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{{short description|Indian chess grandmaster}}
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'''Abhijit Kunte''' (born 3 March 1977 in [[Pune]]) is an Indian [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]].

==Biography==
He has participated many times in the [[Indian Chess Championship]], winning two gold medals (1997, 2000) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/05%20Palmares/Campeonatos/Nacionales/Asia/La_India.htm |title=Campeonato de La India |publisher=Ajedrezdeataque.com |date= |accessdate=2011-12-15}}</ref> and four bronze medals (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005). He won the [[British Chess Championship]] at Edinburgh 2003,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/news/britchamps.html |title=British Chess Champions |publisher=Bcmchess.co.uk |accessdate=2011-12-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207110646/http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/news/britchamps.html |archivedate=2011-12-07 }}</ref> and two medals in the [[Commonwealth Chess Championship]] (took 2nd, behind [[Krishnan Sasikiran]], at Sangli 2000, and 3rd at Mumbai 2003, [[Nguyen Anh Dung (chess player)|Nguyen Anh Dung]] won off contest).

Kunte has represented India four times at [[Chess Olympiads]] (1998–2004),<ref>{{cite web|author=Wojciech Bartelski |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/y620kmqe.html |title=OlimpBase |publisher=OlimpBase |date= |accessdate=2011-12-15}}</ref> and won seven medals in the [[Asian Team Chess Championship]] (team bronze medal in 1999, two team and individual silver medals in 2003, team gold and bronze individual medals in 2005, team silver and individual bronze medals in 2008).<ref>{{cite web|author=Wojciech Bartelski |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersa/y620kmqe.html |title=OlimpBase |publisher=OlimpBase |date= |accessdate=2011-12-15}}</ref>

In 2000, he played in the [[Single-elimination tournament]] for the [[World Chess Championship]] (New Delhi/Tehran) where he lost a knockout match to [[Gilberto Milos]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a0a1$wix.htm |title=2000 FIDE Knockout Matches |publisher=Mark-weeks.com |date= |accessdate=2011-12-15}}</ref> In 2007, he took the bronze medal at Cebu City's [[Asian Chess Championship]] ([[Zhang Pengxiang]] was the winner),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr8048.aspx?tnr=8048&art=1&lan=1&flag=30&mm=1&m=2 |title=VI Asian Individual Chess Championship 2007 |publisher=Chess-results.com |date=2007-09-30 |accessdate=2011-12-15}}</ref> and played in the [[Chess World Cup 2007]] (Khanty-Mansiysk) where he lost a knockout match to [[Vadim Zviagintsev]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a7a8$iix.htm |title=2007 World Cup |publisher=Mark-weeks.com |date= |accessdate=2011-12-15}}</ref>

He won or shared 1st at Kolkata (Calcutta) 1998, Blackpool 2003, Kolkata 2004, New Delhi 2005, Guelph 2005, Kitchener 2006 and Mumbai (Bombay) 2008.

He was awarded the [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] title in 2000.

== See also ==
* [[Akshayraj Kore]]
* [[Pravin Thipsay]]
* [[Nadig Kruttika]]
* [[Soumya Swaminathan (chess player)]]
* [[Eesha Karavade]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{chessgames player|id=34909}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090224143519/http://latestchess.com/Blogs/showBlog.php?id=1 Article by Abhijit Kunte - Will TATA sponsor/organise events like Corus in India]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090630010349/http://www.latestchess.com/about_us.php About GM Abhijit Kunte]

{{Indian grandmasters}}
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