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.
T.U.Naveen Kanna of Anna University with 8.5 points was the runner up with 8.5 points. He carried home a cash prize of Fifteen thousand rupees. In a four way tie for the third place M.V.Lakshmi Narayana of Kodaikanal with 8 points was adjudged third on account of his higher Buchholz score. He was rewarded with 9000 rupees.
India’s First International Master & Arjuna Awardee Manuel Aaron and Lion P.N. Bhavani Shankar, Chairman, Madras South Lions Charitable Trust gave away the Prizes to the winners.
Important Results of Final Round
Bo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name
1 Singh D P 9 Drew with 8 Muthu Alagappan M
2 Navin Kanna T U 8.5 beat 7 Ramnathan Balasubramaniam
3 Ganesh Babu S 8 beat 7 Srinivasa Rao M
4 Krishnan Varun 7 Lost to 8 Lakshmi Narayanan Mv
5 K. Praneeth Surya 7 Lost to 8 Lokesh P
6 Vasantha Ruba Varman 7.5 beat 6.5 Ram S Krishnan
7 Tejas Ravichandran 7.5 beat 6.5 Mohana Priya J
8 Vinoth Kumar M 7.5 beat 6.5 Saket Kumar
9 Suresh K 7 Drew with 7 Sivasankar B
10 Sharath E 7.5 beat 6.5 Ranjith R K
Prize Winners List:
Rank Name FED Club Pts BH.
1 IM Singh D P IND Kanchi 9 68
2 Navin Kanna T U IND Tlr 8½ 65½
3 Lakshmi Narayanan Mv IND 8 72½
4 Lokesh P IND Che 8 65
5 Ganesh Babu S IND Mdu 8 64
6 Muthu Alagappan M IND Tlr 8 63½
7 FM Vinoth Kumar M IND Che 7½ 66
8 Tejas Ravichandran IND Che 7½ 63½
9 Vasantha Ruba Varman IND Che 7½ 60
10 Sharath E IND Che 7½ 59
11 IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam IND Kan 7 68½
12 Vijay Anand M IND Che 7 68
13 Krishnan Varun USA 7 66
14 FM Srinivasa Rao M IND A.P 7 64½
15 Dk Chopra IND delhi 7 63½
16 Linda Rangarajan IND Pon 7 61
17 Cheniram Pegu IND nil 7 60½
18 Sa Kannan IND Siv 7 60
19 K. Praneeth Surya IND Che 7 57½
20 Suresh K IND Trr 7 56½
Category Prizes:
group 8
Category SNo. Name Rtg Gr Pts BH.
Boys 102 Arvind M 1545 8 5 56
Girls 205 Vaishali R w 0 8 5 48½
group 10
Category SNo. Name Rtg Gr Pts BH.
Boys 98 Jayesh M 1558 10 6½ 56
Girls 185 Saughanthika As w 0 10 5½ 48
group 12
Category SNo. Name Rtg Gr Pts BH.
Boys 51 Prasannaa S 1810 12 7 56
Girls 82 Ashwini U w 1659 12 5 56
group 14
Category SNo. Name Rtg Gr Pts BH.
Boys 67 Sai Kiran S 1736 14 6½ 52
Girls 44 Michelle Catherina P 1845 IND Che 6½ 61
Best woman
Category SNo. Name Rtg Gr Pts BH.
28 18 Mohana Priya J 2060 IND Tlr 6½ 61½
Best Unrated
Category SNo. Name Rtg Gr Pts BH.
45 109 Abirami R w 0 6 57½
48 207 Venkatesan N 0 6 56½
59 122 Arun M 0 6 48
Best Under 1700
Category SNo. Name Rtg Gr Pts BH.
46 90 Sabhareesh M 1607 10 6 56½
Best Player 1700 - 2000
Category 30 Jaswant G 1914 IND Che 7 55
Best Player 2001 - 2300
Category 11 Sivasankar B 2109 IND Kan 7 52
Best Veteran
Category 34 Subramanian T V IND Try 6½ 59
Best Game
Krishnan Varun of USA for the win against Ram S. Krishnan of BSNL in the 8th Round.
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