Bhakti Kulkarni best at Brno Open - IM Round Robin 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/12/2024

IM Bhakti Kulkarni scored 7/9 to win Brno Open - A IM Round Robin 2024, 13th International Chess Festival part of Czech Tour 2024. FM Jan Marn (SLO) scored 6.5/9 to secure second place. IM IO FT Petr Pisk (CZE) scored 6.5/9 to be placed third. Bhakti's sole loss of the event was against the eventual runner-up, Jan, the highest rated player in the field. The top three prizes were CZK 3000 + trophy, 2000 and 1000 each. The eight-day nine-round, round-robin rating tournament was organized by AVE Chess z.s. at Cosmopolitan Bobycentrum hotel**** in Brno, Czech Republic from 16th to 23rd November 2024. This was Bhakti's first tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Czech Tour

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Top 3 (L to R): 3rd IM Petr Pisk 6/9, 1st IM Bhakti Kulkarni 7/9 and 2nd FM Jan Marn 6.5/9 | Photo: Czech Tour

IM Bhakti Kulkarni during one of her games | Photo: Czech Tour

IM Bhakti Kulkarni scored 7/9, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 8.8 Elo rating points

A total of 10 players including three IMs took part from eight countries across the world in this eight-day nine round Round Robin Rating tournament. It was organized by AVE Chess z.s. at Cosmopolitan Bobycentrum hotel **** in Brno, Czech Republic from 16th to 23rd November 2024. The time control of the event was 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	K	rtg+/-
1	7	IM	Kulkarni, Bhakti			2345	7	26,00	0	0	0
2	10	FM	Marn, Jan			2393	6,5	27,25	0	0	0
3	4	IM	Pisk, Petr			2287	6	24,25	0	0	0
4	1	FM	Mattenberger, Matthias			2257	5	20,00	0	0	0
5	2	FM	Ashwath, R.			2333	5	18,50	0	0	0
6	3	CM	Nissinen, Niilo Man			2150	4,5	16,75	0	0	0
7	5	IM	Vyskocil, Neklan			2269	4,5	15,25	0	0	0
8	8		Sliwerski, Radoslaw			2040	3	11,00	0	0	0
9	6		Flasik, Radoslav			2141	2,5	6,25	0	0	0
10	9		Zhukovskyi, Myhaylo			2263	1	5,75	0	0	0