MPL 59th National Chess Championship of India commenced on Thursday in New Delhi. The event takes place from 22nd December 2022 to 3rd January 2023 with 200 participants competing over 13 rounds. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move one.
After four played rounds, GM Abhijeet Gupta and IM Chatterjee Koustav tie for top with perfect score of 4/4 points. A group of 10 players follow trailing by half a point: GM Iniyan P, IM Gnosh Aronyak, FM Vedant Panesar, GM Deep Sengupta, GM Guha Mitrabha, GM Sethuraman, GM Visakh N R, IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh, IM Kushagra Mohan and GM Neelotpal Das.
MPL 59th Indian Chess Championship – LIVE games
MPL 59th Indian Chess Championship – Rankings after 4 played rounds:
Rk.
Name
sex
FED
Rtg
Club/City
Pts.
1
GM
Gupta Abhijeet
IND
2601
PSPB
4
2
IM
Koustav Chatterjee
IND
2508
West Bengal
4
3
GM
Iniyan P
IND
2507
Tamil Nadu
3.5
4
IM
Aronyak Ghosh
IND
2521
RSPB
3.5
5
FM
Panesar Vedant
IND
2387
Maharashtra
3.5
6
GM
Sengupta Deep
IND
2486
PSPB
3.5
7
GM
Mitrabha Guha
IND
2487
West Bengal
3.5
8
GM
Sethuraman S.P.
IND
2642
PSPB
3.5
9
GM
Visakh N R
IND
2544
RSPB
3.5
10
IM
Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh
IND
2433
Maharashtra
3.5
11
IM
Kushagra Mohan
IND
2390
Telangana
3.5
12
GM
Neelotpal Das
IND
2384
PSPB
3.5
13
IM
Nitin S.
IND
2372
RSPB
3
14
GM
Karthik Venkataraman
IND
2503
Andhra Pradesh
3
15
Subhayan Kundu
IND
2319
West Bengal
3
Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri
IND
2243
Telangana
3
17
IM
Harshavardhan G B
IND
2434
Tamil Nadu
3
18
Sanket Chakravarty
IND
2367
West Bengal
3
19
Sahoo Utkal Ranjan
IND
2333
Odisha
3
20
Dere Pushkar
IND
2114
Maharashtra
3
21
IM
Mehar Chinna Reddy C.H.
IND
2405
RSPB
3
22
GM
Chanda Sandipan
IND
2475
West Bengal
3
IM
Praveen Kumar C
IND
2212
RSPB
3
24
IM
Krishna C R G
IND
2480
RSPB
3
25
IM
Saravana Krishnan P.
IND
2244
Tamil Nadu
3
26
Anadkat Kartavya
IND
2147
Gujarat
3
27
IM
Srihari L R
IND
2429
Tamil Nadu
3
28
FM
Mohamed Anees M
IND
2237
Tamil Nadu
3
29
GM
Karthikeyan P.
IND
2316
RSPB
3
30
FM
Sekar B
IND
2358
Tamil Nadu
3
31
GM
Shyam Sundar M.
IND
2526
Tamil Nadu
3
32
Sai Vishwesh.C
IND
2219
Tamil Nadu
3
33
GM
Venkatesh M.R.
IND
2459
PSPB
3
34
IM
Anuj Shrivatri
IND
2414
Madhya Pradesh
3
35
IM
Shyaamnikhil P
IND
2490
RSPB
3
36
GM
Mendonca Leon Luke
IND
2566
Goa
3
Garv Rai
IND
2181
Delhi
3
38
IM
Rajesh V A V
IND
2314
RSPB
3
39
Shet Prajwal P
IND
2064
Karnataka
3
40
GM
Sriram Jha
IND
2337
LIC
3
41
IM
Ratnakaran K.
IND
2304
RSPB
3
42
Hari Madhavan N B
IND
2385
Tamil Nadu
3
43
IM
Audi Ameya
IND
2401
Goa
3
44
GM
Laxman R.R.
IND
2372
RSPB
3
Bharadia Yash
IND
2117
Rajasthan
3
46
CM
Soham Kamotra
IND
2329
Jammu and Kashmir
3
47
IM
Raahul V S
IND
2325
Tamil Nadu
2.5
48
FM
Krishnan Ritvik
IND
2266
Maharashtra
2.5
49
Ujjawal Bansal
IND
1574
Gujarat
2.5
50
IM
Utsab Chatterjee
IND
2350
West Bengal
2.5
IM
Vardaan Nagpal
IND
2329
Haryana
2.5
52
Gandhi Anish
IND
2197
Maharashtra
2.5
53
IM
Avinash Ramesh
IND
2327
Tamil Nadu
2.5
Badamundi Tapan
IND
1736
Odisha
2.5
55
Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni
IND
2177
Telangana
2.5
56
Shreyansh Daklia
IND
2165
Chhattisgarh
2.5
57
Nagare Kaivalya Sandip
IND
2124
Maharashtra
2.5
58
Pattnayak Nilsu
IND
1956
Odisha
2.5
59
IM
Vignesh N R
IND
2493
RSPB
2.5
60
Badrinath S.
IND
1938
Puducherry
2.5
61
Akshit Kumar J
IND
2158
Andhra Pradesh
2.5
62
FM
Ayushh Ravikumar
IND
1994
Tamil Nadu
2.5
63
FM
Aaryan Varshney
IND
2346
Delhi
2.5
64
Nirgun Keval
IND
1785
Maharashtra
2.5
65
Dhananjay S
IND
2199
Chhattisgarh
2.5
66
Imocha Laishram
IND
2054
PSPB
2.5
67
IM
Das Sayantan
IND
2475
RSPB
2.5
IM
Das Arghyadip
IND
2438
RSPB
2.5
69
FM
Aradhya Garg
IND
2312
Delhi
2.5
Varun V
IND
2250
Telangana
2.5
CM
Mayank Chakraborty
IND
2179
Assam
2.5
72
FM
Ayush Sharma
IND
2341
Madhya Pradesh
2.5
73
Santanu Borpatra Gohain
IND
1909
Assam
2.5
74
Koustuv Dash
IND
1929
Odisha
2.5
75
CM
Borgaonkar Akshay
IND
2135
Maharashtra
2.5
76
Manigandan S S
IND
2074
Tamil Nadu
2.5
77
AFM
Pawar Harshit
IND
2110
Delhi
2.5
78
Sudarshan Bhat
IND
2100
Karnataka
2.5
79
Amit Dhoundiyal
IND
1475
Uttarakhand
2.5
80
CM
Sahib Singh
IND
2034
Delhi
2.5
81
Adireddy Arjun
IND
1980
Telangana
2.5
82
IM
Shahil Dey
IND
2381
Assam
2
83
Srihari L
IND
2356
Puducherry
2
84
IM
Ajay Krishna S
IND
2383
Tamil Nadu
2
85
CM
Bagwe Gaurang
IND
2131
Maharashtra
2
86
Surendran N
IND
2168
Tamil Nadu
2
87
FM
Sharan Rao
IND
2387
Karnataka
2
88
Sanjay S Pillai
IND
1799
Kerala
2
89
Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy
IND
1725
Uttar Pradesh
2
90
Sharsha Backer
IND
2008
Kerala
2
91
FM
Srinivasa Rao M.
IND
2142
Andhra Pradesh
2
92
Barath Kalyan M
IND
2061
Tamil Nadu
2
93
CM
Aaditya Dhingra
IND
2172
Haryana
2
94
Kishan Gangolli
IND
2059
Karnataka
2
95
Mahindrakar Indrajeet
IND
1957
Maharashtra
2
96
Nagare Akhilesh
IND
2119
Maharashtra
2
Daaevik Wadhawan
IND
1780
Delhi
2
98
CM
Garv Gaur
IND
1973
Haryana
2
99
Gautam Kataria
IND
1666
Rajasthan
2
100
Lad Mandar Pradip
IND
1727
Goa
2
101
IM
Sharma Dinesh K.
IND
2239
LIC
2
102
Peter Anand A
IND
1916
Puducherry
2
Nawin M S
IND
1856
Tamil Nadu
2
FM
Venkata Krishna Karthik K
IND
1839
Andhra Pradesh
2
Aakash G
IND
1830
Tamil Nadu
2
Umashankar A
IND
1814
Puducherry
2
107
Ajit Singh
IND
1749
Jammu and Kashmir
2
108
Gurung Rahul
IND
2028
Sikkim
2
109
Devansh Singh
IND
1613
Madhya Pradesh
2
110
Gajendra Singh
IND
1801
LIC
2
111
Arun Kataria
IND
1913
Rajasthan
2
112
Mithun Anand V
IND
1848
Tamil Nadu
2
113
Tamojit Chakraborty
IND
1881
West Bengal
2
114
Nirnay Garg
IND
1784
Haryana
2
115
Barbith M Sangma
IND
1664
Meghalaya
2
116
Uddipan Roy
IND
1762
West Bengal
2
117
GM
Deepan Chakkravarthy J.
IND
2457
RSPB
2
118
Mohit Kumar Soni
IND
1773
Bihar
2
119
Kumar Gaurav
IND
2012
Bihar
2
120
Mukesh Kumar
IND
1586
Bihar
2
121
Khalid Amin
IND
1753
Jammu and Kashmir
2
122
Iftikar Alom Mazumdar
IND
1714
Assam
1.5
123
Grahesh Y
IND
2078
Andhra Pradesh
1.5
124
GM
Swapnil S. Dhopade
IND
2499
RSPB
1.5
Vivaan Vishal Shah
IND
1873
Gujarat
1.5
126
AGM
Chandrajeet Singh Rajawat
IND
1782
Rajasthan
1.5
127
Abhash Roimya Saikia
IND
1760
Assam
1.5
Arshiya Das
w
IND
1640
Tripura
1.5
129
AFM
Shubhi Gupta
w
IND
1762
Uttar Pradesh
1.5
130
FM
Singh Ojasva
IND
2366
Madhya Pradesh
1.5
131
Nambiar Vivek
IND
1969
Karnataka
1.5
132
Yuvraj Singh
IND
1516
Punjab
1.5
133
Prithvvi Singh
IND
1779
Uttar Pradesh
1.5
134
Dubey Sanchay
IND
1909
Uttar Pradesh
1.5
135
Gurung Rohit
IND
1948
Sikkim
1.5
136
AGM
Sparsh Khandelwal
IND
1858
Chhattisgarh
1.5
137
Kulkarni Vinayak
IND
2052
Karnataka
1.5
138
Rupam Mukherjee
IND
1838
West Bengal
1.5
139
Aarav Sinha
IND
1854
Delhi
1.5
140
IM
Neelash Saha
IND
2429
West Bengal
1.5
141
CM
Nayak Rajesh
IND
2184
Odisha
1.5
Mishra Kamad
IND
1653
Madhya Pradesh
1.5
143
Suryansh Verma
IND
1370
Himachal Pradesh
1.5
144
Goel Pratyaksh
IND
1717
Chandigarh
1.5
Sachi Jain
w
IND
1617
Delhi
1.5
146
Ali Amanat
IND
1277
Goa
1.5
147
Avigyan Ghosh
IND
1739
Tripura
1.5
148
Bhoopnath
IND
1707
Bihar
1.5
149
Koneru Charan Kumar
IND
1488
Andhra Pradesh
1.5
150
Chandar Raju
IND
1918
Kerala
1.5
