Tamil Nadu State Chess Association

5th TKSS State-level Children Chess Tournament
Taanya Kaavya School of Sports conducted 5th TKSS State-level Children Chess Tournament on 19th & 20th July, 2014 for categories Under 9, 12, 15 and 25 both Boys and Girls at C.D. Nayagam Hr. Sec. School, T.Nagar, Chennai. The tournament was attracted with 695 participants from all over the state. The prize winners were awarded with the Glittering Cups and Certificates. Chief Guest Mr. C.S. Nayagam, Correspondent of the School and Mr. A.N.S. Prasad, Organizing Secretary gave away the prizes to the winners. The following players got the first place in their respective categories: Categories Girls Boys Under 9 Mohana R Abinandhan R Under 12 Neha Srinibash Yutesh P Under 15 Kharunya C S Hemanth Raam Under 25 Sandya M Aaditya Jagadeesh

Saranya (TN) & Narayanan (KER) Win National Junior
This year edition of the National Junior Chess Championship was a little special since four International Masters took part in this event for the first time. But competition was so fierce that none of them finished in the top two. This event was organised by the Pune Chess Circle from July 10-18, 2014 in a successful manner. All the players were defeated. It was a 11-round Swiss, so there are no knock-outs in the real sense. It was indeed held in a Boxing Stadium at Balewadi in Pune. The top three seeds suffered final round defeats and the fourth seed, S.L. Narayanan from Thiruvavanthapuram won his maiden National title. Harsha Bharathakoti defeated Fenil Shah in the final round to take the second place while Akash took third place. The top finishers will represent India in the 2015 World Junior and World Junior Girls Championships. Title excitement was present when the last round commenced with Aravindh and Narayanan starting on the same eight points. Aravindh lost and Narayanan won and the title was decided right there. Narayanan gains close to five Elo points from this event. Similarly, in the girls’ event, J Saranya and Michelle Catherina had the same eight points. Saranya won while Michelle only drew and the title was decided clearly. J Saranya of Chennai who had won plenty of National age group events added a new bigger title to her existing list of achievements. She gains over 28 Elo from this contest. With G.K. Monnisha third, the players from Tamil Nadu swept the podium. Saranya had been with the famous Velammal School before joining college. She is a product of the Bloom Chess Academy in Chennai.

17th Hercules Turbo Drive State Level Open Chess Tournament For Boys & Girls
The 17th Hercules Turbo Drive tournament was organized by the Tiruvallur District chess Association at St Joseph's Matriculation Hr Sec School, Poonamallee, on 12.07.2014 & 13.07.2014. The tournament attracted a total participants of approximately 739. Eight rounds were conducted for boys, seven rounds for girls and the pairings were done using Swiss Manager. The prize distribution function was held on 13th of July at 05.00 PM with the Chief Guest Thiru. K. Veeraraghava Rao I.A.S, District Collector, Tiruvallur, the Guest of Honor was Rtn.S.Gopalakrishnan, President, Rotary Club of Tiruvallur, and Presidential address by Ms.Sahayarani, DMI, Admin, St Joseph MHSS. Click the headline for results....

FIDE Arbiter Seminar 2014 at New Delhi – Results
From 30 June to 2 July 2014 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in New Delhi, India, by the All India Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer was IA Casto Abundo (PHI), Asian Chess Federation Deputy President and FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer was IA Prof. R. Anatharam (IND). The lectures were in the English language. Fifty four (54) National Arbiters from India and Kenya participated in the Seminar and in the examination test held after the lectures. The following succeeded in the test and they will be awarded a FIDE Arbiter Norm, after the approval of the next FIDE Presidential Board:

Bharath Subramaniyam (Chennai) & Savitha Shri (Kanchi) Won the TN U-7 Championship titles
Bharath Subramaniyam H (Chennai) & Savitha Shri B (Kanchi) Won the Titles in the 27th U-7 Tamilnadu State Boys & Girls Chess Championship Respectively, both scores full sweep of 9 points out of 9 Rounds, the event concluded on 13th July at Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur, Organised by Krishnagiri District Chess Association. The top seeder and Under-9 TN State Chess Champion Bharath Subramaniyam H (Chennai) routed Thrish Karthik (Chennai) to win the title with 9 points in as many rounds with an undefeated run. The Second and Third position goes to Rohit S (Chennai) and Roshan S (Erode) with 8 and 7 points respectively. In the girls section, second seed Savitha Shri B (Kanchipuram) defeated Adithi R (Kanchipuram) and maintained her unassailable 9 point run to clinch the title. She is followed by Yashavishree N (Chennai) with 8 points and Tejaswi R (Coimbatore) with 7 points to finish second and third respectively. The Organisers gave Medals for all the Young Participants of this Tournament. The Prizes were distributed by Mr. V.Hariharan, General secreatry, Tamilnadu State Chess Association, in the presence of Mr. Manikandasamy, Vice President Tamilandu State Chess Association on 13th July. Mr.Chandady, Founder President, Krishnagiri District Chess Association welcome the gathering and Mr.Ramachandran, Secretary, KGDCA gave the vote of thanks.