Perseverance is the key to success
Apart from the achievements mentioned above, FM Suyog Wagh has won plenty State and State level championships, open tournaments in all three formats. He started his quest for an IM-norm on 17th January 2022 at Paracin, Serbia. Despite getting close, he fell short twice in consecutive tournaments. However, he dug deep in the third event. He played his best to not only win the event but also finish substantially ahead of the field and score his maiden IM-norm.
Champion - FM Suyog Wagh 7.5/9
Suyog scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 and gained 58.8 Elo rating points
IM Dejan Brankovic (SRB) made a dubious sacrifice which was actually a blunder.
Brankovic - Suyog, Round 7
Position after 15.Nf5
Find out how should black refute 15.Nf5. Suyog found it correctly and went on to win the game.
FM Suyog Wagh receives his first IM-norm certificate from the tournament organizer IO IA FT FM Sasa Jevtic | Photo: Sasa Jevtic
