ASHHWATH OF TAMILNADU WON THE GUDIYATTAM FIDE RATING CHESS TMT-below 1600
ASHHWATH.C OF TIRUPPUR, TAMILNADU WON THE GUDIYATTAM FIDE RATING CHESS TOURNAMENT-2014 ( BELOW1600) SCORING 8 POINTS OUT OF 9 ROUNDS, IN A FOUR WAY TIE BETWEEN 2nd ANUP SHANKAR.R, 3rd KRITHIGGA.K, 4th GODSON MERLIN.E, ALL FROM TAMILNADU GOT 8/9 POINTS, BETTER TIE BREAK PUT ASHHWATH ON THE TOP TO POCKET Rs.20.000/- AS 1ST PRIZE, IN THE 0-1400 RATING SECTION 9 YEARS OLD ABINANDHAN.R OF CHENNAI, TAMILNADU GOT THE 1ST PRIZE SCORING 7 POINTS OUT OF 9 ROUNDS.

Ganesh Babu won the State Level Open Tmt at Dindigul
Dindigul `Anand Chess Academy conducted a State Level Open Tournament
at Surabi Nursing College, Dindigul on 22nd & 23rd February 2014. In all 108 Players (including 26 Rated Players) from various districts had participated in this eight round Swiss system tournament. Third Seeded S Ganesh Babu of Madurai won the title and secured 7 points out of 8 rounds with sole lead. In the final round he drew with fellow district mate Manigandan to clinch the title. Mr P Jothimani, Chairman of Surabhi Nursing College delivered the special speech and distributed the prizes to all the Winners on the Prize Distribution Function held in the evening.

Karthikeyan Murali is third in ISC 2014
India participated in the 10th ISC 2014 held on 26.1.2014 in Chennai in which 30 countries took part simultaneously.Thirty Indian solvers participated and International Master Karthikeyan Murali finished a creditable third in ranking in the Juniors (category 1) and 27th overall.(results attached)

Venkatesh wins 66th CM Birthday lightning chess tournament
Grandmaster M R Venkatesh (BPCL) with 8.5 points won the 66th Birthday celebrations of "Thanga Tharagai" Puratchi Thalavi AMMA Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu lightning chess tournament that concluded at Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai here today. In a three way tie to the top, Venkatesh (8.5) emerged the Champion in tie-break ahead of Grandmasters Krishnan Sasikiran and S P Sethuraman. In the crucial final round, Venkatesh, playing with black pieces, held top seed Sasikiran to a draw.
The winner takes home a cash prize of Rs 66000 among the total prize money of Rs 202000 (Rupees Two Lakhs two thousand only). The prizes were distributed by Shri N Balaganga, MP and Shri Saidai Duraisamy, Mayor of Chennai. Present in the dais were Shri JCD Prabhakar, MLA, President, All India Chess Federation and Shri D V Sundar, Vice President, FIDE respectively.

Fourteen year old Chennai boy Keerthivasan Won the 5th AIM Chess FIDE Rating Tmt
The 5th AIM Chess Academy FIDE Rated All India Tournament was conducted at Hotel Golden Palace, Namakkal from 14th to 16th February 2014. The ten round Swiss event for players having a rating below 1600 had 263 players from ten different states. Ahamad Sarfaraz of U.P. and M. Subhash Kumar of A.P. with a rating of 1596 were the top seeded players. Duration of each game was 30 minutes main thinking time, with an additional increment of 30 seconds for each move.