Indian National Premier 2013.

The 51st Indian National Premier (National A) will begin from the 16th of December i.e in 2 days! It is a 14 player event with a Round Robin format (i.e 13 rounds!)
 

GM PARIMARJAN NEGI (elo-2671)

With his phenomenal opening preparation this lad is is surely going to unleash some deadly novelties in this tournament!! (provided he is not busy writing Satires!!)

GM KRISHNAN SASIKIRAN (elo- 2666)

With his experience and his recent work as Anand's second, he is bound to be the favourite to win the tournament!!

GM LALITH BABU (elo-2569)

Some dub him has the Magnus Carlsen of India as he really can keep pressing in any position!!

 

GM B. ADHIBAN (elo-2569)

  The extemely talented youngster who after his phenomenal performance in World Cup, will look to capture the Indian soil.

GM VISHNU PRASANNA (elo-2523)

 Cool and composed, this guy can really beat the best (he recently beat Ivan Popov 2645)

 

IM DEBASHIS DAS (elo- 2507) 

Soon to be GM, this guy has written on facebook that he has worked extremely hard! Talent + hardwork now thats something to fear!

IM ASHWIN JAYARAM (elo-2487)

Becoming a GM has been on his to do list for some time now. Maybe he would want to do it in style by winning the tournament!!

 

GM DEEPAN CHAKRAVARTHY (elo-2462)

Loads of experience and not at all easy to beat!

 

IM M.S.THEJKUMAR( elo 2452)

The positional Genius is back in form after winning the National Challengers!

IM SHYAM NIKIL (elo-2420)

 Already GM norms to his credit, on his day he can crush the best!

IM K RATHNAKARAN (elo-2411)

 Already lost a few pounds, the kerala machine can finish off his opponents with 1hr 30 mins left on his clock!!

IM AKSHAT KHAMPARIA (elo-2409)

 Now if looks can kill, then this is your guy! :) The dude of Indian Chess will try to keep up his form of National Challengers!

IM  STANY G.A (elo-2397)

 Fearless and fierce. A dangerous opponent.

IM G. AKASH (elo- 2343)

The winner of previous National Premier. Had put Caruana on ropes a few months ago! Do i need to say more?!!

PRIZES:

 

The total prize fund is 10,00,000 rupees. Now one would definitely like a higher prize fund for such a strong event but the good part is that even the last place gets a decent sum.

 SCHEDULE:

 

With such a gruelling tournament, the rest day after 6 rounds will be welcomed by all players. And of course with the time control of having 30 mins more after 40 moves, you cant expect two games per day!! :)

PERKS:

The olympiad team can be decided on the basis of who wins here! Though with only 75 points being added to the tally, Harikrishna at 2700+ rating looks pretty safe!

THE TOURNAMENT IS EXTREMELY STRONG. WITH THE LAST SEED HAVING A HEALTHY RATING OF 2343 WE CAN EXPECT SOME EXCELLENT QUALITY OF CHESS!! IT WILL BE A TOURNAMENT WORTH REMEMBERING.

You can write down in the comments section as to who you think will win the tournament!! Lets see if you bet your money on the right horse!! :)