Indian GM Iniyan wins La Nucia Open in Spain

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Indian Grandmaster P Iniyan clinched the title in the La Nucia Open chess tournament with an unbeaten run here on Tuesday. Iniyan, 19, with an Elo rating of 2529, finished equal on seven points with GMs Andrey Sumets (Ukraine) and Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder (Chile) but the Indian won the event on the basis of a better tie-break score. Iniyan, who was seeded fifth, remained unbeaten in the nine-round tournament.

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