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Dear Chess Players,
Tamil Nadu State Chess Association will be organizing a Blitz Chess Tournament (5 minutes each) on 22nd November 2012, from 2.00 pm onwards at Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Periamet, Chennai-600 003. Total Prize fund is Rs. 5000/- and the first prize will be Rs. 2,000/-. The entry fee is Rs.100/-.
For details contact: Phone: 044-25384477, 044-25366464 E-mail:tnchess64@gmail.com
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Change of Venue: National Challengers - 2012
The New Venue is
RAMATULASI KALYANA MANDAPAM,
D.No: 19-1-120, CHINTALCHENU,NEAR EXHIBITION,
NEAR R.T.C. OVER BRIDGE,TIRUPATI-517501.
Please contact Mr.Praveen for more detail email : praveen.y476@gmail.com
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Sai Krishna & Michelle Catherina emerge Sub Junior Champions
Andhra Pradesh lad G V Sai Krishna and Tamil Nadu girl Michelle Catherina emerged champions in the RMK Sr Sec School 37th National Sub Junior (Under 15) Chess Championship& 28th National Sub Junior Girls Chess Championship held at Media Hall, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today.
In the crucial final round, Sai Krishna faced some difficulties from Kerala boy S L Narayanan, but managed to hold on to a draw after 53 moves. Sai Krishna took the top spot with 10.0 points, followed by S L Narayanan at 9.0 points. FIDE Master Girish A Koushik of Karnataka took the third spot with 8.5 points.
The girls section saw Tamil Nadu girls sweeping all the main prizes. Michelle Catherina who had a dream run in this tournament, finished the final round with a victory against G K Monnisha. Michelle logged in 9.5 points from eleven rounds and was followed by top seed P V Nandhidhaa at 9.0 points. Sharing the third spot were M Mahalakshmi, Meenu Priya, G Lasya, Madhurima Shekhar and Srija Seshadri at 8.0 points respectively.
Final Standings :
(Boys)
1. G V Sai Krishna (AP) 10.0, 2. S L Narayanan (Kerala) 9.0, 3. Girish A Koushik (Karnataka) 8.5, 4-10 Akash PC Iyer (TN), Sayantan Das (WB), Shardul Gagare (Maharashtra), K G Chaithanyaa, R Ganesh, B Kumaran (all TN) and Arjun Bharat (Karnataka) 8.0 pts.
(Girls)
1. Michelle Catherina P (TN) 9.5, 2. P V Nandhidhaa (TN) 9.0, 3-7 M Mahalakshmi, Meenu Priya Se (both TN), G Lasya (AP), Madhurima Shekhar (Delhi), Srija Seshadri (TN) 8.0, 8-10 G K Monnisha (TN), Nisha N Patkar (Karnataka), P Bala Kannamma (TN) 7.5pts
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37th Vels Tamil Nadu State U-15 Chess Championship for the V.L Ethiraj Memorial Ever Rolling Ever Rolling Shield & 25th Vels University TN State Sub Junior (U-15) Girls Chess Championship for the Arasan Kalyanasundari Ammal Gurusamy Ever Rolling Trophy was a grand success in all ways amidst so many pit falls. Organized by Kanchi District Chess Association. On behalf of Tamil Nadu State Chess Association. and as a special attention, conducted at Vels University, Velan Nagar, Pallavaram, and Chennai.
Peaceful place makes the people in peace of mind and success in every angle. It is true about our venue at Vels College @ Pallavaram. In simple word venue with a variety of gardens and natural green carpets.
Inaugural function was presided over by Mr. Dr N Vijayan, President, Kanchi District Chess Association, Deliver Special Address Mr. D.V. Sundar, Vice-President, FIDE & Honorary Secretary, All India Chess Federation, and Chief Guest & Inaugurate the Championship Mrs. Arthi Ganesh, Vice-President (Academic), Vels University.
Final Ranking Boys
Rank Name Rtg
1 G Akash 2211
2 Akash Pc Iyer 2094
3 Kumaran B 1915
4 Nishvin J 2090
5 Karthikeyan Murali 2132
6 Vasantha Ruba Varman2022
7 Barath L 1973
8 Jayesh M 1708
9 Chaithanyaa K G 2065
10 Ganesh R 1999
Final Ranking Girls
1 Michelle Catherina P 2020
2 WFM Monnisha Gk 1857
3 Akshaya N 1791
4 Aarthi G 1681
5 Bala Kannamma P 1890
6 Meenu Priya Se 1827
7 WFM Mahalakshmi M 1872
8 Varshini V 1663
9 Sushmitha G 1688
10 Shvetha V 1751
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Tamil Nadu State Chess Association will organize a Blitz Chess Tournament on 26-01-2011 from 2 P.M onwards at Jawaharlal Nehru Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai-3. Each player will be allotted 5 minutes 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. 25366464. Mobile: 9444555226
Email: tnchess64@gmail.com
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Bharathiar Day and Republic Day State level Sports Tournament 2010-11 for chess to be organized by Tiruvarur district from 10-01-2011 to 12-01-2011 on behalf of Sports Developement Authority of Tamil Nadu.
For Details Contact: Mr.Gandhi, Cell: 9940341500
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Venue of RMK Residential Senior Secondary School 24th National Under-11 Chess Championship shifted to Media Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai.
Dear Friends,
Greetings from Tamil Nadu State Chess Association!
We are happy to inform you that the preparations for the conduct of R.M.K. Residential Senior Secondary School 24th National Under-11 Boys and Girls Chess Championship are being done in full swing.
Owing to unavoidable circumstances the venue of the above championship has been shifted to Media Centre, J N Stadium, at Chennai itself, which is at walk-able distance from Chennai Central Railway Station.
Fee dormitory type of lodging will be provided to all selected / seeded players (normal entries) plus one official manager nominated by the concerned state association. The donor entries and other accompanying persons will have to make their own arrangements.
Since the championship is shifted to Chennai City we are unable to provide accommodation and food to everybody.
The amount of Rs.1, 000/- already remitted by players / parents towards boarding and lodging at the earlier venue, will be refunded.
The revised prospectus is published in both our website: www.tamilchess.com and AICF’s website: www.indianchessfed.org
To facilitate your hotel booking, we have given the new list of hotels nearby J N Stadium, in the revised prospectus.
We regret the inconvenience, if any, caused to you in this matter.
Soliciting your utmost cooperation for the smooth and successful conduct of the above National Under-11 Chess Championship,
Yours Sincerely,
K.Muralimohan
General Secretary
Tamil Nadu State Chess Association
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World Champion Viswanathan Anand turned 38 on Tuesday. The Indian chess legend has achieved three major achievements of winning the Linares Tournament at Spain earlier in March this year for the second time and on April 2 he became the World No.1 ranked player for the first time. On September 29, 2007 he won the World Chess title for the second time.
Anand was born on December 11, 1969 at Chennai. He had been busy winning tournaments all these last 20 years since winning the World Junior in 1987 and making a mark in the international arena.
Anand is expected to play some Bundesliga games for his German champion team Baden Baden later this weekend. His next major tournament starts at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands early next year.
Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and the All India Chess Federation officials greet the World Champion Anand on his birthday and wish him continued success, happiness and good health. Many Happy Returns Of The Day Vishy Anand!
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A state level Arbiters Clinic was held at the picturesque Kodaikanal Institute of Technology, Kadaikanal during the 55th Tamil Nadu State Championship on 25th nad 26th May, 2007. The main focus was on the pairing software Swiss Manager and the participants had three enjoyable sessions on the software and they were thoroughly trained by Prof. R. Anantharam.
The following arbiters attended the seminar:
1. A. Dhakshinamoorthy, Coimbatore, 2. P.A. Balasubramanian, Coimbatore
3. K.A. Basheer Ahmed, Nilgiris, 4. M. Parivel, Erode, 5. K. Boobalan, Thoothukudi
6. T.H. Senthil Kumaran, Madurai, 7. K.M. Rajendran, Trichy, 8. M. Muthukumar, Kanchi, 9. Jeyaraj, DIndigul, 10. B.T. Sethuraman, Madurai, 11. Balaraman, Thiruvallur
12. Balagunasekaran, Mannargudi, 13. P. Yuvarajan, Kanchi, 14. V. Rajaraman, Kanchi
15. Mrs. R. Bhuvana, Kanchi, 16. Mrs.C.N. Raji, Coimbatore
In the last session, Anantharam gave a lecture on Rating Calculations and there was on interaction between the arbiters for more than one hour on case sudies, related to various chess topics. Sri. Chandrasekaran, Registrar , Anna University, Trichy, inaugurated the seminar in the presence of Sri. Krishna Rao, Principal in Charge, Kodaikanal Insitue of Technology and Sri. Panda, Secretary of the college.
Report by Prof. R. Anantharam - International Arbiter
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The WIN TV 35th TN state Fide Rated Chess Championship for Women was organized by us from 02nd May to 08th May 2007 at the A/c. Auditorium Hall of Shri B.S.Mootha Girls’ Sr. Sec School. This is the first time in the history of women's chess in Tamil Nadu this year’s Tamil Nadu State Chess Championship for Women has been made a Fide rated one.
In all, 91 players including 30 FIDE rated ones, from 11 districts took part. In this 11 round swiss system event.
Syed Nabeela Farheen (Chennai) surged into sole lead with 6.0 Point of out 6.0 rounds and she was stopped by Pon.N.Krithikka of Kanchi. Thereafter it was a see- saw battle between two. At the end of the 10th and penultimate round Pon.N.Krithika was leading by a half a point with a score of 8.5 points, In the 11th and final round Pon.N.krithika was held to a draw by M.Rajadharshini of Madurai while Syed Nabeela Farheen scored a creditable victory over a A.Sitalatchumi ( Madurai ). Both Nabeela and Pon.N.Krithika tied with 9 point each but Nabeela was declared the winner on account of better tie break score. S.Harini ( Kan ) with 8.5 points and P.Priya ( CHE ) with 8.0 points finished 3rd & 4th respectively.
In the Prize distribution function held on 08th May 2007 at the venue Mr.T.Dhevanathan, Chairman and Managing Director WINTV awarded Rs.10,000/- cash prize and the Paruben Manilal Mehta Rolling trophy. Mr.K.E.Raghunathan, President, Chennai District Chess Association presided over the Prize Distribution function. Mr.Uday Mehta, Secretary Shri.B.S.Mootha Girls’ Sr. Sec School was the Guest of honor.
Report by K.Muralimohan - Tournament Director.
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The Madurai District Chess Association on behalf of Tamil Nadu State Chess Association organized the 20th TN State U 11 Chess Championship from 24.04.2007 to 01.05.2007 at Velammal Matriculation School, Madurai
Mr.Chandrasekaran, Principal Velammal Matriculation School in the presence of Rev.Dr.Arul Arasu Israel, President, MDCA and Mr.Krishnamoorthy, A.O Velammal Matric School inaugurated the Championship
Manager’s meeting was held after inauguration. Member of Appeal committee and Reserve were appointed.
169 players (115 Boys + 54 Girls) from various districts and academy took part in the championship. All the rounds were played as per schedule and throughout the tournament no dispute arose. The players and the manager are co-operated to ensure a smooth run of the championship.
Among 169 players (Both Boys and Girls) 77 players registered with TNSCA. All other were already registered with TNSCA. Se. Meenupriya from Madurai beat Akshaya in the final round to become the 20th TN state Girls Champion.
S.Koushik from T.Nagar Chess academy drew with S.K.Somasundaram in the final round to become the 20th TN State Boys Chess Champion.
Dr.Kannan, Principal, Velammal Engineering College and Mr.Manuel Aaron, The General Secretary, TNSCA in the presence of Rev.Dr.Arul Arasu Israel, President, MDCA distributed the prizes.
Report by B.T.Muralikrishnan - Chief Arbiter
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Chennai schoolboy P.Karthikeyan won the 1st Thrissur International FIDE Rating Tournament that took place from April 15-20 in the cultural capital of Kerala.
In many ways Karthikeyan was destined to win, since though he offered draws, his opponents did not take them. They lost and paved the way for his splendid triumph. In the final round, he upset IM Saptarshi Roy of Kolkata to win the tourney with 8.5 points. The tournament was dominated by Ram S Krishnan, a former University of Madras player who led until the eighth round. Ram's defeat to Saptarshi Roy in the ninth round opened up the event. In the final round, Chennai players won the top four places with Ram playing a draw against B.S.Sivanandan and Konguvel taking the third place by defeating Kerala's second IM K.Ratnakaran.
Chennai players dominating the podium in Kerala is not new. In the previous Cusat FIDE Rating event at Kochi, three different Chennai players took the top three places. The younger brigade of Chennai players is certainly making its presence across India. This time they took the top four places.
The first edition of this event was announced four months prior and it benefited with a huge response of 214 players from all over India and also from Arunachal Pradesh. And a good 109 of them were rated. This was Thrissur's first FIDE Rating event. Dusthageer Ibrahim, the teenaged Madurai boy shocked top seed IM Saptarshi Roy in the fourth round. Dusthageer had won the SPIC FIDE Rated Tournament in Tuticorin last year and many would remember it.
Sreekumar, President of the Thrissur Jilla Panchayath distributed the prizes in the closing ceremony while K.Radhakrishnan, Hon. Speaker of the Kerala Assembly inaugurated the tournament. The show was organised by N.V.Balagopalan, Secretary, Chess Association of Thrissur with the help of various people including T.J.Suresh Kumar of ICF, Chennai. In the opening ceremony, the founder Secretary of the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, 83-year old A.V.Sriramulu was given a memento. He was one of the players and also travelled to Thrissur by an unreserved compartment in the train.
Final placings: 1 P.Karthikeyan 8.5/10, 2-4 Ram S Krishnan, P.Konguvel, Preetham Sharma 8 each, 5-8 B.S.Sivanandan, Saptarshi Roy, K.Priyadarshan, M.B.Muralidharan 7.5 each, 9-24 K.Ratnakaran, Anurag Jaiswal, Dusthageer Ibrahim, R.R.Laxman, Syed Anwar Shazuli, A.Sankar, E.P.Nirmal, T.J.Suresh Kumar, Alex Thomas, Nimmy George, Joydeep Dutta, Rupankar Nath, M.Paramasivam, P.K.Suresh, P.Gopalakrishna, A.K.Jagadeesh 7 each.
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The Tamil Nadu State Chess Association turned 60 on April 26. Two of the five founders - A.V.Sriramulu, P.S.Vaidhyanathan were felicitated at a grand ceremony held at the R.K.Swamy Auditorium in Mylapore, Chennai on April 26. "May the next 60 years be more brighter," blessed Vishy Anand, the chief guest. Anand was himself felicitated by the various informative speeches the 1 hour 55 minute show that attracted grandmasters from various parts of India and chess lovers from neighbouring Sri Lanka.
Cash prizes totalling Rs.4.50 lakhs were distributed on behalf of the sponsor P.R.Venketrama Raja, President of the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association by Anand. Of this Rs.1 lakh was already paid to N.Srinath, the World Under-12 champion of 2005. All the Tamil Nadu players who won World, Asian and Nationals were showered with cash awards. Notable among the awardees were World No.25 Krishnan Sasikiran who led India to a gold medal win at the Asian Games at Doha last year.
In his felicitations to the TNSCA, D.V.sundar, Honorary Secretary of the AICF hailed it as the "Role-Model" Association. Tamil Nadu is at its peak because of Viswanathan Anand being the No.1 ranked player in the world he said. He asked the Tamil Nadu Government to do more for the game and personally appealed to the Member Secretary, Sports Development Authority of TN, Atulya Misra, IAS, to adopt the game of chess. Sundar had made similar requests to the Government of India to adopt chess.
Dr M.Gopalakrishnan, former President, TNSCA, and ex-CMD of Indian Bank, who found the sponsors for the Anand-Dreev, Candidates match at Madras in 1991 said, TNSCA had become very successful because of right mix of players, patrons and organisers. V.R.Deenadayalu, retired Managing Director of Madras Refineries who was instrumental in sponsoring the 1st BHEL Sponsored GM Tournament at Trichy in 1978 and the 1st MRL WGM Tournament of Asia at Chennai in 1987 commended the TNSCA for its big leap in chess. People like Anand who is the World No.1 ranked chess player, should be felicitated by the President of India he remarked.
In his long and engaging speech, J.C.D.Prabhakaran, welcomed the gathering. IM Manuel Aaron, General Secretary of the TNSCA, read the achievements of the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association right from 1947 to date with Anand being the No.1 ranked player in the world.
In his address, Misra, Member Secretary, SDAT said, they are handing over the Hall of Chess to the TNSCA for one year and are making several projects together with the TNSCA to popularise the game in the villages. P.R.Venketrama Raja, handed over a memento to Viswananathan Anand and garlanded the champion for becoming the No.1 ranked player. "I hope you will also win the world title later this year," he told Anand in his speech.
In replying to felicitations, Anand recalled occasions when his mother will look at the watch to inform him that his opponent had made his move. He also said how his father took him from Tumkur to Bangalore for dinner and icecream after losing to Neeraj Mishra in the National A that he won. "I am delighted at having met so many friends, from the past here," said Anand. His parents, relatives and besides chess friends were also present. Over 300 people mainly chess players were present. Tea and snacks were served. It was perhaps the most memorable day of the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association. International Arbiter V.Kameswaran had displayed historic photos as an exhibition. International Arbiter K.Muralimohan was hilarious as the Master of Ceremonies. Manuel Aaron proposed a vote of thanks. The Diamond Jubilee Celebrations could not have been done in a better way
Simultaneous chess at Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.
60 players were participated in the Simultaneous display.
GM Deepan Chakravarthy drew with Jaswant, G (Capa Chess Academy)
IM M R Venkatesh drew with Sai Manivannan
IM Saravanan lost to Tejas Ravichandran
B. Sakthi Prabhakar, Natinal Insurance Co Ltd.,
Chief Arbiter
Assistants: Santhosh, (Vivekandana College)--GM Deepan Chakravarthy
Sankaranarayanan (BSNL) -- IM MR Venkatesh
Ganesh (United India Insurance Co Ltd) -- IM Saravanan
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The 132 player strong TN State U16 and U18 championships organized by Pudukottai District Chess Association was star studded with players who had won FIDE rated tournaments (P. Shyam Nikhil and Dustagir Ibrahim) and Asian titles (S. Nitin). A.L. Palaniappan, the secretary of the district left no stone unturned in the successful organization of the championships.
The U16 boys category was a well contested one. Kunal of Cuddalore district was leading with 6.5 points at the end of the seventh round. He was humbled by N. Surendran of Thiruvallur district in the eighth round and Dustagir defeated N. Lokesh of Krishnagiri district to emerge as the sole leader with 7 points and he needed a draw in the ninth and final round to win the title. But Dustagir was made to bite the dust by Ramnath Bhuvanesh of Chennai, the winner of the U12 Rapid title at Mannargudi. Kunal subdued A. Nagaarjuna of Sivakasi and equalled Ramnath by scoring 7.5 points. Better progressive score was in favour of Kunal to wrest the title.
Excitement was aplenty in the U18 boys event also. Arun Karthik of Chennai was leading with 6.5 points at the end of the eighth and penultimate round and four players were trailing behind by half a point. Arun had to settle for a draw, whereas three 6 pointers won, leading to a four way tie for the first place. Shyam Nikhil of Megha Chess Academy was declared as winner due to a better progression. Shyam, with a rating as high as 2375 had recently won a FIDE rated tournament at Jaipur, ahead of 10 IMs.
The U16 Girls tournament was also nothing short of excitement until the last round. At the end of the penultimate round, C.H. Savetha of Salem was on 6.5 points, whereas A. Sithalatchumi of Madurai and P. Uthra of Thiruvallur were on 6. R. Visalatchi of Sivakasi held Savetha to a draw and the other two players won their final games, resulting in a tie between the three players. Again progressive score was applied to resolve the tie, which was in favour of Sithalatchumi. Savetha and Uthra finished in that order.
J. Saranya, winner of the U12 Rapid title at Mannargudi added one more to her kit by winning the U18 Girls section. She and R. Preethi of Madurai had a neck-to-neck race until the final round and finished on par with 7.5 points. Preethi had to be satisfied with the second place because of a lower progressive score. S. Harini of Kanchi district scored 7 points to finish third.
Report by : R. Anantharam, Chief Arbiter
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TN State U12 and U14 Rapid Chess Championships for boys and girls were held at Mannargudi, for three days from 19th to 21st April, 2007. The tournament was well organized by Thiruvarur district under the able guidance of its secretary, Balagunasekaran, also Jt. Sec. of TNSCA. The participation of 167 players from 21 districts was the highlight of the championship.
The Under 12 category in the boys section attracted the largest number of participants, i.e. 69. In a dramatic final round, the top seed and the leader until the penultimate round D.S. Shashank of Chennai with 8.5 points was downed by Anurag Kashyap of Thanjavur. L. Bharath, an unrated player from Thiruvallur district, trailing Shashank by half a point outwitted Eshwant Devkumar of Nova Chess Academy, Salem to secure 9 points and also the title. Shashank had to be content with the runner–up spot. S.S. Manigandan of Madurai claimed the third position by beating Amish Kushal of Tirunelveli.
In the U14 section for boys, Ramnath Bhuvanesh of Chennai, the highest rated player in the tournament had only one loss to A. Nagaarjuna of Sivakasi to score 10 points in the 11 round format. Though Bavankumar of Bloom Chess Academy played equally well, collecting 10 points, better progressive score enabled Ramnath to win the title. P. Lokesh of Chennai was a distant third with 8 points in the 48-player championship.
J. Saranya of Thiruvallur and J. Vaishnavi of VBS Academy were assured of the first and second places respectively, in the penultimate round of the U12 Girls category. The former had a perfect ten and the latter was on 9 points at the end of the tenth round. While Saranya lost to M. Priyadharshini of Coimbatore in the final round, Vaishnavi scored over S.D.R.Induja of Sivakasi to be on par with Saranya with 10 points. Thirty players participated in this group.
R. Bharathi of Chennai gave away only half a point in the whole tournament to clinch the U14 girls title. Ch. Savetha of Salem and Arthi Sri of Mount Chess Academy scored 8.5 points to tie for the second and third places. Savetha pipped Arthi Sri at the post with a superior tie break. R. Visalatchi of Sivakasi was placed fourth with 8 points in a race of 20 players.
Report by : R. Anantharam, Chief Arbiter.
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Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand has edged out Veslin Topalov from the World No 1 spot after winning the Morelia-Linares chess tournament.
A final-round draw with Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine after 31 moves not only saw the Indian superstar regaining the trophy after nine years, but also becoming the FIDE Numero Uno for the first time in his illustrious career.
After notching up 8.5 points out of a possible 14, Anand ended a full point clear of his nearest rival, Norway's Magnus Carlsen, who lost to Peter Leko of Hungary to finish on 7.5 points.
Anand had little work to do in the final game against Ivanchuk as the latter could not get much with his white pieces in the Queen's Indian defence game. The queens got traded early in the middle game and even as Ivanchuk had an optical advantage, Anand was always within the boundary of a draw. The peace was signed after 31 moves.
Final results:
1. Viswanathan Anand (India) – 8,5 points
2. Alexander Morozevich (Russia) – 7,5 points
3. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) – 7,5 points
4. Peter Svidler – 7 points
5. Levon Aronian (Armenia) – 7 points
6. Vessily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) – 6,5 points
7. Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) – 6 points
8. Peter Leko (Hungary) – 6 points
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Syed Anwar Shazuli of ICF won the Arasan Fire Works 13th TN State Rapid Chess Championship, organized by Sivakasi Chess Club at Sivakasi from 16th to 18th February, 2007. he and Kunal of Cuddalore district scored 8.5 points in the eleven round event, but the progressive score was in favour of Anwar. The top seed, P. Shyam Nikhil of Chrompet Chess Academy, who won the Pink City FIDE rating tournament at Jaipur recently, was leading until the sixth round, losing to Anwar in the seventh round. Thereafter, Anwar had some convincing victories over former state junior champion, P. Maheswaran of Sivakasi and veteran V. Subramanian of Chennai to consolidate his position.
Kunal came from behind to beat Anwar in the penultimate round and Maheswaran in the last round to finish runner-up. A win over Kunal would have given the host player Maheswaran, the title, but he finished only fourth.
Though the field was depleted by the last minute withdrawal of IM R.R. Laxman , IM R. Balasubramanian and former state champion Ram S. Krishnan in the 48 player event, tough fight was prevailing in all the rounds of the championship, carrying a cash prize of Rs.14000. G. Ramamoorthy, the sponsor and Patron of TN State Chess Association distributed the prizes.
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R. Arun Karthik, a 16-year old Plus One student of Velammal School achieved his first International Master Norm in Group II of the Aeroflot International Open Chess Tournament at Moscow.
In the final round, Arun Karthik defeated GM Hatan Baatar Bazar of Mongolia which paved the way for him to attain his International Master Norm. According to the coach of the Indian Junior Chess Team,
Mr Ebenezer Joseph at Moscow, the Chief Arbiter of the tournament had confirmed that Arun Karthik had over shot the requirement for the norm by a big 1.5 points.
Apart from the Mongolian Grandmaster Arun Karthik had also beaten IM Alexander Filipenko, Andrei Kuznetsov, Andrei Okarev (all Russia), Yu Lie of China and Florian Dinger of Germany. He had drawn with Michal Langer of USA, Vasif Durabeyli of Azerbaijan and IM Suvrajit Saha of India.
So far only senior teams were sent for such tournaments. The Government of India’s support to the AICF’s pioneering move in sending an additional youth team has produced quick dividends.
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Chennai "A" won the 10th National Cities team Chess Championship organised by T.Nagar Chess Academy at Chennai from Feb 11 to 15.
With a very keen fight, till the last round the destination of the first prize was uncertain.
Prize winners were:
01 Chennai "A" 23.5;
02 Calicut 23;
03 Chennai "B" 22.5;
04. Hyderabad 21.5;
05 Kanchi "A" 21;
;06. Chennai "E" 18;
07. Bangalore "B" 18;
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R. Adhithya of Kanchi district and M.A.Sai Lathecka of Chennai district won the boys and girls’ titles in the 20th State Under-7 Chess Championship organized by the Kanchi District Chess Association at Zion Matriculation School, Selaiyur. The tournament was inaugurated by Shri. M.S. Subramanian, Deputy Commissioner of Police, TN and presided over by Er.K.Parthasarathy, President, Kanchi District Chess Association.
The event attracted 75 players.
Both Adhithya and Sai Lathecka Sai won their titles by scoring 9.5 points in 11 rounds.
Aniruddh Aiyengar (CHE) and Sunyuktha.C.M.N (KAN) scoring 8.5 and 8 were second and the runner-up, followed by Ashwanth.S (CBE) and Nithila (TRY) with 8 each stood third.
At the closing ceremony of the event, IM P.Konguvel distributed the prizes and Dr. N. Vijayan, Vice-President, Kanchi District Chess Association presided.
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Ram.S.Krishnan won the title with 8.5 points at the end of the 11th round at the Gopalakrishna Naidu Kaveriammal Memorial FIDE Rated Tournament sponsored by P.S.N.A. Engineering College and Rotary Club of Dindigul West, organized by Dindigul District Chess Association was held at P.S.N.A. Mahal during the month of January.
The event was inaugurated by the National U-9 Champion Shardul Gagare by making the first move against Mr. Raja Ravi Sekar who was the guest of honour.
The event had 199 players out of which 29 players were from other states like Andhra Pradesh (10), Karnataka (13), Kerala (3) and Maharashtra (3) and the rest from Tamil Nadu. The strength of the players was also high in the sense that 85 players are rated, with two title holders. Forty eight players had attained their first FIDE Ratings and 16 players had an increase in their rating level in this event is an additional encouragement for the players from this tournament.
Some of the prominent players are International Master P. Mithrakanth (NLC), Asian U13 Silver Medalist S. Nitin (Slm), National A player Syed Anwar Shazuli (ICF), former TN State Champions Ram S. Krishnan and A. Shankar and Karnataka State Champion Y.G.Vijendra and U-7 National Champion Shardul.A.Gagare. Mr.R.Anantharam, International Arbiter was the Chief Arbiter of the event.
At the end of the tenth round, Ram S. Krishnan of BSNL led with 8.5 points and safely drew the next round to win the title. As five players tied for the second place, the tie break was resorted to P. Phoobalan of SRM College, Chennai was the runner-up, followed by M. Kunal of Madurai, Syed Anwar Shazuli, P. Mithrakanth and Y.G. Vijendra.
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B. Kumaran and G.K. Monisha of Chennai district won the 20th TN State Under-9 Chess Championship for Dolphin Trophies organized by Kanniyakumari District Chess Association at AST Kalyana Mandapam, Nagercoil.
Kumaran and Monisha won their titles by scoring 10 points each in 11-round Swiss. Cash prizes were awarded for top eight winners of the championship and special prizes went to top three players of the Kanniyakumari district. The event totally had 127 players out of which 82 were boys and 45 were girls.
Unfortunately a player named S.Srinivas of Salem whose date of birth certificate turned to be a bogus one was caught at the Championship. It was detected during cross checking with TNSCA by deputy arbiters Mrs. Bhuvana and Mr. Vijaraghavan and later it was confirmed by the chief arbiter. The chief arbiter and the committee had recommended three years ban for Srinivas.
Kanniyakumari district special prizes for boys went to V.Sathyagiri, C.P.Muthu Kumar, K.J.Kamsky and for girls S.Ram Priya, S.Bharkavi and S.Gopika Priya.
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Teenaged Shyam P Nikhil of Madurai won the 6th Pink City Open that took place at the Jaipur Club in Jaipur from Jan 24-31. He had the best tie-break score after three players tied for the first place with 9/11. K.Ratnakaran of Southern Railway, Kozhikode finished second and Roktim Bandyopadhyay of Kolkata took the third place.
The undefeated leader until the penultimate round, Sriram Jha of LIC, Delhi was tripped to defeat by Ratnakaran in the final round. This unexpected result opened up these possibilities and Shyam emerged champion picking up the trophy and Rs.70,000 cash. Over 240 players played in the three lakh prize money FIDE rating event.
On course to the title, Shyam beat Suvrajit Saha of Eastern Railway, Kolkata and Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury. He had lost to Saptarshi Roy. To win ahead of 10 IMs and Neelotpal Das and D.P.Singh is quite an achievement. Another Madurai teenager K.Priyadharshan (7.5) also impressed with wins over D.P.Singh and Neelotpal Das.
If Dustageer Ibrahim was the find of 2006 for beating D.P.Singh and winning the SPIC FIDE Rated Open, at Tuticorin it looks like another Madurai player is already out there to be the find of 2007. One is certain to read more about Shyam Nikhil.
The opening ceremony saw Member of Parliament, Girdhari Lal Bhargava, President of the Jaipur District Chess Association and A.K.Mittal, General Manager, GAIL as the chief guest. The chief guest in the closing ceremony was Jaipur Mayor Ashok Parnami. Also present were Meenakshi Mishra, Accountant General, Rajasthan and D.V.Sundar, Hon Secretary, AICF.
Final placings: 1-3 Shyam P Nikhil, K.Ratnakaran, Roktim Bandyopadhyay 9/11, 4-6 Saptarshi Roy, Sriram Jha, Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury 8.5 each, 7-15 Arghyadip Das, Rahul Sangma, Rahul Shetty, Akshat Kamparia, Laisram Imoc-ha, Suvrajit Saha, Sohel Chowdhury (Ban), R.Balasubramaniam, Somak Palit 8 each.
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Former world under-12 champion N.Srinath of Chennai obtained his maiden International Master norm when he completed the Hastings Tournament, Masters Section with a 5/9 score on January 5, 2007.
In the final round on Friday, Srinath played a draw against IM Gawain Jones to complete his first IM norm. Giving the news, his father said he is likely to increase his rating by about 50 points. Srinath had won the world Under-12 title at Belfort in France in July 2005 and is one of India's young achievers in chess. Srinath suffered two defeats, and finished in the top of the 92-player 9 round Swiss format event.
Srinath won three games, drew four and lost the first and fifth rounds to complete his mission of making the IM norm in the chilly English winter tournament.
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M.R.Sangeetha of Chennai retained the title in the Ramco Cements 25th Rachel Paranjothy Womens Chess Tournament which concluded today at the Ethiraj College. She won with a score of seven points in an eight round swiss tournament to take home Rs 5,000.
Runner-up was L.Iswarya Shobana of M.O.P.Vaishnav who tied with K.Radhika of Ethiraj College for the second place.
Mr D.V.Sundar, secretary of All India Chess Federation delivered an impressive and much applauded valedictory address Mr C.Palani, Assistant General Manager of Canara Bank distributed the prizes to the winners of the Rachel Paranjothy tournament as well as to the winners of the ESPO Inter-Collgiate tournaments The Principal of Ethiraj College, Dr Mrs M.Thavamani welcomed the gathering and the Physical Dirctress Dr Neetah Gunaseelan traced the 25-year history of the Rachel Paranjothy Womens Chess Tournament.
The prize winners:
1. M.R.Sangeetha 7;
2-3. Iswarya Shobana, K,.Radhika 6.5;
4-8. J.Mohana Priya (Modern Senior), R.Bharathi (Bhakthavachalam School), P.Malarselvi (MOP Vaishnav), S.Aarthy Sri (SRDK), J.Saranya (Velammal) 6;
9-13. R.Sneha (Velammal), V.Malavigha (Maharshi Vidya Mandir), C.Dephin (Stella Maris), K.Mrunalini (St Josephs Engg), G.K.Monisha (Amrutha Vidyalaya) 5.5;
14-16. M.Nivedhitha (Good Earth), A.Akshaya (Vellayan Chettiar), S.Apoorva (Srimathi Sundaravalli) 5.
Special prizes for Ethiraj College students went to A.Surya, D.K.Abirami and A.Radha.
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B.Adhiban of Chennai P. Uthra of Tiruvallur District finished runner-up in the National Under-17 Chess Championship organized by Chess Association-Kerala from 3rd to 10th January, 2007 at Calicut.
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International Master R.R.Laxman of Chennai won the Bengal Peerless FIDE Rating Tournament which was organized by Soumen Majumdar of Alekhine Chess Club which was held at Gorky Sadan in Kolkata. He won the event by scoring 8.5 in an 11 round Swiss defeating the top seed GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh. This tournament was one of the strongest rating tournaments of India since three players from this event had got ratings above 2500.
Chairman, Mr.Bimal Bose gave away the trophy to the winners at the closing ceremony of the event out of which the top 30 players was awarded cash prizes.
The tournament attracted one GM, one WGM, 8 IMs, 5 FMs and scores of three rated players above 2500.
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Donor Entry in official International age group Championships:
In December 2006 the following resolutions were unanimously passed with regard to participation of donor entries in official age group championships.
Participation in the respective age group National Championship is a must for any player to seek entry in any Asian or World age group Championships.
Players who finish in the top ten in the respective age group alone will be eligible for seeking donor entry in any Asian or World age group Championships. However the All India Chess Federation shall have the right to consider any player who does not come in the above category.
AICF will, if necessary, conduct Medical test for age verification at the place of its choice.
AICF shall have the right o reject or accept any Donor entry without assigning any reason.
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Grand Master Krishnan Sasikiran, the captain of the Indian team which won the chess team gold at the Asian Games at Doha shows his medal to the Tamilnadu Chief Minister Dr. Kalaignar M.Karunanidhi during a felicitation function at the Secretariat on Monday 18 December 2006
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Chess grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran was given an enthusiastic reception when he returned to Chennai after the Indian team won the gold medal at the Doha Asian Games.
Sasikiran was the captain of the three member Indian team which comprised of P.Harikrishna and Koneru Humpy.
Among those who received Sasikiran at the Chennai airport were J.C.D.Prabhakar, Vice President of the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, AICF Secretary D.V.Sundar who arrived earlier the day from Qatar, TNSCA, Chennai and Kanchi District chess association officials and chess players. IM Manuel Aaron, coach of the Indian team also returned along with Sasikiran.
Large number of people were present. I think there were more people to receive him this time than when he became a grandmaster and returned to Chennai; observed his mother Jayshree Krishnan.
Speaking to the media on arrival from Qatar, Sasikiran said the intensive training camp organised by the AICF at Chennai with GM Lev Psakhis helped. ;As a team we had excellent coordination which was a crucial factor in the team winning, said Sasikiran. Asked about his performance in the rapid chess, Sasikiran said, that by the time he came to form the event ended.
Though India was the top seed in the team championship, Sasikirans personal score of 8 points from 9 games with key victories over his great rivals like Bu Xiangzhi of China and former World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan is the talk of the chess world.
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The victory in the Mikhail Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament at Moscow on November 19 should compensate for not winning the World Blitz earlier this year in Israel. The field here was a shade stronger than the World Bllitz. Anand was at his best scoring 23/34 in the 18-player double round robin blitz event that was held at Moscow. The time control was five minutes per game plus 2 seconds per move. Anand won by a wide two-point margin.
Linares champion, world cup champion and the man who led Armenia to the Olympiad triumph this year, Levon Aronian finished second. Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan finished third. Blitz chess was a treat to the chess fans in Moscow. The prize fund was 100,000 dollars. The remarkable feature of Anand who will turn 37 next month is his consistency be it classical chess or rapid or blitz.
The tournament is a tribute to the former world champion Mikhail Tal who passed away in 1992. Had he lived today he would have been 70 this month. Tal and Fischer (his chess part) were Anand's favourite players when he grew up.
Final placings: 1 V.Anand (Ind) 23/34, 2 L.Aronian (Arm) 21, 3-4 T.Radjabov (Aze), P.Svidler (Rus) 20.5 each, 5 R.Ponomariov (Ukr) 19.5, 6-8 A.Morozevich (Rus), A.Grischuk (Rus), B.Gelfand (Isr) 18 each, 9-10 N.Carlsen (Nor), A.Karpov (Rus) 17.5 each, 11-13 S.Karjakin (Ukr), S.Mamedyarov (Aze), Judit Polgar (Hun) 17 each, 14 P.Leko (Hun) 16.5, 15 D.Jakovenko
(Rus) 15.5, 16 V.Bologan (Mda) 10.5, 17 A.Timofeev (Rus) 10, 18 B.Jobava (Geo) 9.
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