P Shyam Nikhil clinches 7th Noisiel Open, Vignesh second and Karthik third

Indians dominate at Noisiel, France

GM-elect IM P Shyam Nikhil scored his fourth tournament triumph of the year. He started the year by winning the All India Railway Team Championship for Integral Coach Factory. Next he won Pandit Shiv Kumar Khamparia Memorial Blitz Rating Open in the same month, January. Then he won 2nd VS Chess Academy Rapid Rating Open in April. Thus, he won four tournaments this year, in all three formats of the sport. The runner-up of this tournament, IM Vignesh N R was Shyam's teammate in the All India Railway Team Championship.

Arbiters Jocelyn Azzegag and Khaled Bennadou accompanied by the tournament organizer IO FI Narayanin Oupindrin along with the top three finishers of 7th Noisiel International Open 2022.

The 8th Noisiel International Open will be held in mid-February 2023, the dates will be confirmed in September 2022.

A total of 118 players took part combining three categories. The Open A section had 20 players including 4 GMs and 2 IMs from four countries across the world. The Open B and C categories had 49 players each from five countries across the world. The event was organized by IO FI Narayanin Oupindrin from 9th to 13th July 2022 in Noisiel, France. The time control was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings in Open A

pl		Last name	Rating	Cat.	fede	League	Club	Points	Tr.	Cu.	Perf
1	m	SHYAAMNIKHIL P	2443F	Sen M				7½	38½	39½	2560
2	m	VIGNESH NR	2427F	Sen M				7	39	38	2515
3	g	KARTHIK VENKATARAMAN	2483F	Sen M				7	38	31	2524
4	f	Julien	2298F	Sen M		IDF	Lutece Chess	5½	39	29½	2333
5	g	DOURERASOU Jonathan	2441F	Sen M		IDF	USVillejuif Chess	5½	39	27	2326
6		JOLLY Julien	2252F	JunM		macaw	Oyonnax-Dortan Chess Club	4½	39½	25	2285
7		BARBARAS Matthew	2187F	Sen M		IS	Bischwiller	4½	38½	23½	2241
8	g	BELKHODJA Slim	2322F	SepM		IDF	JEAN	4½	38½	22½	2200
9		ROUAST Joseph	2065F	CadM		IDF	Le Vesinet Chess Club	4½	38	24	2260
10		Nicolas HEINRICH	2144F	Sen M		IS	Bischwiller	4½	34	22½	2201

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Final standings in Open C (<1600)

pl		Last name	Rating	Cat.	fede	League	Club	Points	Tr.	Cu.	Perf
1		ADITYA KUNAL PATIL	1224F	PupM				7	43½	38½	1564
2		EBOUE Yuri	1375F	MinM		REU	The Kings of the East	6½	43½	36½	1479
3		EL KAROUI Noah	1325F	PouM		IDF	Saint-Maur Chess Club	6½	40	31	1477
4		EL KAROUI Adam	1303F	PupM		IDF	Saint-Maur Chess Club	6½	38½	32	1443
5		ALI ABSIEH Zakaria	1199E	Sen M				6	43	36	1477
6		WALSH Theo	1199E	JunM		IDF	Evry Grand Roque	6	43	32½	1442
7		CHHAUV Victor	1456F	Sen M		IDF	Maubuee-Gondoire Chess	6	41½	34	1396
8		DEBARD Hugo	1363F	MinM		IDF	R2C2 Paris 14	6	40	30½	1412
9		LAMORELLE Alexey	1279F	PpoM		IDF	Lutece Chess	6	38½	30	1453
10		Dufraisse Matteo	1380F	JunM		IDF	The Red Rider	6	37½	30	1458

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