Former Asian Champion Grandmaster S P Sethuraman of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board reclaimed the National Champion title after 8 years at the 60th edition of Indian National Championship.
The 11-round Swiss tournament was held in Pune from August 16-26, 2023. The third seed Sethuraman scored an unbeaten 9½/11 to clinch the title while Grandmaster Vishnu Prasanna of Tamil Nadu with 9 points finished as runner up. As many as seven players tied for the third position with 8½ points but better Buchholz helped IM Ghosh Aronyak to take bronze.
In the glittering closing ceremony, Shri Naresh Sharma, Treasurer All India Chess Federation along with Shri Suhas Patil, Deputy Director of Sports and Youth Services, Pune-Maharashtra presented the trophies and cash prizes to the winners in presence of Shri Siddharth Mayur, Working President of MCA and Shri Niranjan Godbole, Secretary of MCA.
Final standings:
1 | GM | Sethuraman, S.P. | 2591 | 9½ |
2 | GM | Vishnu, Prasanna. V | 2411 | 9 |
3 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | 2538 | 8½ |
4 | GM | Vignesh, N R | 2501 | 8½ |
5 | GM | Ghosh, Diptayan | 2568 | 8½ |
6 | GM | Mitrabha, Guha | 2505 | 8½ |
7 | IM | Neelash, Saha | 2435 | 8½ |
8 | GM | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 2583 | 8½ |
9 | GM | Gupta, Abhijeet | 2625 | 8½ |
10 | GM | Puranik, Abhimanyu | 2611 | 8 |
Text and photos: All India Chess Federation