Sethuraman is the top seed at MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/12/2022

MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship starts today in New Delhi. For the first time since 2018, it will be a full-fledged event, which means there will be 13 rounds instead of 11 like the last two rated editions. The time control is also back to 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1. The total prize fund remains unchanged from the previous edition which took place in March this year. Sethuraman S P is the top seed of the tournament, The captain of India at the World Teams 2022, Vaibhav Suri will be the second seed and five-times Commonwealth Gold medalist Abhijeet Gupta will be the third seed. Round 1 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Who do you think will win the 59th edition?Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

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

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Round 1 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2642	0		0		Nambiar Vivek	1969	101
2	102		Mahindrakar Indrajeet	1957	0		0	GM	Vaibhav Suri	2606	2
3	3	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2601	0		0		Pattnayak Nilsu	1956	103
4	104		Gurung Rohit	1948	0		0	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2566	4
5	5	GM	Visakh N R	2544	0		0		Badrinath S.	1938	105
6	106		Tamang Thendup	1937	0		0	GM	Shyam Sundar M.	2526	6
7	7	IM	Aronyak Ghosh	2521	0		0		Koustuv Dash	1929	107
8	108		Chandar Raju	1918	0		0	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	2508	8
9	9	GM	Iniyan P	2507	0		0		Peter Anand A	1916	109
10	110		Arun Kataria	1913	0		0	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2503	10
11	11	GM	Swapnil S. Dhopade	2499	0		0		Dubey Sanchay	1909	111
12	112		Santanu Borpatra Gohain	1909	0		0	IM	Vignesh N R	2493	12
13	13	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	2490	0		0		Anishka Vikram	1907	113
14	114		Pradeep Tiwari	1893	0		0	GM	Mitrabha Guha	2487	14
15	15	GM	Sengupta Deep	2486	0		0		Tamojit Chakraborty	1881	115
16	116		Vivaan Vishal Shah	1873	0		0	IM	Krishna C R G	2480	16
17	17	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2475	0		0		Sarthak Rawat	1863	117
18	118	AGM	Sparsh Khandelwal	1858	0		0	IM	Das Sayantan	2475	18
19	19	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2459	0		0		Nawin M S	1856	119
20	120		Aarav Sinha	1854	0		0	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	2457	20
21	21	IM	Das Arghyadip	2438	0		0		Aditya P Melani	1851	121
22	122		Mithun Anand V	1848	0		0	IM	Harshavardhan G B	2434	22
23	23	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2433	0		0	FM	Venkata Krishna Karthik K	1839	123
24	124		Rupam Mukherjee	1838	0		0	IM	Neelash Saha	2429	24
25	25	IM	Srihari L R	2429	0		0		Aakash G	1830	125

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