Sethuraman remained unbeaten through the 11 rounds, recording eight wins and three draws. This is Sethuraman’s second national title after he won his first in 2014.
Top-seed Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta, playing on board two, drew a marathon match against Aronyak Ghosh with white pieces to finish one point behind Sethuraman. He finished ninth.
GM Vishnu Prasanna claimed the second spot with nine points, after posting a win over Abhimanyu Puranik in the final round.
Five players finished on 8.5 points and seven players ended up with 8 points.
Sethuraman received a cash prize of Rs 6,00,000 while the runner-up received Rs 4,00,000. The prizes were distributed by All-India Chess Federation treasurer Naresh Sharma.
Results: 11th round: S P Sethuraman (9.5 points) drew with Mitrabha Guha (8.5 points); Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB, 8.5 points) drew with Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB, 8.5 points); Vishnu Prasanna (TN, 9 points) beat Abhimanyu Puranik (AAI, 8 points); Diptayan Ghosh (WB, 8.5 points) drew with N R Vignesh (RSPB, 8.5 points); Surya Shekhar Ganguly (PSPB, 8.5 points) beat Suyog Wagh (Mah, 7.5 points); M R Venkatesh (PSPB, 8 points) drew with N R Visakh (RSPB, 8 points); P Iniyan (TN, 8 points) drew with S Nitin (RSPB, 8 points); P Karthikeyan (RSPB, 8 points) drew with L R Srihari (TN, 8 points).
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