IILF Wealth Mumbai International Open Chess
Mumbai, January 30: Top seed Shardul Gagare of Maharashtra registered his third successive win defeating B Sekar in a third round match of the IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Open Chess Tournament 2016, being played at Mount Litera School International, Bandra (East), Mumbai, here, on Saturday.
Shardul Gagare of Maharashtra
With the point earned from the win, Shardul achieved the three points that he had required to become India’s latest Grandmaster.
Shardul, the quiet 18-year-old from a tiny town, Rahuri, near Shirdi, in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, made the country proud. Shardul’s dad, Dr Annasaheb Gagare, had tears of joy in his eyes the moment his son completed his game. “It was an incredibly tough journey and I am happy Shardul made it,” said the proud father.
The pre requisite for a Grandmaster title is to achieve three GM Norms and achieve the rating of 2500. Shardul took off in this event with an International ELO rating of 2497, needing precious 3 rating points to touch the magical mark of 2500. With a convincing third round win over B Sekar, Shardul did just that becoming India’s latest Grandmaster.
Sharing the lead with Shardul on 3 points are International Master’s Swapnil Dhopade, Stany GA, Nitin S, Himanshu Sharma among others.
In the IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Juniors top-seeded FIDE Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh is in joint lead with 2 points from as many wins. Also sharing the lead are Sadhwani Raunak, Sankalp Gupta, D Gukesh, Aditya Mittal and Mendonca Leon Luke.
This 171 player nine round International Junior event has the participation of players from six countries and runs till 5th Feb, 2016.
IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Results (Round 3): B Sekar (2) lost to Shardul Gagare (3), Swapnil S Dhopade (3) bt A Ra Harikrishnan (2), R Praggnanandhaa (2) lost to G A Stany (3), S Nitin (3) bt Chirag Satkar (2), Vinay Kumar Matta (2) lost to Himanshu Sharma (3), Bhosale Snehal (2.5) drew with Khamparia Akshat (2.5), Ketan Boricha (2) lost to Himal Gusain (3), Bhavik C Bharambe (3) bt Vikramaditya Kulkarni (2), Vinayak Kulkarni (2.5) drew with A L Muthaiah (2.5), Niranjan Navalgund (2.5) drew with Ameya Audi (2.5).
IIFL Wealth Mumbai Junior Results (Round 2) – Indians unless specified: Mohammad Fahad Rahman (Ban) 2 bt Vincent Alaina (1), Adane Narayani (1) lost to Sadhwani Raunak (2), Sankalp Gupta (2) bt Gavade Atharv (1), Bhuta Hriday (1) lost to Gukesh D (2), Shelke Sankarsha (2) bt Antony Jesumarian Leslie (1), Kannan Pranav (1) lost to Aditya Mittal (2), Alok Sinha (2) bt Avathanshu Bhat (1), Jain Ashwat (1) lost to Shuban Saha (2), Mendonca Leon Luke (2) bt Kriti Mayur Patel (1), Vansh Aggarwal (1) lost to Om Kharola (2).