FM Adireddy Arjun wins 22nd IM Norm
22nd Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament
Fourteen year old national junior champion FIDE Master Adireddy Arjun of Telangana won the 22nd Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament, organised by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association at Abu Palace from 29/08/2024 to 04/08/2024. Besides winning the title, he also achieved an international master norm in the tournament. He scored seven points and also won a cash prize of five hundred US dollars (approximately Rs.42,000/-). Another youngster S Harshad of Coimbatore also achieved his third IM norm, waiting to complete the formality of reaching 2400 rating to get the IM title. The top seed IM Slizhevsky Alexander and Harshad tied for the second and third places and Alexander was placed second, based on the better tiebreaks.
Top three winners of 22nd IM Norm Tournament
Shyaamnikhil of ICF, the latest grandmaster from India distributed the prizes in the presence of Thiru P Stephen Balasamy, General Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Thiru Anantharamn, Vice President, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Thiru Srinivasan R, Treasurer, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and IA Ravikumar R, Chief arbiter.
Final Ranking:
| Rank | SNo. | Title | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | Res. | SB | WIN | BWG |
| 1 | 8 | FM | Adireddy Arjun | 2301 | IND | 7 | 0 | 27.5 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | IM | Slizhevsky Alexander | 2384 | RUS | 6½ | ½ | 26.25 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | FM | Harshad S | 2275 | IND | 6½ | ½ | 24.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | 6 | GM | Manik Mikulas | 2338 | SVK | 5 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | 5 | FM | Nagarkatte Vedant | 2262 | IND | 5 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 10 | FM | Daaevik Wadhawan | 2324 | IND | 4½ | 0 | 14.75 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | 9 | Nandish V S | 2185 | IND | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | |
| 8 | 7 | WGM | Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh | 2214 | MGL | 3 | 1 | 8.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | CM | Aakash G | 2265 | IND | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | 3 | GM | Annageldyev Orazly | 2316 | TKM | ½ | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
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