	66	Pogorelov Ruslan	UKR	2344	6.0	39.0	42.0	27.5
31	79	Lopez Mulet Inigo	ESP	2304	6.0	37.5	40.0	27.0
32	70	Arman Deniz	SWE	2324	6.0	36.5	39.0	25.5
33	31	Saduakassova Dinara	KAZ	2460	5.5	47.0	51.0	33.0
34	35	Narciso Dublan Marc	ESP	2456	5.5	44.5	48.5	32.5
35	45	Garriga Cazorla Pere	ESP	2406	5.5	44.0	47.5	29.5
36	26	Manolache Marius	ROU	2495	5.5	43.5	47.5	32.0
37	46	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IRI	2406	5.5	43.5	47.0	30.0
38	41	Starostits Ilmars	LAT	2427	5.5	43.5	47.0	29.0
39	62	Akshat Khamparia	IND	2364	5.5	43.5	47.0	28.5
40	9	Can Emre	TUR	2605	5.5	43.0	47.5	30.5
41	28	Karthik Venkataraman	IND	2475	5.5	42.0	46.0	28.0
42	56	Sai Agni Jeevitesh J	IND	2384	5.5	42.0	45.0	28.5
43	22	Alonso Rosell Alvar	ESP	2509	5.5	41.0	45.5	29.5
44	24	Stella Andrea	ITA	2505	5.5	41.0	45.0	30.5
45	25	Matinian Nikita	RUS	2499	5.5	41.0	45.0	28.5
46	129	Mahalakshmi M	IND	2151	5.5	40.5	44.0	26.0
47	63	Chakravarthi Reddy M	IND	2364	5.5	40.0	44.0	26.0
48	47	Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari	IND	2404	5.5	40.0	43.5	28.0
49	61	Bjerre Jonas Buhl	DEN	2365	5.5	39.0	42.5	28.5
50	30	Liu Guanchu	CHN	2462	5.5	38.5	42.0	28.0
189 players

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Sunway Sitges Open TB Sitges ESP Fri 15th Dec 2017 - Sat 23rd Dec 2017 Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	Pts
1	Shankland, Samuel	GM	USA	2662	=	1	1.5
2	Salem, A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2638	=	0	0.5
1	Salem, A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2638	=	1	1.5
2	Dann, Matthias	IM	GER	2517	=	0	0.5
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