National Chess Championship: Telangana’s Arjun crowned national champion

Hyderabad: Telangana’s first Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi continued his impressive run to become the national champion at the MPL 58th Senior National Championship, concluded in Kanpur, on Thursday. The Warangal lad shared points in the final round match against former champion SP Sethuraman of PSPB at Ganges Club. Scoring 8.5 points out of a possible 11, […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s first Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi continued his impressive run to become the national champion at the MPL 58th Senior National Championship, concluded in Kanpur, on Thursday.

The Warangal lad shared points in the final round match against former champion SP Sethuraman of PSPB at Ganges Club.

Scoring 8.5 points out of a possible 11, Arjun tied for the title with Tamil Nadu Grandmasters duo D Gukesh and P Iniyan but better Buchholz tie break score helped Arjun to lift the champion trophy.

Gukesh and Iniyan finished as first and second runner-up respectively. In the final round, Gukesh split the points with Delhi Grandmaster Aryan Chopra while Iniyan produced a decisive result against Mitrabha Guha of West Bengal. While Arjun got richer by Rs.6 lakh, Gukesh took home Rs 5 lakh while Iniyan pocketed Rs 4 lakh.

Top 10: 1. Arjun Erigaisi (TS), 1. D Gukesh (TN), 3. Iniyan P (TN); 4. GM Aravindh Chithambaram (TN); 5. Aryan Chopra (Delhi); 6. Koustav Chatterjee WB); 7. Karthikeyan Murali (PSPB); 8. Visakh N R (Railways); 9. Sethuraman S P (PSPB); 10. Pranav (TN).

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