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National Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2015, Rourkela

GM Debashis Das National Rapid Champion

IM K.Ratnakaran National Blitz Champion AICF CHRONICLE MAY 2015 From the Editor’s desk 1st Physically Disabled National Individual Chess Championship 2015,Trichy Room No. 70, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai - 600 003. It is delightful news for Indian Jennitha and Karthik win titles Ph : 044-65144966 /Telefax : 044-25382121 chess fans that Vishy Anand E-mail : [email protected] IA Anantharam R, Chief Arbiter Publisher: V. Hariharan has broken into 2800 elo yet Editor : C.G.S. Narayanan again after 2011 and has also Physically Disabled National Individual Chess Championship 2015, first of its kind in In- Price: Monthly Rs.25 Annual Rs.300 climbed to the spot in ranking dia was organised by Trichy District Physically Disabled Chess Association at Pavendhar Inside... behind World Champion Magnus Bharathidasan College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy from 16th to 19th April 2015. 1st Physically Disabled National Individual Chess Championship 2015,Trichy Carlsen after a four-year hiatus. His impressive The seven round Swiss format tournament, with a time control of 90 minutes each and 30 Jennitha and Karthik win titles IA Anantharam R, Chief Arbiter 1 performance at the Gashimov Memorial Tourney seconds increment from move 1 was attended by 26 participants from five states – Tamil 2nd ACCF FIDE Rated Open , Calicut… last month outclassing most of the young guns Nadu, AP, Karnataka, Pondicherry and Maharashtra. Fide Master Venkata Krishna Karthik of Shyam Nikhil wins AP was the top seed followed by WIM and women world champion for physically disabled by L.R. Bhuvanaa Sai, IA, Chief Arbiter 2 speaks volumes about the resilience of this five- Karnataka State Open FIDE Rated … person JennithaAnto of the host association.The tournament is of special importance, as Shivananda is Champion time World Champion. the physically disabled players exhibited their prowess. ShaileshNerlikar’s both legs are im- by Vasanth BH, Chief Arbiter 7 mobilised; he cannot even sit and has to play only by lying on the table. He has a rating of Karnataka State U 13 Open FIDE Rated Aditya Kalyani wins title Our women team though missing out on a medal 1565! Many players needed assistants to record the moves and operate the clock. FASaleem Beig,Chief Arbiter 9 finished a creditable fourth at the World Women Maharashtra State Open & Women FIDE Rating Nagpur In the inaugural round, top seed Venkata Krishna Karthik, who defeated a Pruthu Deshpande and Tejaswini Sagar win Team Chess Championship at Chengdu,China. and many IMs in Serbia recently was stretched to the full distance by unrated Gunasek- IA Swapnil Bansod,Chief Arbiter 11 and bagged aran of TN before emerging victorious. In the second round, Annadurai of TN, rated 1572 National Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship-2015,Rourkela individual silver and bronze medals for their Debashis Das and Ratnakaran win titles was beaten by young Karnataka boy Samarth J Rao, who has to be carried by his father by Rajendra Shidore,IA,Chief Arbiter 14 performances on second and top boards everywhere and could not sit for a long time properly. At the end of fourth round, Karthik 56th Odisha State Senior FIDE Rating,Puri… respectively. Our men team disappointed with a had four points and JennithaAntohad 3.5 points.In the crucial clash between the top two Rakesh Kumar Nayak wins title Suresh Chandra Sahoo, Chief Arbiter 16 lowly ninth placing. Reports on the World team seeds, Jennitha subdued Karthik to surge ahead with 4.5 points, along with SathyaMoorthy Late Motilalji Firodia Memorial FIDE Rating Ahmednagar chess Championships with photographs are of Pondicherry. Jennitha had no difficulty in beating unrated Senthil Kumar in the sixth and Sameer Kathmale is champion featured in the centre pages of this isue. penultimate round, to emerge sole leader with 5.5 points, with Karthik on 5 points. Both by IA Nitin Shenvi,Chief Arbiter 18 Jennitha and Karthik won their final round encounters with their respective opponents; Dr. Hedgewar Fide Rated, New Delhi thus Jennitha winning the women title and Venkata Krishna Karthik, the men title and they wins title Debashis Das won the rapid title and Ratnakaran by IA Dharmendra Kumar,Chief Arbiter 22 received Rs.10000 each. Samarth J Rao and Shailesh Nerlikar scored five points each and the Blitz at the National Rapid and Blitz 1st Thali Yuva Sangh Open FIDE Rating better tiebreak score helped Samarth to finish second in the men section.Senthil Kumar has Sinha Santosh Kumar is the winner Championships held at the steel city,Rourkela. IA I G Parmar,Chief Arbiter 30 secured rating in this tournament, and two others opened their account. The credit goes to Selected games from National Team Chess Report on this National along with FIDE rated Samarth, who has earned about 115 rating points in this tournament. Championships,Goa & Kolkata GM Open tournaments held in April 2015 are presented annotated by IM Manuel Aaron 32 Tactics from master games in this issue. Selected games are from National Mr.V. Hariharan, General Secretary of TN State Chess Association and Secretary of AICF By Srinivas Krishnan 41 Team Chess Championship and Kolkata GM distributed the prizes in the august presence of Dr.Arun MBBS., Managing Trustee, Pavendar AICF Calendar 48 Bharathidasan Institutions and President of Physically Disabled Chess Associa- Open annotated by IM Manuel Aaron. GM Ludek tion. Earlier on the first day, Dr.Arun inaugurated the tournament, in the presence of Mrs. Pachman is featured in the ‘Masters of the past’ Uma Arun, Director of PBI and Mrs. MP Aamenabi, Vice President, TNPDCA. Readers are invited to offer their feedback on the regular series. features in the AICF Chronicle and are also invited to Final placings: send interesting articles, annotated games and chess 1. Jennitha Anto K., 2.Venkata Krishna Karthik K , 3.Samarth J Rao, 4.Nerlikar Shailesh, anecdotes to the Editor at ‘www.indianchessfed@gmail. com’ or ‘[email protected]. 5. Sathya Moorthy, 6.Yesu Babuk, 7. Manikandan Rajangam, 8.Jahir Hussain.A, C.G.S.Narayanan 9. Senthil Kumar Sundaram, 10. Uday Kumar Tummagunta.

A I C F CHRONICLE 1 MAY 2015 2nd ACCF FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament, Calicut… 1st Physically Disabled National Individual Championship 2015,Trichy Shyam Nikhil wins by L.R. Bhuvanaa Sai, IA, Chief Arbiter

The 2nd ACCF FIDE Rated Open Chess Tour- helped Maheswaran to finish 2nd place and nament was inaugurated by Shri Purushan received 15,000 cash award with trophy. Kadalundi, MLA,Kerala against the interna- Ram S Krishnan of BSNL beat Gavi Siddaya tional master Shyam Nikhil of Tamilnadu at of Karnataka and finished 3rd spot with 7.5 New Nalanda hotel on 3rd April at 11 am. points and received 10,000 cash award with Mr. Nirmal Das secretary of ACCF delivered trophy. T.J Suresh Kumar, treasurer, Chess Welcome Address in the presence of the Association Kerala distributed the prizes to chief guest shri Kamal Varadhu, president of the winners. press club and Shri Preman, the president of Final standings: Anand Chess and Cultural Forum. With the Rk Name Pts total prize fund of 1, 63,500 this event at- 1 Shyam Nikil P IM 8 2 Maheswaran P FM 7½ tracted 331 participants from 2 federations, 3 Ram S. Krishnan 7½ (India and England) 8 states, union terri- 4 Lakshmi Narayanan Mv 7½ tory (Pondicherry), special units like BSNL, 5 Praveen Kumar C IM 7½ Champion Venkata Krishna Karthik receives prize from Mr. V. Hariharan,Secretary, AICF ICF and LIC which includes 3 International 6 Visveshwar A 7½ Masters, a Fide master, a women master 7 Subramanian Pl 7 and 2 candidate masters. 8 Prakashram R 7 9 Arjun Satheesh 7 Top seed players sailed smoothly to the 10 Kunal M. 7 2nd round. In 2nd round 15 years old boy 11 Mohammed Dilshad 7 Narendran of TN drew with IM Ramanathan 12 Phoobalan P. 7 Balasubramanian. 11 players shared their 13 Iniyan P 7 lead with full points at the end of 4th round. 14 Anilkumar O.T. 7 During 7thround 7 players led the top tables 15 Jos Paul Davis 7 16 Chandar Raju 6½ with 5.5 points each. After this round IM 17 Akhilan E M 6½ Shyam Nikhil took sole lead and maintained 18 Prasannaa.S 6½ in the next round also. At the end of pen- 19 Arjun K. 6½ ultimate round Shyam, IM Praveen Kumar 20 Varma Shabdhik 6½ and Phoobalan of ICF and Fide Master Ma- 21 Athul Krishna S 6½ heswaran of TN were the joint leaders with 22 Sreekumar P. 6½ 7 points each. In final round Shyam Nikhil 23 RBalasubramaniam IM 6½ beat Phooblan of ICF and won the 2nd ACCF 24 Raju O A 6½ Open fide rating chess tournament title with 25 Subramanian R M 6½ 8 points. The champion bagged Rs. 25,000 26 6½ cash award with trophy. Praveen Kumar of 27 Arjun Adappa 6½ ICF and Maheswaran of TN drew with each 28 Gavi Siddayya 6½ Women champion WIM Jennitha Anto receives the trophy from Mr.V. Hariharan,Secretary, AICF other with 7.5 points each. Better tie break 29 Santoshkashyap Hg 6½

A I C F CHRONICLE 3 2 MAY 2015 Dr. Hedgewar Fide Rated Chess Tournament, New Delhi 30 6½ 77 Jayakrishnan P 5½ 31 Sanjay S Pillai 6½ 78 Nitin Shankar Madhu 5½ 32 Balasubramanian A. 6½ 79 Akash K A 5½ 33 Bindu Saritha K WFM 6½ 80 Abhiram Sudheesh 5½ 34 Dheekshith Kumar R 6½ 81 Eswar Theagarajan 5½ 35 Vincent Dave 6½ 82 Panaiappan S 5½ 36 Mohanan U.C. 6 83 Prabhugaonkar A Aman 5½ 37 Jagadeesh A.K. 6 84 Rajashakkthivel K K 5½ 38 Anand Nadar 6 85 Subramanian V 5½ 39 Sriram B 6 86 Vaishnav S 5½ 40 Marthandan K U 6 87 Adhi Dev K P 5½ 41 Meghna C H 6 88 Dev Shah CM 5½ 42 Banjan Priyadarshan 6 89 Shah Rishab 5½ 43 Bhagya Jayesh 6 90 Prem Krishna N 5½ 44 Likhit Chilukuri 6 91 Naveen Kumar T 5½ 45 Jai Aditya D 6 92 Jibin Varghese John 5½ 46 Krithigga K 6 93 Gautham B 5½ 47 ManuDavid Suthandram 6 94 Thorat Sanjay 5½ 48 Muthukumar C P 6 95 Varadharajan S 5½ 49 Aji Kumar A 6 96 Sibi Visal R 5½ 50 Harshavardhan G B 6 97 Pranav V 5½ 51 Sreeraman Namboodiri 6 98 Jain Aum 5 (from left to right) Prabhat Kumar of Prabhat Publication Delhi , Chief Guest Gen. V.K.Singh 52 Thorat Aishwarya 6 99 V Sankaran Brahmaha 5 , MoS EA Simmy Jain , Chairman , Org. Committee and Wg. Comr. J. Rajendra 53 Selvamurugan B 6 100 S. Jeevanandam 5 54 Rajeev V.M. 6 101 Vishnu Ram M 5 55 Arijith M 6 102 Shourya Jain 5 56 Harikrishnan A 6 103 Avi Jaiswal 5 57 Martin Samuel 6 104 Vathan P H 5 58 Sishir B 6 105 Eldho Skaria 5 59 Santhosh David 6 106 Ithal H L Rajath 5 60 Chujeeth Vignesh A 6 107 Chandran T. 5 61 Vinay Thomas Abraham 6 108 Arvind Ramnath Iyer 5 62 Dhanasekar K. 6 109 Krishna M K Ramanatha 5 63 Sachin Pradeep 6 110 Swarnamala B 5 64 Rahul Bharadwaj B 5½ 111 Neeraj Kumar 5 65 Ajeesh Antony 5½ 112 Shreyas Pavan 5 66 Srihari L R 5½ 113 Sudheer K B 5 67 Nithin Babu 5½ 114 Aswin B S 5 68 Karan J P 5½ 115 Ruhaan Mahindru 5 69 Muhammed Shibily N 5½ 116 Pooja S (2002) 5 70 Poojakanth M. 5½ 117 Senbabu M B 5 71 Deepak K 5½ 118 A C Santhalaya 5 72 Isha Sharma 5½ 119 Abhiram T 5 73 Sreehari G 5½ 120 Subramanian T.V. 5 74 Madhusoodanan K.R. 5½ 121 Amisha Arunjay Kumar 5 (From left to right) Vijay Kumar , DD Sports , Dharmendra Kumar, Chief Arbiter, Shweta Bahal, 75 John P B 5½ 122 Patil Ketan 5 Deepa, Prabhat Kumar, Arun Jain, Winner GM Pravin Thipsay, Simmy Jain, Shirish Jain, Pammi Jain, Purnima Goel, A.K. Verma, Secretary, DCA 76 Narendhiran R 5½ 123 Praveen Kumar G 5

A I C F CHRONICLE 4 5 MAY 2015 124 Rohit Sasidharan 5 171 Rithunandan R 4½ Karnataka State Open FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2015… 125 Nachiketh Adiga 5 172 Jayanth R J R 4½ 126 Adwait Meethal 5 173 Hiranmayi K 4½ 127 Arunachalam Shivaa T 5 174 Dhanesh P H 4½ Shivananda is Champion 128 Swaroopa E T 5 175 Jacob Ragland A 4½ by Vasanth BH, Chief Arbiter 129 Megha K 5 176 Guruprasad Gopinath 4½ 130 Chandramohan K 5 177 Karunakara Menon K 4½ 2 Sanjay N. 7 131 Shirodkar Aayush 5 178 B Gayatri Harshad 4½ Karnataka State Open FIDE Rated Chess 3 Arvind Shastry 6½ 132 Sarath K 5 179 P Krishna Mukkolath 4½ Championship 2015 was organised by Kar- 4 Prachura P.P. 6½ 133 Ashmit Arunjay Kumar 5 180 Sidharthan C P 4½ nataka School of Chess, Bangalore, under 5 Sriram Sarja 6½ 134 Sujithraj U Mallan 5 181 Satheesh A S 4 the auspices of United Karnataka Chess As- 6 Manjunath J. 6½ 135 Gowtham T S 5 182 Sreevijay Sunil 4 sociation at Kempegowda Hall, Malleswaram 7 Shreeshan S 6½ 136 Shivani Madhu 5 183 Fathima Abdeen 4 Association, Malleswaram Bangalore from 8 Aditya Chakraborty 6½ 137 Harshad S 5 184 Vivekraj 4 15-19th April 2015. The championship was 9 Varma Shabdhik 6½ 138Afinu Shifan M 5 185 Rethish Puthanpurayil 4 inaugurated by great chess lover and Patron 10 Darshan V P S 6½ 139 Rakshitta Ravi 5 186 Santhosh S 4 of United Karnataka Chess Association Mr 11 Raghunandan K S FM 6 140 Dawood.K 5 187 Saraf T M 4 Achuthananda Reddy. 12 Kishan Gangolli 6 141 Rohit S 5 188 Abdurahiman Elangoli 4 A total of 260 players from different parts of 13 Santoshkashyap Hg 6 142 Muralidharan M 5 189 Abhishek T M 4 Karnataka participated in this championship, 14 Raghavendra V. 6 143 Manika Kesavan 5 190 Adhithya C K 4 out of which 135 were International rated 15 Arjun Adappa 6 144 Niranjan Rajeev 5 191 Jithu S Nair 4 16 Parthasarathy R 6 145 Gokul N 5 192 Moir Donald 4 player. International Master Shivananda BS 17 Yashaskara Jois K.R 6 146 Abdul Nazer K 5 193 Kamalakannan S 4 (ELO Rating 2302) was top seed followed by 18 Ojas Kulkarni 6 147 Ramakrishnan T V 5 194 Murali N P 4 FIDE Master Raghunandan K S (2301), San- 19 Raju M. 6 148 Razan P 5 195 Prabhakaran K 4 jay N (2298), Arvind Shastry (2235), Sriram 20 Jagadish P 6 149 Denil James 5 196 Devathma D 4 Sarja (2169). 21 Likhit Chilukuri 6 150 Manoranjan Kelad 5 197 Rithwik Maya Rajesh 4 At the end of the championship, IM Shiva- 22 Sugyan Prakash Maharaj 6 151 Govindarajan Suganthi 4½ 198 Subash Aravind B 4 nanda BS and Mr N Sanjay scored 7 points 23 Dhrikshu K Vasant 6 152 Abhiram C Nath 4½ 199 Ridhan M Feroz 4 each. Based on better tie break score, IM 24 Varun Anant 6 153 Murugappan S P 4½ 200 Vinothkumar R 4 Shivananda was adjudged as Champion and 25 Andria L D`souza 5½ 154 Shane V Jose 4½ 201 Narendran Gouthaman 4 Sanjay was declared second. Mr Arvind Shas- 26 Gavi Siddayya 5½ 155 Jamal Muhammad M 4½ 202 Aswin S 4 try, Prachura PP and other six players score 27 Sushrutha Reddy 5½ 156 Mohammed Salih Pk 4½ 203 Goutham Krishna G 4 five and half points out of maximum possible 28 Manasa H R 5½ 157 Pranav Anand 4½ 204 Swetha K 4 8 points. Bansed the tie break, Arvind Shas- 29 Aman Chandra 5½ 158 Nikhil Magizhnan CM 4½ 205 Mohana R 4 30 Vivekraj 5½ 159 Digvijay Sunil 4½ 206 Revathi Jyothish 4 try was third and Prachura PP was place 4th 31 Shyama Krishna S 5½ 160 V Sankaran Swaha 4½ 207 Harikrishnan S B 4 place respectively. 32 Sriram Udhayakumar 5½ 161 Gowrichander U 4½ 208 Sharsha Backer 4 Mr Arvind Shastry, Secretary, United Kar- 33 Sharan Rao 5½ 162Vaheeb Shafi Hassan K 4½ 209 Shashank S L 4 nataka Chess Association, Mr Nagendra 34 Hariharan Subramony 5½ 163 K N Nidhin 4½ 210 Krishnakumar Arulraj 4 Muralidhar, Secretary, Mysore District Chess 35 Shalon Joanne Pais 5½ 164 Chirag Mudraje 4½ 211 Sidharth D 4 Association, Mr Raghavendra Founder Direc- 36 Aravinda B R 5½ 165 Madhavan G 4½ 212 Aswanth S Kumar 4 tor, Karnataka School of Chess, International 37 Yajaman Aditya 5½ 166 Kaushik M Khedekar 4½ 213 Deepthi Lakshmi K 4 Master Shivananda B S distributed the prizes. 38 Saket Kumar 5½ 167 Gautham Prasanth 4½ 214 Rao Harsh 4 Final standings: 39 Iyengar Sharanya WCM 5½ 168 Tejas Cavale 4½ 215 Adeena Arjun 4 Rk Name Pts 40 Shashank S Mayya 5½ 169 John Veny Akkarakarn 4½ 216 Dhruv Easwar 4 1 Shivananda B.S IM 7 41 Nandan Hegde 5½ 170 Vasundhara P. 4½ 217 Siri Sharma 4

A I C F CHRONICLE A I C F CHRONICLE 6 7 MAY 2015 MAY 2015 42 Supreeth Mohan 5½ 89 Shalmika K Jain 4½ Karnataka State U 13 Open FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2015…. 43 Ankit Payal 5½ 90 Akshat Shisodia 4½ 44 Thyagaraj M T 5½ 91 Shaunak Geetprasad 4½ 45 Pereira Asim Anthony 5½ 92 Nidhi Shenoy 4½ Aditya Kalyani wins title 46 Siddharth Murali 5½ 93 Shreekanth N 4½ FASaleem Beig,Chief Arbiter 47 Tulsi M 5½ 94 Chirag S Agile 4½ 48 Raghavendra K T 5 95 Adarsh Narayanan 4½ 49 Dubey Amit Kumar 5 96 Srinivas Murthy N 4½ Karnataka State U 13 Open FIDE Rated Chess 15 Karthik Muruganantham 6½ 50 Harish Bn 5 97 Aryan Rajesh Jain 4½ Championship 2015 was conducted from 20th 16 Venu Madhav P L 6 51 Muniraju Narayanappa 5 98 Kaushik J 4½ to 23rd April 2015. The 4 day tournament at- 17 Pranav Kumar 6 52 Ithal H L Rajath 5 99 Aravindakshan Su 4½ tracted 174 entries and was conducted in a 9 18 Chaithanya Ganesh 6 53 K R Bhat 5 100 Panchami Shenoy K 4½ round Swiss format, with two rounds on day 19 Karthikay C 6 54 Chaithanya Ganesh 5 101 Satvik Tripathi 4½ 1, 3 rounds on day 2 and day 3 and 1 round 20 Preetham Gangadhar 6 21 Anirudh B S 6 55 Nikhilesh Prabhakar 5 102 Chiranjan Kumarr K S 4½ on day 4. The event carried a prize pool of 22 Shreyas V.S. 6 56 Karthikay C 5 103 Lakshvant B 4½ Rs.34, 500 in cash. And lunch provided two 57 Abhinav Bhatt 5 104 Prajwal M Joshi 4½ 23 Lakshvant B 6 days for children ,Certificates given for all 24 Rithesh Bhat 6 58 Svatejas Shivakumar 5 105 Harishankar S 4½ Participants. Guests are mr.Aravind Shasthri 59 Pranav Anand 5 106 Kaushik G Iyer 4½ 25 Chiranjan Kumarr K S 6 secretary of Karnataka UKCA, And Gurukul’S 60 Nachiketh Adiga 5 107 Vedanth Reddy 4½ 26 Kruthik K S 6 Sports Manager with A.Chidanand BRDCA 61 Venu Madhav P L 5 108 Anmol S 4½ 27 Darshan J 6 62 Shree Krishna Pranama 5 109 Raghav Srinivas 4½ Secretary given the Prizes to Prize Winners 28 Nikilesh G K 6 63 Ruthvik R 5 110 Khandelwal Anshul 4½ 29 Kaushik G Iyer 6 64 Ananya Arumbakkam 5 111 Manya Hegde 4½ 60 players were FIDE Rated and 14 players 30 Aneesh Aparanji 6 65 Amaey Advait 5 112 Bhagyashree G Patil 4½ were female. The event was organized by 31 Tejas Cavale 6 66 Raghuraman N. R. 5 113 Preetham Gangadhar 4½ BRDCA talents. Aditya B Kalyani scored 7½ 32 Abhinav Bhatt 6 67 Adithya Narayanan 5 114 Tejas Cavale 4 points out of 9 and clinched the championship 33 Deepthi Lakshmi K 6 34 Chirag Mudraje 5½ 68 Pramod D Kayasth 5 115 Rohit Kamath S 4 with a better buccholz, Bangalore, Karna- 35 Adithya Narayanan 5½ 69 Rajat Dhruva Ravindra 5 116 Umesh K M 4 taka. The event attracted local players and 36 Amaey Advait 5½ 70 Karthik Jagannath 5 117 Vishwas Jamadagni 4 benefited local. 71 Banthiya Rishabh 5 118 Tanmay Srinath 4 37 Kalki Eshwar D 5½ 38 Vineeth Vishwanath 5½ 72 Yogesha K S 5 119 Shripad K V 4 Final ranking: 73 Ritwik Vasudev Bilgi 5 120 Varun A Bharadwaj 4 39 Karthik Sivaram Jasti 5½ Rk Name Pts 74 Shreyas Pavan 4½ 121 Sheshadri L 4 40 Aditya Somasundaram 5½ 1 Aditya B Kalyani 7½ 75 Kanishka Basu 4½ 122 Achal P Shetty 4 41 Sumukha K Nayak 5½ 2 Jagadish P 7½ 76 Navodith V Bhat 4½ 123 Aakash Rajan 4 42 Jai Adithya S 5½ 3 Manoj B Kulkarni 7½ 77 Gaurav Sharma 4½ 124 Saathvick R Shankar 4 43 Akash Somasundaram 5½ 4 Shreyash A Kulkarni 7½ 78 Bal Govind 4½ 125 Chinua Pailoor 4 44 Tusshar N B 5½ 5 Pankaj Bhat 7 79 Komal Srivatsav Sajja 4½ 126 Anjaneyulu Movva 4 45 Chinua Pailoor 5½ 6 Aryan Rajesh Jain 7 80 Shashidhar Rai B 4½ 127 Agrawal Arnav 4 46 Anmol S 5½ 7 Shreyas Pavan 7 81 Sudarshan Bhat 4½ 128 Anudeep K S 4 47 Tejas Varma 5½ 8 Nachiketh Adiga 7 82 Shivanth M 4½ 129 Anjali G Malali 4 48 H Rupesh Raghuvaran 5½ 9 Pranav Anand 6½ 83 Sheshashayan M V 4½ 130 Kalki Eshwar D 4 49 Chava Govardhan 5½ 10 Komal Srivatsav Sajja 6½ 84 Sreedhara K T 4½ 131 Prajwal Gupta C R 4 50 Chetan Prashanth 5½ 11 Shree Krishna Pranama 6½ 85 Ritesh Dharmatti 4½ 132 Anusha T 4 51 Anirudhh M K 5½ 12 Agrawal Arnav 6½ 86 Shyam Sunder H S 4½ 133 Bhoomish P 4 52 Tanav Sudarshan 5 13 Ritwik Vasudev Bilgi 6½ 87 Mahalinga Gowthama 4½ 134 Abhay B Bhandarkar 4 53 Aakash Rajan 5 14 Niranjan Rajeev 6½ 88 Sathish Hemant 4½ 135 Shivshankar B Anehosur 4 54 Peter M Jose 5

A I C F CHRONICLE A I C F CHRONICLE 8 9 MAY 2015 MAY 2015 55 Keshav Kothari 5 102 Shivaprasad V Tengli 4 Maharashtra State Open & Women FIDE Rating Tournament 2015,Nagpur 56 Srikant Nayak A 5 103 Krishna K Ravi 4 57 Ajitesh Kumara 5 104 Krishnaraj Patil 4 58 Naidhruva S Bettadapur 5 105 Shivshankar B Anehosur 4 Pruthu Deshpande and Tejaswini Sagar win 59 Abhay B Bhandarkar 5 106 Shanmukha K Nayak 4 IA Swapnil Bansod,Chief Arbiter 60 Rakesh N 5 107 Rajath Menon 4 61 Khandelwal Anshul 5 108 Shashank J 4 Maharashtra State Open and Women Fide abad won the tournament on better buch- 62 Prajwal P 5 109 Megha M Hegde 4 Rating Chess Tournament 2015 was orga- cholz score. She tied on 8 points with her 63 Apoorv Indrajit Belgundi 5 110 Aryan Surya S A 4 nized by Nagpur Taluka Chess Association city mate WFM Mitali Patil and Divya Garg 64 P Surya Prasad Bhat 5 111 Ruthvik Srikanth 4 under the aegis of Maharashtra Chess As- of Nagpur. WFM Mitali Patil and Divya Garg 65 Kshitij Manjappa 5 112 Swaroop B V 4 sociation & Nagpur District Chess Associa- stood 2nd and 3rd respectively. All the top 66 Adarsh Narayanan 5 113 Shraddha Somanath 4 tion from 28th April to 2nd May 2015 at Dr. 3 players sharing the lead with each other 67 Vishruth U 5 114 Tejas C K 4 Ambedkar College, Deeksha Bhoomi, Nagpur. from round 7th to last round. In last round 68 Saathvick R Shankar 5 115 Niranjan Babu 4 The total number of participants were 173 69 Aneesh Kiran 5 116 Ganapathi R Mysore 4 game Tejaswini beat her opponent Eesha 70 Rithvik M P 5 117 Hriday Bhutada 4 which included 138 players in open section Sarda while Mitali Patil and Divya Garg beat 71 Ankit Loni 5 118 Vishal B Anehosur 4 and 35 players in women section. There were Sonal Mandhana, Tanya Pande respectively. 72 Pragy Narayan 5 119 Aditya Prasanna Kumar 4 total 118 rated players including 1 FM, 1 Top 4 players from both group selected for 73 Saigal Archit 5 120 Arhan Chethan Anand 3½ WFM, 1 WCM. The venue was very good. forthcoming National Challenger and National 74 Mohit Madiraju 5 121 Bharath Kumar 3½ The tournament was inaugurated by Dr. P Women Challenger. The total prize fund for 75 Prajwal K M 5 122 Patki Varudhini Sadananda 3½ C Pawar, Principal, Dr. Ambedkar College & the event was Rs. 75000/-, in which Rs. 76 Monosij Roy 4½ 123 Rishi Baskaran 3½ Institute of Research and Management. The 50000/- for open group and Rs. 25000/- for 77 Raju Prasad R 4½ 124 Bhanu Prakash H S 3½ other dignitaries present were Shri. Manoj women group. 78 Panchami Sarpangala 4½ 125 Aditya E 3½ Itkelwar, Vice President, Maharshtra Chess 79 Sriram Badrinarayan 4½ 126 Sriram Balaji S 3½ Association, Shri. Dilip Pagay, Secretary Ma- The prizes were distributed at the hands of 80 Prajwal S 4½ 127 Mohith V 3½ harashtra Chess Association, Shri. K K Barat, Shri. Sandeep Joshi, Corporator Nagpur, in 81 Anya Seth Syed 4½ 128 Chakravorty Soham 3½ Secretary Nagpur District Chess Association, the presence of Shri. Sudhir Fulzele, Director 82 Poorvik M P 4½ 129 Neeraj Kumar 3½ IA Swapnil Bansod, Chief Arbiter. 83 Rishabh Kumara 4½ 130 Anoushka Bhatt 3½ Dr. Ambedkar College , Ms. Rajashree Datta, 84 Akash I R 4½ 131 Akash M H 3½ In Open Section Principal Somalwar School, Shri. A P Joshi, 85 Satyendra G 4½ 132 Suchit Chebolu 3 16th Seed Pruthu Deshpande of Pune won Vice Principal, Dr. Ambedkar College, Shri. 86 Shefali A N 4½ 133 Eshan Bhatta 3 the tournament with ½ point margin over Dilip Pagay, Secretary MCA, Shri. Swapnil 87 Pranitha S R 4½ 134 Harsh Srivastava 3 his nearest rival Shailesh Dravid of Nagpur. Bansod, Chief Arbiter and Shri. Sushant 88 Shreyas Kannan 4½ 135 Ghanashyam M V 3 He already showed his determination to win Jumde, Organising Secretary. 89 Tarun Varadharajan 4½ 136 Yuvan K 3 the tournament by beating the top seed FM 90 Ayush J Yajaman 4½ 137 Adityaa R 3 Saurabh Kherdekar of Nagpur in 5th Round, Final ranking: Maharashtra State Open 91 Keshav Malik Kapoor 4½ 138 Rithyu Ravindra 3 later in last round he beat Sankalp Gupta of Rk Name Pts 92 Meghana S 4½ 139 Gagan C 3 Nagpur and remained unbeaten in the tour- 1 Pruthu Deshpande 8 93 Navodith V Bhat 4 140 Shravani T R 3 nament and won the championship. Other 2 Shailesh Dravid 7½ 94 Keshav Gorur Sriram 4 141 Shaamik A R 3 Upsets of the tournament were top seed FM 3 Sauravh Khherdekar FM 7½ 95 Pranava Shrisai Gande 4 142 Samrudh B S 3 Saurabh Kherdekar held by local boy Saurabh 4 Patil Ketan 7 96 Peeyush Rampal 4 143 Pervaje Arjun Prasad Bhat 3 5 Gandhi Anish 6½ Lokhande in 3rd round game, while 2nd seed 97 Tharun B S 4 144 Teshub Dinesh 3 6 Sammed Jaykumar Shete 6½ Dilip Pagay of Nagpur lost to 8th seed Nishit 98 Sasmith A Suvarna 4 145 Adarsh A Toshniwal 3 7 Saurabh Lokhande 6½ 99 Preetham B S 4 146 Kalyan Krishnappa 3 Singh of Aurangabad in 4th round. 8 Sankalp Gupta 6½ 100 Nishanth Sathish 4 147 Manasa Narayan 3 In Women’s Section 9 Dilip Pagay 6½ 101 Pratham Ajay 4 148 Siddhant Vasan 3 Top seed WCM Tejaswini Sagar of Aurang- 10 Singh Nishit 6½

A I C F CHRONICLE A I C F CHRONICLE 10 11 MAY 2015 MAY 2015 11 Patil Priyanshu 6½ 58 Shintre Neel 5 105 Chaoji Parth 3½ 12 Sadhwani Raunak 6½ 59 Dange Atharva 5 106 Ayalwar Manthan 3½ Puzzle of the month 13 Om Vinay Vitalkar 6½ 60 Sangai Samkit 5 107 Juare Deep 3½ by C.G.S.Narayanan 14 Sivasubramanian R 6½ 61 Khopey Jay 5 108 Sonkusre Om Sanjay 3½ SPG (Short proof game) is a type of prob- 15 Dahale Atul 6 62 Pophali Aryan S 5 109 Honmane Suyog 3½ lem in which the task is to reconstruct a le- 16 Roneet Das 6 63 Kushal R Karwa 5 110 Moholkar Amogh 3½ gal game. Starting from the opening array, 17 Patil Kiran 6 64 Hardas Akhilesh 4½ the solver has to find the shortest possible 18 Krishnater Kushager 6 65 Chaoji Vikram 4½ Maharashtra FIDE Women game that leads to the diagram position. 19 Gouravkumar Nanwani 6 66 Zambad Aman 4½ Final placings: White and Black thus effectively cooperate 20 Devansh Ratti 6 67 Borkar B C 4½ Rk Name Pts to achieve this, and that the moves would 21 Palaskar Rutwik 6 68 K.K. Pandey 4½ 1 Tejaswini Sagar WCM 8 not be sensible in a competitive game is 22 Nahar Anish 6 69 Pagay Shail 4½ 2 Patil Mitali Madhukar WFM 8 considered irrelevant. SPGs are also char- 23 Yash Ingolikar 6 70 Dnyandeep Jadhav 4½ 3 Divya Garg 8 acterised by their exact play – the move 24 Nagare Akhilesh 6 71 Joshi Ved 4½ 4 Adane Narayani 6 order in each solution is unique.Separate 25 Raunak Godbole 6 72 Lonkar Parth 4½ 5 Patil Samiksha 6 section for retros and proof games is intro- 26 Atharva Rakesh Bhede 6 73 Joshi Kshitij D 4½ 6 Nagalakshmi R 5½ duced in the latest 10th WCCT announced. 27 Ghorghate Sahil 6 74 Goyal Devansh 4½ 7 Anjali R. Sagar 5½ Here is a position in which every piece 28 Satkar Chirag 5½ 75 Aryan Khurana 4½ 8 Eesha Ajay Sarda 5½ stands on its game array square. The main 29 Patil Mayur 5½ 76 Raut Rutvij 4½ 9 Pagay Shalaka 5 point of this short proof game is the visual 30 Rohan Bharat Joshi 5½ 77 Dodeja Mann 4½ 10 Sonal Mandhana 5 effect and a kind of deceptive symmetry. 31 Shamkuwar Y. M. 5½ 78 Madke Viraj 4½ 11 Tanya Pandey 5 In spite of White and Black’s symmetrical 32 Deogade Salil 5½ 79 Hirani Lakshya 4 12 Saloni Patel 5 arrangement in the final position, the play 33 Naresh Kantode 5½ 80 Bhoyar Shreerang 4 13 Chansoriya Ketki 5 leading to it is non-symmetrical. 34 Vinay V. Barhanpure 5½ 81 Awghad Shyam 4 14 Dnynadha N Vitalkar 5 35 Gupta Rajesh R.S. 5½ 82 Kherdekar Arnav 4 15 Thakare Seeya 4½ Joost de Heer 36 Patil Rohit R 5½ 83 Chandrani Shlok 4 16 Subhasmitha Sahoo 4½ Probleemblad 2001 37 Sanil Upasani 5½ 84 Kalgaonkar S 4 17 Palorkar Riddhi 4½ 38 Patil T S 5½ 85 Lohit Rushikesh 4 18 Sagar Siya 4½ 39 Jeswani Saransh 5½ 86 Moharir Aayush 4 19 Ismat Chimthanwala 4½ 40 Sapre Shreyas 5½ 87 Khan H K 4 20 Nusrat Chimtanawala 4½ 41 Dewang Kalpesh 5½ 88 Patil Siddhey 4 21 Gupta Niti 4 42 Swayam Uttam Aalewad 5 89 Chourasiya Sumukh 4 22 Gudsurkar Rekha 4 43 Dhanvij Ansh 5 90 Shende Manthan 4 23 Patil Aditi G 4 44 Spandan P Seth 5 91 Suchak Adarsh 4 24 Jhawar Preksha 4 45 Yadav Satendrakumar 5 92 Javkhedkar Sarang 4 25 Wairagade Rashi 4 46 Nilesh Kevaldas Bankar 5 93 Gorghate Rushabh 4 26 Sharanya Vinayak Adane 4 47 Deshmukh Nachiket 5 94 Deogade Aryan 4 27 Verma Riya 4 48 Tanuj M. Meshran 5 95 Demetrius D Souza 4 28 Belpande Shalaka 3½ 49 Pendsey Muktanand 5 96 Borkar Nikhilanand 4 29 Maheshwari Krishna 3 50 Chandran T. 5 97 Yash Dhoke 3½ 30 Harde Sharyu 3 51 Vaishnav Paunikar 5 98 Nirwan Saurabh 3½ 31 Deshmukh Keshar 3 52 Laha S K 5 99 Shinde Rujul 3½ 32 Kumbhalkar Anisha 2 53 Deshpande Ishan M 5 100 Bharadkar Shashwat 3½ 33 Deshmukh Kasturi 1 SPG in 6 moves 54 Ramachandran. V 5 101 Taori Yash 3½ 34 Gotefode Sneha 0 Find the six moves from the game array 55 Saurav L Tembhare 5 102 Wairagade Khush 3½ 35 Anushka Heda 0 to reach this position. 56 Kohad Dipesh 5 103 Vekhande Shivam 3½ (Solution on page 48) 57 Ahire Vaibhav 5 104 Mahore Archis 3½

A I C F CHRONICLE A I C F CHRONICLE 12 13 MAY 2015 MAY 2015 National Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship-2015,Rourkela 8 IM Swapnil S. Dhopade 7 National Blitz: Final standings 9 IM Das Arghyadip 7 Rk Name Pt 10 D Bala Chandra Prasad 7 1 IM Rathnakaran K. 8½ Debashis Das and Ratnakaran win titles 11 IM Deshmukh Anup 6½ 2 GM Neelotpal Das 8 by Rajendra Shidore,IA,Chief Arbiter 12 IM Suvrajit Saha 6½ 3 IM Ghosh Diptayan 8 13 Srinath Rao S.V. 6½ 4 GM Debashis Das 7½ National Rapid & Blitz Chess Champi- trophy with a prize money of Rs.50,000/- fol- 14 Sahoo Utkal Ranjan 6½ 5 D Bala Chandra Prasad 7½ onship-2015 was inaugurated by Hon- lowed by Runners up IM a 15 Muthukumar C P 6½ 6 IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu 7½ orable Chief Guest Sri PK Pradhan Total Cash Prizes of Rs.25,000/-. In the blitz 16 Debarshi Mukherjee 6½ 7 Srinath Rao S.V. 7 GM(P&A),Rourkela Steel Plant, Mr.Raheman section IM Ratnakaran K,Ker got the champi- 17 Mari Arul S. 6 8 Sahoo Utkal Ranjan 7 Khan, GM(TS),RSP in the presence of Mrs. ons trophy with a total cash of Rs.20,000/-. 18 FM Rakesh Kumar Jena 6 9 IM Suvrajit Saha 7 19 Sa Kannan 6 10 G Hema Chandra Mouli 6½ Minati Mohapatra,DGM(sports),SAIL,RSP on Total cash prizes was Rs.1,75,000/- in Rapid 20 Singh Pritam 6 11 Debarshi Mukherjee 6½ dated 26th April’2015 at the Rourkela Club, section with Rs.75,000/- in Blitz section. 21 G Hema Chandra Mouli 6 12 FM Rakesh Kumar Jena 6½ Rourkela, Odisha.Rourkela is known as a 22 Rahul Srivatshav P 6 13 Bose Sayan 6½ Steel City of India as well as of Odisha. This In the closing ceremony the Chief Guest was 23 Bose Sayan 6 14 Rajdeep Sarkar 6½ city is 14TH green city of India when one & Mr.G.S.Prasad,CEO, SAIL,RSP with Guest 24 Rajdeep Sarkar 6 15 IM Sharma Dinesh K. 6 only in Odisha. of Honor Dr.A.K.Singh,Director i-c(M&HS) 25 Saurabh Mandal 6 16 IM Murali Krishnan B.T. 6 SAIL,RSP, Mr.PK pradhan,GM i-c(P&A) 26 Ram Charan 6 17 IM Swapnil S. Dhopade 6 This prestigious National Rating event was SAIL,RSP, Mr. R Khan GM (TS), Mr. Sita- 27 Das Susobhit 6 18 Singh Pritam 6 successfully organized by Rourkela Steel ram Pradahan GM(F & A) RSP, Mrs. Minati 28 Bihari P.K. 5½ 19 Srivastava Pratyush 6 Plant, Rourkela under the aegis of All Odisha mohapatra,DGM sports,RSP and respected 29 Parichha Sk 5½ 20 Rahul Srivatshav P 5½ Chess Association under the strong supervi- Mr Ranjan Mohanty, vice president AOCA. 30 Rakesh Kumar Nayak 5 21 Rakesh Kumar Nayak 5½ sion of Mrs. Minati Mohapatra DGM(sports) 31 Pvs Aravind 5 22 Ram Charan 5½ 32 N.N.Behera 5 23 Pvs Aravind 5½ SAIL,RSP and other officials of All Odisha Also I am very thankful to AICF for nominat- 33 Samal Ansuman 5 24 Swaraj Palit 5½ Chess Association under the AICF event code ing me as Chief Arbiter and Mr Nihar Ranjan 34 Varma Vikrant 5 25 IM Deshmukh Anup 5 111535,111536/ODI/2015 and was recog- Sasmal,IA of Odisha as Dy. Chief Arbiter 35 Mohanty Binikesh 5 26 Das Susobhit 5 nized by AICF and FIDE. for this prestigious event. Organizers had 36 Shashi Nand Kumar 5 27 Swain Diptanshu Ranjan 5 provided very good lodging, boarding and 37 Swain Diptanshu Ranjan 4½ 28 Saurabh Mandal 5 In this event in-spite of less no of entry this transport facilities for all the players & offi- 38 Valsan Kanavath 4½ 29 Bihari P.K. 5 is strongest ever rapid & blitz chess event cials. Weather condition during the event was 39 Atul Bihari Sharan 4½ 30 Mohanty Soyamsree 5 held in India. Including 2 GM & 9 IM total 52 good for the players also the playing venue 40 Routray Priyanka 4½ 31 Panda Sidhanta 5 players from 9 states were participated in was a A/C hall.No protest was lodged during 41 Gobardhan Behera 4½ 32 Valsan Kanavath 4 this well organised event. At the end in Rapid the entire tournament and tournament was 42 Debata Sarthak 4½ 33 Ranjan Mohanty 4 section top seed GM Debashis Das,Odisha & held in very smooth manner. 43 Panda Sidhanta 4½ 34 Varma Vikrant 4 in blitz section IM K Ratnakaran, of Kerala 44 Mohanty Soyamsree 4 35 Routray Priyanka 4 became the champion of this national event. National Rapid: Final standings 45 Dash Biswaswarup 4 36 Shashi Nand Kumar 3½ 1st time the new time control was introduced Rk Name Pts 46 Samal Aditya Ranjan 3½ 37 Sandeepta Kumar Dash 3 in the National Rapid chess as 15 mints with 1 GM Debashis Das 9½ 47 Das Samarth 3½ 38 Milind Kaushik 2½ 48 Milind Kaushik 3 39 Basil Gouda 2 10 sec increment(world Rapid format) as 2 IM Ghosh Diptayan 8½ 3 GM Neelotpal Das 8 49 Basil Gouda 3 suggested by all the majority players & title Chess is like a language, the top players 4 IM Rathnakaran K. 8 50 Sarthak Pujari 3 holders. We are thankful to AICF for sending are very fluent at it. Talent can be 5 IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu 7½ 51 Panda Hrishikesh 2½ us new FIDE ids in time. 6 IM Murali Krishnan B.T. 7 52 Satwik Patnaik ½ developed scientifically but you have to 7 IM Sharma Dinesh K. 7 find first what you are good at. Top seed GM Debashis Das got champions by.Anand

A I C F CHRONICLE A I C F CHRONICLE 14 15 MAY 2015 MAY 2015 The 56th Odisha State Senior FIDE Rating Chess Championship,Puri… Final ranking: 46 Pattnaik Bishal 5 Rk Name Pts 47 Gobardhan Behera 5 1 Rakesh Kumar Nayak 7½ 48 Sudhir Kumar Behera 5 Rakesh Kumar Nayak wins title 2 Rakesh Kumar Jena FM 7½ 49 Prasannakumar Nayak 5 Suresh Chandra Sahoo, Chief Arbiter 3 Baivab Mishra 7½ 50 Biswal Gitashree 5 4 Mishra Soumyaranjan FM 7½ 51 Lalitmohan Digal 5 The 56th Odisha State Senior FIDE Rat- Rakesh Kumar Nayak drew with FIDE Mas- 5 Nayak Rajesh 7 52 Patro Yasoman 5 ing Chess Championship was organized by ter Soumyaranjan Mishra and clinched the 6 Bhaskar Sri Viswaroopanand 7 53 Samantaray Aryan Arnav 5 District Chess Association of Puri from 8th Championship with a cash prize of `10,000/-. 7 Mahesh Prasad Sethi 7 54 Choudhuri Kumar Naik 5 to 12th April 2015 at Gopandhu Ayurveda FIDE Master Rakesh Jena became Runner-up 8 Swain Ashirwad 6½ 55 Barik Jagdish 5 Mahavidyalaya, Puri.The tournament was & ` 7,000/- & local boy Baivab Mishra, stood 9 Das Susobhit 6½ 56 Dash Shrimay 5 57 Sahu Bibek Kumar 5 inaugurated by Sj. Jayanta Kumar Sarangi, 3rd with ` 5,000/-.There were many upsets 10 Samal Ansuman 6½ 58 Sahoo Sangram Keshari 5 Chairman, Puri Municipality., other dignitar- started from the third round onwards.Out of 11 Padhi Kamal Lochan 6½ 12 Johnson Sahoo 6½ 59 Jayadeba Patel 5 ies were Sj. Rabi Narayan Senapati, Sports 35 unrated players 17 players will get the 13 Salonika Saina WCM 6½ 60 Bag G 5 Rating in the month of May. Three players Officer, Puri, Sj. Gouri Shankar Singhari, 14 Guruprasad Bhatta 6½ 61 Sahoo Dasharathi 4½ Social Worker, Puri, Sj. Pradyumna Mishra, Dikshant Das, 1358, Jagdish Barik, 1130 and 15 Panigrahi Manoj Kumar 6 62 Sourav Mohanty 4½ Vice-President, Dist. Chess Association of Nilsu Pattnaik, 1743, increased 151, 1112 & 16 Pattnayak Nilsu 6 63 Mishra Abinash 4½ Puri and Sj. Subhash Chandra Sahoo, Hony. 105 in their rating respectively. 17 Pranab Kumar Patra 6 64 Lochan Kumar Das 4½ Secretary, Dist Chess Association of Puri 18 Sumit Kumar Banerjee 6 65 Sahu Aswini Kumar 4½ were present on the dias. With the total prize In the valedictory ceremony the Chief Guest 19 Rath Hrusikesh 6 66 Mohanty Swaraj Sanket 4½ fund of Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand was Sj. Vivek Kumar Tibarewal, Hony. Secre- 20 Panda Sambit 6 67 Sahu Ajay Kumar 4½ only) of the event attracted 142 participants tary, All Odisha Chess Assocoiation, Other 21 Behera Dillip 6 68 Sahu Susant Kumar 4½ from 18 Districts (Angul–8, Bolangir–2, dignitaries who graced the occasion on the 22 Rudranarayan 6 69 Parichha Sk 4½ 70 Narayan Das 4½ Balasore-3, Cuttack–15, Dhenkanal-5, Gan - last day were Sri Ramesh Chandra Mo- 23 Smaraki Mohanty 6 71 Rout Kandarpa 4½ jam-7, Jajpur-4, Jharsuguda-2, Khordha-25, hapatra, (Title Sponsor) Son of Late Laxmi 24 Swain Diptanshu Ranjan 6 72 Ezaz Ahamed S K 4½ Kalahandi-2, Kendrapara-2, Koraput-6, Nua- Priya Mohapatra, Sri Pradyumna Mishra, 25 Jena Binayak 6 26 Rabindra Kumar Ojha 6 73 Panda Chandra Sekhar 4½ para-2, Nayagarh-1, Puri-43, Sambalpur-2, Vice President, District Chess Associa- 27 Patra Subhendu Kumar 6 74 Panda Raj Santosh 4 Subarnapur-1, Sundargarh-9) with two spe- tion of Puri, Sri Manoj Kumar Panigrahi, 28 Soundarya Kumar Pradhan 5½ 75 Manish Kumar (2006) 4 cial units (KIIT – 02 & POSTAL - 02 ) with Jt Secy. District Chess Association & All 29 N.N.Behera 5½ 76 Mishra Anisha 4 Two FIDE Master &, one Women Candidate Odisha Chess Association, Sri Subhash 30 Dikshant Dash 5½ 77 Bhoi Gunanidhi 4 Master, FIDE Master Rakesh Kumar Jena, Chandra Sahoo, Secretary, District 31 Mishra Srinibas 5½ 78 Dash Gagan Behari 4 2292 (Jajpur) was the top seed. A total Chess Association of Puri. The Press 32 Sahoo Ankush 5½ 79 Sethi Ankit Kumar 4 of 105 Rated players participated. and Media covered the event very well. 33 Sradhanjali Jena 5½ 80 Pradhan Guru Nath 4 Without any dispute the tournament 34 Sahoo Soumya Ranjan 5½ 81 Mohanty Anoushkaa 4 Five players shared their lead with full ended successfully. 35 Pradhan Mohan Das 5½ 82 Padhi Jyoti Ranjan 4 points at the end of 4th round and after 36 Prachurya Kumar Pradhan 5½ 83 Jyotsna M 4 6th round only 2 players Baivab Mishra, I take this opportunity to thank District 37 Mishra Om 5½ 84 Biswal Subhradeep 4 85 Atanu Panda 4 1999 & Rakesh Kumar Nayak, 2079 were Chess Association of Puri and All Odi- 38 Gopal Ch Mahapatra 5½ 86 Mishra Siddharth 4 leading with (5.5), while only 7 players sha Chess Association for making such 39 Mishra Anwesha 5½ 40 Mohapatra G.C. 5½ 87 Anil Bhoi 4 led the top tables with 5 points. After 7th tournament a Grand success, which will 41 Sahoo A Sudip Kumar 5½ 88 Mandal Dillip Kumar 4 Round Rakesh Kumar Nayak was the so go a long way in creating awareness 42 Kar Satyabrata 5½ 89 Guru Nirmal Chandra 4 leader with 6.5 points & only 3 players were and popularising Chess in our State & for 43 Mahitosh Dey 5 90 Ravi Kumar N 4 leading WITH 6 points. At the end of round 9, giving a chance to play in Open FIDE Rating 44 Pradip Kumar Bisoyi 5 91 Das Bighnesh 4 a 17 year boy (3rd in National U-13 in 2012) tournament by paying a minimum of Rs.500. 45 Nayak Biswajit 5 92 Sahoo Sudeep Kumar 4

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