Question: Name the Indian player who recently created history at the Hoogeveen International chess tournament by becoming the first player ever to win the title twice in a row in the FIDE Open?
(a) Sahaj Grover
(b) S.L Narayanan
(c) Sandipan Chanda
(d) Abhijeet Gupta
Ans: (d)
Related facts:
- From15 October to 22 October 2016; Hoogeveen Chess Tournament was held at the Dutch hamlet.
- Grandmaster and Commonwealth champion Abhijeet Gupta created history by becoming the first player ever to win the title twice in a row in the FIDE Open..
- Abhijeet Gupta scored 7.5 points out of a possible nine to win the title solely ahead of second placed Grandmaster Sandipan Chanda.
- Third and fourth places were also bagged by M R Lalith Babu and M Shyam Sundar respectively.
Reference:
http://www.hoogeveenchess.nl/en/20th-hoogeveen-chess-tournament-2016
http://www.hoogeveenchess.nl/en/pairings-open