The final round of the Porticcio Open 2015 witnessed hard-fought games on most of the top tables. GM Areshchenko overran GM Bacrot out of a relatively quiet Ruy Lopez while GM Laznicka’s heavy Queen-side attack triumphed against Bartosz Socko’s King-side play.
As a result, Areshchenko and Laznicka tied for the first place with 7.5 points each but it was Areschenko who won the laurels, thanks to his better tie-break score. GM Fressinet took the third spot.
Meanwhile, GM S.P. Sethuraman, the lone Indian hope at this event, won his last round game convincingly to finish 4th with a total of 7 points.
Final Standings: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Resultats.aspx?URL=Tournois/Id/34158/34158&Action=Cl