New Delhi: The 10th edition of the Parsvnath International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament got underway at the Ludlow Castle Sports Complex, on Saturday. The event will see 20 Grandmasters and 32 International Masters in action in a field of around 300 players from more than 14 countries. 

Indian Grandmaster Sandipan Chanda will start as the rating favourite while Belarusian Grandmaster Aleksej Aleksandrov and Ukrainian Grandmaster Kravtsiv Martyn have got the second and third seed respectively in this eleven round Swiss system tournament. The total prize fund of the event is Rupees 15 Lakhs out of which Rs. 3 Lakhs is reserved for the winner.

Grandmaster duo from Russia, Mikhail Ulibin and Andrei Deviatkin along with Oliver Barbosa of Philippines are among the players who will be eying the winner’s spot.


By Indian Sports News Network