Top seed Krishnan Sasikiran of Chennai finished tied
fourth place on 4.5/9 in the ten player category 15 (Elo
2610), Najdorf Memorial tournament that concluded at
Warsaw, capital of Poland on July 26.
Sasikiran lost to champion Radoslaw Wojtaszek of Poland
and Azad Abasov of Azerbaijan who finished last! He beat
Michal Olszewski of Poland and Tomi Nyback of Finland.
In the final round, all five games in this event ended
in draws. This event ran from July 18-26. A total of 16
games out of 45 played were decisive.
Sasikiran played at 2603 and since his started rating
was 2669, he would be losing Elo from this competition.
Sasikiran was rated in the 2700 club after helping India
to a gold medal in the Asian Games at Doha in 2006.
Final placings: 1 Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Pol) 6/9; 2
Eduardas Rozentalis (Ltu) 5.5; 3 Bartlomiej Macieja (Pol)
5; 4-6. K. Sasikiran (Ind), Aleksej Aleksandrov (Pol),
Michal Krasenkow (Pol) 4.5 each; 7-8. Bartosz Socko (Pol),
Michal Olszewski (Pol) 4 each; 9-10. Tomi Nyback (Fin),
Nijat Azad Abasov (Aze) 3.5 each.
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
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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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