M.R. Lalith Babu of Vijayawada finished eighth in the
93-player Dutch Open that concluded in the Netherlands
on July 30.
Lalith Babu who had a start rating of 2472 played at
2496 after he won six games and lost three including the
last round. He would be gaining some Elo. He had won the
Leiden Open earlier and expectations were high from him
in this event.
Dutch youngster Erwin L'Ami won the event with 7.5/9
ahead of 1994-born Grand Master Anish Giri of the
Netherlands. Former world championship challenger Jan
Timman finished third with seven points.
Chennai's S. Harini impressed again and played well in
rating terms.
Final placings: 1 GM Erwin L'Ami 7.5/9; 2-4. GM Anish
Giri, GM Jan Timman, Roi Miedema 7 each; 8 IM M.R.
Lalith Babu 6; 16 IM B. Adhiban 5.5; 24 IM P.
Karthikeyan 5.5; 27. S. Harini 5.5; 29 IM M. Shyam
Sundar 5; 33 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 5; 38 FM V.A.V.
Rajesh 5; 74 WFM P. Uthra 3.5; 81 WIM Kiran Mohanty 3
July 07 2010 - This is to inform all chess
players / organisers / officials that any chess event organized
under the banner of "Chess Association of India" is not
recognized by the All India Chess Federation... more news
Kind Attention : Tournament Organizers / State
Associations
May 06 2010 - Please be informed that the FIDE has announced that, here after
all the rating tournaments should be registered 30 days in
advance. We therefore request all the organizers / State chess
associations to send their Bidform along with prescribed fee to
organize any FIDE rating events, 45 days in advance to All India
Chess Federation for onward submission to FIDE and enable us to
allot the FIDE / AICF event code for the event. Download the Bidform
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