GMs Karthikeyan, Rout bag fourth-place finish

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Grandmaster Murali Karthikeyan signed off in fourth place at the Asian Individual Blitz Chess Championship, with Padmini Rout replicating the result in the women's section to emerge as the top Indian performers here.

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The open section was won by 15-year-old Grandmaster Ivan Zemlyanskiia who represents Russia but competed under the FIDE flag. He scores a dominant 8 out of 9 points.

Fellow 15-year-old Iran's Sina Mohaved finished second on 7.5 points ahead of Rudik Makarian of Russia who had 7 points but the best tiebreak score. Just behind Karthikeyan was Neelash Saha who notched seven points but had to be content with a fifth-place finish.

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