England’s David Howell won the 6th Leiden International Chess tournament at 7.5 points on 15 July 2012. The tournament was held at Leiden, Netherland from 7 July 2012 to 15 July 2012.
The grandmaster and Asian champion Parimarjan Negi ended the tournament with 7 points out of nine possible points and was second in the 6th Leiden International Chess tournament. He defeated Netherland’s Benjamin Bok in the ninth round (final) of the tournament.
He was announced as the Indian youngest Grandmaster at the age of 13 years on 1 July 2006 after drawing with Russian Grandmaster Ruslan Sherbakov. He also won the 11th Asian continental chess championship held in from 4 May 2012 to 14 May 2012 in Vietnam.
Third place of the Leiden tournament was shared by two Indian Grandmasters S Arun Prasad and M.R. Lalith at 6.5 points.
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