Sethuraman is the top seed at 20th Delhi GM Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/03/2023

20th Delhi GM Open starts today at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. Former Asian Continental champion and last month's 9th Cappelle la Grande Open 2023 winner, GM Sethuraman S P will be the top seed of the event. The reigning National Rapid and Blitz champion, GM Aravindh Chithambaram will be the second seed. They will be followed by Georgian GM Levan Pantsulaia who won the 17th edition back in 2019. The total prize fund is ₹4500000. The top three prizes are ₹600000, ₹500000 and ₹400000 each. A total of 1050+ players including 19 GMs and 10 IMs are slated to take part from 15 countries across the world. Round 1 starts today at 2 p.m. IST. Who do you think will win the 20th edition? Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

New champion will be crowned

Since the current champion, GM Arjun Erigaisi is not playing in the 20th edition, a new champion is guaranteed to be crowned. In fact, the runner-ups - GM D Gukesh and GM Harsha Bharathakoti are also not playing which means there is bound to be a fresh top three finish in this edition.

20th Delhi GM Open 2023 will take place from 23rd to 30th March | Photo: Official site

Top seed - GM Sethuraman S P (2639) | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Second seed - GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2607) | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Third seed - GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO, 2597) | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Tournament schedule | Photo: Tournament circular

20th Delhi GM Open 2023 will take place from 23rd to 30th March 2023. There are two double rounds on 24th and 26th March. Round 1 starts today at 2 p.m. IST. The tournament is being organized by Delhi Chess Association.

Players list

No.		Name	ID	FideID	FED	Rtg	sex	Typ	Club/City
1	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	13722021	5021596	IND	2639			Tn
2	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	7062021	5072786	IND	2607			Tn
3	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	0	13602071	GEO	2597
4	GM	Kobalia, Mikhail	0	4119150	FID	2577
5	GM	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	0	13600966	GEO	2569
6	GM	Murzin, Volodar	0	44155573	FID	2554
7	GM	Savchenko, Boris	0	4147332	FID	2552
8	GM	Lalit Babu M R,	1181442022	5024595	IND	2544			Ap
9	GM	Krasenkow, Michal	0	1113100	POL	2527
10	GM	Paichadze, Luka	0	13602934	GEO	2515
11	GM	Stany, G.A.	22892021	5029104	IND	2494			Ka
12	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	0	13500139	FID	2484
13	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	0	13500465	FID	2477
14	IM	Neelash Saha,	273722021	5094160	IND	2444			Gj
15	GM	Mirzoev, Azer	0	13400304	AZE	2437
16	IM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	0	14210703	UZB	2436
17	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	998152021	5011132	IND	2432			Tn
18	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	0	14200236	UZB	2428
19	GM	Stupak, Kirill	0	13503758	FID	2413
20	IM	Anuj Shrivatri,	18572021	35070924	IND	2407			Mp
21	IM	Audi, Ameya	13832021	25034430	IND	2387			Ga
22	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha,	74082021	5027330	IND	2386			Ka
23	IM	Nitin, S.	70632021	5018277	IND	2381			Tn
24	GM	Teterev, Vitaly	0	13501429	FID	2377
25	GM	Saptarshi, Roy	228022021	5008980	IND	2370			Wb
26	IM	Avinash, Ramesh	185422021	45018340	IND	2319			Tn
27	FM	Orozbaev, Eldiar	0	13802240	KGZ	2313
28		Srihari L,	926972021	46642056	IND	2289			Py
29	CM	Manon, Reja Neer	0	10224009	BAN	2285		U15
30	FM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	0	14210495	UZB	2281		U15

Details

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