Georgian Grandmaster Merab Gagunashvili emerged clear winner of the Elite section of the 6th KIIT International Chess Festival, that was held on 24-31st May in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Gagunashvili concluded the event with 8,0/10 points, half a point ahead of the nearest followers, to take the winner’s trophy and top prize of RS 3,00,000/-
The Elite section featured 147 players from 19 federations, including 24 Grandmasters.
The Platinum section (U2000) had 255 participants from Bandgladesh, Indonesia, South Africa and India. Sumit Grover, Raju S, Sharang Sanjeev Kapoor and Srikanth K. shared the first place with 8,0/10 points each.
The Premium section (U1600) had 242 players from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Africa and India. Prasath K R was the convincing winner with 9,0/10 points, full point ahead of the rest of the field.
The Festival is organized by the All Odisha Chess Association, KIIT University, AICF and Odisha Mining Corporation.
Final standings, Elite section (top finishers):
1. GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2560 – 8
2. GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2594 – 7.5
3. IM Swayams Mishra IND 2442 – 7.5
4. GM Vaibhav Suri IND 2524 – 7.5
5. GM Paichadze Luka GEO 2535 – 7.5
6. IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao IND 2427 – 7.5
7. GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2573 – 7.5
8. GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2554 – 7
9. GM Grover Sahaj IND 2469 – 7
10. GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2621 – 7
11. FM Sai Krishna G.V. IND 2358 – 7
12. IM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2475 – 7
13. GM Amonatov Farrukh TJK 2609 – 6.5
14. IM Das Sayantan IND 2373 – 6.5
15. GM Harutjunyan Gevorg ARM 2434 – 6.5
16. GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2504 – 6.5
17. Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2402 – 6.5
18. IM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2434 – 6.5
19. IM Das Arghyadip IND 2435 – 6.5
20. GM Papin Vasily RUS 2518 – 6.5
21. Kunal M. IND 2368 – 6.5
22. GM Vokarev Sergey RUS 2460 – 6.5
23. GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 2528 – 6.5
24. GM Petrosian Davit G. ARM 2425 – 6.5
25. Sardana Rishi AUS 2316 – 6
26. IM Shyam Nikil P. IND 2422 – 6
27. IM Karthikeyan P. IND 2380 – 6
28. IM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2439 – 6
29. GM Oral Tomas CZE 2512 – 6
30. CM Prince Bajaj IND 2318 – 6
31. IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2414 – 6
32. FM Tillyaev Ulugbek UZB 2337 – 6
33. GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 2513 – 6
34. GM Ovetchkin Roman RUS 2535 – 6
35. Krishna C.R.G. IND 2322 – 6
36. Lokesh P. IND 2253 – 6
37. GM Laxman R.R. IND 2450 – 6
38. Navalgund Niranjan IND 2200 – 6
39. IM Ghosh Diptayan IND 2487 – 6
40. Deshpande Aniruddha IND 2280 – 6
Any GM norm?