Abhijeet to spearhead Indian Challenge in Dubai Open
15 April 2012 5:30 AM IST
Defending champion Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta will spearhead the Indian challenge in the 14th edition of Dubai International Chess Open Gupta, who became the first Indian to win the title here last year, has followed up his success with some tremendous results in the last one year that includes winning two major International opens, the Vizag GM and London Classic FIDE Open, and the National championship in 2011.
The Delhi-based player is all geared up for the tournament but was quite pragmatic in his outlook. 'This remains one of the toughest opens in Asia and this time too there is a very competitive field. One can't really think about winning such tournaments unless it's the last few rounds,' Gupta said.
Indeed it was the last round when he beat fellow compatriot Parimarjan Negi to annex the title and this time too, Negi is in the fray as the second highest-rated Indian in the fray in the USD 50,000 tournament with USD 10,000 reserved for the winner.
The Delhi-based player is all geared up for the tournament but was quite pragmatic in his outlook. 'This remains one of the toughest opens in Asia and this time too there is a very competitive field. One can't really think about winning such tournaments unless it's the last few rounds,' Gupta said.
Indeed it was the last round when he beat fellow compatriot Parimarjan Negi to annex the title and this time too, Negi is in the fray as the second highest-rated Indian in the fray in the USD 50,000 tournament with USD 10,000 reserved for the winner.
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