Abhijit Kunte (born 3 March 1977 in

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) is an Indian

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player who holds the

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of Grandmaster.

Biography

He has participated many times in the

Indian Chess Championship The National Premier Chess Championship is the annual national chess championship of India. It was established in 1955 by the Andhra State Chess Association as a biannual event, but since 1971 it has been played yearly. The first edition was held i ...

, winning two gold medals (1997, 2000) and four bronze medals (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005). He won the

British Chess Championship The British Chess Championships are organised by the English Chess Federation. The main tournament incorporates the British Championship, the English Chess Championships and the British Women's Chess Championship so it is possible, although it has ...

at Edinburgh 2003, and two medals in the

Commonwealth Chess Championship The Commonwealth Chess Championship is a gathering of chess players from Commonwealth countries. Winners : History A championship was planned for New Zealand in 1949, but it was canceled because the British Chess Federation was unable to attend ...

(took 2nd, behind

Krishnan Sasikiran Krishnan Sasikiran (Tamil: கிருஷ்ணன் சசிகிரண்; born 7 January 1981) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He was one of Viswanathan Anand's seconds in the World Chess Championship 2013. Chess career Born in Madra ...

, at Sangli 2000, and 3rd at Mumbai 2003, Nguyen Anh Dung won off contest). Kunte has represented India four times at Chess Olympiads (1998–2004), and won seven medals in the Asian Team Chess Championship (team bronze medal in 1999, two team and individual silver medals in 2003, team gold and bronze individual medals in 2005, team silver and individual bronze medals in 2008). In 2000, he played in the

Single-elimination tournament A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

for the

World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who has held the title since 2013. The first event recognized as a world championship was the 1886 match ...

(New Delhi/Tehran) where he lost a knockout match to Gilberto Milos. In 2007, he took the bronze medal at Cebu City's

Asian Chess Championship The Asian Chess Championship is a chess tournament open to all players from Asian chess federations ( FIDE zones from 3.1 to 3.7). It's held with the Swiss system and consists in two divisions, Open and Women's, the latter of which is reserved to f ...

(

Zhang Pengxiang Zhang Pengxiang (; born 29 June 1980 in Tianjin) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the 2007 Asian Chess Champion. In 2001, he became China's 12th Grandmaster. Zhang's peak rating was 2657 in April 2007 when he was ranked 47th in the world. ...

was the winner), and played in the

Chess World Cup 2007 The Chess World Cup 2007 served as a qualification tournament for the World Chess Championship 2010. It was held as a 128-player single-elimination tournament, between 24 November and 16 December 2007, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. In an event att ...

(Khanty-Mansiysk) where he lost a knockout match to Vadim Zviagintsev). He won or shared 1st at Kolkata (Calcutta) 1998, Blackpool 2003, Kolkata 2004, New Delhi 2005, Guelph 2005, Kitchener 2006 and Mumbai (Bombay) 2008. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2000.

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Article by Abhijit Kunte - Will TATA sponsor/organise events like Corus in India

About GM Abhijit Kunte
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kunte, Abhijit 1977 births Living people Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Indian chess players

Biography

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