New champion will be crowned
Since the current champion, GM Arjun Erigaisi is not playing in the 59th edition, a new champion is guaranteed to be crowned. The runner-up of the previous edition, GM D Gukesh is currently taking part in the 8th Vugar Gashimov Memorial tournament. Thus, he is also unable to take part.
Top seed - GM Sethuraman S P (2642) | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz
Second seed - GM Vaibhav Suri (2606) | Photo: Mark Livshitz
Third seed - GM Abhijeet Gupta (2601) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship 2022 will take place from 22nd December 2022 to 3rd January 2023. Round 1 on 22nd December 2022 starts at 3 p.m. From 23rd December 2022 to 2nd January 2023, Round 2 to 12 will start at 2:30 p.m. The final Round 13 on 3rd January will start at 9 a.m. The tournament is being organized by Delhi Chess Association.
Players list
| No. | Name | ID | FideID | FED | Rtg | sex | Club/City | |
| 1 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 13722021 | 5021596 | IND | 2642 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board | |
| 2 | GM | Vaibhav Suri | 47522021 | 5045185 | IND | 2606 | Delhi | |
| 3 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 41562021 | 5010608 | IND | 2601 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board | |
| 4 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 1683792022 | 35028561 | IND | 2566 | Goa | |
| 5 | GM | Visakh N R | 47552021 | 25012223 | IND | 2544 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | |
| 6 | GM | Shyam Sundar M. | 7052021 | 5019141 | IND | 2526 | Tamil Nadu | |
| 7 | IM | Aronyak Ghosh | 879982021 | 25072846 | IND | 2521 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | |
| 8 | IM | Koustav Chatterjee | 10362021 | 25073060 | IND | 2508 | West Bengal | |
| 9 | GM | Iniyan P | 16222021 | 25002767 | IND | 2507 | Tamil Nadu | |
| 10 | GM | Karthik Venkataraman | 1245192022 | 25006479 | IND | 2503 | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 11 | GM | Swapnil S. Dhopade | 24262021 | 5019184 | IND | 2499 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | |
| 12 | IM | Vignesh N R | 47542021 | 25012215 | IND | 2493 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | |
| 13 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | 59492021 | 5024218 | IND | 2490 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | |
| 14 | GM | Mitrabha Guha | 3722021 | 5057000 | IND | 2487 | West Bengal | |
| 15 | GM | Sengupta Deep | 66182021 | 5008352 | IND | 2486 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board | |
| 16 | IM | Krishna C R G | 46782021 | 5018625 | IND | 2480 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | |
| 17 | GM | Chanda Sandipan | 147512021 | 5004225 | IND | 2475 | West Bengal | |
| 18 | IM | Das Sayantan | 65002021 | 5034426 | IND | 2475 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | |
| 19 | GM | Venkatesh M.R. | 25062021 | 5005779 | IND | 2459 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board | |
| 20 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | 998152021 | 5011132 | IND | 2457 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | |
| 21 | IM | Das Arghyadip | 111842021 | 5003610 | IND | 2438 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | |
| 22 | IM | Harshavardhan G B | 14082021 | 25059009 | IND | 2434 | Tamil Nadu | |
| 23 | IM | Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh | 996252021 | 5053196 | IND | 2433 | Maharashtra | |
| 24 | IM | Neelash Saha | 64812021 | 5094160 | IND | 2429 | West Bengal | |
| 25 | IM | Srihari L R | 29062021 | 46617116 | IND | 2429 | Tamil Nadu | |
| 26 | IM | Anuj Shrivatri | 18572021 | 35070924 | IND | 2414 | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 27 | IM | Mehar Chinna Reddy C.H. | 1622502022 | 5027420 | IND | 2405 | Telangana | |
| 28 | IM | Audi Ameya | 13832021 | 25034430 | IND | 2401 | Goa | |
| 29 | IM | Kushagra Mohan | 27252021 | 25033638 | IND | 2390 | Telangana | |
| 30 | FM | Panesar Vedant | 165832021 | 35033018 | IND | 2387 | Maharashtra |
