28th TN IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament inaugurated
The 28th Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament was inaugurated 15.09.2024 at Hotel Alankar Grande, Coimbatore by Dr. M Manickam, President, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association in the presence of Thiru. Vijayaraghavan, Vice President, TNSCA, Thiru, S Paul Arokia Raj, Tournament Coordinator, Thiru. R.Chandra Mouli, Chief Arbiter, Thiru. Danasekar, Secretary, Coimbatore District Chess Association
Following ten players are in the fray for this nine round robin event.
| SNo. | Title | Name | IRtg | Federation | Fide-No. |
| 1 | Sriram Adarsh Uppala | 2333 | India | 33319782 | |
| 2 | CM | Aakash G | 2278 | India | 25644394 |
| 3 | WIM | Tejaswini G | 2135 | India | 25749978 |
| 4 | Dinesh Rajan M | 2258 | India | 35060600 | |
| 5 | GM | Annageldyev Orazly | 2105 | Turkmenistan | 14000016 |
| 6 | GM | Vahidov Tair | 2345 | Uzbekistan | 14200155 |
| 7 | GM | Manik Mikulas | 2316 | Slovakia | 14900734 |
| 8 | Dhruva Thota | 2342 | India | 25996533 | |
| 9 | IM | Gochelashvili David | 2279 | Russia | 4161203 |
| 10 | GM | Podolchenko Evgeniy | 2338 | Belarus | 13504134 |
In the previous 27 editions held so far 14 players have secured their IM norms and therefore in the 28th edition the players will sweat out with an eye on their norms.
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