Dr. N. Mahalingam Memorial FIDE Rated Chess Tournament

• March 22, 2016
• in Chess, Chess Spotlights, Tournament News

Dr. N. Mahalingam Memorial FIDE Rated Chess Tournament

The contribution of late Arutchelvar Dr.N. Mahalingam, past president of All India Chess Federation and TN State Chess Association to chess is immense. He was instrumental in Central government recognising chess as a sport for providing grants to players and federation. Chess and the players benefited a lot, because of his philanthropic attitude to the game. As a keen lover of chess, he has organised many national and international tournaments and five times world champion VishyAnand achieved his final GM norm in the international GM tournament organised by Dr.Mahalingam at Coimbatore. It is befitting that Kumaraguru College of Technology, a leading Engineering college in Tamil Nadu, which was founded by him, decided to celebrate his birth day on 20^th March, by organising a Rapid rated tournament.

In spite of the busy annual examination schedule for students, the tournament attracted about 310 participants from various states of India. IM and triple GM norm holder N. Srinath of Chennai was the top seeded player of the tournament, followed by triple IM norm holder Ram S Krishnan of BSNL.

In the final round Muthaiah, a XI Std student of Velammal Matric HSS, Chennai, overcame a stiff resistance from Mani Bharathy to clinch the title with 8.5 points. Muthaiah received a purse of Rs,20000/- for his first place performance.

On the first day, Dr.M. Manickam, son of Dr. N. Mahalingam and President of Tamil Nadu State Chess Association inaugurated the tournament in the presence of his brother Sri. M. Balasubramanian, Correspondent of Kumaraguru College of Technology, Sri Shankar Vanavarayar, Joint Correspondent, Kumaraguru College of Technology and Dr.R.S. Kumar, Principal, Kumaraguru College of Technology. On the second day, prizes were distributed by Sri. M. Balasubramanian and Sri. N. Jayabal. President of Coimbatore District Chess Association and Vice President of Salzer Group of Companies.

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