CHENNAI: India No.3 Vidit Gujrathi has qualified to Its FIDE chess World Cup 2021, to be held at Sochi, Russia in July 10 on Based on his or Her Rating.
For this, Grandmaster Gujrathi becomes the fourth largest Indian guy to meet the requirements for the forthcoming World Cup, ” a media release said on Thursday.
The Nashik-based player unites Grandmasters P Harikrishna, Aravindh Chidambaram and P Iniyan since the Indian guys to have qualified to the World Cup.
Meanwhile, the Koneru Humpy, D Harika, Bhakti Kulkarni, R Vaishali and Padmini Rout have qualified to the women’s event in the World Cup.
This is Gujrathi’s next World Cup appearance, with formerly featured in 2017 and 2019.
The Indian said he’s confident of setting up a great show from the championship.
“Really pleased to be part of their WC squad.
Playing for India is almost always a proud time and notably the World Cup that’s the very prestigious event across almost any game,” Gujrathi has been quoted as stating.
“I’m confident of setting up a great series and will certainly attempt to provide my best in every match I playwith.
Eagerly anticipating case as this will be my initial Within the Board (OTB) occasion because February 2020,” he added.
He’s currently rated 23rd on the planet.
The FIDE World Cup 2021 is going to be a Classical occasion with normal time management.
Iniyan had lately won the AICF online qualifying event to reserve a berth at the World Cup.
