FUJAIRAH (UAE): (Sep 2) World Junior Champion Pranav Venkatesh scored a crushing victory over Grandmaster Alan Pichot of Spain to win the Fujairah Global Superstars chess tournament here.

Pranav scored seven points out of a possible nine and finished a full point lead over nearest rivals Brandon Jacobson of United States, Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara of Mexico and Amin Tabatabai of Iran who all tied for the second spot scoring six points apiece.

GM Aditya Mittal and top seeded GM Nihal Sareen tied for the fifth spot on 5.5 points each in the tournament that concluded here on Monday.