The 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament is taking place from 30th December, 2014, to 6th January, 2015, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, India.
The event is organized by the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and consists of three sections:
– Category A (for players rated over 1900), 10-round Swiss, 90 Minutes each plus 30 seconds increment from move 1
– Category B (under 1899), 10-round Swiss, 60 Minutes plus 30 seconds increment from move 1
– Category C (under 1599), 10-round Swiss, 30 Minutes plus 30 seconds increment from move 1
Total cash prize fund is Rs. 14, 00, 000/- (approx 18,000 EUR), with 2600 EUR reserved for the winner of Category A. Last year winner was the ultra-talented Aravindh Chithambaram.
The main section has 180 participants from 12 countries, including 17 Grandmasters and 30 International Masters.
In the first round Grandmasters Axel Rombaldoni and Deepan Chakkravarthy were defeated by FM Rakesh Kumar Jena and FM Vinoth Kumar M. respectively. Third seed Sabino Brunello was held to a draw by Debarshi Mukherjee.
Category B has 370 participants. Full lists below.
Participants, Open section (top seeds):
1 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2622
2 GM David Alberto ITA 2578
3 GM Brunello Sabino ITA 2573
4 GM Baryshpolets Andrey UKR 2566
5 GM Mozharov Mikhail RUS 2557
6 GM Cruz Cristhian PER 2546
7 GM Evdokimov Alexander A. RUS 2538
8 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2532
9 GM Gasanov Eldar UKR 2526
10 GM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2507
11 GM Rombaldoni Axel ITA 2505
12 GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2501
13 IM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2497
14 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 2489
15 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2461
16 IM Cruz Jonathan PER 2454
17 IM Shyam Nikil P. IND 2454
18 IM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2445
19 IM Das Sayantan IND 2444
20 IM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2437
21 IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao IND 2436
22 IM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2418
23 IM Gagare Shardul IND 2411
24 GM Laxman R.R. IND 2408
25 IM Rajesh V A V IND 2408
26 IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R IND 2405
27 IM Stany G.A. IND 2404
28 IM Karthikeyan P. IND 2400
29 GM Lazarev Vladimir FRA 2387
30 IM Rathnakaran K. IND 2387
Strong one.