CM Adireddy Arjun Wins 3rd IM Norm Tournament

• November 10, 2023
• in Chess, Chess Spotlights, Flash News, Tournament News

3^rd Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament

CM Adireddy Arjun Wins

The third Tamil Nadu IM norm closed circuit chess tournament organised by Madurai District Chess Circle at Poppys Hotel, Madurai from 30^th October, 2023 to 4^th November, 2023.

The tournament was inaugurated by Mr. Dinesh Nayak, Deputy Zonal Manager of Indian Bank (Former Olympian, Hockey), in the presence of Shri. D V Sundar (former vice president of the World Chess Federation), Shri. P Stephen Balasamy, Tournament Director (General Secretary of Tamil Nadu State Chess Association), Shri. R Srinivasan (Treasurer of TNSCA), and Mr. P. Pragadesh, Joint Secretary of TNSCA, Shri Vijayaraghavan V, Vice President of TNSCA, Shri. Uma Maheswaran, Secretary, Madurai District Chess Circle.

The tournament featured several strong chess players, GM Ziatdinov Raset (2081) from United States of America, IM Abdyzhapar Asylbek (2314) from Kyrgyzstan, IM Gochelashvili David (2277) from Russia, WFM Allahverdiyeva Ayan (2198) from Azerbaijan, IM Murugan Krishnamoorthy (2355), FM Harsh Suresh (2336), FM Sekar B (2333), FM Senthil Maran K (2298), WIM Sharma Isha (2191) and CM Adireddy Arjun (2155) all from India

CM Adireddy Arjun, the 52^nd National Junior (Under-19) Open Chess Champion, had an exceptional performance, scoring 8.5 out of 9 rounds. He only drew one game with Harsh Suresh. Since he scored a full point over the required 7 points with a rating average of 2265, he earned the IM Norm certificate for a 10 round Norm in this event

Harsh Suresh receives runner up cash prize

2^nd Runner up of MPL 32^nd National Under 17 Open Championship 2022, master Harsh Suresh performed admirably, winning games against six players and drawing with IM Murugan Krishnamoorthy, CM Adireddy Arjun, and IM Gochelashvili David. He finished runner-up in the tournament with 7.5 points out of 9 rounds, which was enough to earn him an IM Norm certificate

These outstanding performances made the tournament an exciting and competitive event in the world of chess, with players achieving their International Master Norms.

Mr. K Kathirvel, proprietor of Mapillai Vinayagar Soda Factory distributed the prizes in the presence of Mr. P Pragadesh, Joint secretary of Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Mr. P Uma Maheswaran, Secretary, Madurai District Chess Circle and Mr. B Dhenagaran, Secretary, Trichy District Chess Association.

Final ranking