Abhijeet Gupta wins Commonwealth Chess Championship crown

Q.  Who won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in Colombo?
- Published on 09 Aug 16

a. Gary Kasparov
b. Vishwanathan Anand
c. Tania Sachdev
d. Abhijeet Gupta

ANSWER: Abhijeet Gupta
 
Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta has won the Commonwealth Chess championship crown in Colombo, Sri Lanka, while International Master Tania Sachdev also finished with a gold medal.
  • In fact, all the medals in the senior category were won by the Indians players.
  • Grandmasters S L Narayanan and Deep Chakravarthy got the silver and bronze medals respectively in the open section, while Mary Ann Gomes and Kiran Manisha Mohanty reached the podium in the women's section.

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