Winners of the 23rd BCC Open should be delighted that their rewards include points on the FIDE Circuit, part of the selection process for the Candidates. IM Dau Khuong Duy’s win gives him 3.85 points and 65th in the current rankings (at time of publishing). GM Brandon Jacobsen, already having 2.8 points, moves up to 39th place.
Other beneficiaries are GMs Ganguly, Short, Van Wely, Stremavicius and Gorshtein, and IM Aronyak Ghosh (who also achieved a GM norm).
Rankings can be found on the FIDE Circuit page.
