BavanKumar J and Reshma C R are the Champions.

Sri Kaliswari Fire Works and Sree Sowdambika College of Engineering organised 19^th Tamil Nadu State Under-25 Open & 16^th Women chess championship was inaugurated by Sri. Rathinam Raja, Correspondent of Sree Sowdambika College on 3^rd May 2017. This Championship was organised by Sivakasi Chess Club which attracted 70 players in open and 18 in women section respectively.

Balakannamma, Jayakumaar, Bavankumar (Chennai), Manigandan (Madurai) and Yeshwanthraj (Kanchi) shared the lead with full points at the end of 3^rd round. Bavankumar beat Manigandan and took sole lead with 4 points. C.R.Aasha (kanchi) shared the lead with him in 6^th round with 4.5 points each. But Kanchi girl lost to Bavan. A.Ra. Harikirshnan, IM elects followed the leader Bavankumar with 6 points in the penultimate round. In final round Bavankumar beat Kumar and won the 19^th TN State under 25 open championships with 8 points. Harikrishna and Jayakumaar were in 2^nd & 3^rd place respectively.

In Women section C.R.Reshma (Kanchi) was the sole leader with full points at the end of 3^rd round. Jayashri K K and Jothi Sankari M (Virudhunagar) followed her with 2.5 points each. Madhumitha R (Chennai) took sole lead with 5 points after 6^th round. Reshma and Jayashri finished the final round with 5.5 points each, but better tie break helped Reshma of Kanchi to clinch the 16^th TN State under 25 women chess championship.

Shri. Baskar Raja, Secretary of Sree Sowdambika College of Engineering distributed the prizes to the winners.

28^th Tamil Nadu State Under 17 Open & Girls Chess Championship 2017 (FIDE Rated) was held from 8.05.2017 to 12.05.2017, organized by Ancient Chess Academy at Kamala Subramaniam Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Thanjavur. The inauguration function was held on 8^th May 2017. The presidential address was delivered by Mr. A. Gerald Phingnora Raj, President of Thanjavur District Chess Association. Chief Guest of the event was Rtn. V. Subramaniam, Asst. Governor, RI Dist. 2981 and Trustee, KSMHSS. Guest of Honour for the inauguration was Rtn. N. Venkatajalapathi, District Executive Secretary, RI Dist. 2981. Welcome address was delivered by Mr. T. Shyam Sundar, Treasurer, Ancient Chess Academy, Thanjavur. The dignitaries present on the dais were Mr. Rtn. G. Senguttuvan, Asst. Governor, RI Dist. 2981, Mr. Rtn. R.K. Balagunashekaran, Joint Secretary, Mr. V.S. Sriman, International Arbiter and Chief Arbiter of this event, Mr. R.P. Senthil Kumaran, Secretary, Thanjavur District Chess Association. Vote of thanks was delivered by Mr. M. Vinoth, Secretary, Ancient Chess Academy, Thanjavur.

Totally 231 players participated in 28^th Tamil Nadu State Under 17 Open Chess Championship 2017 and 88 players participated in 28^th Tamil Nadu State Under 17 Girls Chess Championship 2017. This tournament happens to be record in number of participation with 321 players participating from 29 districts and 1 special unit NLC. In the Open section, 71 rated players and in the Girls section, 35 rated players participated.

Top ten prize winners in Open and Girls section were awarded with cash prizes worth Rs. 26,400/-. Further 5 prizes were given to Under 11, 13 and 15 category in both Open and Girls section separately.

The valedictory function was held on 12^th May 2017. Chief Guest of the event was Mr. P.K.V.S.Vasan, President, Chamber of Commerce & Industries, Thanjavur. Other dignitaries present on the dais were Rtn. G. Senguttuvan, Asst. Governor, RI Dist., Dr. D. Thirumala Pandiyan MS(Ortho, DNB (Ortho), D (Ortho), Mr. Sridhar , AO, KSMHSS, Mr. N. Srinivasan, HFFC and Grija Computers, Thanjavur, Mr. R.P. Senthil Kumaran, Secretary, Thanjavur District Chess Association. Vote of thanks was delivered by Mr. M. Vinoth, Secretary, Ancient Chess Academy, Thanjavur.

The 3^rd Hatsun Idhayam FIDE Rated Chess Tournament, organised by Virudhunagar Chess Club at VSVN Polytechnic, Virudhunagar attracted about 270 players from Tamil Nadu, AP, Telanagana, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Maharashtra and Jharkhand. International master P. Shyaamnikhil, international master elects Ara Harikrishnan and M. Kunal all from Tamil Nadu were the top three seeds, followed by Asian Under 9 champion D. Gukesh of AP. The tournament was of 9 round Swiss format, with a time control of 90 minutes to each player, with an increment of 30 seconds per move.

In the inaugural round, former TN State women champion S. Harini was held to a draw by K. Yogaraj of TN. A similar result was on cards for the state women champion P. Bala Kannamma, when she met low rated Arjun Sidharth in the second round. Fourth round witnessed the Madurai talents B Selvamurugan, and TS Nandakumar extricating half a point each from the top two seeds Shyaam and Hari respectively. Kunal emerged the sole leader at the end of the fifth round by beating former under 17 TN champion SS Manigandan of Madurai, as other top board games ended without any decisive result.

Tough fighting prevailed in the sixth round, as there were only two draws in the first fifteen games, leading to a six way share of the lead. Harikrishnan defeated Yogit of Chennai and Kunal got the better of Dusthageer of Madurai to seize the lead with 6.5 points each, with Shyaamnikhil, Gukesh, S Kumar and Manu David Suthanthiram of Chennai half a point behind the leaders. After a spate of draws on top boards, Harikrishnan and Kunal continued to lead with 7 points each at the end of the eighth and penultimate round. The tournament was poised for an exciting finish, as nine others were breathing at the shoulders of the leaders with 6.5 points each.

Kunal and Gukesh settled for an early draw. Shyaamnikhil used his vast resources to break open the sturdy defence of Harikrishnan to script a win. Manu David Suthanthiram, S Kumar and P. Mythireyan also recorded wins to scored 7.5 points to tie with Kunbal and Shyaam. When the tiebreaks were applied, Kunal was decalred winner followed by Shyaamnikhil and others in the above order. Kunal received Rs.50,000/- and Shyaam got Rs.30000/-. A total cash prize of 4.5 lakhs was awarded in the form of about 230 prizes.

Sri. TKSPA Shanmugamoorthy, Secretary of VSVN Polytechnic inaugurated the tournament in the presence of Sri. VMG. Rajasekaran industrialist and Vice President of VDCA.

Sri. VVR Idhayam Muthu, one of the sponsors of the tournament was the chief guest in the prize distribution function and Sri. S. Eswaran BE., of SPK Hotel, Madurai was the guest of honour.

The 30^th Tamil Nadu State Under – 9 Open & Girls Chess Championship was held at Chettinad Public School, Karaikudi, Oraganized by Castle Chess Academy & Chettinad Public School on Behalf of Tamil Nadu State Chess Association from 8^th May to 12^th May 2017.

The Inauguration function was held on 8^th May 2017, Mr. Ramesh, Principal, Chettinad Public School welcomed the gathering, Shri V. Hariharan, Gen. Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association & All India Chess Federation was the Chief Guest. He, Inaugurated the event with Top Seed of Girls Category Indira Priyadarshini.S of Sivagangai, in the Presence of Shri Kumaresan, Chairman, Chettinad Public School, Shrimathi Santhi Kumaresan, Shri Karuppaiah, Vice Presdient, TNSCA & Shri Muthukumar, Jt.Secretary, TNSCA, All the Office bearers of Sivagangai District & Castle Chess Academy were Present for The Function.

The event attracted 290 entries (Boys 177 + Girls 113) From 26 Districts of Tamil Nadu. In this 47 are International Rated Players, The Top Seed of Open Category is Illamparthi R of Kanchipuram and Top Seed of Girls Category is Indira Priyadharshini Of Sivagangai. First time in Tamil Nadu State Chess Championship Live stream arrangement was made by Chettinad Public School so that parents can view their Children playing.

In the Final Round the local boy Rohith S from Sivagangai beat Aswath S of Kanyakumari to win the Open Championship with 8/9 Points, the top seed Illamaparthi R of Kanchi got the second Place with 7.5/9 Points, up to 5^th round Illamparthi was leading in the event but on 6^th round Rohit beat Illaparthi, Rohan M of Tiruvallur got the third place with 7.5/9 Points; In Girls Category Kanishkaa C of Salem beat Sahanaa SM of Salem to Win the Championship with 7.5/9 points on better Tie Break Score, Even though Saineha of Trichy and Sruthinaya B of Coimbatore got 7.5/9 points, the better Tie Break decides the winner, Saineha got the 2^nd Prize & Sruthinaya the third prize

International Master & Grand Master Nominee Mr. Shyam Nikhil was the Chief Guest of Prize Distribution Function and gave valuable tips to the players. Chettinad Public School Chairman Sri Kumaresan, Srimathi Santhi Kumaresan and IM Shyam Nikhil gave the Prizes to the Winners, in the presence of Mr.Ramesh, Principal, Chettinad Public School, Mr. P. Palaniappan, International Arbiter was the Chief Arbiter for this Event, Mr. Kannan, Secretary, Sivagangai Dist. Chess Association & Mr. Athulan, Castle Chess Academy & organising Secretary.

30^th Tamil Nadu State U-13 Open & Girls Chess Championship 2017 was organized by the Namakkal District Chess Foundation from 03-05-2017 to 07-05-2017 at VidyaVikas, Tiruchengode, Namakkal.

Mr. Raju, DSP, Tiruchengode, inaugurated the 30^th TN State U-13 Chess Championship 2017 in the presence of Mr. Gunasekaran, Correspondent, VidyaaVikas Institution, Mr. Singalavelan, Mr. Muthusamy, Mr. Ramalingam and Mr. Vetriselvan, the founder members of VidyaaVikas Institutions, Mr. Vijayaraghavan, Jt.Secretary, TNSCA, Dr. V.S. Ramesh, President, NDCF and Mr. G.Gnanasekaran, Secretary, NDCF.

237 Boys (164 rated players) and 135 Girls (66 rated) players from almost all districts from TN State took part in this event.

Prizes were distributed by Dr. Samydurai, Principal of Vidyaa Vikas college of Engg. & Tech, in the Presence of  Dr. Ramesh, President, NDCF, Mrs. Aarthy Ramesh, Women Grand Master, Mr. Gnanasekaran, Secretary, NDCF.

In the final round in U-13 Boys section Balasubramaniam H from Chennai defeated Dhinesh Rajan M from Sivagangai and became TN State U-13 (Open) Champion. In U-13 Girls section Jyotsana L from NLC defeated Harshini B from Chennai and became TN State U-13 (Girls) Champion

Prize winners- Open

Prize winners- Girls