Mumbai Chess: 6th Mayor's Cup from May 29 with Top Seed GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili

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Twenty six Grandmasters, including top seed Georgia's Mikheil Mchedlishvili, have confirmed to take part in the 6th Mumbai Mayor's Cup International Open Chess tournament in Mumbai from May 29 to June 6. Players from Georgia, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Russia, Albania, Hungary, Bangladesh, Belgium, Ukraine, Srilanka and hosts India would be vying for honours. The tournament, to be hosted by the Indian National Sports Club of India at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel indoor stadium, is to be co-sponsored by LIC of India. The six Indian GMs taking part are Vaibhav Suri, Abhijit Kunte, Tejas Bakre, R R Laxman, Aksayraj Kore and Deepan Chakravorty, said a media release from the organisers. Eighteen Indian International Masters would also be competing.


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