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Abhijit Kunte
A Kunte 
Courtesy of Geoff Chandler  

Number of games in database: 778
Years covered: 1990 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2458 (2427 rapid, 2420 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2568
Overall record: +272 -99 =359 (61.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 48 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (37) 
    B22 B80 B33 B50 B30
 Reti System (32) 
    A06 A04 A05
 King's Indian (27) 
    E62 E60 E64 E61 E67
 Queen's Pawn Game (25) 
    A40 A41 E10 E00 D02
 English (25) 
    A14 A13 A10 A15
 Ruy Lopez (24) 
    C78 C92 C84 C77 C67
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (131) 
    B42 B43 B47 B83 B40
 Sicilian Kan (46) 
    B42 B43 B41
 Nimzo Indian (39) 
    E32 E48 E46 E20 E44
 Queen's Pawn Game (34) 
    A45 A46 E00 A40 D02
 Queen's Indian (29) 
    E15 E12 E17 E14 E16
 Sicilian Scheveningen (29) 
    B83 B84 B81 B85 B82
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Kunte vs S Sulskis, 2004 1-0
   G Borg vs A Kunte, 2000 0-1
   D Ovcina vs A Kunte, 2011 0-1
   Ganguly vs A Kunte, 2006 0-1
   V Voskanian vs A Kunte, 2006 0-1
   A Kunte vs C Galofre, 2008 1/2-1/2
   M A Gomes vs A Kunte, 2012 0-1
   A Kunte vs Sasikiran, 1999 1/2-1/2
   A Kunte vs A Goloshchapov, 2000 1-0
   A Kunte vs Sengupta, 2010 1/2-1/2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2000)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   British Championship (2003)
   Indian Championship (2001)
   Indian Championship (1999)
   Commonwealth and South African Open (2011)
   Indian Premier National A Championship (2009)
   Indian Championship (2010)
   Indian Championship (2002)
   Australian Open 2000/01 (2000)
   43rd Indian Championship (2006)
   British Championship (1999)
   Canadian Open (2005)
   Canadian Open (2004)
   Canadian Open (2007)
   Istanbul Olympiad (2000)
   Commonwealth Championship (2008)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 2nd Goa Open
   A Kunte vs G Mitrabha (Jun-25-19) 1-0
   D Andreikin vs A Kunte (Jan-21-19) 1-0, rapid
   A Kunte vs Abdusattorov (Jan-21-19) 0-1, rapid
   M Bryakin vs A Kunte (Jan-21-19) 1/2-1/2, rapid
   A Kunte vs Y Remizov (Jan-21-19) 0-1, rapid

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ABHIJIT KUNTE
(born Mar-03-1977, 48 years old) India

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

Wikipedia article: Abhijit Kunte

Last updated: 2019-03-03 07:39:33

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 page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 778  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Kunte vs R Gruener  1-0351990Kusadasi OpenB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
2. G Vescovi vs A Kunte  0-1301991Wch U14C25 Vienna
3. C Bauer vs A Kunte 1-0661991Wch U14C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham
4. A Kunte vs S Ovsejevitsch  1-0401991Wch U14A96 Dutch, Classical Variation
5. M Agopov vs A Kunte  0-1681993Wch U16C55 Two Knights Defense
6. Sutovsky vs A Kunte  ½-½441993Wch U16C55 Two Knights Defense
7. A Kunte vs H Tirard  ½-½571993Wch U16A07 King's Indian Attack
8. A Kunte vs I Nataf  ½-½271993Wch U16E97 King's Indian
9. A Kunte vs M Manik  ½-½321995World Junior ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
10. J Petrov vs A Kunte  0-1391995World Junior ChampionshipA31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
11. D Pavasovic vs A Kunte 1-0281995World Junior ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
12. A Kunte vs Pelletier  ½-½351995World Junior ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
13. A Kunte vs A Istratescu  ½-½671995World Junior ChampionshipB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
14. A Kunte vs T Oral 0-1381995World Junior ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
15. R Sergejev vs A Kunte  0-1411995World Junior ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
16. R Dos Santos vs A Kunte  1-0581995World Junior ChampionshipC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
17. A Kunte vs M Chan  1-0471995World Junior ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
18. H Proehl vs A Kunte  1-0801995World Junior ChampionshipC26 Vienna
19. A Kunte vs S Krstevski  1-0251995World Junior ChampionshipB07 Pirc
20. D Hausrath vs A Kunte  1-0361995World Junior ChampionshipE97 King's Indian
21. A Kunte vs U Garbisu  1-0171995World Junior ChampionshipC29 Vienna Gambit
22. A Kunte vs S Dhar  1-0261996Goodricke OpenC77 Ruy Lopez
23. A Graf vs A Kunte  1-0441996Goodricke OpenA59 Benko Gambit
24. A Kakageldyev vs A Kunte  ½-½491996Goodricke OpenE72 King's Indian
25. A Kunte vs B Nepali  1-0641996Goodricke OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
 page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 778  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  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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Mar-30-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: On the 5th of January 2014 in Mumbai, Kunte set a new Indian simultaneous record, playing 155 opponents:

http://sagarteacheschess.blogspot.c...

Mar-03-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Abhijit Kunte.
Jun-26-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sally Simpson: A picture I took of Abhijit Kunte after he won the 2003 British Championship held in Edinburgh.

I was going through my b/w artist period and ensuring I got Edinburgh Castle in the background I cut off his feet.

https://www.redhotpawn.com/imgu/blo...

With the current storm in a teacup (or more apt - 'tiff in a teaspoon') going on regarding copyright of pictures. C.G. can use this as a gift. It is a bit small, I'll send C.G. a larger version.

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