9th Mumbai Mayor’ s Cup International Open Chess Tournament, Mumbai Visakh lifts Mayor Cup
by Vasanth BH, Chief Arbiter
9th Mumbai Mayor’ s Cup International Open Chess Tournament 2016 organised by Venus Chess Academy and conducted by Mumbai Suburban Chess Association was inaugurated by Chief Guest MrsSnehal Ambekar, Mayor of Mumbai at Mount Litera School, Bandra on 2nd June 2016.
The Inaugural function was presided over by Shri Arun Shah of Ankit Gems, Co Sponsor of the event, Shri AbhinavUpadhyay of Zee Learn and Shri RavindraDongre, Organising Secretary and Treasurer AICF. GMIvan Popov and GM Boris Grachev of Russia, FarrukAmonatov of Tajikistan, GMGrigoryan Karen of Armenia, GM Sandipan Chanda of India were the prominent competitors of the tournament. Total of 205 players from 12 federations registered in 11 lakh prize fund Category A tournament. 333 player from 3 federations were registered in 8 lakh prize fund Category B tournament. 385 player were registered in 8lakh prize fund Category C.
The tournament was organized in a spacious air conditioned hall. Younger players and parents enjoyed the free time in food stall which was adjacent to the hall.
IM Visakh N R of Tamilnadu, GM Diptayan Ghosh of West Bengal and HimalGusain of Chandigarh scored 8 point out of 10 rounds in category A. Visakh NR won the 9th Mayors cup based on better tie break score.
In category B, 333 players from 21 states participated. Out of which 303 players were rated players. Soram Rahul Singh( 1976) from Assam was top seed followed by Nikhil Dixit( 1972) from Maharastra and Siddhant Gailwad( 1965) from Maharastra. Varun Bhatt of Gujrat, Soram Rahul Singh of Assam and Siddhant Gaikwad of Maharastra score 8.5 each at the end of final round. Based on better tie break score, Varun Bhat of Gujrat became winner. In category C, 385 players from different parts of country participated. Gopalkrishnan S( 1592) of Tamilnadu was top seed followed by Nitin M Pai( 1589) of Kerala, Srihari L( 1586) of Pondicherry.
Hruthik Lokesh P( 1568) of Andra Pradesh score 9 points out of 10 rounds and won the tournament. Sivasubramanian R( 1548) of Maharastra, Lumbani Nikhil( 1580) of Gujrat and RohitMokashi( 1496) of Maharastra scored 8.5 points out of 10 rounds and place 2nd to 4th based on tie break score.
Mrs. Alka Kerkar, Deputy Mayor, Mumbai was Chief Guest of Prize Distribution ceremony. MrAbhinav Upadhyay, Marketing Head Zee learn, MrUmesh Pradhan, CFO, Zee Learn, MrsAmrutaFadnavis, Mr Bharat Singh Chauhan, CEO AICF, Mr R M Dongre and MrDilip Page were on the dais.
Final standings‘ A’
Rk. |
|
Name |
Club |
Pts |
1 |
GM |
Popov Ivan |
RUS |
6 |
2 |
GM |
Grachev Boris |
RUS |
7½ |
3 |
GM |
Amonatov Farrukh |
TJK |
7½ |
4 |
GM |
Grigoryan Karen H. |
ARM |
6½ |
5 |
GM |
Sandipan Chanda |
PSPB |
7½ |
A I C F C H R O N I C L E JUly 2016
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