Goa, July 14 -- Team Herald

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PANJIM: International Master (IM) Nitish Belurkar achieved his second Grandmaster norm at the 5th International Festival of La Plagne Soliel Masters Tournament, held in France, recently.

Nitish remained undefeated to score seven points out of nine with a performance rating of 2624 and a rating gain of 19 Elo points. Nitish had achieved his first Grandmaster norm in the Vezerkepzo Grandmaster tournament in Hungary.

Nitish defeated amongst others, tournament top seed Grandmaster Jules Moussard (2591). He also drew with International Master Iniyan Pa (2558), Grandmaster Bauer Christian (2552), Grandmaster Yuri Solodovnichenko (2521) and Grandmaster Girrel Joseph (2500), besides defeating ...