International Master Nitish Belurkar (Elk Rating 2426) won the 1st Indore Mayor’s Cup International Grandmaster Tournament 2023 held in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
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IM Nitish scored 8.5 points in 10 rounds and remained undefeated in the international tournament. In action were 217 players from 9 national federations including Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Uzbekistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, India and under FIDE banner. The field comprised 16 GM, 21 IM, 7 WIM, 13 FM , 4 WFM 14 CM and 2 WCM.
IM Nitish, who is a student of S.S. Dempo College of Commerce and Economics, Cujira, had a rating gain of 24.3 points with a performance rating of 2611. He won a cash prize of Rs. 3 lakhs and a trophy. The tournament had a total prize fund of Rs. 33 lakhs.
IM Nitish’s brilliant run in the tournament saw the Goan chess ace beat GM Savchenko Boris, FIDE, 2540, GM Deep Sengupta, India, 2484 , FM Ritviz Parab, India, 2328 and FM Harsh Suresh, India 2261 while drawing with GM Deepan Chakravarty, 2432, IM Aronyak Ghosh, 2534 and IM Viani Dcunha amongst others.
Among the other Goan players who participated, IM Ameya Audi, 2387 and FM Ritviz Parab, 2328 also achieved podium finish scoring 7 points each and were placed 11th and 13th place respectively. Mandar Lad and Ethan Vaz scored 5.5 points each and were placed in the 80th and 82nd places respectively.
Goa Chess Ad-hoc Committee congratulated International Master Nitish Belurkar on his splendid victory.
