G. Karthikeyan of Kanchi District had clinched the winners title with the sole lead of 8.5 points and bagged the first prize of Rs. 70,000/- in the Shri Dhakshnamurthy International FIDE Rated chess tournament 2018 being organized by King Maker Chess Academy at SRI DHARAMCHAND JAIN SCHOOL (CBSE), Karuvambakkam, hall from 23rd to 25th February, 2018. Totally 401 Players from Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry, Maharashtra, Bihar, Chattisgar, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, Himachala Pradesh, Odissa, Jharkhand, Misoram and Host Tamil Nadu have participated in this prestigious tournament with the 5,00,000/- Lakh as cash prize.
Mr. Jin Raj, Correspondent and Secretary, Chief Guest of the Valedictory function in the presence of Mr. S. Balaraman, Jt. Secretary of Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and Chief Arbiter, Mr. Abslam, Secretary, VDCA, Mr. Gowri Karthykeyan, Secretary. Kingmaker Chess Academy, A. David Doss, M. Vinothkumar and Mr. Anbhazhagan were distributed the prizes to the winners in the Prize distribution Ceremony.
Final ranking |
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Rank |
Name |
Club |
Pts |
1 |
Karthikeyan G |
TN |
8½ |
2 |
Raj Kumar R |
TN |
8 |
3 |
Wagh Varun |
MAH |
7½ |
4 |
Mahendar B |
Tel |
7½ |
5 |
Prem Anantha Rajan V. |
TN |
7½ |
6 |
Surya Thangavel |
TN |
7½ |
7 |
Kavi Samrat P |
AP |
7½ |
8 |
Satheesh Kumar G |
TN |
7 |
9 |
Varunsatyaa Parthasarathy |
TN |
7 |
10 |
Gokula Vishnu R |
TN |
7 |
11 |
Siddik Akbar |
TN |
7 |
12 |
Gupta Anshurup |
KAR |
7 |
13 |
Natarajan M |
TN |
7 |
14 |
Kaustubh Balaji |
TN |
7 |
15 |
Adithya Ramesh |
TN |
7 |
16 |
Lakshmi Narayanan Rajadurai |
TN |
7 |
17 |
Nandish V S |
TN |
7 |
18 |
Jakir Hussain |
AP |
7 |
19 |
Gopichand K |
TN |
7 |
20 |
Varadharajan I. |
TN |
7 |
21 |
Robinson M G |
TEL |
6½ |
22 |
Ssathyan S R |
TN |
6½ |
23 |
Aragonda Mohan |
Tel |
6½ |
24 |
Susheel Reddy P |
AP |
6½ |
25 |
Pragadesh P |
TN |
6½ |
26 |
Mrithyunjay Mahadevan |
TN |
6½ |
27 |
Arul Prakash N |
TN |
6½ |
28 |
Prathesh Kumar R |
TN |
6½ |
29 |
Navalkar Amit |
MAH |
6½ |
30 |
Pruthivirajan M |
TN |
6,5 |