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Thursday, June 2, 2011

GM Chandran leads at Orissa International Chess Open

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011


Hello everybody,


The 3rd Orissa International GM Open Chess Tournament - KiiT CUP 2011 is taking place from May 27 to June 6, in Orissa, India.

The total prize fund is $31,000 approx with last year's winner being Ukrainian Grandmaster Martyn Kravtsiv.


After six rounds, GM Panchanathan Magesh Chandran (IND 2539) is leading with 5.5 points. Twelve players follow half a point behind. You can access the official website for more details.


The list of top rated players at the tournament includes GM Petrosian Tigran L 2634 ARM, GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2629 GEO, GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2628 BLR, GM Gupta Abhijeet 2604 IND, GM Fier Alexandr 2560 BRA, 6 GM Panchanathan Magesh Chandran 2539 IND, GM Rahman Ziaur 2534 BAN, GM Bakre Tejas 2518 IND, GM Arun Prasad S 2495 IND, GM Kasparov Sergey 2493 BLR, IM Lalith Babu R 2491 IND, IM Grover Sahaj 2485 IND, GM Hossain Enamul 2478 BAN.



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