Monday, May 19, 2008

Thej gets his third GM norm!

Thejkumar now needs just a few more
ELO rating points to become Karnataka's
first Grandmaster. He completed his
third and final GM norm in the Mayor's
Cup in Mumbai when he drew with Abhijit
Kunte in the penultimate round.

His performance including two wins over
foreign Grandmasters -

Name Thejkumar M S
Starting rank 23
Rating 2414
Rating national 0
Rating international 2414
Ratingperformance 2531
FIDE rtg +/- 21,7
Points 8
Rank 10
Federation IND
Club/City KAR

Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Pts. Res.
1 249 Lakshmanan Veeraraghavan 1798 IND 4,0 w 1
2 136 Aravind Subramanian N 2099 IND 7,0 s 1
3 87 Nimmy A G 2217 IND 6,5 w 1
4 108 Neelakantan Narayanan 2160 IND 7,0 s 1
5 8 GM Rahman Ziaur 2511 BAN 9,0 w 1
6 1 GM Krasenkow Michal 2624 POL 9,0 s 0
7 66 Arun Karthik R 2281 IND 7,5 w 1
8 14 GM Safin Shukhrat 2481 UZB 7,5 s 1
9 3 GM Macieja Bartlomiej 2599 POL 8,5 w ½
10 6 GM Kunte Abhijit 2547 IND 9,0 w ½
11 2 GM Koneru Humpy 2603 IND 9,0 s 0

Karnataka's G. A. Stany also went unbeaten
in this tournament and gained 26 ELO points for
his efforts.