The 1st Maharashtra International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2022 kicked off yesterday in Pune, India, simultaneously with the 1st Pune Open.
The tournament is played in 11 rounds, swiss system, with participation of more than 140 players from 13 countries. The event gathers 20 grandmasters with: GM Farrukh Amonatov, GM Luka Paichadze and GM Babu Lalith as the top seeds, as well as the Indian National Chess Team members: IM Kulkarni Bhakti, IM Swaminathan Soumya, WGM Mary Ann Gomes and WGM Divya Deshmukh The total prize fund of the event is Rs 20,00,000 (around 24.000 euros). (scroll down for starting rank list of participants)
The grand opening of the 1st Maharashtra International Open GM Chess Tournament:
1st Maharashtra International Open GM Chess Tournament – Starting rank list:
No.
Name
FED
RtgI
1
GM
Amonatov Farrukh
TJK
2622
2
GM
Paichadze Luka
GEO
2567
3
GM
Lalith Babu M R
IND
2563
4
GM
Fedorov Alexei
BLR
2529
5
GM
Sengupta Deep
IND
2526
6
GM
Savchenko Boris
RUS
2524
7
GM
Aleksandrov Aleksej
BLR
2492
8
GM
Venkatesh M.R.
IND
2490
9
IM
Aditya Mittal
IND
2490
10
GM
Karthik Venkataraman
IND
2480
11
GM
Nikitenko Mihail
BLR
2479
12
GM
Deepan Chakkravarthy J.
IND
2478
13
GM
Arjun Kalyan
IND
2477
14
GM
Mirzoev Azer
AZE
2476
15
IM
Nigmatov Ortik
UZB
2463
16
IM
Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh
IND
2443
17
GM
Stupak Kirill
BLR
2440
18
IM
Neelash Saha
IND
2439
19
GM
Vishnu Prasanna. V
IND
2437
20
FM
Samant Aditya S
IND
2433
21
IM
Azaladze Shota
GEO
2420
22
GM
Hossain Enamul
BAN
2413
23
GM
Nguyen Van Huy
VIE
2405
24
IM
Srihari L R
IND
2404
25
Utsab Chatterjee
IND
2403
26
GM
Nguyen Duc Hoa
VIE
2398
27
IM
Gusain Himal
IND
2396
28
IM
Audi Ameya
IND
2389
29
IM
Krishna Teja N
IND
2374
30
IM
Raahul V S
IND
2371
31
IM
Kulkarni Bhakti
IND
2370
32
IM
Viani Antonio Dcunha
IND
2364
33
GM
Karthikeyan P.
IND
2361
34
IM
Soumya Swaminathan
IND
2358
35
IM
Anuj Shrivatri
IND
2356
36
FM
Wagh Suyog
IND
2352
37
IM
Chakravarthi Reddy M
IND
2349
38
WGM
Gomes Mary Ann
IND
2349
39
IM
Abdyjapar Asyl
KGZ
2346
40
CM
Kushagra Mohan
IND
2343
41
FM
Panesar Vedant
IND
2337
42
FM
Rohith Krishna S
IND
2337
43
IM
Konguvel Ponnuswamy
IND
2331
44
Ritviz Parab
IND
2329
45
Kaustuv Kundu
IND
2327
46
IM
Saravanan V.
IND
2324
47
WGM
Divya Deshmukh
IND
2317
48
IM
Kulkarni Vikramaditya
IND
2311
49
IM
Abhishek Kelkar
IND
2308
50
FM
Aaryan Varshney
IND
2308
51
FM
Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali
UZB
2308
52
WIM
Priyanka Nutakki
IND
2303
53
FM
Sharan Rao
IND
2274
54
FM
Jain Kashish Manoj
IND
2271
55
IM
Saravana Krishnan P.
IND
2269
56
FM
Jubin Jimmy
IND
2259
57
WGM
Srija Seshadri
IND
2241
58
FM
Deshpande Aniruddha
IND
2238
59
CM
Snehal Bhosale
IND
2237
60
IM
Sangma Rahul
IND
2232
61
Barath Kalyan M
IND
2232
62
GM
Ziatdinov Raset
USA
2224
63
WIM
Rakshitta Ravi
IND
2212
64
Godbole Atharva
IND
2210
65
FM
Ayush Sharma
IND
2208
66
Aniruddh Chatterjee
IND
2205
67
Anustoop Biswas
IND
2202
68
Bakliwal Gaurav
IND
2192
69
CM
Nayak Rajesh
IND
2179
70
IM
Deshmukh Anup
IND
2178
71
Srihari L
IND
2178
72
Gandhi Anish
IND
2166
73
Prasannaa.S
IND
2164
74
Joshua A P
IND
2163
75
WIM
Tejaswini Sagar
IND
2162
76
Dahale Atul
IND
2153
77
IM
Praveen Kumar C
IND
2150
78
IM
Mohota Nisha
IND
2148
79
WIM
Michelle Catherina P
IND
2148
80
Akshit Kumar J
IND
2145
81
Phatak Aanjaneya
IND
2145
82
CM
Kadam Om Manish
IND
2144
83
Mushini Ajay
IND
2142
84
Rohit S
IND
2141
85
Rashitov Rustem
UZB
2136
86
WIM
Priyanka K
IND
2134
87
WFM
Toshali V
IND
2130
88
Arya Bhakta
IND
2130
89
Morvekar Kedar
IND
2127
90
WFM
Pandey Srishti
IND
2123
91
AIM
Md Imran
IND
2122
92
Ilamparthi A R
IND
2121
93
WFM
Allahverdiyeva Ayan
AZE
2120
94
Gaurav Rajesh Zagade
IND
2120
95
IM
Ramnathan Balasubramaniam
IND
2119
96
FM
Ram Aravind L N
IND
2116
97
Arhan Chethan Anand
IND
2112
98
WFM
Bommini Mounika Akshaya
IND
2108
99
WGM
Kiran Manisha Mohanty
IND
2098
100
Arnav Maheshwari
IND
2093
101
WGM
Swati Ghate
IND
2089
102
Jaeel Atharva
IND
2083
103
Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi
IND
2074
104
Pimpalkhare Vedant
IND
2073
105
AGM
Vignesh B
IND
2072
106
IM
Manish Anto Cristiano F
IND
2071
107
FM
Ramakrishna J.
IND
2070
108
Praloy Sahoo
IND
2065
109
Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U
IND
2064
110
CM
Garv Gaur
IND
2062
111
WIM
Franco Valencia Angela
COL
2061
112
CM
Aaditya Dhingra
IND
2042
113
Garv Rai
IND
2033
114
IM
Weerawardane Romesh
SRI
2027
115
CM
Borgaonkar Akshay
IND
2026
116
Krishnan Ritvik
IND
2023
117
Deodhar Vrushali Umesh
IND
2020
118
Kabhilan S
IND
2018
119
CM
Daakshin Arun
IND
2016
120
CM
Mayank Chakraborty
IND
2015
121
Aishwin Daniel
IND
2014
122
Lohana Kapil
IND
2007
123
IM
Hegde Ravi Gopal
IND
2001
124
FM
Gaikwad Siddhant
IND
1999
125
Shaik Sumer Arsh
IND
1999
126
Kumar Gaurav
IND
1998
127
WIM
Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien
VIE
1996
128
CM
Kavinda Akila
SRI
1996
129
Nagare Kaivalya Sandip
IND
1993
130
Pattnayak Nilsu
IND
1992
131
WIM
Chandreyee Hajra
IND
1983
132
Mrittika Mallick
IND
1982
133
WFM
Bhagyashree Patil
IND
1977
134
Sudarshan Bhat
IND
1975
135
Koustav Chakraborty
IND
1945
136
Sreekumar P.
IND
1940
137
Priyankara Chamil
SRI
1938
138
Bharadia Yash
IND
1924
139
WFM
Baghirova Khatun
AZE
1866
140
Meenal Gupta
IND
1845
141
Soboleva Anastasia
RUS
1744
142
Boramanikar Tanisha S
IND
1716
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