IM B. Addhiban is the New Indian Chess Champion with a round to spare.
Leaders after round 12 of 13:.
Rk. Name FED Rtg Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 IM Adhiban B IND 2486 PSPB 9,5 72,0 67,0 64,0
2 IM Sriram Jha IND 2497 DEL 8,0 81,5 75,5 72,0
3 IM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2459 PSPB 8,0 74,5 69,5 65,0
4 IM Sethuraman S P IND 2447 TN 8,0 74,0 69,0 66,0
5 GM Arun Prasad S IND 2570 PSPB 7,5 80,0 74,5 70,5
6 GM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2516 PSPB 7,5 77,0 71,5 69,0
7 IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal IND 2382 MAH 7,5 66,5 62,0 58,5
8 GM Kunte Abhijit IND 2522 PSPB 7,5 66,5 61,5 59,0
9 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal IND 2593 PSPB 7,0 78,5 73,0 69,0
10 GM Laxman R R IND 2511 Rlys 7,0 75,5 70,0 67,5
11 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2578 PSPB 7,0 74,5 69,0 65,0
12 IM Priyadharshan K IND 2343 TN 7,0 70,0 64,5 62,5
13 GM Thipsay Praveen M IND 2466 MAH 7,0 65,0 59,5 57,5
14 GM Neelotpal Das IND 2440 PSPB 6,5 79,5 74,5 70,0
15 Swapnil S Dhopade IND 2406 MAH 6,5 76,0 70,5 68,0
16 Sangma Rahul IND 2368 DEL 6,0 72,0 67,0 62,5
17 IM Rathnakaran K IND 2421 Rlys 6,0 71,5 66,5 62,0
18 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2370 TN 6,0 69,5 65,0 61,5
19 IM Sengupta Deep IND 2488 PSPB 6,0 69,0 64,0 61,0
20 IM Murali Krishnan B T IND 2407 Rlys 6,0 66,5 62,0 58,5
6 Points or above have been mentioned. Total 42 Players.
Pairings of Last Round 13
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 10 IM Adhiban B 2486 9½ – 8 IM Sethuraman S P 2447 16
2 4 GM Kunte Abhijit 2522 7½ – 8 IM Sriram Jha 2497 8
3 14 IM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2459 8 – 7½ GM Arun Prasad S 2570 3
4 6 GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2516 7½ – 7½ IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal 2382 26
5 1 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal 2593 7 – 7 GM Laxman R R 2511 7
6 13 GM Thipsay Praveen M 2466 7 – 7 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2578 2
7 17 GM Neelotpal Das 2440 6½ – 7 IM Priyadharshan K 2343 32
8 22 Swapnil S Dhopade 2406 6½ – 6 IM Rathnakaran K 2421 19
9 9 IM Sengupta Deep 2488 6 – 6 IM Narayanan Srinath 2370 29
10 30 Sangma Rahul 2368 6 – 6 IM Murali Krishnan B T 2407 20
11 25 Palit Somak 2385 5½ – 5½ GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J 2518 5
12 21 Anwesh Upadhyaya 2406 5½ – 5½ GM Bakre Tejas 2474 11
13 27 IM Girinath P D S 2378 5½ – 5½ IM Himanshu Sharma 2469 12
14 18 IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 2427 5½ – 5½ WIM Padmini Rout 2333 36
15 34 FM Maheswaran P 2342 5½ – 5½ IM Akshayraj Kore 2394 24
16 23 IM Shyam Sundar M 2401 5 – 5½ IM Thejkumar M S 2453 15
17 28 Ramnath Bhuvanesh R 2372 5 – 5 Arvind Shastry 2302 38
18 31 Syed Anwar Shazuli 2360 4½ – 5 IM Babu N Sudhakar 2335 35
19 42 Anurag Mhamal 2222 5 – 3 Abhay T 2343 33
20 39 Matta Vinay Kumar 2292 4½ – 4½ IM Singh D P 2308 37
21 40 IM Koshy Varugeese 2280 4½ – 4 IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam 2277 41
Here are the full results: http://chess-results.com/tnr27773.aspx?art=1&rd=12&lan=1&m=-1&wi=1000
Special thanks to Jagadish Dube for sending us the information.
Well done lad.
Correction.
Please read the Headlines as
IM B.ADHIBAN ENSURES INDIAN CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE,2009.
(He will be crowned after completion
of the 13th & ultimate Round.)I request Susan to rectify if possible.)
Adhiban wins in style
Chennai: Baskaran Adhiban of Velammal School, Chennai won the prestigious 47th National Premier chess championship in style with a round to spare at Mumbai on Sunday.
Adhiban, 17, becomes the second youngest to win the prestigious title after Viswanathan Anand won it at the age of 16.
Stunning performance
Adhiban has clocked a stunning rating performance of 2698. He has gained about 32.5 Elo points from this event.
Speaking to The Hindu, Adhiban said he defended correctly and when Abhijeet Gupta made the mistake he latched on to the point.
Abhijeet pushed a drawn ending hard and lost in 89 moves in a rook ending. Adhiban has reached 9.5 points from 12 games and has established a 1.5-point lead with just the last round to be played.
Behind him on 8 points are: S.P. Sethuraman, Sriram Jha and Vidit Gujrathi.
19th player
The win on Sunday takes him into the history books of Indian chess as the 19th player and sixth from Tamil Nadu to have won the event.
What next? He would like to complete the GM norms. He is taking part in the Asian Team Championship at Kolkata from this month end and playing for India ’B.’
Adhiban was excited that he had won this at age 17. His last round opponent on the top table on Sunday is S.P. Sethuraman, only 16.
Sethuraman helped Adhiban by defeating Sriram Jha with the black pieces in 42 moves to set up the title for him.
Adhiban is sure of the Rs. 100,000 cash prize and the trophy and also a 13-game GM norm now. This title should certainly be more valuable than the World under-16 title he won at Vietnam in 2008.
The race for the top six places will see quick draws on Monday. The results (round 12): Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB) 7 lost to B. Adhiban (TN) 9.5, Sriram Jha (LIC) 8 lost to S.P. Sethuraman (TN) 8, S. Kidambi (PSPB) 7.5 drew with Vidit Gujrathi (Mah) 8, G.N. Gopal (PSPB) 7 lost to Abhijit Kunte (PSPB) 7.5, Arun Prasad (PSPB) 7.5 bt Swapnil Dhopade (Mah) 6.5, Prathamesh Mokal (Mah) 7.5 bt Neelotpal Das (PSPB) 6.5, R.R. Laxman (Rly) 7 bt B.T. Muralikrishnan (Rly) 6, N. Srinath (TN) 6 lost to P.M. Thipsay (Mah) 7, K. Priyadharshan (TN) 7 bt Rahul Sangma (Del) 6, Deepan Chakkravarthy (PSPB) 5.5 lost to Deep Sengupta (PSPB) 6, Tejas Bakre (AI) 5.5 drew with Somak Palit (Rly) 5.5. — Arvind Aaron
Source:- http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/14/stories/2009121456421700.htm