GM Tornike Sanikidze of Georgia wins 2nd Gurgaon GM International Chess Open 2014

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2nd Gurgaon Chess Open 2014 - Gurgaon, Jan 8: Grandmaster Tornike Sanikidze of Georgia has won the 2nd Gurgaon International Open Chess Tournament after settling for a quick draw with International Master Swayams Mishra in the tenth and final round that concluded here at the Suncity International School.

In what turned out to be a four-way tie for the top, veteran Grandmaster Raset Ziatdinov of United States was declared second while Mishra finished third.

The winners (from left): Third Swayams Mishra, second Raset Ziatdinov and winner Tornike Sanikidze.

In an inspiring display of competitive chess, talented V Karthik defeated R Prasanna in the final round to take his tally to eight points and tied for the top spot too. However, Karthik’s tiebreaker could only fetch him fourth place.

In a colouful closing ceremony, Surender Dangi, Joint Secretary Haryana Olympic Association and Sunil Dabas, Dronacharya Awardee gave away the prizes in presence of Raju Verma, Chairman District Chess Association Gurgaon, Naresh Garg, President Haryana Chess Assocition, Naresh Sharma, Secretary The Haryana Chess Association, Rajpal Yadav, Organising Secretary; Anil Kumar Parnami, Vice President Haryana Chess Association and Roopa Chakkravarthy, Principal Suncity School.

The chess caravan now moves to Delhi to participate in the 12th Parsvnath Delhi International Chess Festival at the Ludlow Castle Sports Complex. As per latest updates, more than 1,000 players have registered for the Delhi Chess Festival. (www.indianchessnews.com)

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Delhi International Chess Begins with Abhijeet Gupta as Top Seed

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Grandmaster and former World Junior Chess Champion Abhijeet Gupta starts as the top seed and hot favorite in the premier event of Delhi International Chess Festival that gets underway from Saturday. The premier event has just over 100 participants which makes it one of the strongest tournaments with participation of over 50 titled players. 

The premier section will see Grandmaster Aleksej Aleksandrov of Belarus in action as the second seed and Andrey Deviatkin of Russia, Czebe Attila of Hungary, Raset Ziatdinov of United States, Henrik Teske of Germany, Marat Dzhumaev and Dmitry Kayumov of Uzbekistan will make the tournament extremely competitive.

“This has been done to make the tournament norm-friendly for Indian participants”, said Mr. B S Chauhan, Organising secretary and also secretary All India Chess Federation.
The premier event will see some of the best players from India participating for a total prize purse of Rs. 1. 25 Million. After Abhijeet Gupta, the presence of Abhijeet Kunte, B Adhiban, P Magesh Chandran and Commonwealth champion M R Lalith Babu will be seen in action spread over ten rounds.

The ‘B’ section, for players rated below 2200 rating, will also start simultaneously and it has a prize pool of Rs. 3 Lacs while the section ‘C’, reserved for players rated below 1900 ELO rating will start on the 9th of January.

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