GM Abhijeet Gupta leads Vizag GM Chess Open after 9 rounds

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Indian national chess champion Abhijeet Gupta leads the Vizag GM International Open Chess Championship taking place from November 23 to December 1 in Visakhapatnam, India.

The 11-round Swiss tournament with 198 participants saw Gupta go into the lead after 9 rounds a full point ahead of the rest of the field. 

Round 9 standings:
1. GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2640 – 8.0
2-9. GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2485, GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2566, IM Vaibhav Suri IND 2448, IM Grover Sahaj IND 2515, GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2619, GM Petrosian Tigran L ARM 2636, GM Danielsen Henrik ISL 2542 and IM Lalith Babu M R IND 2484 – 7.0
10-21. Krishna C R G IND 2305, IM Shyam Sundar M IND 2462, GM Sumets Andrey UKR 2569, IM Anwesh Upadhyaya IND 2413, Navin Kanna T U IND 2377, Swayams Mishra IND 2386, IM Nolte Rolando PHI 2455, IM Swapnil S Dhopade IND 2435, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J IND 2492, IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu IND 2436, FM Rajesh V A V IND 2338 and IM Sangma Rahul IND 2357 – 6.5 etc


Round 10 top pairings:

• GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2640 – IM Grover Sahaj IND 2515
• GM Danielsen Henrik ISL 2542 – GM Petrosian Tigran L ARM 2636
• GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2619 – GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2566
• IM Vaibhav Suri IND 2448 – GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2485
• IM Nolte Rolando PHI 2455 – IM Lalith Babu M R IND 2484
• GM Sumets Andrey UKR 2569 – Krishna C R G IND 2305
• FM Rajesh V A V IND 2338 – GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J IND 2492
• IM Sangma Rahul IND 2357 – IM Shyam Sundar M IND 2462
• Navin Kanna T U IND 2377 – IM Venkatesh M R IND 2499

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