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Indian GM Nihal Sarin para Indian Contingent ke lead kuribo

New Delhi, 6 May : Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin etiya favourite hisebe shuru koribo ase Asian Continental Chess Championship te, juntu etiya India te hobo.

Ei nine-round laga tournament te, top seed Nihal Sarin ekdom form te ase aru tai top prize aru World Chess Cup 2025 (October te, New Delhi te hobo) karone qualify koribo nimite khelibo.

Total 18 jon Indian Grandmaster ei strongest Asian championship te part lobo, juntu tournament te top 10 players World Chess Cup karone qualify koribo.

Nihal Sarin, juntu recently Tashkent Open jiti se, etiya India para next 2700 ELO rating reach koribo lage — tai etiya 7 point dure ase ei mark para.

Kintu ei journey easy nohoi pare, karon Asian stalwarts bhi ase — Iran laga Amin Tabatabai aru Uzbekistan laga Nodirbek Yakubboev second aru third seed hisebe thakibo.

Forth seed Murali Karthikeyan dusra Indian player hobo juntu logot nazar thakibo lage, aru Leon Luke Mendonca aru world junior champion V Pranav bhi podium finish karone strong contender ase.

Tai logot, though top form te nohoi, former national champion aru gold medallist Surya Shekhar Ganguly aru former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta bhi ignore nohok pare — ei tournament USD 80000 prize money ase.

Ladies championship bhi ekbare organize hobo, juntu te India laga challenge lead koribo International Master aru Chess Olympiad gold medallist Vantika Agrawal.

Etiya first time hobo jiman tu Russian players bhi ei Asian event te khelibo — FIDE flag niche.

Women’s section te top seed ase Leya Garifullina, second aru third seed ase Valentina Gunina aru Olga Girya.

Vantika, juntu seventh seed ase, sob players logot tough competition dibo pare — karon tai recent time te bhal perform kori thakise.

P V Nandhidha, Padmini Rout aru Rakshitha Ravi bhi Indian side para ase, juntu bhal perform koribo pare — kintu sob karone bhal shuruwaat dangor role play koribo.

Last day te men aru women karone separate blitz championships bhi hobo.