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Norms Galore at Kolkata Open
By Prof. Rathinam Ananthram
In addition to the three norms
achieved on 8th September, seven more players secured
title norms, two of them GM and remaining IM norms. R.R.
Laxman of Tamil Nadu completed the formalities for his
GM title with this norm and Sahaj Grover , the youngster
from Delhi earned his maiden GM norm. Three Maharashtra
players Vidit Gujrati, Ankit R Rajpara and Shiven Khosla,
P. Shyam Nikil of Tamil Nadu and Abhishekh Das of
Jharkhand had a memorable day for getting the norms.
More norms maybe expected on the final day.
Liem Le Quang, an unassuming soft spoken GM from Vietnam
again shot into sole lead with 7.5 points by outwitting
the Uzbekistan GM Anton Filippov. Closely following him
on the heels with 7 points is the defending champion
Viktor Laznicka of Czech Republic. Calcutta hopes, Surya
Shekhar Ganguly and Sandiapn Chanda got into reckoning
again by their steady wins to put themselves in the
third place, along with the top seed Mamedyarov
Shakhriyar of Azerbaijan and Anton FIlippov, with 6.5
points each. Ganguly and Sandipan are placed third and
fourth in the rank list before the start of the final
round and title for them can not be ruled out. While
Liem faces Satyapragyan of Orissa, Sandipan and Ganguly
clash the sword with each other and Shakhriyar meets
Laznicka in the crucial final round.
The exciting game of the day was the one between the
Tamil Nadu GM Sundarrajan Kidambi and the GM norm
aspirant Vidit, who needed a full point for his norm.
Large crowd gathered around the board, eagerly awaiting
Vidit’s win, as he was in a very good position. But, he
miscalculated the prowess of Kidambi and the game
petered out into a draw, each having one minor piece at
the end. B. Adhiban, the world under 16 champion from
Tamil Nadu required half a point to get his GM norm.
Sandipan played a cool game and thwarted Adhiban’s
attempts, to pocket the point in 41 moves. Anyhow,
Adhiban and Vidit still have the norm chances subject to
their win tomorrow. Sayantan Das could not continue his
good run and he had to be content with the IM norm only,
as he lost to the experienced Swedish GM Tiger Hillarp
Persson. Tiger pounced on Sayantan, dear to all,
resembling a deer prey to a tiger. Himanshu Sharma kept
his norm chances alive by beating Ram S Krishnan of
Tamil Nadu and he needs a full point in the final round
for his GM norm.
| Round 9 on 2009/09/09 |
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Bo. |
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Name |
FED |
Rtg |
Pts. |
Result |
Pts. |
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Name |
FED |
Rtg |
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1 |
GM |
Filippov Anton |
UZB |
2595 |
6½ |
lost to |
7½ |
GM |
Le Quang Liem |
VIE |
2602 |
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2 |
GM |
Laznicka Viktor |
CZE |
2634 |
7 |
beat |
6 |
GM |
Postny Evgeny |
ISR |
2651 |
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3
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GM |
Short Nigel D |
ENG |
2706 |
6 |
drew
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6.5 |
IM |
Satyapragyan S |
IND |
2439 |
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4 |
GM |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
AZE |
2721 |
6.5 |
beat |
5½ |
GM |
Gagunashvili Merab |
GEO |
2564 |
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5 |
GM |
Aleksandrov Aleksej |
BLR |
2639 |
6 |
drew |
6 |
GM |
Safarli Eltaj |
AZE |
2587 |
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6
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GM |
Ganguly Surya Shekhar |
IND |
2634 |
6.5 |
beat |
5½ |
GM |
Khusnutdinov Rustam |
KAZ |
2506 |
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7 |
IM |
Laxman R R |
IND |
2486 |
6 |
drew |
6 |
GM |
Mamedov Rauf |
AZE |
2626 |
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8 |
GM |
G N Gopal |
IND |
2598 |
6 |
drew |
6 |
GM |
Negi Parimarjan |
IND |
2615 |
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9 |
GM |
Sandipan Chanda |
IND |
2611 |
6.5 |
beat |
5½ |
IM |
Adhiban B |
IND |
2490 |
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10 |
GM |
Markos Jan |
SVK |
2565 |
5 |
lost to |
6 |
GM |
Ni Hua |
CHN |
2692 |
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11 |
GM |
Rahman Ziaur |
BAN |
2554 |
5.5 |
drew
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5.5 |
GM |
Tkachiev Vladislav |
FRA |
2669 |
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12
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GM |
Kunte Abhijit |
IND |
2515 |
5.5 |
drew |
5.5 |
GM |
Guseinov Gadir |
AZE |
2667 |
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13 |
GM |
Mchedlishvili Mikheil |
GEO |
2613 |
6 |
beat |
5 |
GM |
Deepan Chakkravarthy J |
IND |
2524 |
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14 |
IM |
Thejkumar M S |
IND |
2467 |
5 |
lost to |
6 |
GM |
Gupta Abhijeet |
IND |
2584 |
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15 |
GM |
Hillarp Persson Tiger |
SWE |
2577 |
5.5 |
beat |
5 |
FM |
Das Sayantan |
IND |
2235 |
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16 |
IM |
Das Arghyadip |
IND |
2407 |
5 |
drew |
5 |
GM |
Malakhatko Vadim |
BEL |
2569 |
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17 |
IM |
Saptarshi Roy |
IND |
2389 |
5 |
drew |
5 |
GM |
P Magesh Chandran |
IND |
2532 |
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18 |
GM |
Ismagambetov Anuar |
KAZ |
2528 |
5.5 |
beat |
4½ |
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Shivananda B S |
IND |
2388 |
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19 |
GM |
Sundararajan Kidambi |
IND |
2516 |
5 |
drew |
5 |
FM |
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi |
IND |
2423 |
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20 |
IM |
Sriram Jha |
IND |
2497 |
5 |
drew |
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