Sankalp scores his maiden GM-norm
IM Sankalp Gupta scored his first GM-norm at GM Ask 1 with a blazing 2600 performance. He started with five consecutive wins before making a draw. He also went on to score his second GM-norm in consecutive tournament. We will have the details of those in a separate article.
Iniyan defeated GMs Branko Damljanovic (SRB) and Emir Dizdarevic (BIH), drew with GM Dragan Kosic. He also beat IM Sankalp Gupta and drew with IM Rudik Makarian (RUS).
Replay Iniyan's games from GM Ask 1
The tournament took place at Arandjelovac in Serbia from 15th to 22nd October 2021. Time control was 90 mins/40 moves + 15 mins/end + 30 seconds.
Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | w-we | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 11 | GM | Iniyan P | IND | 2529 | 8,5 | 1,0 | 7 | 41,50 | 0,94 | 10 | 9,4 |
| 2 | 10 | IM | Sankalp Gupta | IND | 2446 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 7 | 40,00 | 2,18 | 10 | 21,8 |
| 3 | 7 | IM | Makarian Rudik | RUS | 2470 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 6 | 37,75 | 1,32 | 10 | 13,2 |
| 4 | 1 | IM | Nitin S. | IND | 2381 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 7 | 33,25 | 2,21 | 10 | 22,1 |
| 5 | 8 | GM | Kosic Dragan | MNE | 2434 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 35,25 | 0,55 | 10 | 5,5 |
| 6 | 6 | Ritviz Parab | IND | 2296 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 26,25 | 2,05 | 20 | 41,0 | |
| 7 | 9 | Raahul V S | IND | 2344 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 20,25 | 0,33 | 20 | 6,6 | |
| 8 | 4 | GM | Damljanovic Branko | SRB | 2504 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 18,00 | -2,22 | 10 | -22,2 |
| 9 | 12 | Bhambure Shantanu | IND | 2405 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 1 | 15,00 | -2,14 | 10 | -21,4 | |
| 10 | 5 | GM | Dizdarevic Emir | BIH | 2423 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 1 | 11,00 | -3,46 | 10 | -34,6 |
| 11 | 3 | FM | Acor Corey | USA | 2309 | 2,0 | 1,0 | 1 | 8,00 | -1,38 | 20 | -27,6 |
| 12 | 2 | WIM | Harshita Guddanti | IND | 2180 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 1 | 8,25 | -0,38 | 20 | -7,6 |
Iniyan wins Rujna Zora 5
Iniyan scored an unbeaten 7.0/9 to win GM Rujna Zora 5
Iniyan drew with GM Emir Dizdarevic, won against IM Nenad Panic (SRB), drew with IMs Nitin S and Rudik Makarian (RUS).
Replay Iniyan's games from GM Rujna Zora 5
The tournament took place at Arandjelovac in Serbia from 23rd to 30th October 2021. Time control was 90 mins/40 moves + 15 mins/end + 30 seconds.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 8 | GM | Iniyan P | IND | 2529 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 26,50 | 10 | 0,9 |
| 2 | 2 | IM | Makarian Rudik | RUS | 2470 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 24,50 | 10 | 10,2 |
| 3 | 5 | Raahul V S | IND | 2344 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 25,00 | 20 | 43,8 | |
| 4 | 3 | IM | Nitin S. | IND | 2381 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 21,75 | 10 | 12,1 |
| 5 | 6 | GM | Dizdarevic Emir | BIH | 2423 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 2 | 20,50 | 10 | -2,3 |
| 6 | 1 | GM | Savic Miodrag R | SRB | 2433 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 2 | 16,25 | 10 | -1,2 |
| 7 | 9 | IM | Ramoutar Alan-Safar | TTO | 2400 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2 | 11,75 | 20 | -14,6 |
| 8 | 7 | Avinash Ramesh | IND | 2424 | 2,5 | 0,5 | 0 | 11,25 | 10 | -23,7 | |
| 9 | 4 | FM | Mahitosh Dey | IND | 2229 | 2,5 | 0,5 | 0 | 11,00 | 20 | 2,6 |
| 10 | 10 | IM | Panic Nenad | SRB | 2326 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2 | 5,00 | 10 | -11,9 |
