Indian Chess Grandmaster Banned For Not Playing in Tournament

Indian Chess grandmaster Geetha Narayanan Gopal was banned from competing for a year owing to not participating in a National Championship.

All players ranked under 2650 are required to play in the tournament (frankly, I would have suspected that all players over a certain number be required to play). Geetha had a prior commitment to play in a tournament in Mexico.

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