The 9th KiiT International Chess Festival 2016 took place from 23-30th May at the KiiT University in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
The tournament was organized by the All Odisha Chess Association and KiiT University, under the auspices of AICF.
Russian Grandmaster Boris Grachev stormed through the Elite Category to take the winner’s trophy with 8,5/10 points, leaving the nearest followers a full point behind. This section registered 201 participants. Full standings below.
Final standings:
1. GM Grachev Boris RUS 2639 RUS – 8.5
2. GM Popov Ivan RUS 2645 RUS – 7.5
3. CM Rathanvel V S IND 2315 TN – 7.5
4. IM Ghosh Diptayan IND 2562 WB – 7.5
5. GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 2521 BAN – 7.5
6. GM Mozharov Mikhail RUS 2560 RUS – 7.5
7. GM Amonatov Farrukh TJK 2614 TJK – 7.5
8. GM Gagare Shardul IND 2514 MAH – 7.5
9. Sidhant Mohapatra IND 2239 ODI – 7.5
10. GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2508 RUS – 7
11. FM Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari IND 2280 KAR – 7
12. FM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2368 TN – 7
13. GM Laxman R.R. IND 2397 ICF – 7
14. Gusain Himal IND 2440 CHND – 7
15. GM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2616 ARM – 7
16. IM Ravi Teja S. IND 2402 RLYs – 7
17. IM Sharma Dinesh K. IND 2322 UP – 7
18. IM Swayams Mishra IND 2465 AIR INDIA – 7
19. IM Krishna Teja N IND 2216 AP – 7
20. CM Erigaisi Arjun IND 2351 TELN – 7
21. Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad IND 2280 AP – 7
22. Arjun Kalyan IND 2347 TN – 7
23. IM Kulkarni Vikramaditya IND 2266 RLYs – 7
24. GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2585 WB – 6.5
25. Harsha Bharathakoti IND 2329 TELN – 6.5
26. GM Debashis Das IND 2459 ODI – 6.5
27. IM Shyaamnikhil P IND 2415 TN – 6.5
28. FM Rajdeep Sarkar IND 2217 WB – 6.5
29. IM Girish A. Koushik IND 2406 KAR – 6.5
30. IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R IND 2346 TN – 6.5
31. Sahoo Utkal Ranjan IND 2275 ODI – 6.5
32. Dhananjay IND 2119 CHHT – 6.5
33. IM Sangma Rahul IND 2307 RLYs – 6.5
34. Lokesh N. IND 2260 TN – 6.5
35. Shailesh Dravid IND 2216 MAH – 6.5
36. Harikrishnan.A.Ra IND 2149 TN – 6.5
37. Sai Vishwesh.C IND 2267 TN – 6
38. GM Ziatdinov Raset USA 2304 USA – 6
39. Kulkarni Vinayak IND 2137 MAH – 6
40. Sammed Jaykumar Shete IND 2253 MAH – 6
41. Barath Kalyan M IND 2057 TN – 6
42. Prajesh R IND 1940 TN – 6
43. Sekar B IND 2124 TN – 6
44. GM Ulybin Mikhail RUS 2521 RUS – 6
45. FM Hamdani Rudin INA 2292 INA – 6
46. Snehal Bhosale IND 2173 MAH – 6
47. IM Rajesh V A V IND 2366 TN – 6
48. Saravana Krishnan P. IND 2312 TN – 6
49. Thanki Hemal Karsanji IND 2137 GUJ – 6
50. Deshpande Aniruddha IND 2230 MAH – 6