D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi To Lead Indian Problem In Chennai GM Chess Championship
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A few of India’s greatest gamers, together with native star D Gukesh shall be in motion within the Chennai Grand Masters Chess Championship 2023 to be held in Chennai from December 15 to 21. The match to be carried out by Sports activities Growth Authority of Tamil Nadu will see a mixture of eight GMs — 5 worldwide Grandmasters and three Indian GMs — taking part in in a round-robin format with seven rounds of chess within the classical format. They are going to be competing for a complete prize quantity of Rs 50 lakh sponsored by the Authorities of Tamil Nadu, an official press notice stated on Monday.
The match supplies a possibility for Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi to qualify for the Candidates match, scheduled for 2024.
Chennai prodigy R Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi have already booked their spots within the Candidates occasion which might throw up the challenger to the present world champion Ding Liren.
Aside from the 2 younger Indian GMs, the sector additionally consists of Iran’s Parham Maghsoodloo, P Harikrishna, Levon Aronian (USA), Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine), Alexander Predke (Serbia) and Sjugirov Sanan (Hungary).
Maghsoodloo (Elo 2742) would be the top-seed adopted by Erigaisi (2727), Aronian (2723) and Gukesh (2720).
The winner will obtain Rs 15 lakh and the runner-up Rs 10 lakh.
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