Indian players dominate at the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2024

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The Commonwealth Chess Championship 2024 concluded today in the Historical City of Melaka, Malaysia. The event was played in Open and Youth age groups over the course of 9 rounds (swiss system).

Indian players showed dominance in the Open tournament and conquered the top 10 places. GM Mitrabha Guha (India, 2526) emerged clear winner of the event with the score of 7.5 points. Despite losing against GM Lalit Babu (India, 2506) in the fifth round, Mitrhabha bounced back and went unbeaten in the rest of the games to clinch the gold medal.

Three players scored 7 points to share 2-4 place, but IM Rohith Krishna (India, 2410) had the best additional criteria to win silver, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (India, 2416) came third, and GM Vignesh N R (India, 2525) finished fourth.

WGM Gong Qianyun (Singapore, 2236) was the best-ranked female player in the tournament with the score of 6 points. Gong had better tiebreaks than WCM Wijesuriya G P Y (Sri Lanka, 1628) who impressed with a score of 6 points, rating performance of 2128 and earned 88.4 rating points in the event. Final rankings can be seen below

All information about the event can be found here. Official website / Chess results

Final rankings – Commonwealth Chess Championship 2024:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2526	7.5
2	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	IND	2410	7
3	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2416	7
4	GM	Vignesh, N R	IND	2525	7
5	GM	Vaibhav, Suri	IND	2596	6.5
6	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2500	6.5
7	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh	IND	2415	6.5
8	GM	Tin, Jingyao	SGP	2563	6.5
9	GM	Das, Sayantan	IND	2500	6.5
10	GM	Visakh, N R	IND	2521	6.5
11	GM	Laxman, R.R.	IND	2330	6.5
12	WGM	Gong, Qianyun	SGP	2263	6
13	WCM	Wijesuriya, G P Y	SRI	1628	6
14	FM	Wong, Jianwen	MAS	2254	6
15	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	IND	2506	6
16	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2603	6
17	GM	Swapnil, S. Dhopade	IND	2454	6
18	WGM	Nandhidhaa, P V	IND	2336	6
19		Chong, Jin Cheng	MAS	1684	6
20	FM	Wong, Zhenyong Jayden	SGP	2406	6
21	WIM	Chitlange, Sakshi	IND	2175	5.5
22		Dabarera, G W D M	SRI	1771	5.5
23	CM	Mahmood Shah, Mukhriez Shah	MAS	1982	5.5
24		Anderson, Gavin	MRI	2159	5.5
25	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann	IND	2322	5.5
26		Masli, Muhd Nur Daie	MAS	1867	5.5
27		Shen, Ree Herng	MAS	1820	5.5
28	FM	Liu, Yi	AUS	2278	5.5
29	WGM	Varshini, V	IND	2107	5.5
30	WGM	Srija, Seshadri	IND	2283	5.5
31	FM	Smith, Robert W	NZL	2116	5.5
32		Pang, Kay Yan Eden	SGP	1408	5.5
33	AFM	Lee, Yun Rui	MAS	1824	5.5
34		Rindhiya, V	IND	1889	5
35		Khandhar, Kaushal	MAS	1978	5
36		Chong, Hao Ern	MAS	1691	5
37		Ah Kye, Benitot	MRI	1645	5
38		Rebecca, Jesumarian	IND	1789	5
39	FM	Pon, Matt	RSA	2202	5
40		Kavin, Mohan	MAS	1878	5
41	WFM	Nguyen, Thu Giang	AUS	2062	5
42	WCM	Sanudula, K M Dahamdi	SRI	1765	5
43	CM	Milligan, Helen	NZL	1920	5
44	IM	Chan, Peng Kong	SGP	2122	5
45		Lim, Xiao Xian Tobias	SGP	1584	5
46		Novak, Attila Robert	MLT	2130	4.5
47	FM	Lim, Zhuo Ren	MAS	2271	4.5
48		Vrashank, Chouhan	IND	2176	4.5
49		Genkeswaran, Genivan	MAS	1805	4.5
50	WFM	Bhagyashree, Patil	IND	1885	4.5
51	WCM	Jayaweera, Sayuni Gihansa	SRI	1632	4.5
52		Aminuddin, Muhd Faqih	MAS	1753	4.5
		Ismadi, Muhd Eilfie	MAS	1538	4.5
54		Wee, Yin Lin	MAS	1586	4.5
55		Wong, Qi Zhi	MAS	1479	4.5
56	IM	Soumya, Swaminathan	IND	2259	4.5
57		Muraley, Rittesh	MAS	1663	4.5
58	ACM	M Mohd Nur, Megat Muhd Irfan	MAS	1601	4.5
59	ACM	Kumaran, Ashwiniy	MAS	1571	4.5
60		Lim, Wei Sheng	MAS	1628	4.5
61		Siddharth, Sai	SGP	1760	4.5
62	AGM	Kapoor, Satvik	SGP	1791	4.5
63		De Maupeou D`ableiges, Alexandre	NZL	1609	4
64		Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Abid	MAS	1653	4
65	AIM	Aminuddin, Nur Faiqah	MAS	1484	4
66		Anuar, Muhd Noor Khairullah	MAS	1434	4
67	FM	Muhammed, Shuaau	MDV	2076	4
68		Sabri, Mohd Saprin	MAS	1922	4
69		Yusoff, Fairul	MAS	1583	4
70		Yu, Weiyang Cadence	NZL	1563	4
71		Velaithum, Piraveen	MAS	1386	4
72		Mohd Shahrul, Izzah	MAS	1202	4
73		Yeo, Klaus Lucas	SGP	1549	4
74		Nurul, Akma Quzaina Khairolhisal	MAS	1341	4
75		Tham, Tick Hong Jax	MAS	1589	4
76		Fadzil, Muhd Idraki	MAS	1507	4
77		Mujahid, Bin Yazeed	MDV	1797	4
78		Cairel Adrin, Rumi Arjuna Malique	MAS	1666	4
79		Hiew, Jing Yung	MAS	1635	3.5
80		Tan, Sue Anne	MAS	1172	3.5
81		Chan, Zhe	MAS	1350	3.5
82		Sinnapar, Amirthen Yohann	MAS	1272	3.5
83		Siva Kumar, Rishikesh Kumar	MAS	1370	3.5
84		Burbach, Bruno	MRI	1500	3.5
85		Vengadasalam, Thenmolli	MAS	1251	3.5
86		Lim, Kian Guan	MAS	1486	3.5
87		Helmy, Muhammad Adnin Nuaym	MAS	1485	3.5
88		Pillay, Mikhael	RSA	1116	3.5
89	CM	Sammut Briffa, Peter	MLT	1892	3.5
90		Marimuthu, Sherralhan	MAS	1292	3
91		Nihaya, Ahmed	MDV	1296	3
92		Tan, Yi Xun	MAS	1828	3
93		Ng, Shu Heng	MAS	1455	3
94		Teoh, Je Hern	MAS	1200	3
95		Adlan, Harris Danial	MAS	1290	3
96		Lim, Kian Hwa	MAS	1492	3
97		Khairul Hakeem, Hafiy Aiman	MAS	1332	3
98		Lim, Beng Seng Ronald	SGP	1004	3
99		Md Rizam, Muhd Adam Sufi	MAS	1356	2.5
100		Ting, De Jun Richard	MAS	1458	2.5
101		Ramakrishnan, Yoshni	MAS	1145	2.5
102	ACM	Ganesh, Linggeswary	MAS	1165	2.5
103		Mariyam Laisa, Abdul Rasheed	MDV	1157	2.5
104		Teo, Zhiguang	SGP	1207	2
105		Lee, Li Xin	MAS	0	1.5
		Seetulpersand, Heena	MRI	0	1.5
107	AIM	Muzzaffar, Ahmad	MAS	1576	1
108	GM	Sengupta, Deep	IND	2500	0
	FM	Harsh, Suresh	IND	2402	0
	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	IND	2382	0
	IM	De Silva, L M S T	SRI	2374	0