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Chennai Open inaugurated
R. Anantharam, International
Arbiter - Press & Media Incharge
The Chennai Open 2010, the prestigious international grandmaster
chess tournament sponsored by LIC and ONGC, supported by
Government of India and Sports Development Authority of Tamil
Nadu and organized by Sports Promotion Foundation was
inaugurated at the Multipurpose Indoor Stadium today. With 19
GMs and 27 IMs in the fray, the number of players in the
tournament has crossed the magic figure of 400. In addition to
the GMs and IMs, 13 FMs, three WGMs, 14 WIMs and 5 WFMs have
confirmed their participation.
Eshan Ghaem Maghami of Iran,
winner of the Parsvnath International Open tournament in Delhi,
two days back, with an international rating of 2589 is the top
seeded player, followed by Maxim Turov of Russia. The Indian
challenge is spearheaded by grandmaster S. Arun Prasad and
national champion B. Adhiban, both of whom were members of the
Indian team which won the bronze medal in the recently concluded
World Team Chess Championship at Turkey. Former Asian Junior
champion Deepan Chakkaravarthy, India’s second grandmaster
Dibyendu Barua, former Commonwelath champion Abhijit Kunte,
Sundarrajan Kidambi, former Brirish champion R.B. Ramesh and
national Blitz champion R.R. Laxman complete the list of
grandmasters. India’s first woman grandmaster S. Vijayalaksmi,
winner of many medals in the Women Olympiad is playing after a
long lay off for about two years.
The tournament will be played under Swiss system with a time
control of 90 minutes to each player with an increment of 30
seconds for each move.
The tournament was inaugurated by Mr. Satyabrata Sahoo IAS,
Member Secretary, Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu and
Mr. V.K. Sharma, Zonal Manager, LIC of India. Mr.P.R. Venketrama
Raja, Managing Director, Ramco Industries and President, Tamil
Nadu State Chess Association, Mr. Manuel Aaron, first
international master and nine times national champion offered
felicitations to Sasikiran, Arun Prasad and Adhiban, players
from Tamil Nadu who were members of the Indian team, which won
the bronze medal in the World Team championship. Sasikiran
replied to the felicitation on behalf of the trio. The first
round starts tomorrow morning.
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on January 24th , 2010
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