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Sethuraman Impressive In
Pardubice - Vidit Misses Grandmaster Norm
By Arvind Aaron
International Master S.P. Sethuraman of Chennai finished third
in the Czech Open that concluded at Pardubice on August 1.
Sethuraman performed well in his second straight event.
Sethuraman is sponsored by Indian Oil. He recorded a whopping
high rating performance of 2649 but still could not get the GM
norm as he did not face the required three Grand Masters.
Sethuraman held the top seed and champion Grand Master Anton
Korobov of Ukraine to a draw. He won six games, drew against
Vaibhav Suri of Delhi in the nine round Swiss for 310 players.
He lost one game.
Posting a rating of 2513 in the July 2010 list, Sethuraman has
done well in back-to-back events and has gained 14.8 Elo from
this competition alone. National Junior champion Sethuraman
travels to Poland next to play in the World Junior from August
3, 2010.
World Under-16 runner up Vidit Gujrathi of Nasik required a
final round draw for a Grand Master norm but lost to Sergey
Grigoriants of Russia to finish on six points. He gains 7.5 Elo
from this event.
M.R. Lalith Babu scored 6.5 after losing a game early. He had a
rating performance of 2551. A GM result normally ensures a 2600
rating performance along with meeting three Grand Masters.
Lalith Babu met two Grand Masters. Lalith Babu is gaining 6.5
Elo.
Czech Open results (tie-break order): 1 GM A. Korobov (Ukr) 8/9;
2-6. IM Hans Tikkanen (Swe), IM S.P. Sethuraman, GM Martyn
Kravtsiv (Ukr), GM Sergey Grigoriants (Rus), GM Artur Gabrielian
(Rus) 7 each; 18 IM M.R. Lalith Babu 6.5; 30 Vidit
Gujrathi,34-35 IM B. Adhiban, GM Abhijit Kunte, 38 Vaibhav Suri
6 each; 88 WGM Mary Ann Gomes 5; 112 GM Sriram Jha, 127 WGM S.
Meenakshi 5; 151 WGM Kiran Mohanty 4.5, 168 IM Eesha Karavde,
179 WGM Swati Ghate 4.5; 206 IM Atanu Lahiri 4...310 players.
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