Fide Arbiter Seminar Results
The successful examinees from Tamil Nadu Fide Arbiter Seminar at Chennai from 24th to 27th June, 2009 are :

S.No. Name of the Participant

1 Mr.B.Sakthi Prabhakar
2 Mrs..Aarthie Ramaswamy, Women Grand Master
3. Mr.R.Balasubramanian
4. Mr.K.Ganesan
5. Mr.A.Suresh Kumar
6. Mr.A.L.Kasi
7. Mrs.T.T.Lakshmi Priyaa..
8. Mr.M.R.Senthil Kumar

Grahesh and Bansi Prathima emerged champions
Grahesh and Bansi Prathima emerged champions making it a grand double for Andhra Pradesh as they clinched the Boys and Girls title in the RMK Residential School 23rd National Under 9 (Boys & Girls) Chess Championship at Nehru Stadium,Chennai on 23rd June, 2009.

In the crucial final round, Grahesh showed maturity beyond his age, defeating Rakesh Kumar Jena of Orissa in 43 moves. Grahesh finished with 10/11 score. The runner up spot went to Chennai lad M Sabhareesh (9.0) who scored a fighting victory over Mitrabha Guha of West Bengal in the second board. Guha had the consolation of finishing on the shared third spot, along with V S Rathanvel (TN) and Bhaskar Gupta (Maharashtra) at 8.5 points.

TN Arbiters become FIDE Arbiters
M. M. Muthu Kumar of Kanchi District and Mr. R. Guruswamy of Virudhunagar become FIDE Arbiters

Adhiban crushes the Top seed Sergei
B. Adhiban, the under 16 world champion caused the major upset of the tournament, crushing the top seeded European champion Sergei Tiviakov in the ninth and penultimate round of the 1st SCS International Open GM Chess tournament at Swosti Plaza, Bhubaneswar, today. With 7.5 points,

Fide Arbiter Seminar at Chennai from 24th to 29th June, 2009
The FIDE was awarding FIDE arbiters title for arbiters who had the requisite number of norms. But, as per the new regulations of FIDE to come into force from 01st July 2009

Surendran and Saranya take the honours
Surendran and Saranya both finished half-a-point ahead of their rivals

Krishnan Sasikiran (Chennai) and WGM S. Meenakshi of Chennai qualify for Worldcup
Krishna Sasikiran from Chennai qualified from the Asian Individual Championship for the World Cup in Russia later this year.
Among women, WGM S Meenakshi of Chennai qualified for the World Women's Chempionship of 2010 at Turkey.
Other Indians who qualified for World Cup are Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Sandipan Chanda and Abhijit Kunte in mens category.

57th TN State FIDE Rated Chess Championship For BRAHMIAH Rolling Shield
57th TN State FIDE Rated Chess Championship For BRAHMIAH Rolling Shield Will be organised by CASTLE CHESS ACADEMY From 7th July to 14th July 2009 at Karaikudi

Orientation workshop for coaches
FIDE Trainer Mr.Peter long, will be conducting an orientation workshop at Chennai for coaches who mostly coach school children

Akash and Michelle triumph
G Akash of Jawahar Vidyalaya, Chennai and P Michelle Catherina of Good Shepherd School, Chennai annexed the Annapragada Trophy and Nivarthi Trophy respectively at the end of the final round of the Jawahar Vidyalaya Tamilnadu State Under 25 Chess Championships

IM S.P.Sethuraman finished third
IM S.P.Sethuraman finished third in the Interantional FIDE Rating touranment in Sagli which concluded on 17/5/2009

PRAVEEN KUMAR WINS
C. Praveen Kumar of Chennai won the Rolling Trophyof the First JHA Agarsen College Tamilnadu State Level Open Chess Championship with 7 points

Ram S Krishnan Achieved 2nd IM Norm
Ram S Krishnan of BSNL achieved his 2nd IM norm in 2nd Mumbai Mayor's Cup International Tournament in Mumbai.

FIDE World Beats Azerbaijan Easily In Baku
FIDE World Beats Azerbaijan Easily In Baku

FIDE President Praised Vishy Anand and Indian Chess Players
FIDE President Praised Vishy Anand and Indian Chess Players

RAMNATH BHUVANESH earned maiden IM norm
R Ramnath Bhuvanesh Student of XI Stadard from SBOA (CBSE) School acheived his 1st IM norm at 11th Dubai Open 2009

Anand's Receives Chess Oscar For The Sixth Time
World Champion Viswanathan Anand was awarded the Chess Oscar by the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov at Baku. Anand, born December 11, 1969 at Chennai wins this prestigious award for the sixth time, the highest won by a non-Russian. Robert James Fischer had won this thrice.

GM P.Magesh Chandran of Tamil Nadu bagged fourth prize in the 2nd Mayor's Cup in Mumbai
GM P.Magesh Chandran of Tamil Nadu bagged the fourth prize in the 2nd Mayor's Cup International Chess Tournament which concluded in Mumbai today.

Harini won TN Women FIDE Rated Champion
S. Harini of Kanchi won the 37th TN State Women FIDE Rated Championship was organised by Thiruthuraipoondi Chess Club held at Thiruthuraipoondi. She has scored 8.5 points out of 11 rounds to emerge as a champion.

IM S. Kidambi set to become Grand Master
International Master Sundarrajan Kidambi has secured 6th place in Dubai Open Chess Tournament and there by achieving the 3rd norm required to become 7th GM of Tamil Nadu.

GM Mahesh Chandran Wins Rotary Federal Bank All India FIDE Rated Tournament
Mahesh Chandran.P Won Rotary Federal Bank All India FIDE Rated Tournament on Tuesday by defeating Kerala's IM K.Ratnakaran.

Kumaran and Ashwini are State Under11 Champions
B. Kumaran and U. Ashwini both from Chennai won the 22nd TN State under11 Championship for Dolphin Trophies and Rs.2000/- each as cash prize.

Raghuraman Wins TAK Memorial Problem Solving Contest
S. Raguraman of TCS won the TAK Memorial Problem Solving Contest by solving all six chess problems given.

GM Deepan Chakravarthy finished Third in 47th Doebral Cup Intl. Chess Tmt
Deepan Chakravarthy in the last round finished third with seven points.

Congrates! to WFM Pon.N.Krittika for her 3rd and final IWM norm.
WFM Pon.N.Krittika scored her 3rd and final IWM norm.

Velammal Won the B.J. Expo Ever Rolling Trophy
Velammal Won the B.J. Expo Ever Rolling Trophy for 5th Vishy Anand - Hero Cycles TN State level Schools and Colleges Chess Championship fifth time in succession.
R.A.Pradeep Kumar, N.Surendran, D.S.Shashank, M.Siddarth, Karthikeyan Murali, M.Arvind, R.Visalatchi, J.Saranya, Srija Seshadri, M.A.Latheckasai, R.Vaishali, were the Cycle Winners.

District Development Programme
Grand Master P. Magesh Chandran had taken the coaching classes for the benefit of Nilgiris District young chess players.

The Coaching Camp is held at YMCA, Nilgiris and inaugurated by Mr. T. Rangaiah, President NDCA. The Classes were taken from 23rd to 27th of February 2009. Grand Master taught about end game and middle game strategies and tactics. He had given a lot of questions and problems to the students. 25 players benefited from these classes. Last day he played Simul against 30 players, he won 29 games and drew one, and he distributed the certificate to all the participants in Valedictory function.

Congratulations to Prof. R.Anantharam !
Prof. R.Anantharam inducted as a Member Of FIDE's Swiss Pairings Programs Commission.

Congratulations to TN Arbiters !
Eight TN Arbiters become FIDE Arbiters

Ram S Krisnan Triumphs
Ram S Krisnan of Chennai won the 2nd Avadi State level Open Chess Championship being played at Christ School, Preshitha Nagar, Senneerkuppam, Chennai-56 on February 22.

The former TN State Champion Ram S Krishnan of BSNL, Chennai drawn with International Master R.Balasubramaniam of ICF at the final round to score 7.5 / 8 and tied with two time State Champion K.Gunasekaran has won the event with better progressive point.

The event has attracted 215 players of which two IMs and 47 are rated players , mostly from Chennai and Kanchi districts.

Chief Guests of the function Mr.K.Muralimohan, General Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and Mr.Vijay Barath. Founder CEO Yahoo, India, Guest of Honour jointly gave away the prizes to the winners.

Vinoth Kumar Wins A.N.Parasuram Memorial Rolling Trophy
FIDE Master M.Vinoth Kumar emerged as champion in the Chennai District Open Chess Championship with a score of 6 points out of seven rounds. He was awarded a cash prize of Rs.2, 000/- along with A.N.Parasuram Memorial Rolling Trophy.

IM Shyam Sundar wins ESI Corporation Rolling Trophy.
IM Shyam Sundar emerged as Champion in the first ESIC TN State Level Open Chess Tournament organized by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association at Hall of Chess in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on 07/02/2009. He drew with IM P. Karthikeyan in the ninth and final round to take his tally to 8 points

1st Preshitha TN State level Children Chess Championship
1st Preshitha TN State level Children Chess Championship had attracted 445 players representing different parts of the Tamil Nadu, which included Asian Gold Medalist M.Mahalakshmi and Silver Medalist G.K.Monisha, Under -7 TN State Champion and youngest FIDE rated player of India R.Harikrishnan and TN State Under- 9 Champion Karthikeyan Muraliof Sethu Bhaskara MHSS was taken part in the tournament. The tournament was organised by Avadi Chess Centre sponsored by preshitha Educational Trust being held at Preshitha MHSS, Senneerkuppam, Poonamallee, Chennai-94

HASWANTH AND VAISHALI WON THE TITLES
Haswanth of Coimbatore won the 22nd Tamilnadu state under 9 Boys chess championship for the Dolphin Trophies, at Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering & Technology, Karaikudi on 25th January 2009.
Vaishalli of Bloom Chess Academy drew with Priyadharshini of Namakkal and won the girls 22nd Tamilnadu state under 9 Girls chess championship for the Dolphin Trophies title with 10 points out of the 11 rounds

TIrunelveli FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament
Ram S.Krishnan of BSNL won the TIrunelveli FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament.
The event has attracted 251 players of which 95 are rated players , mostly from southern districts with the top billing given to FIDE Master Shyam Nikhil of Madurai the National U-17 Champion.Following the order was the 2nd seed Ram S.Krishnan of BSNL , Chennai , the former TN State Champion. Two other FIDE Masters on the fray were C.J.Arvind of BirlaSoft , Chennai and M.B.Muralidharan of Kerala , the 3 rd 4th seeds respectively. With a prize fund of around One Lakh , including the special prizes the event has produced excellent games with good fighting qualities.

Youngest FIDE Rated Player In India With A Rating of 1519in January 2009 Frl
Master R. Harikrishnan, A 2nd Standard Student of Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation School, Ambattur , Chennai has become the Youngest FIDE Rated Player In India With A Rating of 1519in January 2009 Frl ( FIDE Rating List). He is just 7 years and 3 months Old (D.O.B:22/09/2001). He is Being Coached by Mr. Thiagarajan and Mr.M.A. Velayudham, Bloom Chess Academy, Thiruvotriyur, Chennai. He is the Current TN State Under -7 Champion. He represents Tamil Nadu State in the ongoing National Under 7 Chess Championship, Nagpur.



His Parents Are Mr. V.Rangarajan (Lucas, Padi) and Mrs. R Amirthavalli.

IM R.R. Laxman Triumphs
Laxman, 1983-born, scored an important penultimate round win against V.A.V. Rajesh with the white pieces. Rajesh messed up the modern defence playing e6 instead of d6. Laxman wrested the initiative right from the opening. Rajesh gave two pawns to get life to his pieces, and Laxman won two pawns. The big-made Laxman was thus four pawns up when Rajesh resigned. Laxman won round right and the championship with a round to spare.