W Mumbai w dniach 15.05.-5.06.2000 odbyły się w dziewiętnatoosobowej obsadzie mistrzostwa Indii klasy "A". Wygrał mistrz międzynarodowy Abhijit Kunte 13,5 pkt. z 18 partii, jako jedyny bez porażki. Jest to już drugi tytuł mistrzowski tego zawodnika, który ma już pewną nominację olimpijską. Razem ze zdobywcą drugiego miejsca, Krishnanem Sasikiranem zostali arcymistrzami, odpowiednio czwartym i piątym w kolejności (arcymistrzami są Anand, Barua i Thipsay).
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Ch Indii Mumbai, 15.05-5.06.2000 Kat. VII (2424)
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1 Kunte, Abhijit m IND 2487 * 1 = 1 = = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 13.5 2613
2 Sasikiran, Krishnan m IND 2514 0 * = 1 1 = = = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 12.5 2559
3 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2555 = = * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 0 = 1 = = = = = 1 11.5 2518
4 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 2440 0 0 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 = = 1 11.0 2502
5 Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2421 = 0 = = * = 1 = = = = = = = = 1 1 = = 10.0 2466
6 Harikrishna, P f IND 2354 = = 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 0 1 0 = = 1 1 10.0 2470
7 Saravanan, V m IND 2412 = = = 0 0 = * 1 0 0 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 10.0 2467
8 Thipsay, Praveen M g IND 2475 = = 0 0 = = 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 0 = 1 = 10.0 2463
9 Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam f IND 2373 = = = 0 = = 1 0 * = 0 = 1 1 = 0 = = 1 9.0 2426
10 Sandipan, Chanda IND 2424 = 0 0 = = = 1 = = * = = 0 = = = = 1 1 9.0 2423
11 Sundararajan, Kidambi IND 2433 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 1 = * 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 = 8.5 2402
12 Sriram, Jha IND 2356 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 * 1 = 1 1 = = = 8.0 2384
13 Hegde, Ravi Gopal m IND 2387 = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 0 1 = 0 * = = = = = = 7.5 2368
14 Murugan, Krishnamoorthy m IND 2382 0 = = = = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 7.5 2369
15 Neelotpal, Das m IND 2436 0 0 = = = 1 = 0 = = 1 0 = = * = = 0 0 7.0 2343
16 Prakash, G B m IND 2435 0 = = 0 0 = 0 1 1 = = 0 = = = * = 0 = 7.0 2343
17 Sareen, Vishal IND 2351 0 0 = = 0 = = = = = 0 = = 0 = = * = 1 7.0 2347
18 Atanu, Lahiri IND 2426 = 0 = = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 1 = * 0 6.0 2298
19 Ravi, Lanka m IND 2391 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = 1 = 0 1 * 6.0 2300
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