New Delhi: Top seed Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta emerged champion at the Pune International Grandmaster Round Robin Chess Tournament on Wednesday, finishing with 7.5 points after defeating Sri Lanka’s International Master LMST De Silva in the ninth and final round.
The tournament also marked a career milestone for International Master Aswath S, who finished runner-up with seven points and achieved his third and final Grandmaster norm, becoming India’s 98th Grandmaster.
Grandmaster Kushagra Mohan secured third place with 6.5 points, while Pune’s FIDE Master Advik Agarwal finished with five points to earn his second International Master norm, according to reports.
In another key result, International Master Akshay Borgaonkar defeated Nitish Belurkar in the concluding round.
Abhijeet Gupta received the winner’s trophy and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh for claiming the title. Aswath was awarded the runner-up trophy along with Rs 75,000, while Advik Agarwal received a special cash prize of Rs 25,000 in recognition of achieving his second International Master norm.
