Vizag GM International Open Chess Championship was held from from 23rd November to 1st December, 2011 at Swarnabharathi Indoor Stadium in Resapuvanipalem, Visakhapatnam, AP, India.
The 11-round Swiss tournament with 200 participants was organized by the All Vizag District Chess Association together with Andhra Pradesh Chess Association and under the aegis of All India Chess Federation.
The reigning India champion Abhijeet Gupta entered the final round with a full point advantage ahead of the competition but then he was defeated by the 2nd-seeded Tigran L Petrosian from Armenia.
Contrary to the usual praxis in the final rounds of open tournaments, most of the top games ended with decisive results. Henrik Danielsen defeated fellow Grandmaster Marat Dzhumaev, while Lalith Babu outplayed his compatriot Vaibhav Suri.
Abhijeet Gupta (photo by Georgios Souleidis)
Eventually five players shared the first place with 8.5 points each. Abhijeet Gupta still claimed the winner’s trophy on superior tie-break. Full standings bellow.
Jagadish Dube reports that C.R.G.Krishna & Swayams Mishra have earned IM Norm & IM Title, respectively, after the 9th round. Minhazuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh also completed his norm requirements after the 9th round. The 13-year-old IM Vaibhav Suri made a GM-norm as he held to Uzbek GM Marat Dzhumaev to a draw on the 10th round.
The total prize fund amounts to INR 1020000 ($1 equals to INR 45 approximately). First place is 200000 INR worth.
Vizag Steel GM International Open Chess Tournament final standings:
1. GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2640 – 8.5
2. GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2566 – 8.5
3. GM Petrosian Tigran L ARM 2636 – 8.5
4. GM Danielsen Henrik ISL 2542 – 8.5
5. IM Lalith Babu M R IND 2484 – 8.5
6. GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2619 – 8
7. IM Grover Sahaj IND 2515 – 8
8. IM Shyam Sundar M IND 2462 – 8
9. IM Nolte Rolando PHI 2455 – 8
10. GM Arun Prasad S IND 2530 – 8
11. Krishna C R G IND 2305 – 7.5
12. GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2485 – 7.5
13. IM Vaibhav Suri IND 2448 – 7.5
14. GM Sumets Andrey UKR 2569 – 7.5
15. IM Anwesh Upadhyaya IND 2413 – 7.5
16. Swayams Mishra IND 2386 – 7.5
17. FM Minhazuddin Ahmed BAN 2388 – 7.5
18. Navin Kanna T U IND 2377 – 7.5
19. GM Murshed Niaz BAN 2435 – 7.5
20. GM Laxman R R IND 2431 – 7.5
21. FM Rajesh V A V IND 2338 – 7.5
22. GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J IND 2492 – 7.5
23. IM Swapnil S Dhopade IND 2435 – 7.5
24. IM Girinath P D S IND 2360 – 7.5
25. IM Sangma Rahul IND 2357 – 7.5
26. IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu IND 2436 – 7.5
27. Ankit R Rajpara IND 2349 – 7.5
28. IM Karthikeyan P IND 2402 – 7.5
29. WGM Gomes Mary Ann IND 2354 – 7.5
30. IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2387 – 7
31. IM Priyadharshan K IND 2385 – 7
32. IM Ravichandran Siddharth IND 2398 – 7
33. IM Rathnakaran K IND 2403 – 7
34. IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam IND 2255 – 7
35. Sanjay N IND 2331 – 7
36. IM Himanshu Sharma IND 2397 – 7
37. IM Singh D P IND 2329 – 7
38. IM Prakash G B IND 2341 – 7
39. IM Praveen Kumar C IND 2338 – 7
40. IM Thejkumar M S IND 2452 – 7
41. Chandika Divyasree IND 2138 – 7
42. FM Chatterjee Debaraj BAN 2335 – 7
43. FM Elijah Emojong UGA 2111 – 7
44. WGM Padmini Rout IND 2392 – 7
45. IM Vishnu Prasanna V IND 2392 – 7
46. GM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2474 – 7
47. IM Shetty Rahul IND 2261 – 7
48. IM Venkatesh M R IND 2499 – 6.5
49. GM Ulibin Mikhail RUS 2587 – 6.5
50. Narayanan S L IND 2320 – 6.5
51. IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy IND 2344 – 6.5
52. GM Bitoon Richard PHI 2515 – 6.5
53. Padhya Saumil IND 2115 – 6.5
54. Gireman Ja IND 2149 – 6.5
55. K Praneeth Surya IND 2156 – 6.5
56. WIM Kulkarni Bhakti IND 2289 – 6.5
57. IM Koshy Varugeese IND 2276 – 6.5
58. IM Babu N Sudhakar IND 2327 – 6.5
59. Navalgund Niranjan IND 2209 – 6.5
60. IM Ravi Lanka IND 2347 – 6.5
61. Deepthamsh Reddy M IND 2102 – 6.5
62. WIM Hamid Rani BAN 1983 – 6.5
63. WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty IND 2213 – 6
64. Vignesh Nr IND 2028 – 6
65. Kunal M IND 2288 – 6
66. IM Karavade Eesha IND 2348 – 6
67. FM Maheswaran P IND 2292 – 6
68. Negi V S IND 2051 – 6
69. Shashikant Kutwal IND 2289 – 6
70. Sidhant Mohapatra IND 2185 – 6
71. Ram S Krishnan IND 2344 – 6
72. Abhishek Das IND 2354 – 6
73. Akshat Chandra IND 2012 – 6
74. Pranavananda V IND 1971 – 6
75. Visakh Nr IND 2060 – 6
76. Anilkumar O T IND 2232 – 6
77. IM Gokhale Chandrashekhar IND 2230 – 6
78. Mugil Jayavel IND 2065 – 6
79. Karma Pandya IND 2153 – 6
80. IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman IND 2415 – 6
81. Chakravarthi Y V K IND 2038 – 6
82. Ramana Babu B IND 2142 – 6
83. IM Chan Peng Kong SIN 2274 – 6
84. Rishi Sardana IND 2015 – 6
85. Vishnu Surendran IND 1950 – 6
86. Cholleti Sahajasri IND 2089 – 6
87. Pranav Vijay IND 2058 – 6
88. Roshan Rangarajan IND 2063 – 6
89. Vaibhav Bhat IND 1919 – 6
90. Anand Raj S IND 1990 – 6
91. Harsha Bharathakoti IND 1917 – 6
92. Tiwari Arjun IND 2290 – 6
93. Raghunandan K S IND 1993 – 6
94. Anand Naik B IND 1966 – 6
95. Begum Masuda BAN 1873 – 6
96. Anurag Mhamal IND 2222 – 5.5
97. Nishant Malhotra IND 2029 – 5.5
98. Ramakrishna Perumalla IND 2092 – 5.5
99. Mithil Ajgaonkar IND 2182 – 5.5
100. Dhulipala Bala Chandra Prasad IND 1972 – 5.5
101. Md Sharif Hossain BAN 2089 – 5.5
102. Krishna Teja N IND 1921 – 5.5
103. Tandukar Naveen NEP 2035 – 5.5
104. Preethi R IND 2023 – 5.5
105. Malla Nooka Raju IND 1951 – 5.5
106. Godavarthi Chiranjeevi IND 1943 – 5.5
107. Hema Priya N IND 1909 – 5.5
108. Harikrishna S R IND 1930 – 5.5
109. Dheeraj Kumar Reddy T IND 1788 – 5.5
110. WFM Kotepalli Sai Nirupama IND 1934 – 5.5
111. FM Mohammad Javed BAN 2219 – 5.5
112. Rakibul Islam Shachchu BAN 2029 – 5.5
113. Sai Agni Jeevitesh J IND 1861 – 5.5
114. Vijaya Kumar A V S IND 2027 – 5.5
115. Amatya Bipin NEP 0 – 5.5
116. Meghna C H IND 1731 – 5.5
117. Shishir Kumar IND 1682 – 5.5
118. Visveshwar A IND 1709 – 5.5
119. R Bhavani Shankar IND 1898 – 5.5
120. Appanna Pilla IND 0 – 5.5
121. Nagaraju J IND 1951 – 5
122. Dahale Atul IND 2110 – 5
123. Polavarapu Ramakrishna IND 2077 – 5
124. Thookivakam Pujitha Reddy IND 1675 – 5
125. Teja Suresh M IND 1672 – 5
126. Teja Kirthi IND 0 – 5
127. Ashwini U IND 1800 – 5
128. Sudhamahari Dinker IND 1630 – 5
129. Rajkumar S Singha IND 1878 – 5
130. Raju S IND 1921 – 5
131. Dhanunjaya Rao L IND 1852 – 5
132. Prabhat Koutha IND 1695 – 5
133. Priya Vss IND 1750 – 5
134. Saye Srreezza P IND 1568 – 5
135. Anigani Kavya IND 1640 – 5
136. Matta Theja Sahhethhe IND 1608 – 5
137. Prasannakumar Nayak IND 1713 – 5
138. Shaik Sydulu IND 1719 – 5
139. Trinadh Virothi IND 1849 – 5
140. Pvs Aravind IND 1603 – 5
141. Nageswara Rao S IND 0 – 5
142. Linda Rangarajan IND 2116 – 4.5
143. Chakravarthi Reddy M IND 1932 – 4.5
144. Divya Sree M IND 1535 – 4.5
145. Jeeru Yaswanth Reddy IND 1531 – 4.5
146. Cheela Naga Sampath IND 1587 – 4.5
147. M Tulasi Ram Kumar IND 1664 – 4.5
148. Hemanth Kumar IND 1757 – 4.5
149. Babu Rao R IND 1833 – 4.5
150. Matta Besh Vignesh Reddy IND 1596 – 4.5
151. C B Surya Bangaru Raju IND 1629 – 4.5
152. N Madhumitha IND 0 – 4.5
153. Avyay G IND 0 – 4.5
154. Sanapala Umapathi IND 0 – 4.5
155. Erigaisi Arjun IND 1584 – 4.5
156. Dhimal Bharat NEP 0 – 4.5
157. Arrun S IND 0 – 4.5
158. Samuel Kumar IND 2007 – 4.5
159. Bheri Yaswanth IND 1379 – 4.5
160. Krishna Madhava Rao P IND 0 – 4.5
161. Dhiren T IND 1575 – 4
162. Jagadeeswara Rao G IND 0 – 4
163. Sanjay Kumar Mittal IND 1671 – 4
164. Potluri Supreetha IND 1493 – 4
165. My Aditya IND 1492 – 4
166. Toshali V IND 1439 – 4
167. Avyakth G IND 1529 – 4
168. Sarada K V L S IND 1476 – 4
169. Jayesh Kumar C H IND 1518 – 4
170. Krishna Prudhvi P IND 1526 – 4
171. Srinivasa Rao P IND 0 – 4
172. Asha Deepika Kudithipudi IND 0 – 4
173. Bheri Chinna Rao IND 1324 – 4
174. Sai Rama Kausthub IND 0 – 4
175. Anand B IND 0 – 4
176. Kodanda ramam P IND 0 – 4
177. Kadha Nareshkumar IND 0 – 4
178. Ch Gopalakrishna Rao IND 1537 – 3.5
179. Pradhan Mohan Singh NEP 1603 – 3.5
180. Aarthi V IND 1446 – 3.5
181. Rahul Srivatshav P IND 1502 – 3.5
182. Janaki Devi M IND 1379 – 3.5
183. Prajawal N IND 1282 – 3.5
184. “Gayatri,k V S ” IND 0 – 3.5
185. P Srinivas Reddy IND 1710 – 3
186. Ch Pratap IND 0 – 3
187. Krishna R Ve IND 0 – 3
188. Akil Naidu S IND 0 – 3
189. Alekhya B IND 0 – 3
190. Nookesh K IND 0 – 3
191. Teja M V IND 0 – 3
192. Kalyani B IND 0 – 3
193. Sri Anish P IND 0 – 2.5
194. Lakshmi Narasimham K IND 0 – 2
195. Chetty Ravindranath IND 0 – 2
196. Chaithanyaa B IND 0 – 1.5
197. Yuva Prudhvi M IND 0 – 1
198. Satya Sri Ramya S IND 0 – 1
