AGENCIES, PARIS: GM Anurag Mhamal continued his fine form in France by winning third place at the First Rapide International de Cappelle Chess tournament Paris, France.
He played with 6 Grand Masters in this tournament and managed to outplay 4 and lost with 2. He scored 7 points out of 9 rounds with 7 wins and 2 losses.
He defeated top seed of the tournament GM Bauer Christian (2647), GM Lagarde Maxime (2610), GM Degraeve Jean Marc (2550), GM Schekachev Andrei (2532) of France apart from winning with 3 other players.
He lost to GM Enchev Ivajlo ( 2486) of Bulgaria and GM Fedorchuk Sergey (2604) of Ukrain in the final round thus loosing the chance of standing first in the tournament.
Interesting he defeated GM Bauer Christian(2647) and GM Lagarde Maxime (2610) who had defeated him in the previous 35th Open International de Cappelle Chess Tournament where he had finished 7th
Anuarg is the Goodwill Ambassador of Dempo, promoted by Devashri Real Estate Developers.
