Mr. Suhaib Ahmad of Uttar Pradesh became the champion of 2nd Champions International Fide Rated Chess Tournament (Below1600), with 8/9 points on sole lead, 2nd Prize goes to Mr. Bala Ganeshan of Kerala with 7.5/9 points, 3rd Prize goes to Kanishka Basu Of Karnataka with 7.5/9 Points, which was held from 1st to 3rd September 2017 at AVS College of Technology, Salem.
The Following Player won the1st Prize in Rating Categories
RATING 1201 to 1400 – Chaubey Bharat of Uttar Pradesh with 7/9 Points
RATING 1000 to 1200 – Srihari K R of Tamil Nadu with 6.5/9 Points
The event was inaugurated by Shri Rtn. R.Shankar , GML Editor RID2982 & Textile Consultant, on 1st September 2017 in the presence of Rtn. DK. Sivakumar, Assistant Governor Zone-ll, Rtn. P.Prabhakaran, President, Rtn. V.Murali, Secretary, Rtn. S.Senthilvelavan, Event Chairman, Rtn. K.J.Samraj, Project Co-ordinator, all from Rotary Club Salem South, Mr. P.Palaniappan, Jt. Secretary SDCA, Mr. B.Sivasubramanian, Champions Chess Academy.
This event was organized by Champions Chess Academy & Rotary Club Salem South; Totally 307 Players (191 rated players, 116 unrated players) from 9 States participated in this event. Ms. Subalakshmi M.S. of Tamil Nadu was the Top seed of this event. The Youngest was a Five Years old Boy and the Oldest was Eighty Three years old Man.
On 3rd September the Prize Distribution function was held and the Chief Guest is Rtn. J.Thirunavukkarasu (Raj), Director, Thangam Mount Litera Zee School, he distributed 123 Prizes in total, in the presence of Mr. P. Palaniappan IA, Chief Arbiter of this Event and Jt. Sec., SDCA, Rtn. DK. Sivakumar, Assistant Governor Zone-ll, Rtn. P.Prabhakaran, President, Rtn. V.Murali, Secretary, Rtn. S.Senthilvelavan, Event Chairman, Rtn. K.J.Samraj, Project Co-ordinator, all from Rotary Club Salem South, Mr. P.Palaniappan, Jt. Secretary SDCA, Mr. B.Sivasubramanian, Champions Chess Academy.