Sasikiran beats Navara but loses title on average

Mainz, Aug 20: India's second best Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran came back from behind to beat the championship leader David Navara in the 11th and final Game of Ordix Open which concluded today at Rhinegoldhalle.

Sasikiran, who ranked 37 in World rankings, lost a game on the first day to score four points from five games played and did exceedingly well to score 5.5 points from the last six games to tie with David Navara.

Both the players finished the tournament with 9.5 points but a better average saw Navara winning the championship.

Playing with black, Sasikiran replied with d5 to Navara's d4 opening and after the usual moves the game was played on Queen's Gambit.

Right from the beginning Navara, ranked 54, found himself quite uncomfortable, with Sasikiran quick to form an impregnable fort which the Czech found difficult to penetrate and eventually lost the game.

Speaking to UNI