Abu Dhabi Chess Festival attracts 12 Indian Grandmasters

8 years ago

Ninety Indian players including 12 GMs and 13 IMs are taking part in the Abu Dhabi International Open Chess Championship 2018 in UAE from August 6 to 16. Six coaches are also accompanying the Indian delegation to Abu Dhabi. The team has been sent to the prestigious event as part of an exposure tour ahead of the World Youth and the World Cadets Chess Championships to be held in Greece and Spain later this year.

The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Affairs is sponsoring the full expenditure of National Youth and Senior championships winners for this exposure trip.

Indian Chess thanks Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports for their contribution to the growth of chess.

Former World Junior champion Abhijeet Gupta, ranked 21, heads the Indian challenge. Karthikeyan Murali, two-time National champion, Aravindh Chithambaram Vr, Narayanan.S L, reigning National champion M. R. Lalit Babu and IM Nihal Sarin are other Indians with a rating of over 2500 in the 9-round contest.

Starting rank

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Le Quang Liem	12401137	VIE	2727
2	GM	Rapport Richard	738590	HUN	2718
3	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2905540	GEO	2717
4	GM	Wang Hao	8602883	CHN	2711
5	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	24130737	RUS	2706
6	GM	Dubov Daniil	24126055	RUS	2690
7	GM	Amin Bassem	10601457	EGY	2683
8	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	13300881	ARM	2680
9	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	4189302	RUS	2677
10	GM	Korobov Anton	14105730	UKR	2662
11	GM	Short Nigel D	400025	ENG	2659
12	GM	Morozevich Alexander	4116992	RUS	2656
13	GM	Akopian Vladimir	13300032	ARM	2655
14	GM	Kravtsiv Martyn	14113147	UKR	2653
15	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	1204297	ROU	2644
16	GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	12539929	IRI	2636
17	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	9301348	UAE	2635
18	GM	Adly Ahmed	10601619	EGY	2634
19	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	1207822	ROU	2619
20	GM	Vocaturo Daniele	813192	ITA	2617
21	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	5010608	IND	2613
22	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	13301616	ARM	2610
23	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	5074452	IND	2609
24	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	13702661	KAZ	2608
25	GM	Andersen Mads	1413864	DEN	2601
26	GM	Idani Pouya	12510130	IRI	2599
27	GM	Tabatabaei M.Amin	12521213	IRI	2590
28	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	13602071	GEO	2587
29	GM	Jojua Davit	13602543	GEO	2582
30	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	5072786	IND	2581