GM Negi Wins 2008 Philadelphia International

Submitted by Patzer24 on Thu, 07/03/2008 at 4:45pm.

The Philadelphia International event was held from June 26-30, 2008 at the Philadelphia Center City Sheraton. The event had 5 GM participants and many more titled players to make it a very competitive field. GM Parimarjan Negi won the event with a score of 7/9 taking home first prize of $2,000.

In other news Gabriel Battaglini rated 2356 earned an IM norm with a score of 6/9 and IM Arun Prasad finished with a score of 6.5/9 which brings him over the 2500 rating mark to earn the GM title as he already had 3 GM norms.

Below is one of the key games for GM Negi which led him to win the event:

Final Standings:

1) GM Negi (7/9)

2) IM Prasad (6.5/9)

3-6) GM Becerra, GM Gopal, Battaglini, WGM Karavade (6/9)

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by narayanansri - 2 months ago
bangalore India

Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 27

quite an intersting game,i cant pin point where exactly the oppenent made error,can any one eniighten me?

by heddy - 2 months ago
lagos Nigeria

Member Since: Jun 2008
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i think money is not only the motivation but the recognition and personal satisfaction. however i believe cash prizes will increase as interest in sitdown tournaments increases

by Patzer24 - 2 months ago
United States

Member Since: Jun 2007
Member Points: 7987

Yes, Negi is 15 years old I believe. Quite impressive!

by Harry07 - 2 months ago
NSW Australia

Member Since: Sep 2007
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Interesting,positional game

by ashwath - 2 months ago
bangalore India

Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 41

nice game by negi........ how old is he?? i heard he is i his teens

by mpharbold1 - 2 months ago
pennsylvania United States

Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 3

Internet chess is destroying the USCF. The USCF 20 years ago was doing well. Today its days are numbered. And chess books and magazines use to be the only way to study. Today they are obsolete when compared to the online databases.

by mpharbold1 - 2 months ago
pennsylvania United States

Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 3

$2000 is a lousy prize for a major tournament. There just isn't much interest anymore in sitdown tournament chess. People want to stay home and play for free. I believe internet chess is actually killing sitdown tournament chess. Growing up in PA, I remember there use to be tournaments to go to all the time. Now there's hardly any. There must be a dozen or more internet chess sites.