Commonwealth Chess Association President Bharat Singh presenting the trophy to the Champion

Over two hundred players competed in the Commonwealth Chess Championships held in Glasgow from 30 June - 8 July, 2014. Going into the last round Abhijit Gupta led having won his first six games and following this with 2 draws, while Aravindh, Sengupta, Grover and Debashis were all just half a point off the pace. When Debashis could make no headway on board 3, and Sengupta won a fierce battle against Grover on Board 2 it all came down to the top board battle between GM Gupta and the 14-year old IM Chithambaram Aravindh. The youngster overcame his more experienced opponent to tie for first place. He lost out on tie break to Deep Sengupta. However Aravindh was not to be deprived of a title as he won both the U20 and U16 titles.

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The Scottish Championship held within the tournament was won by FM Alan Tate.

Champion: GM Deep Sengupta (IND) 7½/9

Women’s Champion: WGM Kulkarni Bhakti (IND) 6½/9

Disabled Champion: Krishna Karthik Venkata (IND) 5½/9

Under 20 Champion: IM Chithambaram Aravindh (IND)

Under 20 Female Champion: Catherina Michelle (IND)

Under 18 Champion: WFM R Vaishali (IND)

Under 18 Boys’ Champion: Akash PC Iyer (IND)

Under 16 Champion: IM Chithambaram Aravindh (IND)

Under 16 Girls’ Champion: V Varshini (IND)

Under 14 Champion: WFM R Vaishali (IND)

Under 14 Boys’ Champion: Murad Abdulla (SCO)

Under 12 Champion: Shayanna Sivarajasingam (WLS)

Under 12 Boys’ Champion: Shayanna Sivarajasingam (ENG)

Under 10 Champion: Dev Shah (IND)

Under 10 Girls’ Champion: Ananya Rishi Gupta (IND)