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Ph : 044-65144966 /Telefax : 044-25382121 events. Grandmaster Sasikiran has
E-mail : indianchessfed@gmail.com
added to the already long list of s many as 1050 players from vari- finished third.
Publisher: V. Hariharan achievements his latest title win at the
Editor : C.G.S. Narayanan
ous federations and different states This event one of the four GM events con-
52nd edition of the Capablanca Memoria thronged the KIIT university campus, ducted annually in India was sponsored
Price: Monthly Rs.25 Annual Rs.300 in Cuba finishing ahead of the top seed
Bhubaneswar, Odisha vying for the top hon- by the KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. This
and seven time winner Vassily Ivanchuk.
Inside…. ors in the 10th KIIT international chess fes- was its 10th edition without any break and
10th KIIT Inter. Chess Festival 2017, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
In the Asian Continental Chess Championship in Chengdu, tival, 2017 organised by Odisha State Chess it was conducted between May 25 and June
Hoa Duc Nguyen of Vietnam wins title
by IA Paul Arokia Raj S, Chief Arbiter 1 China GM Vidit Santhosh Gujarathi and WFM R.Vaishali Association. The event was categorized into 2. With 251 players drawn from 13 national
7th BRDCA international FIDE rating (below 1600) tmt., won bronze medals. The latter also won gold in the Blitz Category A (GM open), Category B (below federations, the 15 GMs, 20 IMs and 1 WIM
Bangalore
Keshav Kothari is the winner
event. At the 17th IPCA World Chess Championships 1999) and Category C (below 1600) for a who were in the fray provided a good ground
by FA Saleem Beig ,Chief Arbiter 6 Shashikant Kutwal became the World Disabled Champion
hefty cash prize of Rupees twenty lakhs in for the norm seekers. Earlier the 8 days
1st Charminar All India open fide rating (below 2000) tmt 2017 and also became an International Master.Woman
2017,Hyderabad
International Master Jenitha Anto of Tiruchi won her total. event was formally inaugurated by Prof. A.
Sri Sai Baswanth emerges Champion
by IA Promodraj Moree, Chief Arbiter 8 fifth world title for women in style with a round to spare. Samanta, founder, KIIT & KIIS in a glittering
DCA below 1600 fide rated tmt 2017 Sammarth J Rao who won bronze in the junior event Now we will have a short look at the Cate- opening ceremony.
Somakanta Singh wins DCA Below 1600
by IA Gopakumar MS, Chief Arbiter 10
bagged the gold in the blitz junior section. Reports and gory A event held at the Sports and Fitness Category B and C were organized as the
3rd Hatsun Idhayam FIDE Rated Tmt, Virudhunagar photos of these events are featured in the centre pages Center, Campus15,KIIT University from May part of KIIT chess festival 2017 at the KIIT
Kunal wins Hatsun Idhayam FIDE rated of this issue.
by R. Anantharam IA, Chief Arbiter 12 26 to June 02. The outcome of the tenth and International School. A total of 375 players
Karnataka State Open FIDE Rating Championship
2017,Bangalore On the home front, the 10th KIIT International Chess the final round clash between the visiting GM took part in this below 1999 rating event con-
Viani Antonio D’Cunha wins festival at Bubaneshwar recorded a whopping 1050 entries from Vietnam Hoa Duc Nguyen and the local ducted from May 26 to 29. Niranjan Mocharla
by IA Vasanth BH , Chief Arbiter 14
1st Khammam All India FIDE rating open tournament
in the three categories. Debashis Das and Diptayan Ghosh GM Debashis Das on June 2nd was keenly of Andhra Pradesh netted 9 points from ten
2017,Khammam finished second and third in this tournament which was watched by chess fans across the country. rounds and stood clear first to carry home
Varun is the Champion won by Vietnam GM Hoa Duc Nguyen. GM Nguyen was the sole leader with 8 points Rs.50000/- . In a two tie for the second
by Promodraj Moree,Chief Arbiter 16
All India FIDE Rating National Open Ty for the Visually before the start of this round and the only place with 8.5 points Rishabh Nishad (UP)
Challenged,Jharkand A three-day chess training camp ‘Winning moves’ was
Ashwin Makwana wins title successfully organized by Andaman and Nicobar Chess GM from Odisha Debashis Das was close and Gaurav Das (WB) finished in that order.
by FA Biswanath Banerjee, Chief Arbiter 18
Association last month at TMG Emerald View,a star hotel on the heels of the leader with 7.5 points. In the Category C event for below 1600 rating
3rd Pavna All India Fide rated Tmt,Aligarh
Himal Gusain wins Pavna Fide Rated in Port Blairwith 40 kids under the able guidance of IM Therefore a decisive result from this table held from May 29 to June 2, in a four way tie
by IA Dharmendra Kumar, Chief Arbiter 20 Lanka Ravi, a FIDE Senior Trainer. Selected games from was the deciding factor for the championship. for the title Vangala Prashant of Telengana
3rd SCS FIDE Rated Tmt, Sivakasi
Kunal wins at Sivakasi
Asian Junior Girls are annotated by IM Manuel Aaron. However the former had everything under emerged as the champion followed by Sanjib
by Prof. R. Anantharam IA, Chief Arbiter 22 Larry Evans, noted American chess grandmaster, author
control as he played the exchange slav and Mali (West Bengal) and Mohanty Soyamsree
Late Shri Satyendra Pathak Mem.3rd SYNA Open Intl. Rating Tmt and journalist, is featured in the masters of the past series.
Chakravarthi Reddi wina Syna Open drew the game in 25 moves, thus winning (Odisha). Here too the champion was award-
by IA Dharmendra Kumar,Chief Arbiter 28
1st St.Peters Fide Rating Tmt,Kodaikanal the title clearly with 8.5 points. The champion ed Rs.50000/- as prize money.
Syed Anwar Shazuli of ICF wins title C.G.S.Narayanan became richer by two lakhs rupees. Curiously This eight days chess carnival provided a
by M.Vijayakumar,Chief Arbiter 30
43rd Tripura State Chess Championship 2017,Udaipur the Vietnamese GM tasted his only loss at the festive mood for the players who enjoyed
Biswajit Nag wins title hands of Vikramjit Singh of Manipur in the the hospitality of the KIIT university. The
by Pradip Kumar Roy, FA,Chief Arbiter 32
Readers are invited to offer their feedback on third round, Thereafter Nguyen had a dream organizers did a great job in transporting
Xtra Time All India Open Rapid FIDE Rating Chess
Tournament,Kolkata the regular features in the AICF Chronicle and
run scoring straight five victories. Debashis all the players every day from their place
R.R.Laxman wins title are also invited to send interesting articles,
by Asit Baran Choudhury, IA,Chief Arbiter 34
annotated games and chess anecdotes to the Das by virtue of occupying the runner up po- of stay to the tournament hall and back.
Selected games from Asian Junior Girls
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron 36 Editor at ‘www.indianchessfed@gmail.com’ or sition with 8 points on account of his better On the penultimate round when it rained
Tactics from master games by S.Krishnan 42 ‘cgsnarayanan@hotmail.com. tie break score pocketed one lakh rupees and heavily just before the start of the game the
Test your endgame by C.G.S.Narayanan 43
Masters of the past Larry Evans 44 the Kolkota collegian GM Diptayan Ghosh organizers ensured the safe arrival of the
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players to the playing hall. The tournament 34 FM Rathanvel V S IND 6½ All India FIDE Rating National Open Tournament for the Visually Challenged, Jharkand
hall was elite looking one which also housed 35 Kaustuv Kundu IND 6½
the World Junior chess championship, 2016. 36 FM Ramakrishna J. IND 6½
IM and FST S.C.Sahu coordinated the event 37 GM Ziatdinov Raset USA 6½
in great style. Curiously he also participated 38 Dhananjay S IND 6½
in the Category A event winning the best 39 Saravana Krishnan P. IND 6½
veteran prize! 40 Kumar Gaurav IND 6½
41 IM Rajesh V A V IND 6½
Final standings: Category ‘A’ 42 IM Das Sayantan IND 6
43 Singh S. Vikramjit IND 6
Rk Name FED Pts 44 Hari Madhavan N B IND 6
1 GM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 8½ 45 AGM Fenil Shah IND 6
2 GM Debashis Das IND 8 46 Nayak Rajesh IND 6
3 GM Ghosh Diptayan IND 8 47 Sahoo Utkal Ranjan IND 6
4 GM Tukhaev Adam UKR 8 48 Srijit Paul IND 6
5 GM Grover Sahaj IND 8 49 IM Chakravarthi Reddy M I ND 6
6 GM Amonatov Farrukh TJK 7½ 50 GM Roy C Saptarshi IND 6
7 GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 7½ 51 Senthil Maran K IND 6
8 IM Khusenkhojaev Md TJK 7½ 52 Dileep Kumar R IND 6
9 IM Iniyan P IND 7½ 53 Dixit Nikhil IND 6
Ashwin Makhwana (Winner) receiving the prize from the Chief Guest Shri. Rai Mahimapat Ray
10 IM Raghunandan K.S IND 7½ (IPS),Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bokaro City, Mr. Vikram Shanan ,CEO Zaika is also seen.
54 IM Sahu Sekhar Chandra IND 6
11 IM Nitin S. IND 7 55 IM Krishna Teja N IND 6
12 IM Krishna C R G IND 7 56 Jeet Jain IND 6
13 GM Babujian Levon ARM 7 57 Subhayan Kundu IND 6 Xtra Time All India Open Rapid FIDE Rating Tournament,Kolkata
14 GM Laxman R.R. IND 7 58 Raahul V S IND 6
15 Sidhant Mohapatra IND 7 59 Neelash Saha IND 6
16 IM Shyaamnikhil P IND 7 60 Aradhya Garg IND 6
17 GM Neelotpal Das IND 7 61 Jayakumaar S IND 6
18 Saurabh Anand IND 7 62 GM Murshed Niaz BAN 6
19 FM Sai Krishna G V IND 7 63 Hirthickkesh Pr IND 6
20 FM Karthik Venkataraman IND 7 64 CM Raja Rithvik R IND 6
21 GM Deviatkin Andrei RUS 7 65 Thanki Hemal K IND 6
22 GM Reefat Bin-Sattar BAN 7 66 WFMSalonika Saina IND 6
23 Arjun Kalyan IND 7 67 Saptorshi Gupta IND 6
24 Muthaiah Al IND 7 68 WFM Arpita Mukherjee IND 6
25 CM Erigaisi Arjun IND 7 69 IM Padmini Rout IND 6
26 IM Sardana Rishi AUS 7 70 Vignesh B IND 6
27 IM Rathnakaran K. IND 7 71 Pranavananda V IND 6
28 Navalgund Niranjan IND 6½ 72 Wagh Suyog IND 5½
29 IM Ravi Teja S. IND 6½ 73 CM Aditya Mittal IND 5½
30 FM Mitrabha Guha IND 6½ 74 Sreeshwan
31 Akash Pc Iyer IND 6½ Maralakshikari IND 5½
32 Sammed Jaykumar S IND 6½ 75 CM Aronyak Ghosh IND 5½ (L-R) Anilava Chatterjee, CEO_Xtra time,Sambaran Banerjee_ Cricketer, GM S. Roy Choudhury,
33 Samal Ansuman IND 6½ GM RR Laxman,Champion, GM Dibyendu Barua, GM Neelotpal Das
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3rd SCS FIDE Rated Chess Tournament, Sivakasi 76 Harshavardhan G B IND 5½ 17 Bhagyashree Patil 7
77 CM Karthik Kumar P IND 5½ 18 Singh Soram Rahul 7
78 Doshi Moksh Amitbhai IND 5½ 19 Cheniram Pegu 7
79 CM Rohith Krishna S IND 5½ 20 Sandip Dey 7
80 Singh Y. Dhanabir IND 5½ 21 Bodhisatya Pal 7
81 WFM Cholleti Sahajasri IND 5½ 22 Nayak Sanjeeban 7
82 WFMDivya Deshmukh IND 5½ 23 Banerjee Ashutosh 7
83 Yogit S IND 5½ 24 Sooraj M R 7
84 AGM R itam Nag IND 5½ 25 Abijit Mistry 7
85 Ajay Karthikeyan IND 5½ Final Ranking: Category ‘C’
86 Pruthu Deshpande IND 5½ Rk Name Pts
87 CM Lama Himal NEP 5½ 1 Vangala Prashanth 8
88 Soham Datar IND 5½ 2 Sanjib Mali 8
89 Pranav Anand IND 5½ 3 Mohanty Soyamsree 8
90 Aaryan Varshney IND 5½ 4 Manas Kanti Mandal 8
91 IM Prasad Devaki V IND 5½ 5 Debata Sarthak 7½
92 Priyanka K IND 5½ 6 Shriman K 7½
93 Sahu Rajendra Kumar IND 5½ 7 Mohanty Aditya Anurakta 7½
Sivakasi Chess Sparklers Secretary K.Kumar, Anandh, VDCA secreatary SR Rajan, AC Ganesh, former 94 Arya Bhakta IND 5½ 8 B Chidambaram.C 7½
Vice President of TNSCA, Sri A. Gopalsamy, M Kunal (Winner), Sri. Nadakumar, Principal of Arasan 95 Mahindrakar I IND 5½ 9 WCM Chinnam Vyshnavi 7
Ganesan Polytechnic College, IA R. Anantharam, Narendran Kamak, IA V. Vijayaraghavan, and Ganesh
96 WFM Tarini Goyal IND 5½ 10 Nagargoje Dhananjay 7
Kumar
97 IM R. Balasubramaniam IND 5½ 11 Vishwanath Kannam 7
Karnataka State Open FIDE Rating Championship 2017,Bangalore 98 FM Rahman Syed M BAN 5 ½ 12 Shounak Mazumder 7
99 Sayantan Chandra IND 5½ 13 Manas Singh 7
100 Pandey Srishti IND 5½ 14 Samantaray Aryan Arnav 7
Final standings:Category ‘B’ 15 Mohanty Rajesh 7
Rk Name Pts 16 Routray Priyanka 7
1 Niranjan Mocharla 9 17 Sreekar J S S 7
2 Rishabh Nishad 8½ 18 Pujari Kambupani 7
3 Gaurav Das 8½ 19 Ritwick Pal 7
4 Leeladhar Kachroo 8 20 Gopikrishnan S 6½
5 Chetan Sharma 8 21 Sai Shravan R 6½
6 Punit Indora 8 22 Ashok Kumar Jaju 6½
7 Sudhir Kumar Behera 8 23 Arora Honi 6½
8 Arijit Mukherjee 8 24 Sahoo Auroshis Sudip Kumar 6½
9 Nikhil M 7½ 25 Padhi Jyoti Ranjan 6½
10 AIM Aryan 7½ 26 ACM Anirudh Venkat R Kumar 6½
11 Smaraki Mohanty 7½ 27 Karmakar Ramen 6½
12 Ambarish Sharma 7½ 28 Kritika Pal 6½
13 Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U 7½ 29 Karthik Reddy P 6½
14 AGM S hubham Shukla 7½ 30 Aanandha Kumar M S 6½
15 Kumud Kumar Nath 7½ 31 Manoj Kumar Hota 6½
Prize winners: Yashas D (Third place) , IM Viani Antonio Dcunha(Winner), Nambiar Vivek(Runner-up) 16 Mishra Anisha 7½ 32 Sadbhav Rautela 6½
Gahan M G (Fourth place)
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7th BRDCA international FIDE rating (below 1600) tournament,Bangalore 34 Vikumar P K 7 75 Ayush J Yajaman 6
7
th BRDCA International Fide Rating (Be- Mr. Chidanand A Secretary BRDCA and Mr. 38 Chaithanya Ganesh 6½ 79 Shree G Muthu Annamalai 6
low 1600) Chess Tournament was held Saleem Beig Chief Arbiter. 39 Lokesh N 6½ 80 Ananya Arumbakkam 6
from 2nd May 2017 to 4th May 2017 Final ranking 40 Das Jitendra Kumar 6½ 81 Ganesh Aravind N 6
at Hotel City Centaur, Near Railway Station Rk Name Pts 41 Gopikrishnan S 6½ 82 Nithish M 6
Bengaluru, one of the prominent and well 1 Keshav Kothari 8 42 Aruna Dinakara 6½ 83 Sanchith Sundararam K 6
known Hotels in the city. The Tournament was 2 Rakesh N 8 43 Bargava Narasimhan S 6½ 84 Rohan Anand 6
organized by Bangalore Rural District Chess 3 Amal Roozi 8 44 Mahendra Teja Mekala 6½ 85 Ramesh R 6
Association. The Tournament attracted 604 4 Prasath K R 8 45 Ibrahim E 6½ 86 Dhanush Ram M 6
players from major states like AP, ASM, BIH, 5 Sharad Pandit 7½ 46 Antony Simethy 6½ 87 Sudhakar T 6
CHH, GOA, GUJ, HAR, KER, MAH, MP, ODI,
6 Amar Jyoti Kakoty 7½ 47 Biju Kumar 6½ 88 Kamatham Balaji 6
PUD, PUN, RAJ, TEL and WB and was con-
7 Aanandha Kumar M S 7½ 48 Pandhare Swapnil 6½ 89 Karthik Reddy P 6
ducted in 9 round Swiss format. There were
8 Devaraja G 7½ 49 Abdul Nabi 6½ 90 Bhaskar Teja K V 6
2 players from neighboring federation, Sri
9 Komal Srivatsav Sajja 7½ 50 Imran Hussain 6½ 91 Kamalnayan Deshmuk 6
Lanka. Top seed of the event was Sreelaksh-
mi M Sunil Kumar of Tamil Nadu with a rat- 10 Kohli Pranav 7½ 51 Shakthi P 6½ 92 Bhaskara Rao Balaga 6
ing of 1599. There were 378 rated players. 11 Avinash Vaidyanathan 7½ 52 Robinson M G 6½ 93 Raju G 6
Total cash prize was RS. 4Lakhs.There was 12 Nachiketh Adiga 7½ 53 Shashidhar B Rai 6½ 94 Samith Reddy I 6
no inauguration and the first round started 13 Dhrikshu K Vasant 7 54 Rama Rao T V 6½ 95 Aditya Somasundaram 6
as per schedule. 14 Sathya Naarayanan S 7 55 Muthukumar Thangapandian 6½ 96 Sai R. Arulmurugan 6
15 Vijay Raghav J S 7 56 Ramanan M 6½ 97 Prakhyath Kc 6
The final round started at 3.30 pm on 4th of 16 Subash Anand R 7 57 Srikar Yerrabati 6½ 98 Sagar P 6
May. On the top board Keshav Kothari(1583) 17 Bright Lee M Sunilkumar 7 58 Varun B S 6½ 99 Tanav Sudarshan 6
U 13 Karnataka State Champion 2017 drew 18 Chirag Mudraje 7 59 Anya Seth Syed 6½ 100 Sankeerth. R 6
with Prasath K R(1489) of TN to secure the 19 Arun R 7 60 Khude Laxman 6½ 101 Soundariya Lakshmi G 6
1st prize with a better tie break in The 7th
20 Mahamuni Yogesh 7 61 Vineesh P S 6 102 Jadhav Rahul 6
BRDCA International FIDE Rating (Below
21 Radha Krishnan K 7 62 Amaey Advait 6 103 Sreelakshmi M Sunilkumar 6
1600) chess tournament which concluded at
22 Muhammed Musthafa 7 63 Rakshith Srinivasan 6 104 Pavan Kumar Posa 6
Hotel City Centaur, Majestic Bangalore. He
23 Tejas Cavale 7 64 Satyanarayana Raju D S 6 105 Baligar Dr Vishwanath 6
remained undefeated in the entire tourna-
ment with 7 wins and 2 draws. Rakesh N of 24 Vangala Prashanth 7 65 Amitesh Kumar Sinha 6 106 Shreedhar Muchandikar 6
Karnataka Amal Roozi of Kerala and Prasath 25 Sangvikar Rahul 7 66 Karpagakumar S V S 6 107 Vishwa Dheep D N 6
K R of Tamil Nadu secured 2nd, 3rd and 4th 26 Sanath K Jamadagni 7 67 Srijan J 6 108 Jayaprakash M 6
Places respectively based on better tie break. 27 Bhojwani Ravi 7 68 Ritwik Vasudev Bilgi 6 109 Sai Nikhil Y 6
28 Mano Godwin Gunasekaran 7 69 Vishwanath Kannam 6 110 Abdul Hameed 6
The Prize Distribution Ceremony took place 29 Arvind Kumar S 7 70 Hemadri Sathish 6 111 Swaroop Kashyap 5½
on 4th of May 2017 at 7.00 pm. Chief Guest 30 Suganthan R 7 71 Tanish Sai Kavuru 6 112 Halkude Nagnath 5½
was Mr. Hanumanta R Joint Secretary AICF. 31 Paulson Frenchy 7 72 Alok Nagdev 6 113 Prasanth A S 5½
Other dignitaries who were present on the 32 Ravindran R 7 73 Neha Srinibash D 6 114 Ismail S K 5½
occasion were Mr. Durgesh K Treasurer UKCA, 33 Anirudh B S 7 74 Venkatesh K 6 115 Rohan Nachnani 5½
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36 Krishna Kalyan 6½ 77 Sri Krishna Praneeth K 5½
st Charminar All India fide rating chess na Summit Manager Mr K S Prasad and Mr 37 Venkat Narasimha Rao P 6½ 78 Anirudh M 5½
tournament was organized for 6 days A Venkateshwara Rao, Tournament Director. 38 Rao C S 6½ 79 Sanjana Ch 5½
with 10 rounds. The event attracted 194 39 Kandi Ravi 6 80 Ramadugu Akshay 5½
Players from all over India including major Final ranking: 40 Ojas Mehetre 6 81 Abdul Azeez S.K. 5
states like Karnataka, Kerala, Maharastra, Rk Name Pts
41 Rohit Yarakala 6 82 Nitish Bhat 5
Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andrapradesh 1 Sri Sai Baswanth P 9
42 M Tulasi Ram Kumar 6 83 B Kishan 5
and all parts of Telangana. 101 Fide rated 2 Shiek Fayaz 8
43 Mohan Sapa 6 84 Pasupulati Saphal 5
players participated in this tournament. Top 3 Duvvala Suresh 8
seed of the event was Vedadri K of Telangana 44 Sheetal Sonwane 6 85 Dhanush Reddy A 5
4 Khan S 7½
fide rating 1999. 45 Rajesh Ekkaladevi 6 86 Satya Vaishnavi Jami 5
5 Sai Akshay Y 7½
46 Subbarao T V 6 87 Neeraj Anirudh K 5
6 Pati Spandan 7½
The Event was inaugurated on 16th May 2017 47 Satish Hegde 6 88 Arueran Raghuraman 5
7 Dharani Srinivas K B 7½
at 2.30 pm. The Dignitaries present on the 48 Velpula Sarayu 6 89 Vishvas Reddy K 5
8 Meghanshram B V 7½
occasion, were Indo China Summit Manager 49 Vasistha Ramana Rao K V 6 90 Rachita Sabbathi 5
Mr K S Prasad, Mr Anamchinni Venkatesh- 9 Amer Basha Sk 7½
50 Lanka Sri Karthikeya D 6 91 Kapil Surya P 5
wara Rao, Mr Srinivas Reddy, Tournament 10 Narasimha Raveendra G 7½
51 Kotalwar Shubh 6 92 Aarav Nambiar T 5
Director , Ijak Raj, Telanagana State BJP 11 Anurag Kuruvada 7
52 Prasada Rao G 6 93 Sankarshana Goli 5
Leader and Chief Arbiter Promodraj Moree. 12 Kalur Nikhil 7
53 Umesh Konduru 6 94 S Sri Subhash Bharadwaj 5
On the 1st day one round was conducted and 13 Subba Raju S. 7
54 Siva Sai Sugandhi Ch 6 95 Boorla Vamshi Krishna 5
on the next four days we had two rounds per 14 Sarath Chandra K 7
55 Krishna Devarsh P 6 96 Bommidi Nithin Kumar 5
day and then final day last round with prize 15 Vedadri K. 7
56 Viswanath Alur 6 97 Anuraag Vidwan K 5
distribution in the evening. 16 Naga Venkata Raju G 7
57 Bharadwaj G V 6 98 Nikunj Buddhawar 5
17 Amar C S 7
Sri Sai Baswanth (1707) of Andra Pradesh 58 Md Bashiq Imrose 5½ 99 Vishnu, Vardhan 5
18 Chakravarthi S.V.C. 7
became the Champion of the 1st Charminar 59 Geereddy Saketh Reddy 5½ 100 Srivatsa Ananth K 5
19 Susarla Rishith 7
All India Fide Rating (Below 2000) Chess 60 Aditya Reddy K 5½ 101 Nigamaa Sree D 5
20 Karthik Ganesh 7
tournament and bagged a prize money of 61 Naman Mehrothra 5½ 102 Madhu Karthik Ch 5
21 Prateek Atluri 7
20000 and a glittering Trophy. He secured 9 62 Naga Chaitanya 5½ 103 Nair Devika 5
22 Karthikeya Kasyap K B S 7
points of 10 rounds by winning 9 games and 63 Singh Arun Kumar 5½ 104 Sushanth Kamabathula 5
losing one game with Sai Akshay. 2nd place 23 Sathwika N 7
64 Manaswini Maheshweram 5½ 105 Asuri Srida 5
was bagged by Sheik Fayaz of Telangana who 24 Umesh S Lalwani 6½
65 Karyasheel P 5½ 106 Arnav Pradhan 5
defeated S Khan on the 2nd board. 25 Srujan Keerthan Solletti 6½
66 Pakashiva Prasad 5½ 107 Jami Pranay Teja 5
26 Nanditha V 6½
67 Sai Atchyut B 5½ 108 Mir Maahir Ali 5
The Prize distribution function took place at 27 Sathishkumar L 6½
68 Viswa Teja G 5½ 109 Sushma Reddy B 4½
4pm on 21st May 2017. Dignitaries present 28 Rohith Yadav B R 6½
69 Hima Surya K 5½ 110 Lakshmi Sai Bhargav V 4½
on the occasion were Mr Taduri Srinivas, 29 Krishna Karthik N 6½
70 Karthikeya Sambhangi 5½ 111 Sanketh Reddi K R K K 4½
Chairman of Most Backward Classes Cor- 30 Aravind P V S 6½
71 Abhilash Raghusala 5½ 112 Gayapu Linga Reddy 4½
poration, Ramana (SATS), Srinivas Reddy, 31 Saketh Kumar Reddy C 6½
72 Himesh Empally 5½ 113 Ravi Teja Macherla 4½
Corporator Shanthi Saizen Shekar, Indo Chi- 32 Perumallu K. 6½
73 Sampat Kumar M V 5½ 114 Sai Sricharitha Varenya 4½
T
he Delhi Chess Association FIDE Rated Manabi Chouhan of West Bengal adjudged as 23 Utkarsh Gupta 7 64 Avinya Mohan Singh 6½
Chess Tournament for Below 1600 rated best female player while Ajay Narayan Trip- 24 Devi Das Suresh Pai 7 65 Murarilal Kori 6½
players was held at Jawaharlal Nehru athi of Madhya Pradesh become best among 25 Debata Sarthak 7 66 Manabi Chouhan 6½
Stadium, New Delhi from 13-15 May 2017. unrated players. Arnal Nanal of Maharashtra, 26 Sugunesh Babu 7 67 Prem Anantha Rajan V. 6½
A total number of 850 players which includes Sudhanshu Nikam of Maharashtra, Avinaya 27 Jatinder Singh 7 68 Aanandha Kumar M S 6½
604 International rated players from different Mohan Singh of Chattisgarh and Qamar
28 Shivshankar Iyer S 7 69 Kritika Pal 6½
parts of India, Nepal, Ireland and USA partic- Naim of Uttar Pradesh finished best among
29 Manikanta Singh T 7 70 Kumar Reddy M V 6½
ipated in the event which were spread over Under-9, Under-12, Under-15 and Veteran
30 Gaha Narayan 7 71 Dhimal Bharat 6½
3 days with a time control of 60 minutes and respectively. Daaevik Wadhawan and Kritika
30 seconds increment from move 1. The total Pal become Best Delhi player and Best Delhi 31 Kapil Sharma 7 72 Qamar Naim 6½
prize fund of the event was Rs. 17,70,000. girl player respectively. 32 Babel T Divyanshu 7 73 Kalpesh Dihora 6½
In the closing ceremony, Shri. Bharat Singh, 33 Vishal Thorat 7 74 Shrikant Bardiya 6½
The Tournament was played under Swiss CEO All India Chess Federation gave away the 34 Stephen Malsawmtluanga 7 75 Lalfakmawia P C 6½
System with nine rounds and had Bikash cash prizes and trophies to the winners along 35 Thakkar Romil J 7 76 Sharma Vaibhav 6½
Chandra of West Bengal with 1599 rating as with Shri. D Srihari, Secretary The Andhra 36 Aashish Choudhary 7 77 Aryan Pankaj Kasera 6½
top seed. With Round one starting on time Pradesh Chess Association and Shri. AK Ver- 37 Rohit Roy Chaudhary 7 78 Nishant Vakani 6½
without any formal inauguration and the ma, Hony Secretary Delhi Chess Association. 38 Gursimar Singh Arneja 7 79 Devansh Singh 6½
players went into their business mode from Final ranking (first 100 placings only) 39 Anit Kumar Agarwal 7 80 Raj Kumar(up) 6½
the start itself. 40 Parth Arora 7 81 Raaj Bajaj 6½
Rk Name Pts 41 Mahendar B 7 82 Mukeshkumar Parmar 6½
The tournament progressed on expected 1 Somakanta Singh Haobam 8½
42 Wairagade Khush 6½ 83 Suthar Manish 6½
lines with lot of twists and turns. In the pe- 2 Subhash Kumar M 8½
43 Gopikrishnan S 6½ 84 Ullas Krishnan U B 6½
nultimate round, Somakant Singh Haobam 3 Ranjith Kalaiyarasan 8
44 Vishwanath Kannam 6½ 85 Tohin Kumar Halder 6½
of Manipur defeated Harbib Qureshi Raaz of 4 Kotha Surya N 8
Madhya Pradesh to take sole lead and a quick 45 Aarohon Bharadwaj 6½ 86 Dabhi Sangeet H 6½
5 Om Chauhan 8
draw in the final round against Abhinandan 46 Paritosh Malvi 6½ 87 Mohd. Arshi Khan 6½
6 Abhinandan Mohan 8
Mohan of Uttar Pradesh took his point tally 47 Dhanvij Ansh 6½ 88 Debiprasad Sarkar 6½
7 Ragesh Sarma.M 8
to 8.5 points. Subhash Kumar of Telangana 48 Saurav Agarwal 6½ 89 Mishra Jayesh 6½
8 Soham Saha 7½
joined Somakanta at the pole position after 49 Anirudh Jain 6½ 90 Vangala Prashanth 6½
9 Md. Furqan Khan 7½
a hard fought victory over Habib Qureshi 50 Atma Prakash 6½ 91 Singh Dinesh Pratap 6½
Raaz in the final round. But better tie break 10 Bala Ganeshan 7½
51 Manikandan Tayalan 6½ 92 Choudhary Pushpendra Kumar 6½
score helped Somakanta to clinch the title 11 Bhawesh Pandiyar 7½
52 Waikar Varun 6½ 93 Suman Yaddanapudi 6½
along with cash prize of 1,51,000/-. Subhash 12 Rajesh Kumar Shukla 7½
53 Nikam Sudhanshu 6½ 94 Sanjib Chatterjee 6
Kumar satisfied with first runner position to 13 Arun Kumar 7½
54 Imran Hussain 6½ 95 Arbaz Shekh 6
secure cash award of Rs. 1,25,000/- while 14 Bhat Siddharth K 7½
55 Stephen Raj A 6½ 96 Jagan V 6
Ranjith Kalaiyarasan of Puducherry finished 15 Satyam Prakash 7½
56 Daaevik Wadhawan 6½ 97 Kirtana S P 6
as second runner up with 8 points and be- 16 Jayesh T A 7
57 Gaurav Nishad 6½ 98 Uttam Prakash Sharma 6
come richer by one lakh rupees. 17 Habib Qureshi Raaz 7
58 Phani Kanuri 6½ 99 Shah Dhaval 6
18 Jain J S 7
59 Abeer Nandrajog 6½ 100 Gupta Shailendra 6
T
13 Paramasivam M. 6½ 54 Aravindaswami T 5½
he 3rd Hatsun Idhayam FIDE Rat- of draws on top boards, Harikrishnan and 14 Shakthi Vishal J 6½ 55 Harini S. 5½
ed Chess Tournament, organised by Kunal continued to lead with 7 points each at 15 Gowtham K K 6½ 56 Suganthan S 5½
Virudhunagar Chess Club at VSVN Pol- the end of the eighth and penultimate round. 16 AGM Rathneesh R 6½ 57 Bala Kannamma P 5½
ytechnic, Virudhunagar attracted about 270 The tournament was poised for an exciting 17 Peter Anand A 6½ 58 Rooswelt 5½
players from Tamil Nadu, AP, Telanagana, finish, as nine others were breathing at the
18 Godson Merlin E 6½ 59 Srijan J 5½
Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Maharash- shoulders of the leaders with 6.5 points each.
19 Anilkumar O.T. 6½ 60 Hemachandran M 5½
tra and Jharkhand. International master P. Kunal and Gukesh settled for an early draw.
20 Marimuthu K 6½ 61 Jinan Jomon 5½
Shyaamnikhil, international master elects Shyaamnikhil used his vast resources to break
Ara Harikrishnan and M. Kunal all from Ta- 21 Sreekumar P. 6½ 62 Kumaresh A 5½
open the sturdy defence of Harikrishnan to
mil Nadu were the top three seeds, followed script a win. Manu David Suthanthiram, S 22 Dhanasekaran Suresh R. 6½ 63 Divyan T 5½
by Asian Under 9 champion D. Gukesh of Kumar and P. Mythireyan also recorded wins 23 Subramanian V 6½ 64 Shadursshaan R 5½
AP. The tournament was of 9 round Swiss to scored 7.5 points to tie with Kunbal and 24 Karuppasamy C 6½ 65 Kathiravan S 5½
format, with a time control of 90 minutes to Shyaam. When the tiebreaks were applied, 25 Anirudh D Venkat 6½ 66 Shyaam M 5½
each player, with an increment of 30 seconds Kunal was decalred winner followed by Shy- 26 Rajeev V M 6½ 67 AIM M ohammed Shamil A 5½
per move. aamnikhil and others in the above order. 27 Vijin Babu S 6½ 68 Rajkumar N 5½
In the inaugural round, former TN State Kunal received Rs.50,000/- and Shyaam got 28 Badrinath S. 6 69 Tarun Vaibhav V 5½
women champion S. Harini was held to a draw Rs.30000/-. A total cash prize of 4.5 lakhs 29 Yogit S 6 70 Yashwanth Raj S 5½
by K. Yogaraj of TN. A similar result was on was awarded in the form of about 230 prizes. 30 Selvamurugan B 6 71 Vel Murugan B 5½
cards for the state women champion P. Bala 31 Dharmaraj P. 6 72 Sivashankar M 5½
Kannamma, when she met low rated Arjun Sri. TKSPA Shanmugamoorthy, Secretary of
32 Nanda Kumar T.S. 6 73 Bhadrinathan A 5½
Sidharth in the second round. Fourth round VSVN Polytechnic inaugurated the tourna-
33 Kavitha P L 6 74 Arjun Sidharth S 5½
witnessed the Madurai talents B Selvamuru- ment in the presence of Sri. VMG. Rajaseka-
34 Jayasangar T 6 75 Muthu Jeyram M 5½
gan, and TS Nandakumar extricating half a ran industrialist and Vice President of VDCA.
point each from the top two seeds Shyaam 35 Prawin K 6 76 Sivanandha V 5½
Sri. VVR Idhayam Muthu, one of the spon-
anf Hari respectively. Kunal emerged the sors of the tournament was the chief guest 36 Vishnu Viswanathan P 6 77 Jagendran Kamak N 5½
sole leader at the end of the fifth round by in the prize distribution function and Sri. S. 37 Chujeeth Vignesh A 6 78 Vigneshwar D P 5½
beating former under 17 TN champion SS Eswaran BE., of SPK Hotel, Madurai was the 38 Prashanth J Naik 6 79 Sangeetha P 5
Manigandan of Madurai, as other top board guest of honour. 39 Srihari L 6 80 Aravinth Shanmugam S 5
games ended without any decisive result. Final ranking 40 Gokul S 6 81 Sivasubramanian Manoj 5
Rk Name Pts 41 Rathina Sabapathi A 6 82 Lekshanth M 5
Tough fighting prevailed in the sixth round, as 1 Kunal M. 7½ 42 Srivatsan Sekar 6 83 Unnikrishnan M A 5
there were only two draws in the first fifteen 2 IM Shyaamnikhil P 7½ 43 Shetty Murugan 6 84 Prithvi Rajan 5
games, leading to a six way share of the 3 Manu David Suthandram R 7½ 44 Jayashri K K 6 85 Meenatchi Rajam V 5
lead. Harikrishnan defeated Yogit of Chen- 4 Kumar S. 7½ 45 Rathish T.J. 6 86 Arun Prasad Raja V 5
nai and Kunal got the better of Dusthageer 5 Mythireyan P 7½ 46 Jos Paul Davis 6 87 Vigneshwaran K 5
of Madurai to seize the lead with 6.5 points
6 CM Gukesh D 7 47 Lenin A G 6 88 Femil Chelladurai 5
each, with Shyaamnikhil, Gukesh, S Kumar
7 Harikrishnan.A.Ra 7 48 Aravind Matthews A C T 6 89 Sriram K 5
and Manu David Suthanthiram of Chennai
8 Manigandan S S 7 49 Muthu P 6 90 Anandan Arunachalakani 5
half a point behind the leaders. After a spate
9 Swaraj Palit 7 50 Chandra Sekharan A P 6 91 Murugan M 5
1
27 Sumit Roy 6½ 70 Sangeen Mandre 5½
st SL Mangrudiya FIDE Rating Chess to 5th. positions respectively.
28 Satyanarayana P. 6½ 71 Chaudhary Pallav 5½
Tournament 2017 was organized by The prize distribution function of 1st SL
29 Nandha Kumar K 6½ 72 Babel T Divyanshu 5½
Chess Inlakecityunder the aegis of All Mangrudiya FIDE Rating Chess Tournament
30 Srivastava Anurag 6½ 73 Jain Nityata 5½
Rajputana Chess Association, from 30th- 2017 was held on 4thApril, 2017 at 3 pm at
31 Dave Kantilal 6½ 74 Leeladhar Kachroo 5½
March to 4thApril, 2017. at Sahu Samudaik SahuSamudaikBhavan, Udaipur. Shri Deven-
32 Kadam Om Manish 6½ 75 Rajesh Kumar Sharma 5½
Bhavan, Udaipur. The Total Number of partici- draSahu , Member District Sports Council, Dr.
33 Jaspreet Singh 6½ 76 Nimdia Ridit 5½
pants were 330including 3 IM, a current Asian Om Sahu VP, Chess in lakecity, Shri Ravin-
34 Ankit Payal 6½ 77 Ananmay Sharma 5½
Senior Champion. GM Norm holder IM Wazir draShrimali, Chairman, UIT Udaipur, Shri Anil
35 Nand Kishore Chandel 6½ 78 Agarwal Saket 5½
Ahmed Khan also one of the participants. Sharma , Rt . Chief Engineer PWD, Rajasthan
36 Srinivasa Rao G.V. 6½ 79 Utkarsh Agrawal 5½
The total tally of rated players were 226. ,ShriDevnarayanDhabhai , VP District Sports
37 Hriday Dharmesh Sheth 6½ 80 Darsh Kansal 5½
The tournament was inaugurated at the Council , Shri ShatrudhanBandwal, President
38 Niranjan Mocharla 6 81 Golvankar Dilip K 5½
hands of Shri. Chandra Singh Kothari, Mayor BuddhibalsevaSansthan , Udaipur, Shri Anil
39 Rathore Sonakshi 6 82 Roshan Abendhra Ramesh 5½
Udaipur. Other guests present on the dais Mangrudiya , Org. Chairman and IA Swap-
40 Rawat R.S. 6 83 Bonu Ravi Kumar 5½
were Prem Singh Shaktawat ,Shri. Pankaj nilBansod Chief Arbiter were present on the
41 IM Wazeer Ahmad Khan 6 84 Raghav Srivathsav V 5½
Mangrudia,DevendraSahu, Rajendra Bordia, occasion.
42 AFM Choubey Saurabh 6 85 Dr Sanjay Date 5½
Narayan Lal Sharma ,Rajeev Bardwaj, Pres- Final ranking
43 Arbaz Shekh 6 86 Srikrishnan P 5½
ident Chess In lakecity and IA SwapnilBan- Rk Name Pts
44 Roshan S 6 87 Yash Tulapurkar 5½
sod, Chief Arbiter. After the inaugural function 1 IM Kulkarni Vikramaditya 9
45 Ayan Banerjee 6 88 Aayush Bhattacherjee 5½
thetechnical meeting was arranged. All the 2 IM Himanshu Sharma 8
46 Gautam Kataria 6 89 Bharadia Madhav 5½
tournament regulations were discussed and 3 Vinod R. Sharma 7½
47 Ansh M Shah 6 90 Sudhakar 5½
finalized in the meeting, including the shifting 4 Jay Kundaliya 7½
48 Singh Vimlesh Kumar 6 91 Madhusudhan Reddy E 5½
of venue for all the remaining rounds after 5 Badavath Anand 7½
49 Katiyar Prashant 6 92 Rahul Dev Das 5½
the round 1. 6 Dahale Atul 7
50 Dave Shiv Shankar 6 93 Kamdar Umang 5½
Second SeedIM Vikramaditya Kulkarni of 7 Sanjeet Manohar 7
51 Vikramaditya Mukhija 6 94 Gohel Bimal Ramnik 5½
Rlys, clinched the title of the tournament. He 8 Sumit Grover 7
52 AGM Rathneesh R 6 95 Aanya Agarwal 5½
beat Sing Soram Rahul of Assam in the last 9 Dere Pushkar 7
53 Bhogal Rupesh 6 96 Hamendra Singh Makwana 5½
round of the tournament to score 9 points 10 Sharma Vaibhav 7
54 Govind Kumar Chandel 6 97 Johney Mandal 5½
out of maximum 9.Vikramadityawon all his 11 Chandrajeet Singh Rajawat 7
55 Subhadip Seth 6 98 Saran Kumar Thakur 5½
games and scored a perfect 9. At the end of 12 Abhay Bandewar 7
56 Gupta Dinesh 6 99 Thakkar Jatan 5½
5th round Vikramaditya, IM Himanshu Shar- 13 Sher Singh 7
57 Deepak Batra 6 100 Sharma Avinash 5
ma and AtulDahale leading the tournament 14 Rishabh Nishad 7
58 Rajendra Singh Rana 6 101 Karthik P M 5
with 5 points each.In6th round game Vikram- 15 Suresh Kolavapalli 7
59 Ayush Lodha 6 102 Gawade Milind 5
aditya beat Himanshu and crushed himan- 16 Mraduhas Tripathi 7
60 Soham Kamotra 6 103 Jain Adi 5
shu’s 2500 live rating dream.IM Himanshu 17 Esshan Wadhawan 7
61 Arun Kataria 6 104 AIM Mandloi Mukesh 5
Sharma, the top seed of tournament, finished 18 Singh Soram Rahul 6½
62 Purushotham Joshi 6 105 Kamdar Aparva 5
2nd with 8 points.He lost his only game to IM 19 Sahil Dhawan 6½
63 Aswin.P.G 6 106 Dhruv Dak 5
Vikramaditya Kulkarni.Vinod Sharma of Rlys, 20 Vikash Kumar Dwivedi 6½
64 Mumukshu Mittal 6 107 Sharma Vicky 5
Jay Kundaliya of GUJ and BhavdatAnand of 21 Tamal Chakrabarty 6½
65 Srivatsan Sekar 6 108 Jadhav Rahul 5
AP scored 7.5 points each and finished in 3rd 22 Dilip Das 6½
1
st Khammam All India Fide Rating open 25 Abhilash Varma A 6½ 66 Srilahari Mudumba 5½
Open Chess tournament. He secured 9
Chess Tournament was held at Hotel Se- 26 Bommidi Nithin Kumar 6½ 67 Sri Anjana Sarvani M 5½
points of 10 rounds by winning 8 games and
quel Resort, Khammam, Telangana, one drawing two games. The Prize distribution 27 Sai Dhanush V 6½ 68 Shivas Reddy K 5½
of the prominent and well known Hotels in function took place at Hotel Sequel Resort at 28 Pavani Prasanth K 6½ 69 Karunya Shesha Sai Y 5½
the city from 5th May to 10th May 2017. The 4pm. The Chief guest of the event was MLA 29 Mourya Manyam 6½ 70 Varma G Y C 5½
Tournament was organized by Anamchinni Mr Puvadda Ajay Kumar. Other dignitaries 30 Vangala Prashanth 6½ 71 Vamsi Krishna Ratnakaram 5
Foundation in association with Telangana present on the occasion were, Indo China 31 Suryasumedh Behera 6½ 72 Biswajith Krishna Ch 5
State Chess Association. The Tournament Summit Manager Mr K S Prasad, AICF Chess 32 Sanketh Reddi K R K K 6 73 Vishnu Komanduri 5
attracted 165 players, with 37 rated players. in Schools Member Mr A Venkateshwara Rao, 33 Varshith Nela 6 74 Akkula Mahesh 5
Sequel CEO , Mr Ramakrishna, Resonance 34 Srinivas Bangarapu 6 75 Sriram Paramathma A 5
The event was inaugurated on 4th May with Info school Chairman, Mr R V Nagendra 35 Rozer Samuel P A 6 76 Satya Vaishnavi Jami 5
a grand function. The Dignitaries present Kumar, Mr Murali, Anamchinni Foundation 36 Adhvaith Kodam 6 77 Yeramala Bharath 5
on the inauguration were- Karnati Veerab- Member, Ms A Sai Ramya, Ms Aimavati 37 Ramesh Kumar Dontha 6 78 Sivaramakrishna Jampana 5
hadram (Tournament adviser), Anamchinni , Ms Geeta, Mr Nagendra , Mr Ramu, Mr 38 Vidya Sagar J.B.M. 6 79 Shashi Prakash A 5
Venkateshwar Rao, Member chess in schools Promodraj Moree Chief Arbiter. The guests 39 Venkata Krishna Komanduri 6 80 Aleti Tharun 5
Committee, R V Nagendra Kumar (Chairman, distributed the prizes to the winners. 40 Navile Venkatamurali 6 81 George Burugumala 5
resonance Educational Institutions, Rama Final ranking 41 Pokala Tarun Teja 6 82 Shreeramchandra V 5
Krishna Elluri, CEO, Sequel Resorts, Ramya Rk Name Pts
42 Lakavath Nagesh 6 83 Sai Ganesh Mokkapati 5
Venkat, Chairperson, Telangana State Chess 1 Varun V 9
43 Davuluri Vihar 6 84 Apurva Vanama 5
in Schools Foundation, Nagendra (HMTVE). 2 Badavath Anand 8½
44 Vaibhav Ladda 6 85 Abhiram Vaddi 5
3 Satyanarayana P. 8
The event started on 5th May 2017 with one 45 Sanjana Ch 6 86 Pindiprolu Vidya 5
4 Rao J. Malleswara 8
round on 1st day. All the top seeded players 46 Bhavya Sree Yeramala 6 87 Pinni Venkatanarayana 5
5 Joel Paul G 8
sailed smoothly to win in the first round. On 47 Samhitha Thantarapalli 6 88 Sri Vishnu Shiva A 5
6 Shaik Gouse 8
the next four days we had two rounds per 48 Vishvas Reddy K 6 89 Talla Nischal 5
7 Sri Sai Baswanth P 7½
day and then final day last round with prize 49 Parupalli ChandrashekarT G 6 90 Uttham Naresh P 5
8 Venkat Narasimha Rao P 7½
distribution in the evening. 50 Karthikeya Sambhangi 6 91 Krishna Sai Koushik P 5
9 Gopathi Yogi Yashwanth 7½
51 Bhaskar Bachala 6 92 Sai Satya Saketh Vudattu 5
10 Narasimha Rao Konda 7
52 Magam Vasista Sai 6 93 Victor Joseph D 5
Important results of the Final 10th Round 11 Nanditha V 7
53 Kotha Bharath Reddy 6 94 Raja Konjerla 5
:Krishna Karthik N (7) lost to Varun V(9), Rao 12 Sampat Kumar M V 7
54 Venkata Sai Madhav Varma 6 95 Harsha Vardhan Gedhala 5
J Malleshwara (8) drew with Satyanarayana P 13 Sri Sai Harsha Kuralla 7
55 Sanjaychandra Samudrala 6 96 Meghana Pasam 5
(8), Badavath Anand(8.5) Beat Sri Sai Bas- 14 Krishna Karthik N 7
56 Srinivas Gopal Reddy K 6 97 Yata Manaswini 5
wanth (7.5), Velupula Sarayu (7) lost to Joel 15 Gorthi Madan Gopal 7
57 Charumati K 5½ 98 Nagendhraprasad P (VC) 5
Paul G(8), Sahik Gouse (8) beat chakravarthi 16 Ravikumar M 7
58 Pranay Reddy B 5½ 99 Venukumar G 4½
S V C (6.5). 17 Velpula Sarayu 7
59 Pindiprolu Srinivas 5½ 100 Bommidi Nikhitha 4½
18 Dammalapati Sri Ram 7
60 Ramesh Kasani 5½ 101 Dhruthi Sriprada M 4½
Varun V of Telangana became the Champion 19 Sai Suhash K V K 7
61 Sai Janani Pothula 5½ 102 Arush Srivatsa U S 4½
of the 1st Khammam All India Fide Rating 20 Md Bashiq Imrose 7
A
A total of 70 players from different States 4 Akhilesh K. Srivastava 6½ 47 Rajapandian Vijay 4
ll India FIDE Rating National Open
took part in this event. Out of these 70 5 Yudhajeet De 6½ 48 Abhishek Kumar Shah 4
Chess Tournament for the Visually
players, 34 players were rated and 36 were 6 Venkat Reddy S 6½ 49 Md. Isrfin Baks 4
Challenged was inaugurated on 24th
unrated. Top seed was Makwana Ashvin K 7 Shambhu Kumar Roy(vc) 6½ 50 Meghnath Mondal 3½
July 2017 on 10.00 am at Asha Lata Vikal-
with a Irtg-1826 , Top seed Makwana Ashvin 8 Nemai Das 6½ 51 Rakesh Kumar 3½
anga Kendra , Sector V , Bokaro Steel City.
K clinched the Championship Title and be- 9 Suman Kumar Blind 6½ 52 Subho Singh 3½
This FIDE Rating Tournament for Visually
came the Champion of “All India FIDE Rating 10 Viral Trivedi 6 53 Ajit Oran 3½
Impaired persons is organised for the first
National Open Chess Tournament for the Vis- 11 Madan Jana 6 54 Shahjada Salim 3½
time in Bokaro Steel City as well as in the
ually Challenged” and was awarded a Cash 12 Chirantan C Mesariya 6 55 Vijay Kumar 3½
entire Jharkhand State. This tournament was
Prize of Rs.8000/- along with Certificate. He 13 Madhukesh Ram 6 56 Amar Kumar Sharma 3
inaugurated by the Chief Guest Shri Paban
scored 7.5 points out of 9 rounds. Sujit J 14 Hariharan Gandhi 5½ 57 Manoj Kumar 3
Kumar Singh, CEO Bokaro Steel Plant. Many
Chudasama and Milind Samant became 2nd 15 Agesh Kumar A 5½ 58 Ravinder Kumar 3
Officials and dignitaries of Bokaro Steel Plant
and 3rd respectively. The Total prize money of 16 Aniruddha Khunte 5½ 59 Bhawarlal Prajapat 3
and Asha Lata were present in this colourful
the entire tournament was Rs.52,000/-. Not 17 Sudhira Kumar Nayak (blind) 5½ 60 Chandralesh Kumar 3
ceremony. This tournament was organized
a single protest/claim was there during that 18 Dipak Kumar Bhoi 5½ 61 Sivadasan Madathil 3
by Asha-Lata under the Aegis of AICFB,
period. Tournament was smoothly conducted 19 Subodh Rajvanshi 5½ 62 Shahina Ibrahim 3
AICF and FIDE. Zaika Resort , ONGC, SAIL
by me with the help of so many volunteers 20 Vikas Shitole 5½ 63 Ashis Biswas 2½
, Hindusthan Copper Ltd, and BPACL extend
provided by the organiser. 21 Megha Chakraborty 5½ 64 Ajay Sahoo 2½
their hands as a sponsor for this noble event.
22 Balaram Hansda 5½ 65 Arindam Guchhait 2½
The closing Ceremony was held in a befitting 23 Mirjan Sekh 5½ 66 Ramesh Kumar Singh 2½
Asha-Lata Institute is a registered NGO
manner. Deputy Commissioner of Police, 24 Pratima Ghosh 5½ 67 Kalu Charan Nayak 2½
working for Education, Development and
Bokaro City, Mr. Rai Mahimapat Ray (IPS) , 25 Mercel Tomkinson 5 68 Amar Kanta Jhankar 2
Rehabilitation of all categories of Divyang
Mr. Vikram Shanan ,CEO Zaika were present 26 Patel Lav 5 69 Niranjan Swain 1
Children, such as hearing impaired, visually
in this ceremony & gave away the prizes to all 27 Rajkumar Bhagat 5 70 Subhash Shaw 0
impaired, mentally retarded and orthope-
the winners. Many players will get Elo rating 28 Prathap Reddy B 5
dically impaired including autism, cerebral When Grand Masters play, they see the
and some players got partial rating from this 29 Vijay Arumugham 5
palsy and multiple disabilities. logic of their opponent's moves. One's
event. I express my thanks to the organizing 30 Shiv Kumar Sahu 5
moves may be so powerful that the oth-
body for giving me an opportunity to under- 31 Dharmaraj R 5
They provided a big AC hall for playing, with er may not be able to stop him, but the
take the responsibility as Chief Arbiter for 32 Mahesh Sudam Mhabdi 5
sufficient drinking water and washroom facil- plan behind the moves will be clear. Not
this event. I express my special thanks to 33 Milan Adhikari 5
ities. The organisers arranged an A.C Lodg- so with Fischer. His moves did not make
Asha Lata and their entire volunteer team for 34 Pradeep K K 5
ing facilities for all the players, officials and sense - at least to all the rest of us they
their immense support. Without their support 35 Rathi Himanshi 4½
parents. They provide a beautiful Cafeteria, didn't. We were playing chess, Fischer was
this is not possible for anybody to make this 36 Hemant Rao 4½
from where all the participants , officials and playing something else, call it what you
event a grand success. The Press and Media 37 Abhay Ram 4½
others can get their breakfast , lunch , and will. Naturally, there would come a time
covered the event well and we had consid- 38 Sidhanta Nayak 4½
dinner free of cost. There was no entry fee when we finally would understand what
erably very good support from the parents 39 Rahul Navghane 4
for all the participants.Digital Chess Clocks those moves had been about. But by then
and guardian of the participants. 40 Sankar Chakraborty (blind) 4
were provide in all the boards. it was too late. We were dead.
41 Raj Das 4
- Mark Taimanov
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23 Aaryan Varshney 6 64 Shivam Kumar 5
hird Pavna All India Fide rated Chess Singh while IM Himanshu Sharma finished
24 Katiyar Prashant 6 65 M Thangapandian 5
Tournament was inaugurated on May 3rd place.
25 Saurav Agarwal 6 66 Aashman Gupta 5
19, 2017 by Mr. Mukesh Jain , Executive
Director of Pavna Group. He made a ceremo- In a clourful closing ceremony , Chief Guest 26 Shweta Priyadarshini 6 67 Arnav Haldia 5
nial move on the Chess board and declare Swapnil Jain , Pro Chairman of Pavna Group 27 Nakul Chaudhary 6 68 Varshney Roopak 5
the tournament open. During his speech on ,Guest of Honor Rajiv Agrwal , Chairman , 28 Tripathi Skand 6 69 Parth Bhatnagar 5
occasion , Mr. Jain appreciated the effort of Plus Point Ltd. and Special Guest Vijay Bajaj 29 Rajat Pratap Singh 6 70 Vikram Vishwajeet 5
District Chess Association of Aligarh and its , Chairman , Lock Master of India gave away 30 Sharma S K 6 71 Yadav Narayan 5
office bearer . He promised to continue his the prizes to all the winners in presence of 31 Gabbar 6 72 Asif Mohammad Tayyeb 5
support to the game of Chess and this tour- Mrs. Pallavi Upadhyay , Principal , D.P.S. , 32 Singh Amarjit 5½ 73 Divyanshu Sharma 5
nament. Mrs. Pallavi Upadhyay, Principal , Agra Road , Aligarh . 33 Aaryansh Bhartiya 5½ 74 Gaurav Varshney 5
D.P.S. Agra road, Aligarh , was also present Chief Arbiter Dharmendra delivered the 34 Shankar Kuldeep 5½ 75 Sahil Jamal Ansari 5
there as guest of honour . On behalf of organ- tournament report , Vijay Kumar Pachisiya , 35 Kartikey Verma 5½ 76 Rajesh Kumar Garg 5
ization as well as District Chess Association , Treasurer , DCSA,Aligarh welcomed the gath- 36 Hariom Solanki 5½ 77 Devansh Singh 5
Chandramohan Sadani welcomed the guest ering and Chandra Mohan Sadani Secretary ,
37 Himanshu Agarwal 5½ 78 Pramod Kumar Sharma 5
and players while Mr. Vijay Kumar Pachisiya DCSA, Aligarh presented the vote of thanks.
38 Ayush Sharma 5½ 79 Saxena Vikash 5
,Treasurer deliver the vote of thanks.
39 Arnav Maheshwari 5½ 80 Nitul Khare 4½
Final ranking
Soon after the inaugural ceremony , Chief Rk Name Pts 40 Raghav H S 5½ 81 Kranti Kumar Gupta 4½
Arbiter IA Dharmendra Kumar conducted a 1 Gusain Himal 8½ 41 Awasthi Balgovind 5½ 82 Raghuraman V 4½
players meeting to discuss and frame the 2 Gajendra Singh 7½ 42 Ashvani Saini 5½ 83 Munna Das Bairagi 4½
necessary regulations for tournament. 3 IM Himanshu Sharma 7½ 43 Daaevik Wadhawan 5½ 84 Arnav Kushwaha 4½
4 Anuj Shrivatri 7 44 Shashi Nand Kumar 5½ 85 Tejas Gupta 4½
3rd Pavna Open took off for 9 round tour- 5 Deepak Katiyar 7 45 Kritika Pal 5½ 86 Shambhavi Srivastava 4½
nament with 181 players including GM elect 46 Gupta Tanish 5½ 87 Akhil Chaudhary 4½
6 Dubey Sanchay 7
IM Himanshu Sharma on May 19, 2017 at 4 47 Yung David 5½ 88 Kunal Kishore 4½
7 Ankit Sen 7
o’clock evening. Time control was 90 minute 48 Himanshu Prakash 5½ 89 Arunesh Narain Gaur 4½
8 Sharma Pankaj 7
with 30 sec/move from move 1. However 49 Atul Bihari Sharan 5½ 90 Shiva Garg 4½
9 Rishabh Nishad 6½
, top seed IM Himanshu Sharma missed
10 Sumit Grover 6½ 50 Jay Saxena 5½ 91 Aashi Upadhayay 4½
his first round as couldn’t reached up the
11 Deepak Rai 6½ 51 Vijay Kumar Agrawal 5 92 Aditya Pratap Singh 4½
city within time . IM elect Himal Gusain of
12 Dave Kantilal 6½ 52 Neelesh Raj Singh 5 93 Arun Kumar Saxena 4½
Chandigarh was in his full form and he just
13 Esshan Wadhawan 6½ 53 Medha Chauhan 5 94 Mukul Kumar Tyagi 4½
allowed to share half point with IM Himanshu
Sharma. He scored 8.5/9 and clinch the title 14 Leeladhar Kachroo 6½ 54 Patil Priyanshu 5 95 Hemendra Singh Tomar 4½
of 3rd Pavna Fide Rating Chess Tournament 15 Negi D.S. 6½ 55 Garv Rai 5 96 Parmod Kharbash 4
. Winner of last 2 edition IM Himanshu Shar- 16 Verma Ashu 6½ 56 Tiwari O P 5 97 Vinayak Verma 4
ma scored 7.5 point with Gajendra Singh of 17 Sharma Varun 6½ 57 Singh Dinesh Pratap 5 98 Ashraf Ali 4
LIC (UP) but not lucky enough to secure 2nd 18 Haribabu Sharma 6½ 58 Saini Ashutosh 5 99 Sara Prakash 4
position even. 2nd place went to Gajendra 59 Wais S M 5 100 Syed M Hussain Jafry 4
S
ivakasi Chess Sparklers is organising nobody to guess or have a clue about the Wei Yi of China and R Vaishali of India won the Asian Continental Blitz Chess
a major fide rated tournament every winner. The pattern did not change in the Championships in China on May 21, 2017. Wei Yi who won the Chinese
year in Sivakasi, inviting strong players final round also. On the top boards IM Mu- Championship recently tied for first place with former world champion
from all over India. The third edition of the ralikrishnan had to be content with a draw Rustam Kasimdzhanov scoring 7.5/9.
tournament conducted from 18.5.2017 to and on the second board, Muthaiah inflicted
22.5.2017 is no exception with about 325 a defeat on Gukesh. While Kunal and IM Vr Aravindh Chithambaram scored seven points and shared the third
players participating in the five days open Chakkravarthy Reddy overcame the stiff re- place with China’s Bai Jinshi. A total of 18 Indians played in this event,
tournament. The playing field included IM sistance from Harini and Manigandan. Kunal, nine in Open and nine in the women sections.Vaishali won the Women’s
elects A Ra Harikrishnan and M. Kunal of Murali, Muthaiah, Chakkravarthy Reddy and section starting as the 16th seed. She remained undefeated drawing
Tamil Nadu as the top two seeds, IM Mura- RM Subramanian scored 7.5 points each ad Khademalsharieh Sarasadat (Iri) and Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh (Mgl). India
likrishnan BT of Railways, IM Chakkravarthy tied for the first place. Kunal, fresh from had a second member in the podium when Padmini Rout finished third
Reddy of Telangana and Asian Under 9 cham- his victory at Virudhunagar five days back, with seven points. Padmini played a shade below expectations, starting as third seed and
pion D. Gukesh of Andhra Pradesh. secured the first place, followed by Murali finishing third. Top seed Khademalsharieh Sarasadat of Iran finished second.
and Muthaiah. Kunal was awarded with a
In the first two rounds, seeded players had a cash prize of Rs.70000/- and Murali received The Asian Continental started with a one day blitz on May 21 at Chengdu City in Sichuan
smooth sailing. In the third round, PL Kavitha Rs.50000/- for his efforts. All the players Province. The time control for blitz was 3 minutes for the whole game plus an increment of
of Tamil Nadu, shocked S. Harini also of Tamil were complimented with chess sets and free two seconds per move. It was organised by the Chinese Chess Association. Sixty-six players
Nadu, who is rated about 500 points above lunch on all days of the tournament. from 17 nations took part in this event.
the former. SS manigandan a former Tamil
Nadu champion in the under 17 category held The inauguration was a grand and elite Final placings: 1-2. Wei Yi (Chn), Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzb) 7.5/9 each; 3-4. Bai Jinshi
the top seed Harikrishnan to a draw in the function, with stalwarts from FIDE, AICF and (Chn), Vr Aravindh Chithambaram (Ind) 7 each; 5-8. Lu Shanglei (Chn), Nguyen Ngoc
fifth round. Similarly, fourth seeded Gulesh TNSCA attending it. Vice President of FIDE Truong Son (Vie), M.R. Lalith Babu, Vidit Gujrathi (both Ind) 6.5 each; 9-11. Maghsood-
also had to be content with a draw against Sri. DV. Sundar inaugurated the tournament loo Parham (Iri), B Adhiban (Ind), Wang Hao (Chn) 6 each; 22 Surya S Ganguly 5, 24-25
M. Barath Kalyan, a Commonwealth silver in the august presence of Sri.V. Hariharan, Sandipan Chanda, S.P. Sethuraman 5 each, 36 Deep Sengupta 4.5, 57 Karthikeyan Murali
medallist in age category. Five players – M secretary of AICF and General Secretary of 3…66 players.
Kunal, AL Muthaiah, S Yogit of Chennai BT TNSCA and Sri. B. Murugavel, Vice president
Muralikrishnan and Chakkravarthy Reedy led of TNSCA. Sri. AMSG Asokan, industrialist Final placings (women): 1 R Vaishali (Ind) 8/9; 2 Khademalsharieh Sarasadat (Iri) 7.5; 3
with five points in as many rounds. Kunal and Correspondent of Arasan Ganesan Poly- Padmini Rout (Ind) 7 each; 4-6. Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh (Mgl), Pham Le Thao Nguyen (Vie),
escaped from the clutches of defeat against technic College was the chief guest and other Frayna Janelle Mae (Phi), Zhu Chen (Qat), Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (Vie), Hoang Thi Bao Tram
international arbiter S Ganesh Babu, who dignitaries present were Sri. A Gopalsamy, (Vie) 6 each; 12 Soumya Swaminathan 5.5, 16 Mary Ann Gomes 5, 26 Swati Ghate 4.5,
blundered in the dyeing minutes. President of Virudhunagar District Chess As- 31 Bodda Pratyusha 4, 35 Nisha Mohota 3, 38 P.V. Nandhidhaa 3, 42 Kiran Mohanty 3…48
sociation and Sri. G. Ramamoorthy, President players
Gukesh and Hrithikesh of Tamil Nadu defeat- of Sivakasi Chess Club.
17th IPCA World Chess Championship,Slovakia
ed BS Aswin Kumar and M. Barath Kalyan to
join the five overnight leaders with 5.5 points Sivakasi has been the hub of chess activities Three Golds for India
each after six rounds. Top four boards of the for the past forty years, which includes Asian By Arvind Aaron
seventh round ended in draw, resulting in Junior Championships in 1979 (wherein GM Three golds, one bronze for the Indians at Slovakia was on the back of a strong perormance
a eleven way tie at the top, each with 6.5 Dibyendu Barua participated as a thirteen in the 17th IPCA World Chess Championship.
points at the end of eighth round, leaving year old boy), several national and state Woman International Master Jenitha Anto of Tiruchi won her fifth world title in style with
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a round to spare. Shashikant Kutwal became the World Disa- Sasikiran wins Capablanca Memorial
bled Champion 2017 and also became an International Master.
Sammarth J Rao who won bronze in the junior got the gold in This prestigious tournament began in 1962, under the initiative of
the blitz junior section. Commander Ernesto “Che” Guevara to remember the third world
champion José Raúl Capablanca, who won the world title in 1921 in
Shashikant Kutwal was received at the Pune airport when he Cuba.The first edition of this tournament, was won by the famous
returned from Slovakia. Joseph D’Souza and R Konde, President Don Miguel Najdorf, who we all still remember today, thanks to the
and Secretary of the Pune District Chess Association felicitated famous variation of the Sicilian. And of course in more recent times
Shashikant Kutwal at the airport.The last round was spectacular. the Capablanca Memorial has been won by Ivanchuk multiple times!
Indians played on boards one, two and three! noted Kanickai (2005,2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2016. This tournament is
Irudayaraj. famous for many reasons. The main one could be that Fischer played
in it. Then of course, the best names of chess, have played in such
Sichuan Airlines Cup 2017 Asian Continental Chess Championship, Chengdu,China
tournament and won it, here we mention a few: Smyslov (in 1964, 1965, and 1973) Viktor
Indians win Bronze Medal at Asian Continental Korchnoi (in 1963, 1969). Sasi can be billed as the Rahul Dravid of Indian chess.The un-
By Arvind Aaron sung hero, Sasikiran Krishnan, is truly one of the finest chess players that India has ever
produced. He has a host of achievements to his credit, and now he adds another feather to
Vidit Santhosh Gujrathi of Nasik (Mah) and R Vaishali of Chennai won his cap by winning the 52nd Capablanca Memorial 2017 ahead of Vasily Ivanchuk.Krishnan
bronze medals in the Sichuan Airlines Cup 2017 Asian Continental Chess Sasikiran was also born in Chennai, just like five-time World Champion Vishy Anand. In fact
Championship that concluded recently at Chengdu in China.Sixth seed he was Anand’s second during the 2013 World Championship. He has won multiple times
Wang Hao of China won the event after he and countryman Bu Xiangzhi the Indian Championship, and many international tournaments. Sasikiran reached a peak
scored the same seven points and remained undefeated to tie for first. rating of 2720 in 2012.
Wang Hao had the better tie-break. Vidit Gujrathi lost to champion Wang
Hao in the middle of the tournament and raced towards a 3.5/4 finish to Sasikiran in round one crushed the Polish Champion GM Piorun, in just 28 moves. and out-
win the bronze medal. witted GM Shankland from USA in an opposite coloured bishop ending generally considered
GM Vidit Santhosh Gujrathi drawish.Shankland last year worked with Carlsen in preparation for the world championship
Eighth seed Vo Thi Kim Phung (7.5/9) of Vietnam won the Asian Continental and is one of the top grandmasters of America.
event for women remaining undefeated and also gaining a massive 54.6 Courtesy:chessbase india
Elo points. Ninth seed Nakhbayeva Guliskhan of Kazakhstan also remained
undefeated to take the second place with seven points.Vaishali gained 40.2 ‘Winning moves’ Chess Training Camp
points and scored 6.5/9 to take the third place after suffering two defeats Andaman and Nicobar
to Mary Ann and the champion. Chess Association or-
ganised a Chess Training
Final placings: (Open): 1-2. Wang Hao, Bu Xiangzhi (both Chn) 7/9; 3-4. camp from 15th May
Vidit Gujrathi, Yu Yangyi (Chn) 6.5 each; 5-9. Batchuluun Tsegmed (Mgl), 2017 to 19th May 2017
Sadorra Julio Catalino (Phi), Wei Yi (Chn), B Adhiban (Ind), Surya S Ganguly (Ind) 6 each...11 at one of the most sought
S.P. Sethuraman 5.5, 13 Deep Sengupta 5.5, 17 Aravindh Chithambaram 5, 21 Karthikeyan after star hotels in Port
Murali 5, 28 Sandipan Chanda 5, 32 M.R. Lalith Babu 4.5, 53 Sriram Jha 4...69 players. Blair- TSG Emerald View.
The camp was conducted
Final placings: (Girls): 1 Vo Thi Kim Phung (Vie) 7.5/9; 2 Nakhbayeva Guliskhan (Kaz) 7; under the able guidance
3 R Vaishali (Ind) 6.5; 4-9. Mary Ann Gomes (Ind), Lei Tingjie (Chn), Hoang Thi Bao Tram of Mr Lanka Ravi, Inter-
(Vie), Padmini Rout (Ind), Swati Ghate (Ind), Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (Vie) 6 each; 13-14. national Chess Master
Nisha Mohota, Soumya Swaminathan 5.5 each; 15-16. Kiran Mohanty, P.V. Nandhidhaa 5 and FIDE Senior Trainer.
each; 34 Bodda Pratyusha 4 each...50 players. The inaugural day kick
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started with a simultaneous display in championships, besides rating tournaments, 34 Aswin Kumar B S 6
which 40 students participated in the Si- all conducted by Sivakasi Chess Club. Now, 35 Arunachalam Shivaa T V 6
multaneous Chess Game.During the chess Sivakasi Chess Sparklers has also joined 36 Kavitha P L 6
training the students were taught on the hands with Sivakasi Chess Club to promote 37 Arun A. 6
“preparations for a tournament” as a chess. 38 Kabhilan S 6
refresher program. Opening preparation, Final ranking (first 90 placings only) 39 Suthershun A 6
Middle game Tatics, and End game prepa- 40 Subash Mathivanan 6
ration were discussed at length using a Rk Name Pts
41 Kumaresh A 6
power point presentation. 1 Kunal M. 7½
42 Arivu Selvan A S 6
Students were supported with the relevant 2 IM Murali Krishnan B T 7½
43 Shanjay K Sathiskumar 6
material and books to be mastered for 3 Muthaiah Al 7½
effective learning of chess game.During 44 Suganthan S 6
4 IM Chakravarthi Reddy M 7½
the chess training session students were 45 Jagendran Kamak N 6
5 Subramanian R M 7½
given wide opportunity to participate in 46 Siva Shanmugam S 6
6 Yogit S 7
47 Vinoth M 6
Mr.Lanka Ravi International Master &Sr FIDE solving puzzles too. Students were guided 7 CM Gukesh D 7
Trainer playing with local talents on how puzzle solving will enhance hild’s 48 Mohana Praba R B 6
8 Ganesh Babu S 7
49 Narendra Pallavan S 6
intellectual skill and problem solving 9 Manu David Suthandram R 7
50 Subramanian V 6
abilities. 10 Hirthickkesh Pr 7
51 Senthamizh Kumaran S 6
11 Anilkumar O.T. 7
52 Ulaganathan G 6
On the valedictory day an open fo- 12 Bala Kannamma P 7
53 Unnikrishnan M A 6
rum was organised for parents and 13 Alaguraja M.A. 7
54 AIM Navodith V Bhat 6
trainees.They utilised this oppor- 14 Venkat Sundaram 7
55 Sivasubramanian Manoj 6
tunity and discussed about various 15 Harikrishnan.A.Ra 6½
56 Balakowshi D S 6
International chess tournaments 16 Manigandan S S 6½
57 AIM Dharshan Venkatachalam 6
and opportunities available for their 17 Harini S. 6½
wards. All the questions were an- 58 Kalidass C. 6
18 Barath Kalyan M 6½
swered by the team on the Dais and 59 Harshad S 5½
19 Sibi Visal R 6½
they also explained the measures 60 Marimuthu K 5½
20 Abhinessh S 6½
and initiatives taken by ANCA and 61 Sriram B 5½
21 Jagadish P 6½
AICF in promoting Chess in All over 62 Sanil S 5½
22 Ruban Sanjay M 6½
India and incentives available from 63 Aravinth Shanmugam S 5½
Government and various education- Children receiving Merit Certificates from President 23 Harsh Suresh 6½
64 Aasha C R 5½
al institutions. Students were also G.Bhaskar, Sh Lanka Ravi and ShPrasad,Vice President 24 Nitin Shankar Madhu 6½
65 Naveen K 5½
informed of encouragement given ANCA 25 Alan Diviya Raj 6½
66 Gokul S 5½
to the high achievers and also job 26 Girinath B S 6½
67 Meenatchi Rajam V 5½
opportunities provided by the Government and various PSUs. 27 Shakthi Vishal J 6½
68 Reshma C R 5½
28 Vignesh Kasi P L 6½
69 Rajeev V M 5½
Andaman Chess Association President Shri. G.Bhaskar spoke on the valedictory function 29 Prathish A 6½
70 Mohana R 5½
Bhaskar and assured his continuous support to all the budding stars of the Islands. 30 Rathina Sabapathi A 6½
71 Mithesh M 5½
Shri. H. Dinesh Secretary of ANCA said that ANCA shall organise Chess training programs 31 Subbhu Karthick S M 6
like the one happened on regular basis to improve the game standards and help local talents 72 Dinesh Kumar Jaganathan 5½
32 Sangeetha P 6
to bring medals for Andaman and India.It may be noted that ANCA will organise National 73 Prithvi Rajan 5½
33 Paramasivam M. 6
Under 25 Chess Championships from 13th July to 19thJuly, 2017. 74 Vigneshwaran K 5½
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Late Shri Satyendra Pathak Memorial 3rd SYNA Open International Rating Tournament The 6-day long tournament saw many ups 2 Dhananjay S 7½
and downs on the top level but 2226 rated 3 FM Srinath Rao S.V. 7½
Chakravarthi Reddi wina Syna Open Chakarvarthi Reddy M. maintained his hold 4 Hemant Sharma (del) 7
by IA Dharmendra Kumar,Chief Arbiter
right from the first game and finally proved 5 Sumit Grover 7
T
his mettle by emerging as the best out of 152 6 Joshi Govind Ballabh 7
he much awaited SYNA Open 2017 was M.P. which has led the Indian National
players participating in Central India’s biggest 7 Sharma Suyash 7
inaugurated in a grand ceremony at Chess Team at the international level in
prize-money-tournament. Reddi started his 8 Vinod Kumar Sharma 6½
SYNA International school by the Chief Sochi, Russia earlier this year. It is the reali-
game with white pieces against Arvinder 9 Singh Arvinder Preet 6½
Guest MSME Minister Sanjay Satyendra zation of dream of Pandit Satyendra Pathak.
preet Singh of Punjab. He opened his game 10 Negi Virender Singh 6½
Pathak, S.P. Katni Shashikant Shukla, was
in English opening variation and sacrificed 11 Pandey Srishti 6½
the guest of honour, other distinguished 152 players from thirteen states of the
his exchange to get better position. He later 12 Anuj Shrivatri 6½
guests included the officials from Katni country has participated in this tournament.
converted this position to win the game and 13 Mishra Manoj 6½
District Chess Association Vice President Some of the prominent players include M.
the tournament as well. 14 Ayush Bhai Mehta 6½
Mr. Deepak Jain and the Executive Member Chakravarty Reddy (IM) from Telangana,
15 Ayush Pattanaik 6½
Mr. Sandeep Bajpaye and the International Vinod Sharma (Railways), Shrinath Rao (Ma-
Pandit Satyendra Pathak Memorial 3rd Syna 16 Shah Asif 6½
Arbiter Mr. Dharmendra Kumar. The pro- harashtra) The event last for six days and the
Open International Rating Chess Tourna- 17 Awadh Chaitanya 6
gram started with the lighting of lamp and last round was played
ment-2017 came to a close on 6th of May 18 Kewat Subham Kumar 6
a floral homage to Late Pandit Satyendra
with Chakravarthi Reddy M. from Telangana 19 Sudhanshu Ranjan 6
Pathak by the dignitaries. on the 6th of May. SYNA Open-2017 is cen-
emerging as the winner with 8 points. Red- 20 Mckenzie Lionel Joseph 6
tral India's richest tournament with Rupees
dy was awarded a cash prize of 1, 00,000 21 Vaibhav Jayant Raut 6
The tournament began with SYNA’s Ayush Five Lakh Fifty One Thousand prize fund. The
INR while Rs. 60,000/- & Rs. 30,000/- for 22 Pardeshi Ajay 6
Pattnaik, Captain of Indian team play- opening ceremony ended with a brief on the
S.Dhananjay and S . V. Srinath Rao as 1st 23 Karankar Padmakar 6
ing a move with the Chief Guest Sanjay tournament and proposal of Vote of Thanks
& 2nd runners up respectively in the closing 24 Himanshu Ranjan 6
Satyendra Pathak and Anuj Shrivatri, who by SYNA’ Chess Coach and International
ceremony . 25 Saurabh Lokhande 6
will be leading the Indian team in Brazil Chess player FI Niklesh Jain.
26 Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay 6
later this year, playing another move with
Chief Guest ShashankShrivastav, Mayor 27 Bhat Siddharth K 6
S.P. Katni, Shashikant Shukla About the games & results :
of Katni, Guest of honour Sanjay Gautam, 28 Gourav Nigam 6
Editor-in-Chief DainikBhaskar, Katni, Chief 29 Kasar Prashant 6
Principal Dr. Aditya Kumar Sharma wel- In the 7th round all three top board ended in
Arbiter of the tournament Dharmendra Ku- 30 Arora Honi 6
comed the guests, players and parents in draws. IM Reddi with Dhananajay , Arvinder
mar, Chairman of the organizing committee 31 Rishabh Nishad 5½
his welcome speech. Dr. Sharma said that Preet with GB Joshi and Hemant Sharma with
Dr. Aditya Kumar Sharma, Principal SYNA 32 Nasir Ali Syed 5½
Chess is a part of curriculum at SYNA and V S Negi signed their score sheet by sharing
International School, Organizing Secretary 33 Roneet Das 5½
the students have done wonders playing at their score.
Niklesh Jain were the prominent guests on 34 Umer S.M 5½
all the levels.
stage for the closing ceremony. 35 Jagdish Narang 5½
And the same history repeated in 8th round
36 Tiwari Shivansh 5½
Addressing the gathering on this occasion, also when All three top board score shared
The ceremony began with the lighting of lamp 37 Rishi Sonker 5½
the Chief Guest honourable Minister Sanjay by the players ! They preferred safe side and
and floral homage to the founder of SYNA 38 Tayade Vivek 5½
Satyendra Pathak shared the vision of his signed the peace treaty . All these last two
International School Late PanditSatyendraPa- 39 Thakare Seeya 5½
father Late Pandit Satyendra Pathak, the round drew results favored to sole leader IM
thak by the Chief Guest and other dignitaries. 40 Tiwari O P 5½
founder of SYNA International School who M Chakravarthi Reddi to maintain his sole
41 Eshaan Chandrol 5½
conceived a dream of building a school lead with 7 point after 8th round. Meanwhile
Final standings (first 54 placings only) 42 Dhanvij Ansh 5½
where students would be nurtured with a , some more joined the next group of leaders
Rk Name Pts 43 Swapnil Raj 5½
vision of all round development. SYNA is with 6.5 .
1 IM Chakravarthi Reddy M 8 44 Mishra Kamad 5½
the only school in central India and
S
14 Kannan.V 6 57 Manikanda Prabhu B V 5
t Peter's School 1st All India Open Syed Anwar Shazuli of ICF, Chennai emerged 15 Rohit Ramanan T G 6 58 Infant Jose H 5
FIDE Rated Chess tournament held at the champion on superior tie-breaks, with 7.0 16 Rahul Bharadwaj B 6 59 Karthikeyan T 5
St Peter's International School, Golf points after the eighth and final round Shazuli 17 Swaraj Palit 6 60 Nagarajan P 5
Club Road, Kodaikanal on 18.05.2017 to takes home a handsome trophy and a cash 18 Aravindaswami T 6 61 Selvaraj Yesudasan V 5
21.05.2017. This event attracted 247 play- prize of Rs 35,000 (Rupees Thirty five thou- 19 Siva A C 6 62 Anupam M Sreekumar 5
ers including 158 Rated Players. Many top sand only) Sharing the top spot with Shazuli 20 Godson Merlin E 6 63 Guruprasadh K 5
players including International Master R were local star Lakshmi Narayanan M V and 21 Gokula Chandhiran A 6 64 John Christopher 5
Balasubramaniam, IM Norm holder Ram S Ram S Krishnan (BSNL Chennai) at 7.0 points 22 Karthik P M 5.5 65 Jeyasurya Umashankar R 5
Krishnan,Top seeded N.Lokesh,Former Na- apiece. Half a point behind at 6.5 points were 23 AGM Mani Bharathy 5.5 66 Muthu Rakesh Babu 4.5
tional youth Champion Syed Anwar Shazuly seven players viz., top seed N.Lokesh and IM 24 Senthil Kumaran T.H. 5.5 67 Jaidambareesh N R 4.5
etc., made this event a stronger and colourful Balasubramaniam R among others. 25 Sivakumar C. 5.5 68 Prathesh Kumar R 4.5
one. This 8round Swiss format Fide Rated 26 AIM Durgesh K 5.5 69 Arputha Jasmine B A 4.5
event held at 7000 feet above sea level. Top Chief Guest Dr G S Sameeran, IAS, Additional 27 Sakthi Subash A S 5.5 70 Sham R 4.5
seed N Lokesh (ELO 2211) Director, Fisheries Department distributed 28 Jinan Jomon 5.5 71 Naveen Kumar T 4.5
the cash prizes worth Rs.3,10,000 (Rupees 29 Shanmugasundaram G. 5.5 72 Jayakrishna H 4.5
The tournament was inaugurated in a grand Three lakhs ten thousand only) in the Open 30 Sathananthan I 5.5 73 Amisha Sany M 4.5
opening ceremony. Mr. J Sambabu, Corre- section and for various age categories in the 31 Abinandhan R 5.5 74 Kumar T V 4.5
spondent, St Peter’s International School, presence of Mr.Rohan Sambabu, Director, St 32 Sathyanarayanan S. 5.5 75 Mithilesh Krishnan 4.5
Kodaikanal in his Presidential address wel- Peter’s International School, Dr Lion Ravin- 33 Bharkavi S 5.5 76 Subhransu Sekhar Dash 4.5
comed the gathering of players all over dran, Sun Builders, and Axiom Abdul Nazar, 34 Ramnath N 5.5 77 Shrija K M 4.5
the country. Mr. S Ganapathi, IPS, Director Secretary, Dindigul District Chess Associa- 35 Vijayaragavan A R 5.5 78 Uthesh S 4.5
General of Police (Retd.) made the first move tion.The tournament was organized very well 36 Mckenzie Lionel Joseph 5.5 79 Swethitha C 4.5
with white pieces for which Dr R Murugan, by Mount Chess Academy & ICS ,Dindigul 37 Bagat Singh P 5.5 80 Pragadesh P 4.5
IFS, District Forest Officer, Kodaikanal replied under the supervision ofMr. V.Ravichandran 38 Prahalad B 5.5 81 AFM Shashidhar B Rai 4.5
with black pieces. and Mr.John Jayaraj.Our team of Arbiters 39 Diwakar V U 5.5 82 Pratyush J 4.5
conducted the tournament very well without 40 Singaram P.L. 5.5 83 Vignesh Srinivasan 4.5
Grandmaster Norm holder Ram S Krishnan any dispute. 41 Subramanian T.V. 5.5 84 Subash R 4.5
of BSNL led the pack of leaders with 3/3 af- 42 Sivaneshan V 5.5 85 Sanjay Sreekandan 4.5
ter the third round of the Sharing the lead Final Ranking crosstable after 8 Rounds 43 Shankarasubbu B 5.5 86 Saadhana A 4.5
with Ram S Krishnan were 21 players viz., Rk. Name Pts. 44 Kalideva A 5.5 87 Anni Shayana Stephen 4.5
top seed N.Lokesh , International Master 1 Syed Anwar Shazuli 7 45 Rajkumar N 5 88 Aswath S 4.5
Balasubramaniam. R and local star Lakshmi 2 AGM Lakshmi Narayanan M V 7 46 Janakiraman R 5 89 Reshap G 4.5
Narayanan M V among others. Phoobalan P 3 Ram S. Krishnan 7 47 Mrithyunjay Mahadevan 5 90 Kavin B 4.5
and Syed Anwar Shazuli (both ICF, Chennai) 4 Lokesh N. 6.5 48 AFM Kaushik G Iyer 5 91 Emmanuel Austin B 4.5
shared the lead with 5.0 points after the fifth 5 Kanishk S K 6.5 49 Srivatsan Sekar 5 92 Karpagakumar S V S 4.5
round spot with 4.5 points were 9 players 6 IM R Balasubramaniam 6.5 50 Harish G 5 93 Shivashankaran R 4.5
viz., top seed N.Lokesh, International Master 7 Anup Shankar R 6.5 51 Bharath Raj K 5 94 Karthikeyan Panchapakesan 4.5
Balasubramaniam R and local star Lakshmi 8 Saranya Y 6.5 52 AIM Komal Srivatsav Sajja 5 95 Kishore M 4.5
Narayanan M. V among others. 9 Gowtham K K 6.5
T
his is the first time Tripura state chess is assisted by Swaraj Buragohain as Deputy 39 SriHari S Barman 5 81 Samson Debbarma 3½
championship was organized as a FIDE Arbiter. 40 Rakesh Paul 5 82 AKBandyopadhyay 3½
Rating Championship . The tournament Final ranking 41 Saikat Biswas 5 83 Dulal Banik 3½
was held at Auditorium , Udaipur Girls’ HS Rk Name Pts 42 Sourav Rabi Das 5 84 Debajit Paul 3½
School , Udaipur , Tripura from 13-17 th 1 Biswajit Nag 7½ 43 Rajdeep Das 5 85 Subham Debnath 3½
May 2017. Total prize fund was declared Rs 2 Bappi Deb 7½ 44 Soumyadip Bhaumik 5 86 Ankita Tamang 3½
15000/ ( Fifteen thousands only) with 26 tro- 3 Anurag Debnath 7½ 45 Rajanna Sharma 5 87 Drishya Banik 3½
phies in age group category . Total 116 (one 4 Dutta Umashankar 7 46 Bitan Chakraborty 5 88 Omkar Chakraborty 3½
hundred sixteen ) players were participated 5 Dipak Chowhan 7 47 Ratan Mani Banik 5 89 Arkajit Acharya 3
in this Tournament & 37 players were rated 6 Abid Hossain 7 48 Pradip Debbarma 4½ 90 Akash Datta 3
among them. Sri Madhab Saha ,hon’ble MLA 7 Arindam Biswas 6½ 49 Rahul Kanti Nag 4½ 91 Pritam Rabi Das 3
of Tripura Legislative Assembly , Sri Subrata 8 Soham Chakraborty 6½ 50 Goutam De 4½ 92 Anusree Nath 3
Deb , Hon’ble chairperson , Udaipur municipal 9 Dibya Jyoti Sarkar 6½ 51 Hari Sadhan Banik 4½ 93 Swapan Debbarma 3
council , Sri Salil Debbarma , President , All 10 Nil Kumar Datta 6½ 52 Deepraj Sarma 4½ 94 Pranjal Bhowmik 3
Tripura Chess Association ,Sri Pradip Kumar 11 Jadab Majumder 6½ 53 Joydeb Nandi 4½ 95 Eliza Deb Roy 3
Choudhury , Secretary , All Tripura Chess As- 54 Dhanesh Debnath 4½ 96 Riya Das 3
12 Shamik Saha 6
sociation , Pradip Kumar Roy, Chief Arbiter 55 Muskan Debnath 4½ 97 Alaka Nanda Tamang 3
13 Abhijit Choudhury 6
of the tournament, , Members of Udaipur 56 Tuton Datta 4½ 98 Pritanu Dey 3
14 Sangita Saha 6
Chess Association and other dignitaries were 57 Sikha Das Gupta 4½ 99 Nabajit Pal 3
15 Akashdeep Majumdar 6
present in the opening ceremony. 58 Nishan Biswas 4½ 100 Amartyadeep Lodh 2½
16 Subhadip Som 6
17 Arun Chandra Das 6 59 Ronit Roy 4½ 101 Mithan Das 2½
The overall standard of the tournament was
18 Barnita Singha 6 60 Sandip Som 4½ 102 Srijib Acharya 2½
good. At the end Mr. Biswajit Nag of Sadar
19 Hillol Debnath 6 61 Uttam Rabi Das 4½ 103 Arghyadeep Saha 2½
subdivision stood Champion and awarded
20 Parthajit Saha 6 62 Subhrajit Sarkar 4½ 104 Partha Sarathi Banik 2
Rs 5000/- and a beautiful trophy. Bappi Deb
21 Sushil Sutradhar 6 63 Bapu Debbarma 4 105 Sahinoor Islam 2
of Teliamura and Anurag Debnath of Sadar
22 Rajbeer Ahmed 5½ 64 Deep Saha 4 106 Srijita Baidya 2
subdivision stood 2nd & 3rd position re-
23 Mano Raj Sarkar 5½ 65 Avigyan Ghosh 4 107 Manjistha Debnath 2
spectively and awarded Rs 3500 & Rs 2000
24 Goutam Sarkar 5½ 66 Dipak Das 4 108 Rituraj Dey 2
with trophy .
25 Arunika Ghosh 5½ 67 Debadrita Debnath 4 109 Soumyadeep Saha 2
The Prize distribution ceremony was attended 26 Debajit Sarkar 5½ 68 Saurav Shil 4 110 Rishan Roy Choudhury 1
by Mr Tarun Chakraborty , hon’ble chairman 27 B Bhushan Chaudhuri 5½ 69 Arnab Kumar Pal 4 111 Trishita Saha 1
, Amarpur Nagar Panchayet , Sri Chanchal 28 Abhinaba Roy 5½ 70 Hrituraj Saha 4 112 Aaditri Singha Roy 1
Majumder , Ex deputy Director of sports ,Go- 29 Binoy Singha 5½ 71 Anish Das 4 113 Mithun Pal 0
mati district , Mr Priyabrata Baidya , hon’ble 30 Gopal Tamang 5½ 72 Biprayan Choudhuri 4 114 Sulekha Das 0
guardian and host of other dignitaries.The 31 Sudarsan Saha 5½ 73 Prishan Mani Banik 4 115 Agrajit Paul 0
tournament was conducted by FIDE Arbiter 32 Subhradeep Sengupta 5½ 74 Tanveer Ahmed 4 116 Snehalika Das 0
Pradip Kumar Roy as the Chief Arbiter and he 33 Debalina Kundu 5 75 Debjyoti Nandi 4
1 2
Black to play and win White to play and win 1. 2.
3 4
White to play and win White to play and win 3. 4.
5 6
Black to play and win White to play and win 5. 6.
(solutions on p.47) White to play and win in all the six endings above
(Solution on page 47)
Solution to ‘Puzzle of the month’ on page 35: Black has no legal last move (f7xg8=B Kd5-c6 requires
11 captures, one too many). So the solution is:1. ... e5/e6/ed6/ef6/gf6 2. Na7/Qf3/Qc3/Nd4/Nd4 Prize Winners(L-R) S.V. Srinath Rao, IM M Chakravarthi Reddi and S.Dhananjay
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June 2017
10th KIIT International Chess Festival 2017, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
(L-R) Ranjan Mohanty, VP, OSCA, IM S.C.Sahu, President, OSCA ,G.C.Mohopatra, Treasurer,OSCA, GM
Hoa Duc Nguyen,Prof.P.P.Mathur, Cice Chancellor. KIIT University, Prof. Sasmita Samanta, Registrar, KIIT
University, K.K. Sarma Secretary, OSCA and IA Paul Arokia Raj. S.Chief Arbiter
Top three prize winners (L-R)GM Diptayan Ghosh (Third) GM Nguyen Duc Hoa (Winner) and
GM Debashis Das (Runner-up) with dignitaries