 Turov wins title in Chennai Open 2010
Maxim Turov of Russia won the Chennai Open 2010 international chess tournament sponsored by LIC & ONGC and organized by Sports Promotion Foundation, today, collecting 9.5 points from 11 rounds and conceding only three draws. His title fetched him a cash prize of two lakh rupees. GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh, R. Siddharth of Tamil Nadu and national junior champion M.R. Lalith Babu of Andhra Pradesh, tied for the second to fourth places scoring 9 points each. They were placed in that order based on the Buchholz tiebreak.
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
The National Team Chess Championship to be held at Haryana from 21st to 28th February, 2010 will henceforth be called “NATIONAL CLUB TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP”
The FIDE has introduced World club team chess championship to be held at Abu Dhabi, UAE from 11th to 28th July, 2010. The All India Chess Federation will recommend the team on the basis of Ranking obtained from this National Club Team Chess Championship.
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 Chennai Open inaugurated
The Chennai Open 2010, the prestigious international grandmaster chess tournament sponsored by LIC and ONGC, supported by Government of India and Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu and organized by Sports Promotion Foundation was inaugurated at the Multipurpose Indoor Stadium today. With 19 GMs and 27 IMs in the fray, the number of players in the tournament has crossed the magic figure of 400. In addition to the GMs and IMs, 13 FMs, three WGMs, 14 WIMs and 5 WFMs have confirmed their participation.
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TNSCA – SPF Lightning Chess Tournament
Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and Sports Promotion Foundation will jointly organize a Blitz Chess Tournament on 24-01-2010 from 3 P.M onwards at Jawaharlal Nehru Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai-3. Each player will be alloted 5 mins on the chess clock to complete all the moves of his/her game. The total Cash Prize fund is Rs.5,000/- and the Winner will be awarded Rs.2,000/-. Special Prizes will be awarded to the Toppers in under - 8, 10, 12, 14 & 16 age groups. The entry fee is Rs.50/- per player. For entries contact Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Hall No. 75, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai-3. Tel. 2538 4477 / 2536 6464. Mobile: 96770 42717 email: tnchess64@gmail.com
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Anand Starts With Two Draws
World champion Viswanathan Anand started his campaign in Wijk aan Zee quietly with two draws against Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine with the black pieces and against Nigel Short with the white pieces.
Anand's 2000 World Championship finalist, 1972-born Alexei Shirov is leading with two full points. Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen are in the second-third places with 1.5 points.
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Anand Looks For Sixth Title
World champion Viswanathan Anand is back at Wijk aan Zee to participate in the Corus Chess Tournament. Anand, the five-time record holder of this event is ahead of Max Euwe (Dutch World Champion), Viktor Korchnoi and Lajos Portisch all of whom won it four times. Anand will be looking for his sixth title.
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 Bronze Medal For India
India finished with three victories in a row to win the bronze medal on maiden appearance in the World Team Championship that came to a close at Turkey on Jan 13.
India humbled Brazil 3.5-0.5, also by the biggest margin achieved in this event by all teams. India was the most impressive of all teams. India won the last three matches in a row to keep the nerve and win the bronze medal.
Total Team Effort: Sundar
D.V. Sundar, Honorary Secretary of the All India Chess Federation said it was a total team effort and all the six players pulled up their weight in the crucial moments of each round to achieve this feat. The All India Chess Federation announced a cash award of Rs.25,000 for each of the six players
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 Akshaya Clinched the title
A. Akshaya of Velaiyan Chettiar MHSS clinched the Rachel Paranjothy Memorial Trophy in the RAMCO 28th Rachel Paranjothy Women Chess Tournament being organized by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association at Ethiraj College here today.
A. Akshaya and J. Saranya tied for the first place, based on the Progressive tie-break system A.Akshaya declared as a Champion.J. Saranya of Velammal MHS School won the runner up with 6.5 points. G. Apurva of Kanchi scored 6 points and secured third place.
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 Birthday Boy Krishnan Sashikiran powers India to Stunning Victory
India shocked second seed Azerbaijan 2.5-1.5 to move into joint lead at the end of the third round in the world Team Championship that is taking place at Bursa in Turkey on January 7, 2010. Birthday Boy Krishnan Sashikiran lead India to this memorable win. Sasikiran celebrated his 29th birthday on January 7. India could not have asked for more from this 1981-born player from Chennai. His parents worked in banks and his father S.Krishnan was also a chess player representing Reserve Bank of India.
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 Arun Prasad Helps India Win
Salem Grand Master S. Arun Prasad defeated Grand Master S. Halkias to help India score a round one victory over Greece in the World Team Chess Championship at Bursa in Turkey on January 5.
India won this fourth board encounter to win the match 2.5-1.5 and take two match points from this opening match. India is making a debut in this World Team Chess Championship.
India was lucky in the end as G.N. Gopal who was down by two pawns pulled ahead and made a draw with H. Banikas with the white pieces.
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 V. Haribalu became Champion
Mr. V. Haribalu a student of St. Joseph Engg. College dominated till the end of 9th round and he was defeated by Mr. Kunal on the 10th round. On the final round Haribalu defeated Master Vasantha Ruba Varman of Tamilnadu and became the Champion of 1st K.C.F FIDE Rated Chess Tournament held at Jubilee building, Loyola College from 26th Dec. 2009 to 31.12.2009
On the concluding day Rtn. Olivannan, was the Chief Guest and gave away the prizes.
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Asian Team Chess Championships
While India A men met with little resistance in capturing the Tata Steel Asian Team Chess Championship, their B team women counterparts were instrumental in Vietnam clinching the women championship. The tournament was well organized by Dibyendu Barua, the second grandmaster from India after Anand, under the banner of Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy at the Town hall, Kokata, the most populous city in India.
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 3 Medals for TN Players
Iniyan. P and Sadhu S. Adithya of Tamil Nadu finished second and third respectively in the National Under-7 Chess Championship concluded at Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 24/12/2009.
Iniyan scored 9.5 points and Sadhu S Adithya scored 8.5 points out of 11 rounds.
M. Tejasvi of Tamil Nadu finished third in girls category of National Under-7 Chess Championship. She scored 8.5 points out of eleven rounds followed by C.R. Reshma with 8 points in the fourth place.
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National Veterans Chess Championship is Called Off
The 3rd National Veteran Chess Championship at Nagpur from 2nd t0 8th January 2010 is called Off. However the veterans All India Open tournament may be rescheduled by them some where in February or March 2010.
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Our TN Players for Aero float Chess tournament
Our TN players IM Ashwin Jayaram, IM S.P. Sethuraman, Im M. Shyam Sundar, IM N. Srinath Ramnath Bhuvanesh, C.H. Savetha, R. Bharathi, R. Preethi, P.V. Nandhidhaa, J. Saranya and A. Akshaya were provisionally selected for Aero float Chess tournament to be held at Moscow from 08 -19, February, 2010 as exposure trip.
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21 GM's confirmed their participation in 2nd Chennai International Open
21 GM's confirmed their participation in 2nd Chennai International Open Chess Tournament to orgnised by our special unit Sports Promotion Foundation at Jawaharlal Nehru Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai from 25th January to 3rd February 2010.
1. Rimat Jumabaev; 2. Kotsur Pavel; 3. Manik Mikulas; 4. Iskusnykh Sergey; 5. Marat Dzhumaev; 6. Dmitry Kryakvin; 7.Saidali yuldashev; 8. Andrey Gutov;9. Maxim Turov; 10. Mr.Martyn Kravtsiv; 11. Mr.Anuar Ismagambetov; 12. Women International Master Nafisa Muminova ; 13. Mr.Ziaur Rahman ; 14. Mr.Arun Prasad; 15. Abhijit Kunte; 16. Mr.Deepan Chakkravarthy ; 17. Mr.R.R.Laxman; 18. Mr.Sundarajan Kidambi; 19. Mr.R.B.Ramesh; 20. Mr.D.Barua; 21. Mr.Sriram Jha
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 Silver for Balakannamma
Bala Kannamma of Tamilnadu and top seed Cholleti Sahajasri were tied for the second spot with 8.5 points but the later have to content with third spot as Bala had better tie break score to finish second.
In the eventful eleventh and final round in the open category, top three boards produced decisive results as all the overnight leaders tried to get results in their favour to notch up the pole position. While Girish got better of G Akash of Tamilnadu.
All India Chess Federation Secretary DV Sundar give away the prizes in presence of International Master Tania Sachdev and Bharat Singh, Secretary Delhi Chess Association.
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 Anand v Topalov From April 23 For Rs.14 Crores
Chessdom.com website reports that the World Championship match between titleholder Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov is to start from April 23 (game one) and end May 12 (is there are tie-breaks). The prize money on the table is Rs.14 Crores or 2 Milliion Euros for the match. The website reports that Silvio Danailov and Aruna Anand have made this agreement after meeting in Athens recently
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3 New Titles for TN Players.
The FIDE Titles office has confirmed that 3 Tamil Nadu players are eligible for Woman FIDE Master Title in an official communication. These selections of players for medals are based on their performances in the Asian Youth Chess Championship 2009. Those who have not yet applied for the title may kindly do so immediately through Tamil Nadu State Chess Association.
J. Saranya (Tiruvallur)
Srija Seshadri (Cuddalore)
Gk. Monnisha (Chennai)
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 Adhiban Wins National Premier Chess Championship
Adhiban drew his eleventh round game against Gopal. In the twelfth round, he capitalized on the mistakes of Abhijeet Gupta to play a bold and patient game to clinch victory from a slightly inferior position. His tally of 9.5 points fetched him the title in the penultimate round itself. Sethuraman overcame Sriram Jha in the twelfth round to stay in contention for one of the top slots. He missed his maiden GM norm in the final round, but had the consolation of securing the runner up spot. Sundarrajan Kidambi had a steady rise in the second half of the tournament to finish third. Vidit also missed his GM norm chances and obtained the fourth position. Jha lost his last round game to Abhijit Kunte to be ranked sixth behind Kunte. Adhiban earned one lakh rupees for his effort and Sethuraman received seventy five thousand rupees.
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 C.Lesunathan passed away
Mr.C.Lesunathan, the Secretary of Trichy District Chess Association passed away this morning at CMC Hospital, Vellore, where he was undergoing treatment for advanced cancer.
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 Harika Wins the title
The top seed IM Dronavalli Harika of Airport Authority of India, AP proved her supremacy by winning the 36th National Women Premier Chess Championship which has concluded here today at the St.Joseph’s College of Engineering. Harika has been trailing behind Meenakshi till the 9th round but the last round was interestingly poised with both going for the title and Harika having the better Tiebreak score.
From the English opening on the top board Meenakshi of Air India maintained slight advantage in the opening, but not enough to score over. Her opponent WGM Mary Ann Gomes , former Asian Junior Champion attacked the weakness on c4 square. Meenakshi went for king side attack despite her own king side defense proved to be quite insufficient. Meenakshi overlooked a tactics in the resulting in an inevitable mate and take the runner up positon with 8 pts.
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Caution!!!
A group of disgruntled elements has indigenously announcing the formation of Chess Association of India (an un-authorized body of FIDE) assuming themselves a rival body for the All India Chess Federation which is a recognized body of the FIDE, has announced an open tournament at Delhi from 23rd December with a Prize fund of Rs.15Lakh
The All India Chess Federation has cautioned all its registered players not to take part in such tournaments or any other competitions organised by the a false-body Chess Association of India as it is neither recognized nor authorized by our parent body All India Chess Federation.
Thus TNSCA cautions all its registered players to stay away from such tournaments conducted by unauthorized body, failing which the players will have to face disciplinary action from the AICF/TNSCA.
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 Anand Turns Spectator at St Joseph's
World champion Viswanathan Anand was given a big welcome when he turned up this morning to visit the National Premier Women Chess Championship at the St Joseph's College of Engineering on December 8.
Dr Babu Manoharan, Director, St Joseph's College of Engineering, welcomed him with a "ponadai", and greeted him to watch the games. Later, he offered him coffee and introduced the chess players of his institution to the world champ.
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 Meenakshi In Sole Lead
Two brilliant games and wins have pushed Meenakshi Subbaraman of Air India, Chennai into sole lead in the 36th National Women Premier Chess Championship being sponsored and held at St Joseph's College of Engineering in Chennai on December 6.
In round four, Meenakshi beat the defending champion Kruttika Nadig and in round five she powered over two-time former champion Tania Sachdev to swing into sole lead with 4.5/5. Six rounds are still to be played.
Meenakshi lost a pawn but kept the pressure on the black king and her attack won her an exchange. Her 40th move should be seen on the chess board and is hard to explain in words. It was a brilliant rook sacrifice. Meenakshi, 28, has not won the National Women so far. Her sister Vijayalakshmi has won the title six times which is a record.
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Adhiban who earned his GM norm is the sole leader
IM B Adhiban leads the tally with 6.5 points at the end of 8th round of the 47th Premier National Chess Championship 09 sponsored and organized by Venus Chess Academy and hosted by Goregaon Sports Club. He is closely followed by IM Sriram Jha with 6 points, who joins the elite band of 20 grandmasters in India.
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 Savetha Shocks Aarthie
C.H. Savetha of Tamil Nadu shocked former champion Aarthie Ramaswamy of Air India in the opening round of the 36th St Joseph's National Premier Women Chess Championship at the St Joseph's College of Engineering near Chennai on
December 2.
This edition is a 25-player eleven round Swiss to be held from December 2-12. K. Muralimohan of Chennai is the chief arbiter. It is believed many will made WGM and WIM norms in this event which carries a prize fund of Rs.250,000. The sponsors are St Joseph's College of Engineering. The college is also the venue. They are offering free stay and food for all players and their accompanying persons. Dr Babu Manoharan, Director, St Joseph's College of Engineering made the symbolic opening move against top seed Dronavalli Harika. D.V. Sundar, Honorary Secretary, AICF, K. Murali Mohan, General Secretary, TNSCA, Muthukumar, Secretary, Kanchi District and N. Vijayan, President, Kanchi District participated in the opening ceremony while V. Ravichandran of Mount Chess Academy welcomed one and all.
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 Reception for Medal Winners
A warm reception was given to the new World Under-16 Champion International Master S.P. Sethuraman, when he landed at Chennai Airport, this afternoon.
He won the Title at the World Youth Under-16 Chess Championship held at Turkey.
Murali Karthkeyan, who won the Silver Medal in the World U-10 category and J. Saranya the Bronze Medallist in the World Under-14 Girls Category accompanied by the official Coaches Grand Master R.B. Ramesh, International Master K. Murugan and Woman Grand Master Aarthie Ramasawamy were also received with garlands and bouquets.
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 World Champion S.P. Sethuraman
International Master S.P. Sethuraman of TN won the world U-16 chess championship 2009 held at Turkey, National Under U-11 champion Karthikeyan Murali of TN got Silver medal in the Under10 Boys Category and Asian Under-14 girls champion J. Saranya of TN won the Bronze Medal in the Under 14 girls section.
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Anand Takes Two Point Lead
World champion Viswanathan Anand leads the World Blitz Chess Championship at Moscow with 12 points after the first 14 rounds on Nov 16. There are still two days left and 28 rounds still to be played. It is a 22-player double all-play-all. This event is part of the Tal Memorial happening at Moscow.
In the opening three rounds, Anand drew Peter Leko (Hun) with black and beat Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr) with white and drew Vladimir Kramnik (Rus) with the black pieces. In the next four rounds he beat Vugar Gashimov (Az), world women's champion Alexandra Kosteniuk (Rus) and Evgeny Bareev (Rus) and then drew Alexander Morozevich (Rus).
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 Soumya Swaminathan Is World Junior Champion
Soumya Swaminathan achieved what only five other Indians have achieved in world chess. She won the World Junior girls chess championship at Puerto Madryn in Argentina on November 3, 2009.
In the thirteenth and final round, Soumya, defeated Kubra Ozturk of Turkey with the white pieces for a place in world history. She became the third Indian girl after Koneru Humpy (2002) and Dronavalli Harika (2008) to win the World Junior Girls championship. The World Junior had been won by V. Anand (1987), P. Harikrishna (2004) and Abhijeet Gupta (2008) also. India is retaining the girls title
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 Anand defeats Karpov 3.5:0.5 in Corsica
World Champion Viswanathan Anand tamed former World Champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia in successive two encounters to win the rapid four-game chess series 3.5-0.5 here.
The Indian, who was leading the series 1.5-0.5 after winning the first game and drawing the second with the Russian at Bastia, beat Karpov in both the remaining games to ensure a spectacular victory.
It was a Queen’s gambit declined by Karpov in the first game and Anand got an opening advantage after Karpov did not place his queen properly.
The match lasted 30 moves
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 Phoobalan won the Title
Phoobalan of ICF won the 1st Citadel FIDE Rated Chess Tournament with 8.5 points after a nervous last round when three players tied for the first spot. Phoobalan, Praveen Kumar and IM M.R. Venkatesh were tied at the end of the last round. The tie was broken utilizing Buchholtz method.
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 K. Priyadarshan became International Master
K. Priyadarshan became International Master
FIDE confirmed the International Master title of K. Priyadarshan in the 80th FIDE Congress which was held 11-17 October 2009 in Kallithea Halkidike, Greece.
Final GM Norm For Ashwin Jayaram
The All India Chess Federation protested and got the Grand Master norm of Ashwin Jayaram of Chennai through. He had won the Asian Junior in Sri Lanka and his norm was held back on technical grounds based on a recent ruling that one third (total 16) of the 48 Asian Nations should play. Eleven nations played and though it was high, it did not meet the new requirement of 16.
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 FIDE allots world Junior 2011 to India
India had been allotted the right to organise the World Junior Chess Championship and World Junior Girls Championship of 2011 and the venue will be Chennai, said Mr.D.V.Sundar, Hon.Secretary of the All India Chess Federation and Member Executive Board - FIDE, who attended the FIDE congress which was held in Halkidiki, Greece from 11- 18, Oct, 2009.
The last time a World Chess event took place in Chennai was in 1991 when Viswanathan Anand and Alexey Dreev of Russia played the Candidates Match here. India is doing well in Junior chess and our players Abhijeet Gupta and Dronavalli Harika are the World Junior and Girls champions. No country has won both titles at the same time in world chess.
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 Saranya Triumphs
J. Saranya won the National Under – 17 Chess Championship with 10 points at Chakradharpur. Saranya, a ninth standard student from Velammal Matriculation school has so far won three National chess titles.
Saranya beat the top three seeds: Bhakthi Kulkarni, National Junior Girls Champion, the subjunior champion R. Bharathi and second seed Devangi Patankar.
In the eleventh round she drew with shetye siddhali of Maharashtra
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 Praveen Kumar Triumphs
C. Praveen Kumar of Chennai won the 1st Trivandrum FIDE Rating Open Tournament that concluded at the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on October 8.
In a 129-player ten round Swiss, Praveen Kumar scored 8.5 points to win State Bank of India sponsored 1 lakh prize money tournament. Praveen Kumar and top seed IM K. Ratnakaran of Kozhikode remained undefeated. Ratnakaran and Lokesh of Chennai finished second-third on eight points.
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 Dileep Kumar and Tejaswi emerge champions
Chennai kids Dileep Kumar and Tejaswi Murugavel emerged champions in the 22nd TN State Under 7 (B & G) Chess Championship held at Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi for the Dolphin trophies. iBoth the champs scored easy final round victories emerging clear winners. The top two on the boys and girls section will represent Tamil Nadu in the National Under 7 Championship scheduled to be held at Ahmedabad during December 2009.
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 SPIC Champion
Syed Anwar Shazuli of Integral Coach Factory won the 22nd SPIC FIDE Rated Chess Tournament with 10 points. He took the cash prize of 25,000 thousand with trophy.
Top seed, Syed Anwar Shazuli of ICF emerged sole lead from 7th round to 11th round and won the Championship with 10 points. He took the cash prize of 25,000 thousand with trophy. In non-medallist section P.Vijay of Erode was the sole leader from 6th to 9th round. At the end of the 10th round R.S.Subramanian of Tirunelveli stopped his race and won the championship with 9.5 points. He got Rs.2, 000 as first prize.
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Russia Wrest Title From India One Gold, Two Silver For India
Top seed Russia pipped defending champions India by winning the gold medal in the World Youth (Under-16) Chess Olympiad that concluded at Turkey on October 2, 2009.
India won the silver medal for the team event. In the board prizes, Debashis Das of Cuttack won the gold medal for best performance in the second board while Deepathamsh Reddy of Hyderabad took the silver for second best performance in the reserve board.
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 S.P. Sethuraman Triumph
International Master S P Sethuraman of Tamilnadu annexed the title at the end of the final round of the Stree Seva Mandir Diamond Jubilee National Junior Chess Championships being organized by Sports Promotion Foundation under the aegis of Tamilnadu State Chess Association.
In a dramatic final round played today, Sethuraman outplayed GM norm holder R Arun Karthik of Tamilnadu, while the two overnight leaders Anwesh Upadhyaya of Orissa and Swapnil Dhopade of Maharashtra drew against each other in this round. Though all the three scored 8.5 points in 11 rounds, Sethuraman was adjudged winner, while Swapnil Dhopade was placed second and Anwesh third.
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 RAMCO-TNSCA AWARDS
TN Players and Coaches Honoured in the Ramco- TNSCA Awards function held at Media Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai.
Mr. M.V. Muthuramalingam, Chairman Velammal Educational Trust and Patron, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association was Chief Guest and he distributed the Cash Awards to the Tamil Nadu Achievers.
Mr. D.V. Sundar, Hon. Secretary, All India Chess Federation, Mr. J.C.D. Prabhakar, Vice-President, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, and Mr. Manuel Aaron, Arjuna Awardee and Govt. Observer for Chess were felicitated the players. Mr. K. Muralimohan.
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 Alpha Arts & Science College emerges winner
Alpha Arts and Science College emerges winner in the final of the Indian Oil Corporation Golden Jubilee celebrations 2nd Alpha Arts & Science College TN State Level College, School and Seniors Open Chess Championship organized by Thiruvallur District Chess Association here at Alpha Arts & Science College, Chennai.
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National Junior & National Junior Girls championships - 2009 at Chennai
Further to the eligible players listed in the prospectus, all IM's are seeded to play in the open section and all WIM's are seeded to play in the girls section subject to age limit. All Players are requested to report at Tamilnadu State Chess Association office, Room.No.75, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai - 600 003. which is adjacent to The Chennai Central Railway Station for accommodation.
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 Padsalgikar Is No More
N.V. Padsalgikar, the celebrated chess organiser from Sangli in south Maharashtra passed away this morning at Sangli in Maharashtra. He was 90.
Padsalgikar was noticed dead at 6.30 a.m. on Sep 7, 2009. His doctor told Manuel Aaron that he should have passed away at about 4 a,m in the morning. In the last one year he was not keeping very good health and was using the services of a Pace Maker
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 K.Jennitha Anto won the Bronze in 20th International Festival of Chess and Games, Czech open 2009
Jennitha Anto participated in the C group and a lone entry from India. She Secured 4.5 points out of nine rounds. 2 Wins, 5 Drawn and two lose. She met 2 German players, 1 Slovakia, I Latvia, I Armenia and 4 Czech players and the player She met are all gents. In group C nearly 238 players participated among them nearly 30 players are ladies. On the whole the tournament and the playing hall are very fine.
The Gold Medal goes to Russian player Zykina Nadezhda secured 5.5 point from C group. Second and Third prizes were tied Between Melnik Galina of Russia and K.Jennitha Anto of India. Better progressive score decided and award Silver Medal to Melnik Galina of Russia and the Bronze Medal to K.Jennitha Anto.
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 Adhiban retained his National B Title
International Master B.Adhiban of Tamil Nadu retained the National ‘B’ chess title by beating Mary Ann Gomes in the final round of the National ‘B’ Chess Championship held at Kolkatta on 24/08/2209.
Adhiban, who became the youngest player when he won the event last year in Goa and still continues to hold that honour at 17, came up with a consistent show that saw him net 10.5 points from 13 rounds.
Adhiban, who is also the World under-16 champion, showed poise and class, and came up with his best in the last two rounds where he played flawlessly to pick up crucial points.
Playing against Mary Ann, with whom he shared the top spot in the penultimate round, Adhiban went for the kill with a strong attack while Mary Ann, with her French defence, struggled to contain him.
Adibhan opted for the Tarrasch Variation on the kingside and made quick inroads.
Mary Ann lost a pawn on the kingside on the 26th move and also the game as Adhiban’s pieces penetrated her weakened back rank.
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 Akash and Michelle Triumphs
G. Akash and Michelle Catherina of Chennai won the titles in the 22nd Tamil Nadu State under -13 Chess Championship for Dolphin Trophies held at Coimbatore.
Akash got the 9.5 points out of 11 rounds to took the first spot followed by S. Kaushik and Mugil Jayavel of chennai with 8.5 points.
In the girls category Michelle Catherina took the 10 points out of 11 rounds to clinch the title followed by Se Meenu Priya of Madurai with 8.5 points to spot ruunerup and V Shvethe of Kanchi got the third spot with 8 points.
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 Asian Gold Medalists arrived Chennai
A warm reception was given by Tamil NAdu State Chess Association for Asian Gold Medal Winners (J. Saranya, Srija Seshadri and G.K. Monnisha) were arrived Chennai Central today (10/08/2009) by Tamil Nadu Express.
Tamil Nadu General Secretary Mr. K. Muralimohan presented the garlands to the winners and distribute the sweets to all chess friends and parents of the winners, who were joined the reception.
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4 Tamil Nadu players win Gold in Asian Youth Chess Championship.
K. Priyadarshan (Madurai), J. Saranya (Tiruvallur), Srija Sershadri (Cuddalore) and G.K. Monnisha (Chennai) emerged as Champions in Under -16 Open, Under -14 Girls and Under -12 Girls categories respectively.
K. Priyadarshan got 6.5 points out of 9 rounds to win the title in the under -16 category. Ramnath Bhuvanesh finished fourth in the same category with 6 points.
J. Saranya secured 8 points out of 9 rounds to emerge as a champion in the under -14 girls section.
Srija Seshadri and G.K. Monnisha were both awarded gold medals in the under -12 Girls category, as they tied with each other on 6.5 points. Mahalakshmi (Chennai) finished fourth with 6 points.
Shyam Nikhil of Chennai got the Silver Medal in Under-18 category. Pon. N. Krithka (Kanchi) added another feather to Tamil Nadu camp by winning Silver medal in the under -18 G category.
India reasserted his supremacy in Asian Youth by winning 23 out of 36 medals: 8 Gold; 7 Silver and 8 Bronze.
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P. Lokesh clinches the title
Master P.Lokesh of Velammal Matriculation school, won the championship with
8points received the cash prize of Rs 25000 along with a Trophy. The top twelve
were given the cash prizes in the main list and six special cash prizes for
each category in Under8/10/12/14
This event attracted 250 participants from various States like Andhra, Karnataka, Pondichery, Orissa, WestBengal, Maharastra and also from all over districts in Tamilnadu like Chennai, Kanchi, Madurai, Tiruvellor, Kanyakumari,Salem,Tiruvarur,Thanjavur,Vellore,Coimbatore Trichy, etc.,
Participation of nearly 74 rated players including top players like top seeded TN State sub-junior champion Ajay Srikanth,TN Under 25 state champion G.Akash,P.Lokesh,Savetha,Akash PC Iyer etc., made the event so competitive.
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 D.P.Singh Clinches Title
Former Olympian and Indian Railway’s star Diwakar Prasad Singh lifted the glittering Adyar Times trophy when he signed a peace treaty in five moves against Tamil Nadu state Junior champion M.Muthu Alagappa in the tenth and the final round of the ninth Adyar Times FIDE rated open chess tournament which got concluded today morning in Chennai. The 31 year old Jharkhand born D.P.Singh who has migrated to Chennai choosing his career with Southern Railway has usurped this coveted title in the year 2006 too. By winning this prestigious Adyar Trophy D.P.Singh is becoming richer by Rupees twenty five thousand. D.P.Singh with an ELO rating of 2286 was seeded fourth in this tournament remained undefeated in the championship. He notched up a total of 9 points from ten rounds. Taking up sole lead in the seventh round he conceded only two draws against Jitendra Vel S in the fifth round and Muthu Alagappan in the final round D.P. Singh came to limelight when he got qualified in the National ‘A’ Championship to find a berth in the six member Indian squad which represented the country in the Greece Olympiad.
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 2nd Modern School International Rating Chess Championship (for School students)
Sri D.V. Sundar, Secretary, All India Chess Federation inaugurated the Second Modern School International Fide Rating Chess Championship for School students at Modern Senior Secondary School, Chennai 600 061 on 4th August 2009
This Rating Chess Championship is being organized by Modern Senior Secondary School, under the auspices of Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and All India Chess Federation
The Total Prize Fund is Rs.1,00,000 and the winner will get the cash prize of Rs 25000 along with a Trophy. The top twelve gets the prizes in the main list and six special cash prizes for each category in Under14/12/10/8 will also be awarded.
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 Ram S. Krishnan Triumphs
Ram S. Krishnan of BSNL, Chennai emerged as Champion in the 4th S.K. Narasimhan FIDE Rated open chess Tournament which concluded here today. He drew the eleventh and final round with Tamil Nadu State Junior Champion M. Muthu Algappan of Easwari Engineering College to take his tally to 9 points.
Ram. S. Krishnan awarded with S.K. Narasimhan Memorial Trophy and Rs. 15,000/- as cash prize.
Six players namely top seed International Master N. Srinath, M. Muthu Algappan Venkat Sundaram, Senthil Kumaran R.P, Ganesh Babu . S and Krishnan Varun tied on 8.5 points each and were placed second to seventh in that order.
Mr. N. Tamilselvan, IG (Operations) gave away the prizes to the winners.
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 Mohanpriya triumphs
J. Mohana Priya of Kanchi District won the 23rd State junior (under-19) girls’ FIDE-rated chess championship conducted by Solar Chess Club, a part of the D.S.K.S. Subramania Iyer Trust, at the SDAT Tennis Stadium.
Mohana, who was the sole leader after nine rounds, drew with N. Akshaya and R. Preethi in Tuesday’s rounds. She secured nine points out of a possible 11 to claim victory.
Chennai’s Michelle Catherina drew with the top-seeded R. Preethi to finish second with eight points. A. Akshaya of Tiruvallur held S. Athirai of Dindigul to a draw to bag the third prize.
Apart from the V.V. Rajamani Trophy and the K.S. Ramani Trophy, Mohana received a cash award of Rs. 5,000. Final standings: 1. J. Mohana Priya (9); 2. Michelle Catherina (8); 3. A. Akshaya (7.5); 4. N. Akshaya (7.5); 5. J. Janani (7).
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Muthu Alagappan clinches Title
A.L. Muthu Alagappan of Tiruvallur District won the 38th Tamil Nadu State Under-19 (Juniors) Boys Chess Championship for for S.Ramakrishnan Memorial Rolling Trophy.
The prize distribution function was held on 21th July 2009 by 3.30 pm Dr.Kalimuthu.,Ph.D.,I.R.S (Asst. Comm. of Central Excise) is the Chief Guest, Mr. Jayapala Chandady., founder president Krishnagiri Dist. Chess Association gave the presidential address, felicitated by Mr.C.Kirupa., (District Sports Officer), Mr.Alphonse.,(Titan Industries), Mr.R.G.Periyaswamy., (TVS Motors Company Ltd), Mr. M G Shridhar., (Exide Industries Ltd), and Mr. MVN Kutty., (Supreme Industries), Guests gave the prizes to the winners, vote of thanks was given by Mr. K. V. Sreekanth Hon. President. Krishnagiri Dist. Chess Association
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Arun Prasad Wins Strongest Scottish Championship
Indian Grand Master S. Arun Prasad won the 116th Scottish Chess Championship that concluded at the Edinburg City Chambers on July 19. The grandmaster from Salem, defeated Madurai grandmaster Magesh Chandran in the final round to clinch the title with 7.5/9.
When the two Tamil speaking Arun Prasad and Magesh Chandran sat they knew that they have to win for the title. Magesh blundered a rook for minor piece in an opening trap and Arun Prasad won the battle in a dozen moves but converted the advantage on move 64.
Arun Prasad works for Bharat Petroleum at Chennai and works with many Indian players. He had a great run last year to become a Grand Master.
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 National Under - 11 Champion
Karthikeyan Murali of Tamil Nadu won the TMPL Ranjit Patkar 23rd National Under 11 Boys Chess Championship, PESITM Auditorium, Sagar Road, Shivamogga, Karnataka
He got 9.5 points out of 11 rounds.
G.K. Monnisha of Chennai District got the second place with 9 points out of 11 rounds.
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Shyam Wins
Shyam Nikhil of Chennai won the 57th Tamil Nadu State FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2009, held at Karaikudi. He got the 8.5 points out of 11 rounds.
Shyam and Prem were tied with 8.5 points. as per Buchholz tie-break, Shyam was declared as a Winner.
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Shyam Sundar in Lead
Tamil Nadu’s International Master Shyam Sundar (2415) was in the joint lead with three other Grand masters at the end of the 3rd round of the Leiden International Open tournament being held at Leiden, Holland.
It was in all, a good day for the Indian players as most of them got fairly lower rated opponents and won their games quickly and convincingly. Tamil Nadu girl Harini(1986) went from strength to strength by defeating higher rated FM Erwich, Frank (2319) of Netherlands and has shown a rating performance of 2529 so far having remained undefeated. Playing the white side of Ruy Lopez, Harini got a comfortable position from the opening and saw a little bit more than her opponent in the ensuing complications and won a pawn in the middlegame. She ruthlessly pushed the pawn ahead and won the game to be in the reckoning for a WGM norm or possibly more .
Harini along with Adhiban, VAV Rajesh, Lalith Babu and Karthikeyan are in the joint second position with 2.5 points from 3 rounds.
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Ashwin bags the Title
Ashwin Jayaram of Chennai won the Asian Junior Chess Championship, held at Srilanka.
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New FIDE Arbiters
Congrats Mr. B.T. Sethuraman, Ms. R. Bhuvana for become FIDE Arbiters awarded by FIDE.
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Ajay Srikanth, Mohana Priya bags the Title
Ajay Srikanth, Mohana Priya bags the Title
At end of the 11th round Ajay Srikanth (9) of Chennai Dist., J Monaha Priya (9.5) of Kanchi Dist. bagged the title respectively, in Tamil Nadu State Sub – Junior Chess Champion 2009 organised by Bloom Chess Academy, the runners are G Akash (Chennai) (9) and P V Nandhidhaa (Namakkal)
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 Fide Arbiter Seminar Results
The First FIDE Arbiter's seminar in India was held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai - 600 003. from 24th to 27th June, 2009. Mr.Casto Abundo, Deputy President of Asian Chess Federation was the resource person and lecturer and he was ably assisted by Prof.R.Anantharam, International Arbiter and member of the Swiss Pairing Programs Commission. The successful examinees from Tamil Nadu Fide Arbiter Seminar at Chennai from 24th to 27th June, 2009 are : Mr.B.Sakthi Prabhakar , Mrs..Aarthie Ramaswamy, Women Grand Master, Mr.R.Balasubramanian , Mr.K.Ganesan , A.Suresh Kumar, Mr.A.L.Kasi, Mrs.T.T.Lakshmi Priyaa, and M.R.Senthil Kumar.
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 Cusat Champion 2009
Chennai’s Ram S. Krishnan won his maiden Cusat Open all-India FIDE-rated chess title at the Cochin University campus.
The 26-year-old, who has no formal training in the game, was surprised with the victory which fetched him the top prize of Rs. 15,000.
“Till last (Monday) morning, I was not in contention,” said Ram, the only one among the four overnight leaders who won the final round on Tuesday.
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 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.
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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,
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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.
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 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
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 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
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 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.
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 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.
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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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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
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 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
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 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
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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.
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 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.
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 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.
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