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Indians who left Philadelphia with a big mark also impressed in the Canadian Open held from July 9-17 at Edmonton. While
IM Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury impressed and shared first place with elite players like Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexei Shirov,
Sundararajan Kidambi of Bharat Petroleum, Chennai made his maiden GM norm with 7/9. Indian rise in chess has just begun!
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Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury
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Sundararajan Kidambi |
| 1 |
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2792 |
gm |
8 |
| 2 |
Shirov Alexei |
2745 |
gm |
8 |
| 3 |
Bluvshtein Mark |
2529 |
gm |
8 |
| 4 |
Bologan Viktor |
2740 |
gm |
8 |
| 5 |
Chowdhury SR |
2421 |
im |
8 |
| 6 |
Ganguly SS |
2636 |
gm |
7.5 |
| 7 |
Quan
Zhe |
2396 |
fm |
7.5 |
| 8 |
Kidambi S |
2524 |
im |
7.5 |
| 9 |
Kunte Abhijit |
2601 |
gm |
7.5 |
| 10 |
Krnan Tomas |
2462 |
fm |
7.5 |
| 11 |
Roussel-Roozmon
Thomas |
2417 |
im |
7.5 |
| 12 |
Moiseenko Alexander |
2704 |
gm |
7 |
| 13 |
Nataf Igor-Alexandre |
2623 |
gm |
7 |
| 14 |
Tyomkin Dmitri |
2549 |
gm |
7 |
| 15 |
Venkatesh MR |
2475 |
im |
7 |
| 16 |
Gentes Kevin |
2331 |
fm |
7 |
| 17 |
Reeve Jeff |
2364 |
|
7 |
| 18 |
Chanda Sandipan |
2600 |
gm |
7 |
| 19 |
Haessel Dale |
2230 |
|
7 |
| 20 |
Pechisker Alfred |
2190 |
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7 |
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| 21 |
Mohota
Nisha |
2343 |
wgm |
7 |
| 22 |
Huber
Greg |
2310 |
fm |
7 |
| 23 |
Sasata
Robert |
2323 |
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7 |
| 24 |
Pechenkin
Vladimir |
2263 |
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7 |
| 25 |
Grumic
Sasha |
2087 |
|
7 |
| 26 |
Gardner
Robert |
2221 |
|
7 |
| 27 |
Gokhale
Anupama |
2243 |
wim |
7 |
| 28 |
Krush
Irina |
2492 |
im |
6.5 |
| 29 |
Lawson
Eric |
2373 |
im |
6.5 |
| 30 |
NguyenKim |
2060 |
|
6.5 |
| 31 |
Ghate
Swathi |
2281 |
wgm |
6.5 |
| 32 |
Henry
Liam |
2062 |
|
6.5 |
| 33 |
Campbell
Brett |
2250 |
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6.5 |
| 34 |
Zaczek
Jonathon |
1991 |
|
6.5 |
| 35 |
Klein
Felix |
2148 |
|
6.5 |
| 36 |
Graves
Charles |
2000 |
|
6.5 |
| 37 |
Yam
Alex |
2048 |
|
6.5 |
| 38 |
Tegzes
Laszlo |
2109 |
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6.5 |
| 39 |
Schulz
Waldemar |
2029 |
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6.5 |
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222 |
players |
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