Indian Qualifiers Chess event will take place from 7th-10th May 2021 through chess24, as a qualification tournament for the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.
The event gathers 16 participants playing a knockout tournament and the best ranked two players will qualify for a Tour event:
- GM Adhiban Baskaran 2660
- GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2647
- GM Sethuraman S.P. 2644
- GM Aravindh Chithambaram VR. 2641
- GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2625
- GM Nihal Sarin 2620
- GM Gupta Abhijeet 2612
- GM Praggnanandhaa R 2608
- GM Karthikeyan Murali 2606
- GM Gukesh D 2578
- GM Erigaisi Arjun 2567
- GM Visakh N R 2516
- GM Harika Dronavalli 2515
- GM Harsha Bharathakoti 2509
- IM Mitrabha Guha 2467
- IM Aronyak Ghosh 2440
Read more: Carlsen wins Meltwater Champions Chess Tour title / Interview with Prasad Ramasubramanian of the Times of India
Matches will consist of 4 rapid games. If the result is tied, a 2 games blitz match will decide the winner, or if the result gets to be 1:1, an Armageddon game will be played.
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