6th KIIT International Chess Festival

The 6th KIIT International Chess Festival will take place on 24-31st May at the KIIT International School, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

The Festival is organized by the All Odisha Chess Association, KIIT University, AICF and Odisha Mining Corporation.

The Elite Category is reserved for players rated 2000 FIDE and higher. The tournament will be conducted as per FIDE Laws of Chess and FIDE Swiss System with 10 rounds.

The Platinum Category is reserved for players rated U2000 FIDE. The Premium Category is reserved for players rated U1600 FIDE.

Participants, Elite Category (top seeds):

1. GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2621
2. GM Amonatov Farrukh TJK 2609
3. GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2594
4. GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2573
5. GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2560
6. GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2554
7. GM Ovetchkin Roman RUS 2535
8. GM Paichadze Luka GEO 2535
9. GM Papin Vasily RUS 2531
10. GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 2528
11. GM Vaibhav Suri IND 2524
12. GM Timoshenko Georgy UKR 2516
13. GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 2513
14. GM Semcesen Daniel SWE 2513
15. GM Oral Tomas CZE 2512
16. GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2504
17. IM Ghosh Diptayan IND 2487
18. IM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2475
19. GM Vokarev Sergey RUS 2460
20. GM Laxman R.R. IND 2450
21. IM Gagare Shardul IND 2446
22. IM Swayams Mishra IND 2442
23. FM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2439
24. IM Das Arghyadip IND 2435
25. GM Harutjunyan Gevorg ARM 2434
26. IM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2434
27. IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao IND 2427
28. GM Petrosian Davit G. ARM 2425
29. IM Shyam Nikil P. IND 2422
30. IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2414
31. IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R IND 2412
32. Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2402
33. IM Rathnakaran K. IND 2397
34. GM Ziatdinov Raset USA 2387
35. IM Rajesh V A V IND 2382
36. IM Karthikeyan P. IND 2380
37. IM Das Sayantan IND 2373
38. Kunal M. IND 2368
39. IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy IND 2363
40. FM Sai Krishna G.V. IND 2358