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2020-09-06 Sports

1954.

Who won World Open online chess tournament?

P. Iniyan

Sanan Sjugirov

Vishwanathan Anand

None of these

Answer: Option

Explanation:

India's GM P. Iniyan won the 48th annual world open chess tournament (online) recently. Usually held in Philadelphia, the USA, the tournament was conducted online following classical time control. In a strong field that had 31 GMs, Iniyan scored 7.5 points from nine games. Iniyan and Sanan Sjugirov (Russia) were tied on points but the former won on better tie-break.