Abhijeet finishes joint leader in Bad Wiessee
Press Trust of India
STAFF WRITER 19:9 HRS IST
Bad Wiessee (Germany) Nov 9 (PTI) Former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta finished as the joint leader after drawing his final round game against Grandmaster Vitali Kunin of Russia in the International Open chess tournament here.
Abhijeet finished with a tally of 7.5 points in all, winning six and drawing the remaining three games. He stands to gain important rating points from his performance here which will take him to the coveted 2600 ELO rating mark.
It was a four-way tie at the top and when it was resolved, GM Viorel Iordachescu of Moldova was declared the winner on better Bucholz count.
Kunin, Abhijeet and Gerald Hertnek of Germany finishing in that order. Over 400 players including 20 Grandmasters participated in the annual event.
Source: http://www.ptinews.com
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2 comments:
He'll break 2700 soon. India is the strongest nation in the world.
Which country are u from? No we are not the strongest in Chess!
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