8th Parsvnath International Chess 2010
participants
Report by Chessdom.com
Winner of the Kolkata open a few months back, Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Vietnam, will start as the rating favourite in the strong Parsvnath International Chess tournament that starts at Modern School Barakhamba Road on Thursday.
A total of 20 Grandmasters and more than 30 International Masters are going to take part in the biggest ever prize money International tournament of the country. The total prize fund of the event is Rupees 12.5 Lakhs out of which Rs. 2.75 Lakhs is reserved for the winner.
Participants
1 GM Le Quang Liem 2647 VIE
2 GM Lenic Luka 2595 SLO
3 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2589 IRI
4 GM Turov Maxim 2584 RUS
5 GM Kryakvin Dmitry 2575 RUS
6 GM Kotsur Pavel 2568 KAZ
7 GM Arun Prasad S 2567 IND
8 GM Rahman Ziaur 2548 BAN
9 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2545 UKR
10 GM Zubarev Alexander 2544 UKR
11 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2536 KAZ
12 GM Iuldachev Saidali 2519 UZB
13 GM Dzhumaev Marat 2515 UZB
14 GM Laxman R R 2503 IND
15 GM Iskusnyh Sergei 2497 RUS
16 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J 2492 IND
17 IM Sengupta Deep 2480 IND
18 GM Thipsay Praveen M 2469 IND
19 IM Bitoon Richard 2458 PHI
20 IM Himanshu Sharma 2457 IND
21 IM Lalith Babu M R 2457 IND
22 FM Grover Sahaj 2448 IND
23 GM Gutov Andrey 2444 RUS
24 GM Manik Mikulas 2435 SVK
25 IM Dimakiling Oliver 2435 PHI
Full list here: http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/parsvnath-chess-2010
Wow now that looks like a fun tournament Susan, they even have Gm Liem as the favorite, Um rooting for Rakesh all he gotta do is pin his ears back!