Fahad finishes fourth in Hanoi

IM Fahad Rahman ultimately finished fourth in the Hanoi Grandmaster Chess Tournament-2 despite playing out a draw against eventual champion GM Tran Tuan Minh of Vietnam in the ninth and final round in Hanoi yesterday.

The draw helped Fahad secure six points from nine matches, tied with Indian GM Swayams Mishra and Singapore IM Siddharth Jagadesh. Fahad secured fourth place following a tiebreaker.

Fahad needed seven points to secure a GM norm, but he let the opportunity slip despite going very close. He defeated two GMs and one WGM and had a solo lead at the end of the sixth round, but failed to carry his momentum into the seventh and eighth rounds, where he recorded one defeat and one draw against International Masters. He squared off against another GM yesterday and had to be content with a draw.