51st Premier Chess Championship of India
Thursday, 19 December 2013 00:34
The Bhavarlal and Kantabai Jain 51st National Premier Chess Championship of India is taking place from 17th to 30th December on Jain Hills, Shirsoli Road, in Jalgaon, Maharashtra.
The Championship is organized by the Jalgoan District Chess Association and Jain Sports Academy on behalf of FIDE and AICF.
The tournament format is round robin with 14 players:
GM Negi Parimarjan 2671
GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2666
GM Adhiban B. 2569
GM Lalith Babu M.R. 2569
GM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2523
IM Debashis Das 2507
IM Ashwin Jayaram 2487
GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. 2462
IM Thejkumar M. S. 2452
IM Shyam Nikil P. 2420
IM Rathnakaran K. 2411
IM Akshat Khamparia 2409
IM Stany G.A. 2397
IM G. Akash 2343
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