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Vr.Arvindh Chithambaram
Vaibhav Suri Under-16 Boys: Silver
Under-18 Boys: Silver
IM Nisha Mohota
Winner
41st National Women Chess Challenger
Championship, Goa
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19 Ishant Kumar JHA 7 63 Aarsh Roongta RAJ 5½ Sunita Singh Memorial FIDE Rating (Below 2000) Tournament, Indore
20 Jai Adithya S KAR 7 64 Anjishnu Mondal WB 5½
21 Singh Kartik Kumar MAH 7 65 Aryaveer Saxena RAJ 5½
22 Mackenzie Campbel B TN 7 66 Judhajit Dutta Roy WB 5½
23 Patnaik Shreyash Subham ODI 7 67 Pranay Venkatesh TEL 5½ Back row : From Left: Rajendra Chimnani,
24 Tanmay Jain PUN 7 68 Pal Abhinav ODI 5½ Bharat Chougule, Shailendra Pable , F. Anil ,
25 Khose Sahil MAH 7 69 Patni Adeesh MAH 5½ Muktesh Singh, Dr. Ajit kumar Singh Kasliwal,
26 Namish Sharma DEL 7 70 Hari Ramachandran S TN 5½ Vikas Jain , Piyush Zamindar
27 Pandhye Shriniket MAH 7 71 Ruturaj Yogesh Desai GOA 5½ Front row 2: From Left: Anchit Vyas, Aishwin
28 Ashwin Sairam TN 7 72 Yashsva Anil Kanholkar CHT 5½ Daniel, Lakshmi Krishna Bhushan D, Vaibhav
29 Vivek Rajkumar ASM 7 73 Pal Rajveer B ODI 5½ Barahate, Atul Bihari Sharan
30 Sairaj Dilip Vernekar GOA 7 74 Sagnik Biswas WB 5½
31 Krishnasanketh Reddi K AP 7 75 Anirudhh M K KAR 5½
32 Sreyas Payyappat KER 7 76 Atiksh Sharma MP 5½
33 Sahoo Annirudha ODI 6½ 77 Debjit Kali WB 5½ KCA’s 7th FIDE International Rating Tournament below 2200,Kottayam
34 Avi Bhardwaj HAR 6½ 78 Gowtham Reddy G AP 5
35 Aditya Ramanathan MAH 6½ 79 Rachishnu Datta WB 5
36 Arjun Sidharth S PUD 6½ 80 Pran G Parashar Kashyap ASM 5 (L-R) Dr. Varghese Joshua,Lecturer,CMS
37 Pratik S Borkar GOA 6½ 81 Medhansh Saxena UP 5 college,Kottayam,. Mr.Rajesh,Secretary Chess
38 Atreya Nandy WB 6½ 82 Aarush Shah MAH 5 Association Kerala, Chief guest Mr.Manoj
39 Indrayudh Guha WB 6½ 83 Y Yehamandram Sridhar TN 5 S,President ,Press Club, Kottayam distributing the
40 Parth Bhatnagar UP 6½ 84 Sajal Saroj Lahkar ASM 5 prize to the Winner K.Arjun of Kerala, Prof.Joseph
41 Ananmay Sharma GUJ 6½ 85 Vora Arjun MAH 5 Thomas,Principal,Baker Vidhyapeedh,Kottayam,5.
42 Arnav Muralidhar KAR 6½ 86 Vishal Pydah AP 5 IM K Rathnakaran, Pramod K K, Chess coach,
43 Sreekar J S S TEL 6½ 87 Sanjeev Raj K TN 5 Kottayam Chess Academy.
44 Prerak Darvekar MAH 6½ 88 Oishik Kundu WB 5
45 Moghe Parth MAH 6½ 89 Swapneel Gupta WB 5
46 Abhash Roimya Saikia ASM 6 90 Garv Gaur HAR 5
47 Ayush Bhattacherjee WB 6 91 Aditya T N V S AP 5 Fomento 3rd All India Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2014, Goa…
48 Kumar Sankalp JHAR 6 92 Praharsh Patel K TEL 5
49 Neev M Shah MAH 6 93 Shaunak Chaudhury CHD 5
50 Arnav Kushwaha CHD 6 94 Vidit Jain PUN 5
From Left: Mr Arvind Mhamal, Mr Kishor
51 Kadakia Veer MAH 6 95 Sabarna Bandyopadhyay WB 5
Bandekar ( Secretary GCA & Jt Secretary
52 Muthu P TN 6 96 Akash K TN 5
AICF), Mr Dipak Amonkar ( President
53 M G Goud Malthakal TEL 6 97 Srijan Chatterjee WB 5
Rudreshwar Panaji), Mr Satish Shetye( Chief
54 Suryansu Das WB 6 98 Yuvraj Chandak WB 5
Guest & Vice Chancellor of Goa University), Mr
55 Kavineash S TN 6 99 Sougata Ghosh WB 5
Shridhar Kamat( Fomento Representative),Mr
56 Ashvin Sharma ASM 6 100 Soumyadeep Mitra WB 5
Sunil Naik ( Vice President Clube Tennis de
57 Shresth Mahapatra WB 6 101 Mohanty Amrit Kumar ODI 4½
Gaspar Dias), Mr Dnyaneshwar Naik, while
58 Durgesh Mohanty ODI 6 102 Yajath Nair MAH 4½
59 Aayushraj Sharma ASM 6 103 Sayan Gain WB 4½ Niraj Saripalli, Champion receives the trophy.
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41st National Women Chess Challenger Championship, Goa.... in a glittering prize distribution ceremony.The 38 Anjana Krishna S Ker 6½
Goa Chess Association did not miss this op- 39 Minki Sinha Bih 6½
Nisha Mohota wins title portunity to honour all the young achievers 40 Swera Ana Braganca Goa 6½
by S.Paul Arokia Raj, Chief Arbiter who made their state proud in the national 41 Pushpalata Mangal Mah 6½
and the international events. 42 Potluri Supreetha AP 6½
As many as 131 players representing 21 the top with 8.5 points at the end of the tenth 43 Nandhini Saripalli Goa 6
Final standings:
states, 5 special units were in the fray in the and the penultimate round.Therefore before 44 Ankitha Goud Palle Tel 6
Rk Name Club Pts
41stnational women challengers chess cham- the start of the final round It was going to 45 Harshini A TN 6
1 IM Mohota Nisha PSPB 9½
pionship organised by Goa Chess Association be virtual photo finish for the title between 46 Sakshi Naik Gaonkar Goa 6
2 IM S Vijayalakshmi AI 9½
under the auspices of the All India Chess the two International Masters.As expected all 47 Meghna C H Ker 6
3 Hinduja Reddy AP 8½
Federation from September 6 to 15,2014 the top games in this round was fought with 4 WGM Padmini Rout ODI 8 48 Isha Sharma Kar 6
at the Pedam Sports Complex,Mapusa,Goa. great valour and determination for earning 5 WGM Kulkarni Bhakti Goa 8 49 Toshali V AP 6
Thevenue was a very big hall with a calm a berth in the top eight placing to qualify 6 WIM Ivana Maria Furtado Goa 8 50 Hilmi Parveen Ker 6
atmosphere highly suiting the mood of for the National Premier.There was a clear 7 Pratyusha Bodda AP 8 51 Dhanashree Pandit Mah 6
any woman chess player.6 Women Grand- cut result from the top seven tables.On the 8 WGM Ghate Swati LIC 7½ 52 Matta Theja Sahithi AP 6
masters,2 International Masters,1 Woman top table Vijayalakshmi made a short work 9 Lakshmi Praneetha K AP 7½ 53 Gauri Keshav Hadkonkar Goa 6
International Master and 8 Woman FIDE of Neha Singh of Bihar,followed by NIsha 10 Nimmy A.G. Ker 7½ 54 Sheena E. Ker 6
Masters made this championship colourful Mota on the second table against Lakshmi 11 WFM Varshini V TN 7½ 55 Thamaraiselvi P TN 6
by their presence.The top twenty games in Praneetha of Andhra Pradesh.Both the win- 12 Mokal Amruta Sunil MAH 7½ 56 Mili Ghosh WB 6
each round was transmitted as Live game ners were now sitting pretty with 9.5 point- 13 Lasya.G AP 7½ 57 Alaina J J Pereira Goa 6
through Monroi device.The top seed of the sand were curiously watching the outcome 14 Singh Neha Bih 7½ 58 Riddhi Zantye Goa 6
championship was WGM Padmini Rout of Air of the remaining matches for their bucholtz 15 Sunyasakta Satpathy ODI 7½ 59 Mehak Jain Del 5½
Port Authority of India who kept the Indian score. At last it was WGM NishaMohota rep- 16 WFM Savant Riya Goa 7½ 60 Shweta Chd 5½
flag flying at the just concluded 2014 Chess resenting Petroleum Sports Promotion Board 17 WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty LIC 7 61 Pammi Rani Bih 5½
Olympiad in Tromsko,Norway by winning a who clinched the title with 9.5 points after 18 WGM Soumya Swaminathan pspb 7 62 Sreelakshmi M SunilkumarKer 5½
Gold medal for India. relegating IM S.Vijayalakshmi of Air India 19 WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie AI 7 63 Smita Choudhary Bih 5½
Fifth seed WGM MohotaNisha after nurtur- to the second spot on account of better bu- 20 Bala Kannamma P TN 7 64 Chopdekar Gunjal Goa 5½
ing 5 out of 5 emerged as the sole leader of choltzscore.In the third table untitled Hinduja 21 Divya Lakshmi R TN 7 65 Bommini M Akshaya AP 5½
the championship.However in the very next Reddy of Andhra Pradesh defeated Nimmy 22 Sandya G AP 7 66 Monika Sahu Raj 5½
round fourth seed WGM S.Vijayalakshmi A George of Kerala in a scintillating game to 23 WFM Arpita Mukherjee WB 7 67 Kavisha S Shah Guj 5½
caught up the leader when Nishasplit the finish surprise third.In the previous round 24 WFM Mahalakshmi M pspb 7 68 Niharika Ch AP 5½
point with PadminiRout.The seventh round only this unassuming girl from A.P. caused a 25 Smaraki Mohanty ODI 7 69 Gaayathri S Goa 5½
was very crucial as both the leaders signed biggest upset of the championship when she 26 Supriya Joshi Mah 7 70 Tanvi Vasudev Hadkonkar Goa 5½
a peace treaty in their individual encounter outmanouvered WGM SoumyaSwaminathan. 27 Parnali S Dharia Mah 7 71 Thorat Aishwarya Goa 5
match.In the next two successive rounds The following eight players have qualified 28 WFM Tarini Goyal Chd 7 72 S.Jayaseeli LIC 5
Vijayalakshmi maintained her winning spree themselves from this National Women Chal- 29 Patil Samiksha Mah 7 73 Urvi Bandekar Goa 5
when she edged out two WGMs KiranMon- lengers to move on to the National Premier. 30 WFM Swati Mohota WB 7 74 Jagtap Vrushali Guj 5
ishaand PadminiRout. Meanwhile Nisha had This includes two untitled players from 31 Harini S. TN 6½ 75 Khushita Shah Guj 5
dropped half point against WGM Swati Ghate Andhra Pradesh. 32 WFM Monnisha Gk TN 6½ 76 Naik Pranali M Goa 5
and this put Vijayalakshmi once again in the Honourable Shri.Wilfred D’Souza,Deputy Chief 33 Harshita Guddanti AP 6½ 77 Pratiksha Pandey MP 5
sole lead after nine rounds.However in the Minister, Goa State flagged of this 10 days 34 WFM Bindu Saritha K. LIC 6½ 78 Akshitha Goud Pally Tel 5
tenth round Vijayalakshmi had split the point championship. Shri.Dilip Parulekar,Honourable 35 P Aditee Aman Goa 6½ 79 Alaya Vella D Cruz Goa 5
against Nimmy A Gerorge of Kerala.Nisha Minister for Tourism,Government of Goa fe- 36 Poojakanth M. TN 6½ 80 Malika Handa Pun 5
capitalised this and caught up Vijalakshmi on licitated the winners and gave away the prize 37 Shalon Joanne Pais Kar 6½ 81 Naik Snehal Goa 5
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Overall, Asia dominated the show winning Though our medals tally is only six com-
18 out of 36 medals. India and Asia's domi- pared to eight last year, this year also India
nance have been more or less continuing is bagging the Overall trophy for the best
over the years. The event was organised by performing country for the third time in
Logan Reddy of South Africa. Chief arbiter succession. The second best performing
was Gunther van den Bergh of South Africa. Federation was Russia with three medals,
India (51) had the second highest number while Kazakhstan bagged the third best
of entrants after hosts South Africa (162). Federation.
A total of 959 players from 87 nations took
part in this event that ran from Sep 20-29, The strong Indian Contingent in the World
2014. Youth Chess Championships 2014, being
held at Durban got a shot in its arm when
Indian medal winners:Mendonca Leon they were visited by the Consulate General
Luke, bronze in Under-8;Nihal Sarin, gold Mr. R Raghunathan.
in Under-10;Divya Deshmukh, gold in
Under-10 Girls;R Vaishali, bronze in Under-14 Girls;Vr Aravindh Chithambaram, silver in
Under-16;Vaibhav Suri, silver in Under-18. Anand Wins Bilbao Grand Slam Masters
by Arvind Aaron
Though our young star Nihal Sarin, who was leading the pack by a full point lost his final
round game, his nearest opponent was comfortably held to a draw by Kushagra Mohan World championship challenger Viswanathan Anand won
which sealed the Gold for Nihal Sarin in the Under 10 Boys Category. In the Under 10 Girls his last event before the World Championship match
Category, our other star, Divya Deshmukh, who was also leading all the way, was held to a against Magnus Carlsen starting in Sochi, Russia from
tense draw by her opponent on the top table, while her hot pursuer from Kazakhstan slowly Nov 7, 2014. The Chennai born Vishy Anand won with
but surely outplayed Mrudul Dehenkar on the second table. With both players tied on 10 a round to spare at Bilbao in Spain.
points each, the tie-breaks were applied and Divya Deshmukh edged out her Kazakh rival Anand beat Vallejo twice, then beat Ponomariov once
to emerge with the Gold. and drew him in another and had a defeat and draw
In the Under 16 Open category, GM Elect Aravindh Chidambaram scored a fluent win over against Aronian. Anand totalled 11 points to win this
Dragnev Valentin of Austria to Category 21 event. Anand lost the last round to Aronian
emerge with a Silver medal. Grand- but it did not damage his placing.
master Vaibhav Suri followed suit This event will go behind the Baden Baden success and
when he crushed Alekseenko Kirill the Candidates Match success achieved this year at Khanty Mansiysk.A victory earns three
of Russia to take his tally to 8.5 points, a draw one point and a defeat gets zero. This double all-play-all ran from September
points and bag the Silver medal. 14-20, 2014.
In the Under 8 Boys section, CM Final placings: 1 V Anand (Ind) 11; 2 L Aronian (Arm) 10; 3-4. R Ponomariov (Ukr), Vallejo
Luke Leon Mendonca struck a Pons (Esp) 5 each.
Bronze Medal when he drew his
game against much higher rated
opponent Guo Arthur from USA. In Harika gets bronze in Sharjah Leg
the Under-14 Girls section, Vaishali by Arvind Aaron
won her game against Ragozenco
Teodora of Germany to move to 8 It all happened well for Dronavalli Harika in the final two rounds of the FIDE Grand Prix at
points and win the Bronze medal Sharjah in the UAE on Sep 6, 2014. Harika defeated Danielian of Armenia in the penultimate
on tie break. round and then defeated Batchimeg in the final round as it helped her finish third in the
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sixth Grand Prix leg with 6.5 points from eleven 3rd Shankar Roy Memorial Rapid Rating Tournament 2014, Kolkata
rounds. Harika had a good tie-break score and it
helped her push three players behind. Rupankar Nath wins
Humpy drew Ju Wenjun in the penultimate round
and then defeated Danielian in the final round to by Sumit Chatterjee FA ,Chief Arbiter
move up to seventh place. Ju Wenjun and Hou 3rd Shankar Roy Memorial Rapid Rating 3 Das Sayantan IM 7
Yifan tied for the first place with 8.5 points, fin- Chess Tournament 2014 was held at Alekh- 4 Swapnil S. Dhopade IM 6½
ishing two clear points of the next points group. ine Chess Club, Kolkata,(W.B) from 29th to 5 Debasish Mukherjee 6½
Ju Wenjun was champion and Hou Yifan was 31st August 2014 in befitting manner. The 6 Sarbojit Paul 6½
second in this leg. tournament was inaugurated by GM Deep 7 Kaustuv Kundu 6½
The Classic Jewelry House Lobortas has awarded Sengupta & IM Atanu Lahiri, Hon’ble Sec- 8 Samal Ansuman 6½
the winner of the Grand Prix series Hou Yifan retary BCA. 9 Majumdar Chandrasish 6
with a special cup which contains precious stones including silver, gold and diamonds. In
10 Bose Sayan 6
the Grand Prix, Hou Yifan won the overall series 2013-2014 while Humpy was second and No dispute, argument etc. arose during the 11 Subhajit Bhattacharyya 6
Anna Muzychuk was third. Humpy was leading until the last event by five points but had to tournament. It may be mentioned that no 12 Neelash Saha 6
score the same points as Hou Yifan. complaints was placed before the Appeals’ 13 Mitrabha Guha FM 6
It was an important slip for Humpy. Had she finished ahead or same points as Hou Yifan Committee. The tournament was played in
she would have earned a slot in the 10-game 2015 World Women’s Chess Championship 14 Debankan Dhara 6
8 round swiss league format. At the end 15 Subhayan Kundu 6
match. Now, Hou Yifan has obtained that slot. From October 11-31, 2014 there is a World of final round Rupankar Nath bagged the
Women’s Championship knock out and the winner of that will now play Hou Yifan for the 16 Chattarjee Laltu 6
Championship title by securing 7 points 17 Aronyak Ghosh CM 6
women’s title. in a better tie-breaking score. Arpan Das
The final leg had this placings: 1-2. Ju Wenjun, Hou Yifan (both Chn) 8.5/11 each; 3-6. 18 Aditya Basu 6
finsihed 2nd with 7 points and IM Sayantan
Dronavalli Harika (Ind), Zhao Xue (Chn), Anna Ushenina (Ukr), Tuvshintugs Batchimeg (Mgl) 19 Arpita Mukherjee WFM 6
Das, the 3rd prize with 7 points also.. Total
6.5 each; 7 Koneru Humpy (Ind) 5.5; 8 Elina Danielian (Arm) 5; 9 Tatiana Kosintseva (Rus) 20 Chandreyee Hajra 6
253 players ( 166 fide rated) players from
4.5; 10 Zhu Chen (Qat) 3.5; 11 Nafisa Muminova (Uzb) 3; 12 Alina L’Ami (Rom) 1.5 each. 21 Sayantan Mukherjee 6
different states of our country participated
22 B Niladri Shekhar 6
14thIPCA World Individual Chess Championship, Serbia.. in this all India Chess meet.
23 Debarshi Mukherjee 6
Jennitha wins Gold for the second time The prize distribution ceremony was held 24
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Tamojit Poddar
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on 31/08/2014.Sri Arup Biswas Hon’ble
Minister,West Bengal, Mr. Srikanth Mohota 26 Verma Sanjay 6
K.Jennitha Anto won the Gold in the Women section of the 14thIPCA World Individual Chess
and GM Neelotpal Das distributed the priz- 27 Srijit Paul 6
Championship which was held in Serbia at Apatin – Banja Junakovic, 15 - 24 September
es. Total prize money of Rs. 1,10,000/- was 28 Soham Das 6
2014. She won the Gold Medal for the second time. The tournament attracted 33 physically
distributed amongst first 30 players. Sev- 29 Roy Prantik 5½
challenged chess players from 13 countries. Nearly 16 players use wheel chair.
eral special prizes were given for different 30 Mallick Anjan 5½
categories. Rupankar Nath was richer by Rs. 31 Dilip Das 5½
Jennitha being a wheel chair player participated in Fide A category and almost all the play-
25,000/- and a Trophy. Members of the family 32 Satya Sekhar Mitra 5½
ers were international rated players. Out of the 33 players, 9 were fide title holders added
more challenge to the championship, 4IM’s, one FM, 3WIM’s and one WFM. On the whole of late Shankar Roy were also present at the 33 Didwania Vishal 5½
the tournament was a tough one.Of the nine round Jennitha secured 5 points ending up Prize Distribution Ceremony. 34 Utsab Chatterjee 5½
winning three rounds, with four tie-ups and two losses. 35 Mukherjee Dyutimoy 5½
Final standings of Women: Final standings: ( first 181 placings only) 36 Ambarish Sharma 5½
Gold: WIM K.Jennitha Anto (India) – 5points Rk Name Pts 37 Koustav Chatterjee 5½
Silver: WFM Aleksandrova Aleksandra (Israel) – 5points 1 Nath Rupankar 7 38 Sumit Kumar 5½
Bronze: WIM Kaydanovich Marina (Russia) - 4.5points 2 Arpan Das 7 39 Saptorshi Gupta 5½
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40 Rajarshi Dutta 5½ 82 Nirmal Kumar Bose 5 125 Soumita Das 4 168 Srijeet Mullick 3½
41 Samar Chatterjee 5½ 83 Sagnik Chakraborty 5 126 Adrian Sajjan 4 169 Saikat Paul 3½
42 Arka Sengupta 5½ 84 Ghosh Samriddhaa 4½ 127 Adrija Dawn 4 170 Alap Roy 3½
43 Sandip Dey 5½ 85 Samir Kumar Saha 4½ 128 Barunangshu Roy 4 171 Nishant Mohapatra 3½
44 Subhra Banerjee 5½ 86 Arya Bhakta 4½ 129 Debashis Majumder(irs) 4 172 Soumyadeep Majumder 3½
45 Sanjib Chatterjee 5½ 87 Chatterjee K.K. 4½ 130 Abhra Baran Kar 4 173 Sayak Banerjee 3½
46 Mohana Sengupta 5½ 88 Saikat Bose 4½ 131 Shinjini Biswas 4 174 Rithwik Raaj Anand 3
47 Soumik Datta 5½ 89 Apurba Chakraborty 4½ 132 Pabitra Mukherjee 4 175 Debjyoti Das 3
133 Bidhan Bhattacharjee 4 176 Kiton Ghosh 3
48 Raunak Mondal 5½ 90 Pranab Chatterjee 4½
134 Sourath Biswas 4 177 Santanu Mukhopadhyay 3
49 Soumma Chakraborty 5 91 Shouvik Kar 4½
135 Ishani Biswas 4 178 Sneham Pal 3
50 Khushi Dharewa 5 92 Samir Dhar 4½
136 Abhinandan Ganguly 4 179 Sayan Bid 3
51 Dipanjan Chowdhury 5 93 Subhashis Ray Chowdhury 4½
137 Sneha Paul 4 180 Ashutosh Kumar Maurya 3
52 Rajib Gharai 5 94 Shyamol Ganguly 4½
138 Bitan Chakraborty 4 181 Dhritabrata Kundu 3
53 Ganguly Ritabroto 5 95 Deep Dutta 4½ 139 Bani Kanta Nath 4
54 Tuhin Dutta 5 96 Soumyajit Das 4½ 140 Souvick Pramanick 4 Puzzle of the month
55 Nihar Ranjan Banerjee 5 97 Prasanta Mondal 4½ 141 Swapan Kr Das Iol 4
56 Aneek Das 5 98 Ayushman Majumdar 4½
by C.G.S.Narayanan
142 Soumili Chandra 4
57 Md. Kutubuddin 5 99 Venkatesh H 4½
58 Abijit Mistry 5 100 Saikat Saha 4½
143 Ashutosh Biswas 4 A fascinating helpmate
144 Aryan Bandyopadhyay 4 This week’s puzzle is a fine helpmate
59 Manideep Mukhi 5 101 Subhabrata Roy 4½ 145 Saptak Sanyal 4 by the American expert in this genre in
60 Swapan Kumar Das 5 102 Vedanta Hazra 4½ 146 Manash Bala 4 which black helps white to mate the black
61 Arpan Das (jr) 5 103 Sudarshan Mitra 4½ 147 Biswas Sampurna 4 king in two moves. Black commences
62 Sayantan Kundu 5 104 Debraj Gangopadhyay 4½ 148 Aniruddh Chatterjee 4 the play.If ‘a’ and ‘b’ are black’s first and
63 Sudipa Haldar 5 105 Sayon Patra 4½ 149 Srijita Sarkar 4 second moves and ‘A’ and ‘B’ those of
64 Diya Chowdhury 5 106 Sanglap Naha 4½
150 Aditya Chatterjee 4 white then the solution runs thus: 1.a,A
65 Bristy Mukherjee 5 107 Chama Chanukya Krishna 4
151 Dhruv Sadani 4 2.b,B mate. Both the solution are totally
66 Arijit Mukherjee 5 108 Shrutarshi Ray 4
152 Ritam Banerjee 4 matched with great unity.
67 Brajanath Samaddar 5 109 Suvojit Paul 4
110 Anuronan Das 4
153 Madhu Sudan Mukherjee 4 Toma Garai
68 Mrinal Kakati 5
111 Chandra Sekhar Rout 4
154 Sankar Bhattacharya 4 2 Pr, Probleemblad 1989
69 Shreyan Chakraborty 5 155 Swarup Dey Sarkar 3½
112 Debarghya Samanta 4
70 Sayanton Mazumder 5 156 Pratyay Chowdhury 3½
113 Shambo Dutta 4
71 Sonkalan Bharati 5 157 Rishiraj Baul 3½
114 Pousumi Maity 4
72 Syed Omar Zoran 5 158 Srijit Some 3½
115 Arunava Bhattacharjee 4
73 Sayan Banik 5 159 Pal C.N. 3½
116 Shuvam Roy 4
74 Deshmukh Nachiket 5 160 Sukumar Karmakar 3½
117 Pradip Bhowmick 4
75 Sagar Majumdar 5 118 Akshath Sinha 4 161 Arhan Boyd 3½
76 Sambarta Banerjee 5 119 Pradip Kumar Nath 4 162 Santanu Roy 3½
77 Chatterjee Sl 5 120 Avhra Biswas 4 163 Sneha Baidya 3½
78 Swapnil Sen 5 121 Mehendi Sil 4 164 Prem Krishan Mandal 3½
79 Annyatoma Das 5 122 Sanket Chakravarty 4 165 Anushka Ray 3½
80 Basudeb Pal 5 123 Bidisha Roy 4 166 Surjo Ghosh 3½ Helpmate in two Two solutions
81 Ritam Mukherjee 5 124 Saanvi Khanna 4 167 Arijit Saha 3½ (solution on page 48)
1 2
White to play and win White to play and win 1 2
3 4
White to play and win White to play and win 3 4
5 6
White to play and win White to play and win 5 6
(Solution on page 43) White to play and win in all the above six endings
(Solutions on page 43)
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Brilliant Trophy Open Fide rating Chess Tournament, Hyderabad
1st Mineral Chess Academy
FIDE Rated below 2200
AICF Event code:102738/Guj/2014
Under the aegis of
FIDE, AICF and GSCA
Hospitality Partner: Hotel Surya
1st to 4th November 2014
Venue:
Hotel Surya
6th floor Aatithya Hall(AC)
Prize winners with Kanna Reddy, Secretary, Hyderabad District Chess
Near Railway Station, Sayajigunj
Association, Chief Guest Mr Gunna Rajendra Reddy, National Secretary, Vadodara
Total cash prize:Rs.2,00,000
Gandhi Global Family,International Arbiter Major Shiva Prasad
3rd Shankar Roy Memorial Rapid Rating Tournament 2014, Kolkata Opening ceremony:1st November 2014 9.30 a.m
Prize Distribution : 4th November 2014 2.00 p.m
Entries should be sent by speed post to
Mr. Pruthvi Leuva (Orgainizing Secretary)
10, Suvernarekha Society, Nr. Mahesananagar Soc.
Nizampura, Vadodara-390 002. M. : +919978908976,
Sunil Manohar (Event manager): 9723460489
Email : mineralchess@gmail.com
The entry form should be sent by a crossed Cheque OR Demand Draft drawn in
favour of “Tirth Chess Club” payable at Ahmedabad.
For on-line transfer/NEFT
Bank Details : Bank of Baroda, 0323, Dariapur Branch, Ahmedabad, 380001.
Account No. : 03230200000682
Rupankar Nath receiving champion trophy from Mrs. Kajal Roy in presence of Mr.
Arup Biswas, Mr. Srikant Mohta , GM Neelotpal Das and Mrs. Annusua Roy (Wife of
IFSC Code : BARB0DARIAP (For direct entry please pay crossed cheque in
late Sankar Roy) above mentioned account)
For further details visit www.aicf.in
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AICF Calendar October 2014 National Women Challenger Championship, Goa
National Women Prenier 24 Oct-05 Nov Maharashtra
National Under 25 25 Oct- 31Oct Tamilnadu
(L-R) S.Paul Arokia Raj, Chief Arbiter,
National Under-13 Boys and Girls 25 Oct- 02 Nov Jharkand Kishore Bandekar, Organizing
5th Lucknow FIDE rated below 1800 30 Oct-02 Nov Lucknow, UP Secretary, and Vice President AICF,
Francis D’Souza, Dy.Chief Minister,
KCA 8th FIDE Rated below 16000 1 Nov-03 Nov Kottayam, Kerala Goa (lighting the lamp), Vinay
Vishy Anand CF below 1999 rating 01 Nov-04 Nov Ambattur,TN Tendulkar, President ,Goa Chess
01st Mineral Chess FIDE Rating below 2200 01 Nov-04Nov Vadodara, Gujarat Association, Ravindra Dongre,
Treasurer AICF and Ramdas Sawant,
National Open FIDE Rating for the blind 04 Nov-07 Nov Ahmedabad Gujarat Treasurer, Goa Chess Association.
All India Open FIDE Rating Tournament 05 Nov-09 Nov JNStadium,Delhi
Asian Youth U-14,16 and 18 Boys&Girls 06 Nov-14 Nov Delhi
1st S. R. All India FIDE Rating below 1600 07 Nov-09 Nov Bubaneshwar, Odisha
MDCA Rapid FIDE Rated 08 Nov-09 Nov Mysore, Karnataka
(L-R) WGM Bakthi Kulkarni making
MDCA Blitz FIDE Rated 09 Nov-09 Nov Mysore, Karnataka
the mobe against the Chief Guest
The PSPB Chess Tournament 10 Nov- 14 Nov Bharuch, Gujarat Francis D’souza,Dy.Chief Minister,
Krishnagiri DCA 1st FIDE Rated below 1600 14 Nov- 16 Nov Hosur, Tamilnadu Goa. Standing: S.Paul Arokia Raj,
Chief Arbiter, Kishore Bandekar,
All India Public Sector Sports Promotion Board Ty 15 Nov- 19 Nov Baroda, Gujarat
Secretary, Goa Chess Association and
National Amateur 2014 16 Nov-21 Nov West Bengal Vice President AICF, Ramdas Sawant,
Nipani Utkarsh Foundation FIDE Rating 23 Nov-27 Nov Nipani, Karnataka Treasurer, Goa Chess Association,
Vinay Tendulkar, President ,Goa Chess
Viswabharti School Open FIDE Rating 26 Nov-30 Nov Ahmedabad, Gujarat Association and Ravindra Dongre,
National Under-17 Boys & Girls 02 Dec- 10 Dec Bihar Treasurer AICF
National Premier 2014 04 Dec-18 Dec Kerala
Shri Neeraj Gawale Mem.1st All India Open Rapid 06 Dec -07 Dec Thane, Maharashtra
Dr.Mohan Mawalge Mem 2nd All India Rating Blitz 07 Dec-07 Dec Thane, Maharashtra Front row (L-R) IM S.Vijayalakshmi (runner-
World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad 12 Dec-22 Dec Gyor, Hungary up) IM Nisha Mohota (Winner and Hinduja
Reddy (Third).Also seen are Ramdas Sawant,
Treasurer, Goa Chess Association, S.Paul Arokia
Tariff for advertisement : Monthly (in Rs.) Annual (in Rs.) Raj, Chief Arbiter,Saneep Falari, Chairperson
Back Cover (Colour) 15,000 1,20,000 of Mapusa Municipal Corporation, Yeshwant
Inside Cover (Colour) 15,000 1,00,000 Tawde, Director, Directorate of Sports and
Youth Affairs, Sudhashu Jha, Commissioner
Full Page Inside (Colour) 7,000 60,000
of Income tax (Appeals), Dilip Salgaocar,
Full Page Inside (Black & White) 5,000 45,000 Chairman of Geno Pharmaceuticals, Vinay
Half Page Inside (Black & White) 3,000 30,000 Tendulkar, President ,Goa Chess Association
and , Kishore Bandekar, Secretary, Goa Chess
Solution to Puzzle of the month on page 29 : I 1.Bxb5 Rxe3 2.Kc4 Rc8 mate Association and Vice President AICF
II 1.Rxe4 Bxc4 2.Ke3 Qh6 mate
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OCTOBER 2014
28thNational Under-7 Chess Championship 2014, Kolkata
Winners of both
sections Shahil Dey of
Assam and Yashavishree
N of Tamilnadu with
IM Atanu Lahiri, GM
Dibyendu Barua,
GM Deep Sengupta
and Shri. Kamalesh
Sengupta.