Question

Who among the following won the 48th edition of the annual event of World Open Online Chess Tournament in September 2020?
1. Nihal Sarin
2. Prithu Gupta
3. Aryan Chopra
4. P Iniyan

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : P Iniyan

The correct answer is ​P Iniyan.

• Indian Grandmaster P Iniyan won the prestigious Annual World Open online chess tournament held in the 48th edition.
• Iniyan and Sjugiro Sanan finished with 7.5 points, but the Tamil Nadu player emerged winner because of a better tie-break score.
• The 48th edition of the annual event, which ran from August 7-9, was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• A total number of 120 players from 16 countries participated in the event which included more than 30 Grandmasters.
• On the 5th of March 2020, P Iniyan became the 61st Grandmaster of India from Erode, Tamil Nadu.
• He was only 16 years old at the time of this achievement.

 

• Viswanathan Anand was the first Grandmaster in India.
• D. Gukesh became India's youngest GM at 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days.

 

Person	Description
Nihal Sarin	He is an Indian chess player from the state of Kerala who got the title of Grandmaster at the age of 14.
Prithu Gupta	He is an Indian chess player from Delhi. He became the 64th Grandmaster in India in the year 2019. He has achieved this feat of becoming a GM at the tender age of 15 years, 4 months, and 10 days old.
Aryan Chopra	He is an Indian chess player from New Delhi. He became Grandmaster in the year 2016.