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47th National
Premier Chess Championship, Mumbai 2009
By Mr.Anantharam, Chief Arbiter
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Adhiban receiving the National Premier Trophy
from Mr.R.M.Dongre,
VICE President and sponsor of the event
extreme left Prof .R.Anantharam, Chief Arbiter on his
right Mr.Manoj Iteklwar, Secretary Nagpur District
chess Association |
The 47th National Premier Chess Championship
(formerly known as National A) organized by Venus Chess
Academy under the auspices of the Bombay Chess
Association and Maharashtra Chess Association on behalf
of All India Chess Federation was held at the Goregaon
Sports Club, Mumbai from 1st to 14th December 2009. It
turned out to be the strongest ever National Premier
championship played under Swiss system. Participation of
10 GMs and 20 IMs is an unprecedented one in the annals
of the national championship.
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The
Top six prize winners |
A galaxy of world champions - World Under 16 champion S.P. Sethuraman of Tamil Nadu, former world under 16
champion B. Adhiban of Tamil Nadu, playing for PSPB,
former world under 14 champion Vidit Santosh Gujrathi of
the host Maharashtra, former world under 14 girls’
champion Padmini Rout of Orissa and former under 12
world champion Deep Sengupta of PSPB was the special
feature of the tournament.
G.N. Gopal, the grandmaster from Kerala, representing
Petroleum Sports Board was the top seed, followed by
Abhijeet Gupta, world junior champion 2008. But, Adhiban
(tenth seed). S.P. Sethuraman ( 16th
seed ) made mockery of the seeding by finishing first
and second.
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GM
Pravin Thipsay receiving prize |
Swapnil Dhopade of the host Maharashtra Association
started splendidly by holding the top seed Gopal in the
very first round. S. Arun Prasad of PSPB and Jha led
with 3.5 points each defeating their fourth round rivals
Himanshu Sharma of Haryana and Sundarrajan Kidambi of
PSPB respectively. Jha continued his fine run to outwit
Abhjeet Gupta, whereas Arun Prasad was subdued by Gopal.
Jha maintained the sole lead for one more round but lost
to Adhiban in the seventh round, who joined him in the
lead. Adhiban had an exemplary performance from fifth to
ninth round defeating all the opponents who came in his
way. Five consecutive wins in National Premier
championship might have never been heard of. In the
process, he secured his maiden GM norm also.
Adhiban drew his eleventh round game against Gopal. In
the twelfth round, he capitalized on the mistakes of
Abhijeet Gupta to play a bold and patient game to clinch
victory from a slightly inferior position. His tally of
9.5 rounds fetched him the title in the penultimate
round itself. Sethuraman overcame Sriram Jha in the
twelfth round to stay in contention for one of the top
slots. He missed his maiden GM norm in the final round,
but had the consolation of securing the runner up spot.
Sundarrajan Kidambi had a steady rise in the second half
of the tournament to finish third. Vidit also missed his
GM norm chances and obtained the fourth position. Jha
lost his last round game to Abhijit Kunte to be ranked
sixth behind Kunte. Adhiban earned one lakh rupees for
his effort and Sethuraman received seventy five thousand
rupees.
The tournament was well organized under the guidance of
Mr. Ravindra Dongre, Vice President of AICF.
Final Ranking:
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Rank |
SNo. |
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Name |
Rtg |
Club |
Pts |
BH. |
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1 |
10 |
IM |
Adhiban B |
2486 |
PSPB |
10 |
85˝ |
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2 |
16 |
IM |
Sethuraman S P |
2447 |
TN |
8˝ |
90˝ |
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3 |
6 |
GM |
Sundararajan Kidambi |
2516 |
PSPB |
8˝ |
89 |
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4 |
14 |
IM |
Vidit
Santosh Gujrathi |
2459 |
PSPB |
8˝ |
87˝ |
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5 |
4 |
GM |
Kunte
Abhijit |
2522 |
PSPB |
8˝ |
81˝ |
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6 |
8 |
IM |
Sriram Jha |
2497 |
DEL |
8 |
96 |
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7 |
3 |
GM |
Arun
Prasad S |
2570 |
PSPB |
8 |
95˝ |
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8 |
1 |
GM |
Geetha Narayanan Gopal |
2593 |
PSPB |
8 |
92˝ |
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9 |
22 |
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Swapnil S Dhopade |
2406 |
MAH |
7˝ |
89 |
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10 |
2 |
GM |
Gupta
Abhijeet |
2578 |
PSPB |
7˝ |
87˝ |
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11 |
32 |
IM |
Priyadharshan K |
2343 |
TN |
7˝ |
83 |
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12 |
26 |
IM |
Prathamesh Sunil Mokal |
2382 |
MAH |
7˝ |
79 |
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13 |
13 |
GM |
Thipsay Praveen M |
2466 |
MAH |
7˝ |
78 |
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14 |
17 |
GM |
Neelotpal Das |
2440 |
PSPB |
7 |
93˝ |
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15 |
7 |
GM |
Laxman R R |
2511 |
Rlys |
7 |
89˝ |
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16 |
29 |
IM |
Narayanan Srinath |
2370 |
TN |
7 |
82 |
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17 |
30 |
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Sangma Rahul |
2368 |
DEL |
6˝ |
83 |
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18 |
12 |
IM |
Himanshu Sharma |
2469 |
HAR |
6˝ |
80˝ |
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19 |
20 |
IM |
Murali Krishnan B T |
2407 |
Rlys |
6˝ |
76˝ |
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20 |
18 |
IM |
Roy
Chowdhury Saptarshi |
2427 |
Rlys |
6˝ |
73˝ |
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