The 9th KiiT International Chess Festival 2016 took place from 23-30th May at the KiiT University in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

The tournament was organized by the All Odisha Chess Association and KiiT University, under the auspices of AICF.

Russian Grandmaster Boris Grachev stormed through the Elite Category to take the winner’s trophy with 8,5/10 points, leaving the nearest followers a full point behind. This section registered 201 participants. Full standings below.

Final standings:

1. GM Grachev Boris RUS 2639 RUS – 8.5
2. GM Popov Ivan RUS 2645 RUS – 7.5
3. CM Rathanvel V S IND 2315 TN – 7.5
4. IM Ghosh Diptayan IND 2562 WB – 7.5
5. GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 2521 BAN – 7.5
6. GM Mozharov Mikhail RUS 2560 RUS – 7.5
7. GM Amonatov Farrukh TJK 2614 TJK – 7.5
8. GM Gagare Shardul IND 2514 MAH – 7.5
9. Sidhant Mohapatra IND 2239 ODI – 7.5
10. GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2508 RUS – 7
11. FM Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari IND 2280 KAR – 7
12. FM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2368 TN – 7
13. GM Laxman R.R. IND 2397 ICF – 7
14. Gusain Himal IND 2440 CHND – 7
15. GM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2616 ARM – 7
16. IM Ravi Teja S. IND 2402 RLYs – 7
17. IM Sharma Dinesh K. IND 2322 UP – 7
18. IM Swayams Mishra IND 2465 AIR INDIA – 7
19. IM Krishna Teja N IND 2216 AP – 7
20. CM Erigaisi Arjun IND 2351 TELN – 7
21. Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad IND 2280 AP – 7
22. Arjun Kalyan IND 2347 TN – 7
23. IM Kulkarni Vikramaditya IND 2266 RLYs – 7
24. GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2585 WB – 6.5
25. Harsha Bharathakoti IND 2329 TELN – 6.5
26. GM Debashis Das IND 2459 ODI – 6.5
27. IM Shyaamnikhil P IND 2415 TN – 6.5
28. FM Rajdeep Sarkar IND 2217 WB – 6.5
29. IM Girish A. Koushik IND 2406 KAR – 6.5
30. IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R IND 2346 TN – 6.5
31. Sahoo Utkal Ranjan IND 2275 ODI – 6.5
32. Dhananjay IND 2119 CHHT – 6.5
33. IM Sangma Rahul IND 2307 RLYs – 6.5
34. Lokesh N. IND 2260 TN – 6.5
35. Shailesh Dravid IND 2216 MAH – 6.5
36. Harikrishnan.A.Ra IND 2149 TN – 6.5
37. Sai Vishwesh.C IND 2267 TN – 6
38. GM Ziatdinov Raset USA 2304 USA – 6
39. Kulkarni Vinayak IND 2137 MAH – 6
40. Sammed Jaykumar Shete IND 2253 MAH – 6
41. Barath Kalyan M IND 2057 TN – 6
42. Prajesh R IND 1940 TN – 6
43. Sekar B IND 2124 TN – 6
44. GM Ulybin Mikhail RUS 2521 RUS – 6
45. FM Hamdani Rudin INA 2292 INA – 6
46. Snehal Bhosale IND 2173 MAH – 6
47. IM Rajesh V A V IND 2366 TN – 6
48. Saravana Krishnan P. IND 2312 TN – 6
49. Thanki Hemal Karsanji IND 2137 GUJ – 6
50. Deshpande Aniruddha IND 2230 MAH – 6
51. Akash Pc Iyer IND 2257 TN – 6
52. CM Aronyak Ghosh IND 2158 WB – 6
53. Soham Datar IND 2009 MAH – 6
54. FM Ahmed Sk. Nasir BAN 2319 BAN – 6
55. Hirthickkesh Pr IND 2269 TN – 6
56. Adhithya S IND 2055 TN – 6
57. AGM Sa Kannan IND 2074 TN – 6
58. Rakesh Kumar Nayak IND 2156 ODI – 6
59. Samal Ansuman IND 1913 ODI – 6
60. Ritam Nag IND 1993 WB – 6
61. Iniyan P IND 2336 TN – 5.5
62. Muthaiah Al IND 2308 TN – 5.5
63. Sahu Rajendra Kumar IND 2070 ODI – 5.5
64. Srijit Paul IND 2053 WB – 5.5
65. Pruthu Deshpande IND 1952 MAH – 5.5
66. Aradhya Garg IND 2274 DEL – 5.5
67. Gandhi Anish IND 2025 MAH – 5.5
68. FM Harshal Shahi IND 2139 DEL – 5.5
69. Audi Ameya IND 2054 GOA – 5.5
70. Kunal M. IND 2353 TN – 5.5
71. Shelke Sankarsha IND 1995 MAH – 5.5
72. Neelash Saha IND 2277 WB – 5.5
73. FM Islam Kh. Aminul BAN 2205 BAN – 5.5
74. Bhatt Jalpan IND 2048 GUJ – 5.5
75. IM Das Sayantan IND 2429 WB – 5.5
76. Debarshi Mukherjee IND 2227 WB – 5.5
77. WGM Swati Ghate IND 2281 MAH – 5.5
78. Vignesh B IND 2248 TN – 5.5
79. Koustav Chatterjee IND 2071 WB – 5.5
80. CM Sadhwani Raunak IND 2115 MAH – 5.5
81. Surendran N IND 2168 TN – 5.5
82. Yogit S IND 2252 TN – 5.5
83. Sankalp Gupta IND 2099 MAH – 5.5
84. Singh Nishit IND 1865 MAH – 5
85. Senthil Maran K IND 2103 TN – 5
86. Wagh Suyog IND 2081 MAH – 5
87. Jayakumaar S IND 2197 TN – 5
88. Patil Pratik IND 2282 MAH – 5
89. WCM Salonika Saina IND 1852 ODI – 5
90. IM Murali Krishnan B T IND 2255 RLYs – 5
91. FM Matta Vinay Kumar IND 2169 AP – 5
92. Subhayan Kundu IND 2033 WB – 5
93. FM Srinath Rao S.V. IND 2214 MAH – 5
94. Ajay Krishna S IND 2133 TN – 5
95. Shah Rishab IND 1915 MAH – 5
96. CM Gukesh D IND 2061 TN – 5
97. Anustoop Biswas IND 2003 WB – 5
98. IM Mohota Nisha IND 2279 WB – 5
99. FM Purushothaman Thirumalai IND 1953 AP – 5
100. Saurabh Anand IND 2065 BIH – 5
101. Dahale Atul IND 2100 MAH – 5
102. Suvradeepta Das IND 2032 WB – 5
103. Zoar Haque Prodhan BAN 1983 BAN – 5
104. Sarvesh Kumar A IND 1662 TN – 5
105. FM Rakesh Kumar Jena IND 2179 ODI – 5
106. Didwania Vishal IND 1957 WB – 5
107. Baivab Mishra IND 2042 ODI – 5
108. Vantika Agrawal IND 1961 DEL – 5
109. Shubham IND 1885 HAR – 5
110. WFM Arpita Mukherjee IND 1957 WB – 5
111. FM Hasan Eunus BAN 2211 BAN – 5
112. IM Sahu Sekhar Chandra IND 2194 ODI – 4.5
113. Krishnater Kushager IND 1937 MAH – 4.5
114. Manush Shah IND 2177 GUJ – 4.5
115. WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty IND 2126 LIC – 4.5
116. Prithu Gupta IND 1908 DEL – 4.5
117. Satkar Chirag IND 2047 MAH – 4.5
118. Panesar Vedant IND 1769 MAH – 4.5
119. Mishra Anwesha IND 1941 ODI – 4.5
120. Cholleti Sahajasri IND 2002 AP – 4.5
121. Sreeshwan Maralakshikari IND 1850 TELN – 4.5
122. Tarun V Kanth IND 1850 TN – 4.5
123. CM Raja Rithvik R IND 2054 TELN – 4.5
124. Panigrahi Manoj Kumar IND 2110 ODI – 4.5
125. CM Bharath Subramaniyam H IND 1896 TN – 4.5
126. WCM Isha Sharma IND 1883 KAR – 4.5
127. Sahil Tickoo IND 2047 HAR – 4.5
128. WIM Mahalakshmi M IND 2251 TN – 4.5
129. Aditya Basu IND 2006 WB – 4.5
130. Rabindra Kumar Ojha IND 1910 ODI – 4.5
131. Saptorshi Gupta IND 2014 WB – 4.5
132. Pavan B N B IND 1945 AP – 4.5
133. Kumar Gaurav IND 2212 BIH – 4.5
134. Nayak Rajesh IND 2028 ODI – 4.5
135. WCM Chandreyee Hajra IND 1996 WB – 4.5
136. Jayaram R. IND 1887 KAR – 4.5
137. Harshini A IND 2016 TN – 4.5
138. FM Galappaththi Chinthaka Anurud SRI 2026 SRI – 4.5
139. Mahitosh Dey IND 1595 ODI – 4.5
140. Supriya Joshi IND 1984 MAH – 4.5
141. Nasir Ali Syed IND 1983 UP – 4.5
142. Md. Jamal Uddin BAN 2007 BAN – 4.5
143. Chakravarthy Y V K IND 2069 AP – 4
144. WFM Bidhar Rutumbara IND 1854 ODI – 4
145. CM Karthik Kumar Pradeep IND 1738 TELN – 4
146. CM Chowdhury Sohel BAN 2183 BAN – 4
147. Potluri Saye Srreezza IND 1707 AP – 4
148. AGM Vardan Nagpal IND 1864 DEL – 4
149. Debashish Dutta IND 2115 ASSM – 4
150. Cheela Naga Sampath IND 1868 AP – 4
151. Reetish Padhi IND 1859 KAR – 4
152. Mota Pankit IND 1883 MAH – 4
153. Ajay Karthikeyan IND 1746 TN – 4
154. Ganguly Ritabroto IND 2014 WB – 4
155. Kabir Mohammad Sherajul BAN 2064 BAN – 4
156. Balasubramaniam H IND 2006 TN – 4
157. Shrestha Rajendra Prasad NEP 1907 NEP – 4
158. Siddharth Sabharishankar IND 1682 TN – 4
159. Makhija Aashna IND 1763 MAH – 4
160. Ithal H L Rajath IND 1694 KAR – 4
161. Panda Sambit IND 1828 ODI – 4
162. Deepak Kumar R IND 1671 TN – 4
163. Dave Sneh IND 1742 GUJ – 4
164. CM Shahil Dey IND 1723 ASSM – 4
165. Krithigga K IND 1663 TN – 4
166. Nair Sanjeev IND 1862 MAH – 4
167. Aryan Ranjan IND 1728 DEL – 4
168. Tarimo Didik Widiarso INA 1514 INA – 4
169. Shanya Mishra IND 1722 DEL – 4
170. Pranav Anand IND 1780 KAR – 3.5
171. Mohammad Hasan BAN 1840 BAN – 3.5
172. Shourya Jain IND 1609 MAH – 3.5
173. Md. Rubel Parvej BAN 1828 BAN – 3.5
174. WFM Bommini Mounika Akshaya IND 1709 AP – 3.5
175. Arun R U IND 1646 TN – 3.5
176. Adarsh Tripathi IND 1788 DEL – 3.5
177. Kanishk S K IND 1725 TN – 3.5
178. Arjun C Krishnamachari IND 1656 TN – 3.5
179. Prasant N Nayagam IND 1806 TN – 3
180. Md Nurul Islam Mahin BAN 1802 BAN – 3
181. Singh Neha IND 1956 BIH – 3
182. Das Susobhit IND 1773 ODI – 3
183. Pranav V IND 1856 TN – 3
184. WIM Laubscher Anzel RSA 1851 RSA – 3
185. Karma Sonam BHU 1804 BHU – 3
186. CM Mullick Raahil IND 1785 MAH – 3
187. Ali Md. Kawsar BAN 1862 BAN – 3
188. Goura Hari Mohapatra IND 1868 ODI – 3
189. Rai Suman NEP 1797 NEP – 3
190. Phuyal Aashish NEP 1738 NEP – 2.5
191. Dheekshith Kumar R IND 1736 TN – 2.5
192. Abul Kashem BAN 1888 BAN – 2.5
193. Shah Ram Surat Prasad NEP 1677 NEP – 2.5
194. Md. Raju Ahmed BAN 1626 BAN – 2.5
195. Vasuki G Krishna IND 1535 KAR – 2.5
196. Karunanayake Mayuri SRI 1599 SRI – 2.5
197. Meenal Gupta IND 1898 J&K – 2
198. Jannatul Ferdous BAN 1531 BAN – 2
199. Rai Kiran BHU 0 BHU – 2
200. Md. Azizul Haque BAN 1609 BAN – 2
201. Pradhan Mohan Singh NEP 1588 NEP – 2