Sasikiran second in inventi chess 2009

Sasikiran finished on second position in Inventi GM chess tournament 2009

Esha Karawade wins silver at world team championship 2009

Esha Karawade has won a silver medal on third board in world women team championship 2009.
However overall it was a bad performance for team India which finished on 7th position.

Kolkata open 2009- Norms galore

In Kolkata open GM chess tournament 2009, many Indians have earned norms.
GM norm- Satyapragyan, RR Laxman, Sahaj Grover

IM norm- Nisha Mohota, Sayantan das, Vidit Gujrathi, Abhishek Das, Shyam Nikhil, Shiven Khosla, Ankit Rajpara, Anwesh Upadhyay, Shivananda,

RR Laxman became country's 20th GM