Kirill Alekseenko secured first place at the main event of the Sunway Chess Festival by drawing Hans Niemann with white in Thursday’s final round. Meanwhile, Amin Tabatabaei caught up with Niemann by beating Adhiban Baskaran thus, a playoff match for second place between Niemann and Tabatabaei followed, with the US grandmaster winning in Armageddon after trading victories in two 5-minute games.