Anuj Gupta, Anil Anand, A.Chatterjee at the top
C002 Engine Forbidden Championship

No	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total	%	SB
1	Anuj Gupta		½			1				1	1			1	1	1	6.5	92.9	15
2	Anil Anand	½		½	1	1			1	1	1	1		1		1	9	90.0	23.75
3	A.Chatterjee		½		½			1	1	1		1				1	6	85.7	14.5
4	Dr K.Prabhakar		0	½		½				1				1		1	4	66.7	10.25
5	Amit Kumar Sharma	0	0		½				1	1	1					1	4.5	64.3	9
6	Hrishikesh Pravin Chavan									½							0.5	50.0	2
7	Sai Dinesh Garikipati			0						1							1	50.0	4
8	T.Chandran		0	0		0				1				1			2	40.0	5
9	Yellapu Pandavakrishna	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0			½	1	1		1	4	33.3	2.25
10	Pervez Mandviwala	0	0			0								1			1	25.0	1
11	Sailesh Chandra		0	0						½			½				1	25.0	2.25
12	Sameer Abdulla									0		½		0			0.5	16.7	0.5
13	Sameeh Nazrulla	0	0		0				0	0	0		1				1	14.3	0.5
14	Biswa Preet Ray	0															0	0.0	0
15	Sgt. P.Bhowmick	0	0	0	0	0				0							0	0.0	0

Although the Engine Forbidden Championship, C002 was started at almost the same time as the Engine Allowed Championship, 1518, the former is proceeding at a much faster pace. Playing without engines, obviously allows players to make their moves much faster.

The best performance so far is that of Anuj Gupta with a 92.9% performance of 6.5 from 7 games. Anil Anand (performance 90.0%) is the highest scorer with 9 points (+8, =2, -0). A.Chatterjee with 6 points, has 5 wins and two draws. Dr K.Prabhakar is making a comeback to CC after long. He has scored 3 wins and two draws, but lost against Anil Anand.

It appears likely that the contest for the top 3 places will be among Anuj Gupta, Anil Anand, A.Chatterjee and K.Prabhakar. It is going to be a tough fight and the engine forbidden format makes the games all that more interesting!

We give below the decisive game Dr K.Prabhakar - Anil Anand: