After the author of Chess Insider WGM Videnova won the national championship of Bulgaria, today another Chessdom.com commentator conquered a gold medal.GM Vidit is the winner of the 52nd National Championship of India.
The championship was held from 9th to 19th May, 2014 in Dharmasala – a city in the Indian State of Himachal Pradesh. 227 players took part in the event, including 14 GMs, 22 IMs, 1 WGM and 3 FMs.
First place was shared in an 11-way tie by GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, GM Grover Sahaj, IM Shyam Nikil P., GM Sengupta Deep, GM Sethuraman S.P., IM Swayams Mishra, IM Rajesh V A V, GM Lalith Babu M.R., GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J., GM Kunte Abhijit and IM Girinath P.D.S. with 9.5/13 points each, but GM Vidit emerged a winner on superior tie-break score.
Final standings (top finishers):
1 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2606 IND 9,5
2 GM Grover Sahaj 2469 IND 9,5
3 IM Shyam Nikil P. 2422 IND 9,5
4 GM Sengupta Deep 2536 IND 9,5
5 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2582 IND 9,5
6 IM Swayams Mishra 2442 IND 9,5
7 IM Rajesh V A V 2382 IND 9,5
8 GM Lalith Babu M.R. 2571 IND 9,5
9 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. 2513 IND 9,5
10 GM Kunte Abhijit 2484 IND 9,5
11 IM Girinath P.D.S. 2312 IND 9,5
12 IM Karthikeyan P. 2380 IND 9
13 GM Laxman R.R. 2450 IND 9
14 GM Shyam Sundar M. 2486 IND 9
15 IM Murali Krishnan B.T. 2299 IND 9
16 IM Anurag Mhamal 2420 IND 9
17 IM Himanshu Sharma 2350 IND 8,5
18 IM Karthikeyan Murali 2475 IND 8,5
19 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2467 IND 8,5
20 GM Debashis Das 2501 IND 8,5
21 IM Rathnakaran K. 2397 IND 8,5
22 IM Swapnil S. Dhopade 2434 IND 8,5
23 IM Nitin S. 2357 IND 8,5
24 Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2402 IND 8,5
25 IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy 2363 IND 8,5
26 Patil Pratik 2259 IND 8,5
27 Karthik V. Ap 2276 IND 8,5
28 IM Das Sayantan 2373 IND 8,5
29 IM Sangma Rahul 2333 IND 8,5
30 Agarwal Brajesh 2065 IND 8,5
Impressive kid.
Impressive kid.