Thirteen Grandmasters headline Commonwealth Championships

8 years ago

The 2018 Commonwealth Championships are all set to start today. The playing venue is Leela Ambience Convention Hotel, Central Business District, Maharaja Surajmal Marg, Delhi.

The main event is the Commonwealth Championship which also incorporates the Commonwealth Women’s Championship. Junior titles within this event are the Commonwealth Under 20 and Under 18 events for both male and female players. There are separate junior events at U16, U14, U12, U10, and U08 levels.

GM Deep Sengupta is the top seed. The Open event witnesses the participation of 13 GMs and 15 IMs. Players from 12 Commonwealth countries have come to participate in the different events.

Starting rank

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg	Club/City
1	GM	Sengupta Deep	5008352	IND	2565	PSPB
2	GM	Vaibhav Suri	5045185	IND	2556	Delhi
3	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	5011132	IND	2531	Railways
4	GM	Lalith Babu M R	5024595	IND	2529	PSPB
5	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	5030692	IND	2525	Tamilnadu
6	GM	Debashis Das	5024854	IND	2522	Odisha
7	GM	Swapnil S. Dhopade	5019184	IND	2495	Railways
8	GM	Thejkumar M. S.	5009154	IND	2495	Railways
9	GM	Kunte Abhijit	5002265	IND	2494	PSPB
10	IM	Karthik Venkataraman	25006479	IND	2475	AP