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Abhijit Kunte
Number of games in database: 490
Years covered: 1991 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2507
Highest rating achieved in database: 2568
Overall record: +168 -64 =238 (61.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      20 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian Attack (21) 
    A07 A08
 Sicilian (20) 
    B22 B90 B33 B50 B30
 King's Indian (17) 
    E62 E61 E63 E60 E90
 Ruy Lopez (16) 
    C78 C91 C92 C88 C96
 Queen's Pawn Game (15) 
    A40 A41 E10 E00 D02
 Slav (13) 
    D15 D10 D11 D12 D17
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (90) 
    B40 B42 B43 B47 B83
 Sicilian Kan (26) 
    B42 B43
 Queen's Pawn Game (22) 
    A45 A46 E00 A40
 Nimzo Indian (22) 
    E32 E20 E48 E46 E55
 Sicilian Scheveningen (22) 
    B83 B84 B85 B81 B80
 Queen's Indian (20) 
    E15 E12 E16
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   G Borg vs A Kunte, 2000 0-1
   A Kunte vs S Sahu, 2001 1-0
   V Voskanian vs A Kunte, 2006 0-1
   A Kunte vs C Galofre, 2008 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Indian Championships (2003)
   Asian Chess Championship (2005)
   43rd Indian Championship (2006)
   Asian Individual Championship (2007)
   Canadian Open (2007)
   Commonwealth Championship (2008)
   8th Asian Continental Chess Championship (2009)
   Indian Premier National A Championship (2009)
   10th Asian Individual Championships (2011)
   11th BCC Thailand Open (2011)
   Commonwealth and South African Open (2011)
   Kolkata Open (2012)

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ABHIJIT KUNTE
(born Mar-03-1977) India

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He's a GM. Indian champion in 1997 and 2000. British champion in 2003.

Wikipedia article: Abhijit Kunte


 page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 490  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. C Bauer vs A Kunte 1-066 1991 WchJ-14C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham
2. G Vescovi vs A Kunte  0-130 1991 Ch World (cadets)C25 Vienna
3. A Kunte vs H Tirard  ½-½57 1993 Wch U16A07 King's Indian Attack
4. M Agopov vs A Kunte  0-168 1993 Ch World (cadets) (under 16)C55 Two Knights Defense
5. Sutovsky vs A Kunte  ½-½44 1993 ChWmU16 Bratislava C55 Two Knights Defense
6. H Proehl vs A Kunte  1-080 1995 Ch World (juniors) (under 20)C26 Vienna
7. A Kunte vs Oral 0-138 1995 Wch U20B06 Robatsch
8. R Sergejev vs A Kunte  0-141 1995 Ch World (juniors) (under 20)C44 King's Pawn Game
9. A Kunte vs U Garbisu  1-017 1995 Ch World (juniors) (under 20)C29 Vienna Gambit
10. Pavasovic vs A Kunte  1-028 1995 Wch U20C45 Scotch Game
11. A Kunte vs Kasimdzhanov  0-155 1996 Asia-ch BoysC77 Ruy Lopez
12. Sadvakasov vs A Kunte  ½-½46 1996 Asia-ch BoysC55 Two Knights Defense
13. A Kunte vs Ponomariov  0-136 1997 Wch U20B10 Caro-Kann
14. Z Rahman vs A Kunte  ½-½44 1998 CalcuttaA15 English
15. A Kunte vs Y Kruppa  0-135 1998 Linares Anibal op 5thC00 French Defense
16. G Sargissian vs A Kunte  0-119 1998 Ubeda op 3rdB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
17. D Svetushkin vs A Kunte  1-026 1999 Anibal OpenA08 King's Indian Attack
18. A Kunte vs N Das  0-155 1999 Nagpur Indian ch A, INDD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
19. E Dearing vs A Kunte  0-142 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England)E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
20. G Lane vs A Kunte  0-140 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England)B42 Sicilian, Kan
21. A Kunte vs Rashkovsky  0-133 1999 Open UbedaB22 Sicilian, Alapin
22. T Bakre vs A Kunte  0-137 1999 Nagpur Indian ch A, INDB42 Sicilian, Kan
23. J Estrada Nieto vs A Kunte  ½-½46 1999 Anibal OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
24. A Kunte vs Z Rahman  1-044 1999 United Insurance 4thA07 King's Indian Attack
25. A Kunte vs Sundararajan  ½-½38 1999 Ch Great Britain, Scarborough (England)A10 English
 page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 490  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-23-04  chessman6555: He is from India and when he is in his form,he often comes out with stunning flying colours.
Jul-19-06  samsal27: Abhijit Kunte is 4/4 in the Canadien Open after beating IM Fidel Corrales. He is in sole lead after this game ... [Event "2006 Canadian Open"]
[Date "2006.07.18"]
[Round "4OPEN"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Corrales, Fidel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2535"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackELO "2492"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.Be3 d6 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.a3 h6 11.h3 Kh8 12.c3 Qd7 13.Qe2 Rae8 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Qe3 Qd6 16.Bc2 Nh5 17.Nb3 c4 18.dxc4 bxc4 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Rfd1 Qf6 21.Nd7 Bxd7 22.Rxd7 Rb8 23.Ba4 Ne7 24.Rd2 Nf4 25.Ne1 Nc8 26.Rad1 Nd6 27.Kh2 Rb6 28.g3 Ne6 29.Re2 Ng5 30.h4 Ne6 31.Nf3 Rfb8 32.Rd5 Rxb2 33.Rxe5 Rxe2 34.Qxe2 Rb1 35.Kg2 Qg6 36.Qe3 Rb2 37.Bd7 Rb3 38.Bxe6 fxe6 39.Nd4 Rxa3 .Rxe6 Qf7 41.Re5 a5 42.Rc5 Ra2 43.Nf5 a4 44.Nxd6 cxd6 45.Ra5 a3 46.Qd4 Kh7 47.Ra7 Qf8 48.h5 Kh8 49.Ra5 Kh7 50.Ra6 Kh8 51.Ra7 Kh7 52.e5 dxe5 .Qe4 Kh8 54.Ra8 Rxf2 55.Kh3 a2 56.Rxf8 Rxf8 57.Qh1 e4 58.Qa1 Rf2 59.Qe1 Rf6 60.Qa1 Rf2 61.Qe1 Kg8 62.Qd1 Kh7 63.Qe1 e3 64.Qxe3 a1Q 65.Qxf2 Qxc3 66.Qf5 Kg8 67.Qe6 Kf8 68.Qd6 Kf7 69.Qd7 Kf6 70.Qd6 Kf5 71.Qg6 1-0

Jul-19-06  samsal27: Kunte drew with GM Alexander Moiseenko in the 5th round of the Canadian Open. He is now joined in the lead by GM Huzman and GM Arencibia ...
Jul-25-06  SNiraj: Kunte is the joint winner of the Canadien Open with 7/9 points! The cowinner is GM Walter Arencibia ...
Jul-25-06  SNiraj: For his efforts, Kunte earned USD 4500 and 12 Elo rating points.
Aug-03-06  SNiraj: Nice interview of Kunte ... http://in.news.yahoo.com/060802/48/...
Aug-07-06  SNiraj: Kunte to play in Malaysia next along with GM Pravin Thipsay and IM Lanka Ravi.
Aug-07-06  Albertan: Kunte along with Chowdhury,Ganguly,Venkatesh,Chanda,Nisha Mohta, and Anupama Gokhale all played at the 2005 Canadian Open, which I attended. The Indian players had a team-like atmosphere which must have been nice for all of them being so far away from home.
Aug-15-06  SNiraj: <The Indian players had a team-like atmosphere which must have been nice for all of them being so far away from home> Good to hear this. How did you fare <Albertan>?
Aug-16-06  SNiraj: Kunte has been faring brilliantly in blitz as well - http://cpai.in/news1.htm#GM%20Abhij...!
Aug-23-06  Albertan: SNiraj: <The Indian players had a team-like atmosphere which must have been nice for all of them being so far away from home> Good to hear this. How did you fare <Albertan>?

SNiraj I didn't play in the Canadian Open, I helped with the demo boards.

Aug-23-06  SNiraj: <Albertan> Cool.
Oct-02-06  samsal27: Kunte at number eight in the Indian rankings in the October list - http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/03/sto...
Oct-22-08  ILikeFruits: i like...
his name...
Nov-02-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  bharatiy: he seems to have peaked. Don,t think will improve a lot.
Nov-21-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: GM Abhijit Kunte, India, born 3 March 1977. Now rated 2522, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

IM in 1997, GM in 2000. Rating peaks 2568 in 2001 and 2005. Indian champion 1997 and 2000. British champion 2003.

Played in the olympiads 1998 (board 3), 2000 (board 2), 2002 (board 4) and 2004 (1st reserve). Played in Asian Team Ch 1999 (board 3), 2003 (1st reserve), 2005 (board 2) and 2008 (board 3).

Biographies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhiji...
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhiji... (in Polish) http://kuntechessacademy.com/About....

Pictures:
http://kuntechessacademy.com/images...
http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss28... (with GM Krishnan Sasikiran)

He is playing today 1st round in Khanty-Mansiysk in the 3rd World Cup (2009)

Aug-31-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Run One for the Gipper!

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmY7...>

Dec-06-12  BIDMONFA: Abhijit Kunte

KUNTE, Abhijit
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kunte_abhij...
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