Anton Korobov wins AICF-AAI Chess Cup

Playing with black, Korobov was in a difficult situation after the opening and suffered a long time but Wojtaszek allowed him to fight back in time scramble and the Ukrainian turned the tables in quick time.

The win fetches Korobov the winner's purse of Rs 4,00,000 along with some important rating points. The Ukrainian finished with an impressive 6.5 points out of a possible 10.

Evgeny Alekseev of Russia finished second on 5.5 points after settling for a draw with Krishnan Sasikiran, while the all-Indian affair between Parimarjan Negi and Abhijeet Gupta also ended in a draw in the final round.

For the records, Krishnan Sasikiran finished third with five points in all while Abhijeet was declared fourth with a better tie-break score than Wojtaszek, who finished fifth on 4.5 points.

Negi had to be content with a sixth place finish with four points.

Playing black against Wojtaszek, Korobov went for the Bogo-Indian defence and found himself in a difficult situation after the opening. Soon white had a dangerous initiative and it looked as though white will cruise through. MORE