The Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament will take place from December 23 to December 29 in India. This tournament has 2 categories -A and B. The A section is a 10-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from India, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Krishna S Rohith (2489), GM L R Srihari (2472), GM Vladimir Burmakin (2428), GM Chakkravarthy J Deepan (2426), GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2409), GM Alexei Fedorov (2377), FM Veny Akkarakaran John (2367), IM L Srihari (2358), Arpan Das (2350), IM Alexander Slizhevsky (2338), Nithin Babu (2326), FM Kumar S Madhesh (2324), IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (2322), IM David Gochelashvili (2320), IM Diasmany Otero Acosta (2317), Siddhanth Poonja (2315), FM S Dhananjay (2299), FM Kannan Vaidyanathan (2295), FM Sairam Ashwin (2284), FM Sankar Subramanian Jai (2283). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament – Category B
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Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament – Category A Participants
No.
Name
FED
RtgI
1
GM
Rohith, Krishna S
IND
2489
2
GM
Srihari, L R
IND
2472
3
GM
Burmakin, Vladimir
RUS
2428
4
GM
Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.
IND
2426
5
GM
Aleksandrov, Aleksej
BLR
2409
6
GM
Fedorov, Alexei
BLR
2377
7
FM
John, Veny Akkarakaran
IND
2367
8
IM
Srihari, L
IND
2358
9
Arpan, Das (Jr)
IND
2350
10
IM
Slizhevsky, Alexander
RUS
2338
11
Nithin, Babu
IND
2326
12
FM
Madhesh, Kumar S
IND
2324
13
IM
Tologon Tegin, Semetei
KGZ
2322
14
IM
Gochelashvili, David
RUS
2320
15
IM
Otero Acosta, Diasmany
CUB
2317
16
Siddhanth, Poonja
IND
2315
17
FM
Dhananjay, S
IND
2299
18
FM
Vaidyanathan, Kannan
USA
2295
19
FM
Ashwin, Sairam
IND
2284
20
FM
Jai, Sankar Subramanian
IND
2283
21
IM
Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos
CUB
2282
22
IM
Saravana, Krishnan P.
IND
2278
23
GM
Laxman, R.R.
IND
2273
24
IM
Oblitas, Carlomagno
PER
2272
25
Bhoir, Paras Dilip
IND
2272
26
Sri, Sai Baswanth P
IND
2268
27
CM
Sherla, Prathamesh
IND
2264
28
GM
Manik, Mikulas
SVK
2251
29
FM
Sekar, B
IND
2218
30
IM
Ratnakaran, K.
IND
2209
31
Vignesh, B
IND
2203
32
Ahaz, E U
IND
2194
33
IM
Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo
COL
2185
34
WFM
Kalyani, Sirin
IND
2182
35
Nishant, Abhijeet Jawalkar
IND
2181
36
IM
Elgabry, Mohsen
EGY
2177
37
WGM
Hoang, Thi Bao Tram
VIE
2175
38
CM
Gowrishankar, Jayaraj
IND
2173
39
FM
Prasannaa.S,
IND
2167
40
IM
Claverie, Raul
ARG
2164
41
Challa, Saharsha
IND
2164
42
WIM
Bach, Ngoc Thuy Duong
VIE
2160
43
CM
Karthik, Sai Ch
IND
2159
44
Arpith, S Bijoy
IND
2143
45
Manigandan, S S
IND
2142
46
Jihan, Tejas Shah
IND
2135
47
Balkishan, A.
IND
2134
48
CM
Aarit, Kapil
IND
2133
49
Vismay, Sachar
IND
2133
50
FM
Ayaan, Garg
IND
2131
51
CM
Aadik, Theophane Lenin
IND
2123
52
IM
Deshmukh, Anup
IND
2119
53
CM
Advik, Amit Agrawal
IND
2118
54
CM
Yohan, Yadav Tarala
IND
2115
55
Shaurya, Chaudhary
IND
2107
56
Abhishek, T M
IND
2101
57
CM
Mani, Sarbartho
IND
2099
58
Bhosale, Shriraj
IND
2092
59
Nithik, Reddy Bhavanam
IND
2092
60
Syed, Abdul Khader
IND
2092
61
Swain, Ashirwad
IND
2091
62
IM
Murugan, Krishnamoorthy
IND
2090
63
Borkhetariya, Devarsh M
IND
2088
64
Samuel, Stephen Noble S
IND
2088
65
Vijay, Shreeram P
IND
2086
66
Mridav, M
IND
2082
67
FM
Matta, Vinay Kumar
IND
2081
68
Shubh, Atha
IND
2081
69
Mahindrakar, Indrajeet
IND
2080
70
Andalamala, Hemal Varshan
IND
2077
71
Sharnarthi, Shlok
IND
2073
72
Malvin, Joshua
IND
2072
73
Sanjay, S Pillai
IND
2072
74
FM
Ayushh, Ravikumar
IND
2071
75
Arush, A
IND
2071
76
FM
Ramakrishna, J.
IND
2070
77
Naga, Sai Sarthak Karanam
IND
2062
78
FM
Jaiswal, Rupesh
NEP
2060
79
Advaith, Asokumar
IND
2057
80
Haridev, S
IND
2057
81
CM
Aarav, A
IND
2055
82
Daksh, Goyal
IND
2055
83
Samarth, Sreeni Warrier
IND
2055
84
Paarshva, Parmar
IND
2054
85
Kolla, Bhaavan
IND
2050
86
Gokul, G
IND
2049
87
IM
Sarwat, Walaa
EGY
2048
88
CM
Prakhar, Tripathi
IND
2047
89
Vedant, Yogesh Kale
IND
2047
90
Saisarvesh, S
IND
2045
91
Siddharth, Sai
SGP
2045
92
CM
Bajaj, Prakhar
IND
2038
93
Dinesh, Kumar Jaganathan
IND
2038
94
Sharsha, Backer
IND
2037
95
Jagajit, Sinha
IND
2036
96
Premshankar, B U
IND
2036
97
Chanda, Ujan
IND
2035
98
Praneeshwar, Madhavan
IND
2035
99
CM
Kadam, Arnav
IND
2033
100
Karan, J P
IND
2032
101
Aakash, K P
IND
2031
102
Kishore, Prajith
IND
2031
103
CM
Sattwik, Swain
IND
2029
104
Chaudhari, Ashish
IND
2026
105
Mayukh, Majumder
IND
2025
106
Pranav, Sai Ram R S
IND
2024
107
Prashanth, J Naik
IND
2024
108
Goutham, Ramesh
IND
2021
109
Kumbhar, Kartik
IND
2020
110
Sagnik, Halder
IND
2019
111
Vignesh, Kannan P
IND
2019
112
WIM
Nguyen, My Hanh An
VIE
2018
113
Sree, Shaunak Chanda
IND
2016
114
Arushi, Severin Helen D Silva
IND
2015
115
Jayanth, Venkatesh
IND
2015
116
Badamundi, Tapan
IND
2011
117
Naveen, K S
IND
2011
118
Parambrata, Sarkar
IND
2011
119
FM
Singh, Arvinder Preet
IND
2008
120
WFM
Bristy, Mukherjee
IND
2008
121
Ayaan, Phutane
IND
2008
122
Kavin, Vijayakumar
IND
2008
123
Umashankar, A
IND
2006
124
Ananya, Raman
IND
2005
125
Nijesh, R
IND
2004
126
Sri, Charan Sandipagu
IND
2004
127
Sundar, Divij P
IND
2004
128
Tarun, V
IND
2004
129
Abheek, Bhatt
IND
2003
130
IM
Sobh, Amrou
EGY
2001
131
Rana, Oliver
USA
2001
132
Rejath, Renjith
IND
2000
133
Nidhish, Shyamal
IND
1982
134
Boggarapu, Kritan
SCO
1980
135
IM
Rahman, Yehya
EGY
1974
136
Pranav, Ganesh Prabhu
IND
1973
137
CM
Vivaan, Vijay Saraogi
IND
1951
138
Parv, H Hakani
IND
1951
139
Arhan, Jain
IND
1941
140
Mutyalapati, Modith Aaroh
CAN
1941
141
Sambhav, Setiya
IND
1933
142
Ragavan, Samarth Rajesh
USA
1930
143
Aadhya, V
IND
1906
144
IM
Hegde, Ravi Gopal
IND
1905
145
Padmaesh, M K
IND
1898
146
CM
Dolas, Aarush
IND
1886
147
Avyaya, Kumara Bhat
IND
1877
148
WCM
Manouvel, Maelys
FRA
1873
149
Om, Dayanand Ramgude
IND
1836
150
Kolomwe, Willian
ZAM
1747
151
Vishnu, Nandan
IND
1710
152
IM
Mamombe, Kudzanai
ZIM
1689