Aadik Lenin with his parents

Two new International Masters in a span of 10 days

Iniyan Panneerselvam defeated Murali Karthikeyan in an important clash to gain joint lead

GM Pranesh M defeated GM Harshavardhan GB to gain joint lead

With the final round starting in a few hours, we'll head to the tournament hall, and the final report will be out soon, with plenty of interviews and exciting results. Stay tuned!


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Round 8 Results

Bo.

White

Rtg

Pts.

Result

Pts.

Black

Rtg

1

GM

Narayanan, S L

2557

5½

½ - ½

5

GM

Mendonca, Leon Luke

2629

2

GM

Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.

2677

5

½ - ½

5

GM

Ilamparthi A R,

2523

3

GM

Harshavardhan, G B

2529

5

0 - 1

5

GM

Pranesh, M

2674

4

GM

Karthikeyan, Murali

2647

5

0 - 1

5

GM

Iniyan, Pa

2581

5

GM

Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel

2613

4½

0 - 1

5

GM

Bernadskiy, Vitaliy

2517

6

GM

Suleymenov, Alisher

2502

4½

½ - ½

4½

GM

Ganguly, Surya Shekhar

2562

7

GM

Aronyak, Ghosh

2546

4½

½ - ½

4½

GM

Pantsulaia, Levan

2498

8

GM

Afanasiev, Nikita

2543

4½

½ - ½

4½

GM

Savchenko, Boris

2492

9

GM

Aswath, S

2540

4½

½ - ½

4½

GM

Gharibyan, Mamikon

2481

10

GM

Paichadze, Luka

2471

4½

0 - 1

4½

IM

Vaz Ethan,

2525

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34 Grandmasters, 3 Woman Grandmasters, 21 International Masters, 3 Woman International Masters, 22 FIDE Masters, 2 FIDE Masters, and 1 Candidate Master are taking part in this 9-Day 9-Round Classical FIDE Rating Chess Tournament. The time control is 90 Min /40 Move + 30 min/end + 30 sec per move, starting from move 1.

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