Sydney International Open

This event was held in Sydney, Australia April 15 - 19, 2009 (101 players). There was a four-way tie for first place and the co-winners shared the $10,000 first prize: Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Johansen Darryl K AUS 2452 7,0 41,5 52,5 39,50 2 IM Xie George Wendi AUS 2402 7,0 41,0 50,5 37,75 3 GM Kunte Abhijit IND 2513 7,0 40,0 50,5 38,75 4 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2550 7,0 39,5 50,5 37,75 Several chess femmes participated in this event - here are their final standings - I hope I did not miss any: (Photo: Top female finisher at the 2009 Sydney International Open, Eesha Karavade; photographed as the winner of 2008 National "B" Open, India) 11 WGM Karavade Eesha IND 2359 6,0 39,0 49,5 32,00 13 WGM Mohota Nisha IND 2304 6,0 39,0 49,5 30,00 29 WGM Swathi Ghate IND 2330 5,0 41,0 52,0 27,50 36 WFM Pon Nkrithika IND 2180 5,0 34,0 43,0 20,25 41 Cunanan Kimberly Jane PHI 1991 5,0 30,0 37,5 16,75 54 WIM Jule Alexandra AUS 1928 4,5 26,5 35,0 15,25 74 Guo Emma AUS 1845 3,5 29,5 37,0 12,50 76 Anton Sarah AUS 1718 3,5 28,5 37,0 11,75 83 WFM Milligan Helen NZL 1985 3,0 30,5 38,5 11,00 93 Yu Sally AUS 1819 2,5 25,0 31,0 6,00