AICF Chronicle Julio 2016 | Page 23

1st Karmveer V.T.Randhir FIDE Rating Maharashtra Open Chess Tournament 2016, Shirpur.... Anish Gandhi is Champion 1 by Anurag Singh, Chief Arbiter st Karmveer V.T.Randhir FIDE Rating Maharashtra Open Chess Tournament 2016, Shirpur was organized at shirpur, District-Dhule, Maharashtra Between 15th June 2016 to 20th June 2016. The Tournament was inaugurated in the hands of Mr.Aasha tai Randhe, Treasurer of KVP Sanstha. Other Dignitaries present on the Dias was Mr.Rohit Randhe, Trustee of KVP Sanstha, Dr. S N Patel, Principle of SPDM College Shirpur, Mr. Suresh Borase, Tournament Director and Mr.Anurag Singh, Chief Arbiter. The PD Function concluded on 20th June 2016, where the chief guest was Mr. Tushar Randhe, President KVP Sanstha other Dignitaries present on the Dias were Dr. S N Patel, Principal of SPDM College Shirpur, Aasha Tai Randhe, Treasurer of KVP Sanstha, Farooq Shaikh, Joint Sec. MCA, Pravin Thakre, IA and Mr. Anurag Singh, Chief Arbiter. In total 36 prizes were given by the hands of the guests. The tournament saw the total of 91 players participating in the tournament Including 60 Rated players and 10 Female Players. The tournament was conducted in a good note with a good venue and good organising team, the climate of Shirpur was also quite pleasant and players enjoyed playing at this venue.Anish Gandhi stood as Champion whereas Prashant Kasar and Sammed Shete stood 2nd and 3rd respectively. Mr. Suresh Borase was the Tournament Director and Mr. Anurag Singh was the Chief Arbiter assisted by Mr. Shobhraj Khonde and Mr. Umesh Borase.The organising team consisted of Mr. Limbaji Pratale, Physical Director of SPDM College, Mr. Mayur Borase, National Boxing Player and Mr. Bhave.Mr. Shobhraj Khonde and Mr. Umesh Borase were the Deputy Arbiters who carried out their duties as per the standard of FIDE Arbiter hence awarded Fide Arbiter Norm. Both of them carried out all the duties allotted to them by Chief Arbiter. Shobhraj Khonde handled the technical Aspect of the Tournament whereas Mr. Umesh Borase successfully handled the Hall related activities. The Tournament venue was well maintained and was easily accessible (2Km from bus stand and accommodation place). The Indoor Stadium was well furnished to handle higher level of tournaments, other amenities like Washroom facility, Drinking water facility, etc were well arranged at the venue. Final Rk 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ranking Name Pts Gandhi Anish 8 Kasar Prashant 7½ Sammed Jaykumar Shete 7 Pranav Shetty 7 Patil Jitendra 7 Patil Priyanshu 7 Sankalp Gupta 6½ Borase Manoj 6½ Patil Mayur 6½ Borse Vaibhav 6 Borse Pankaj 6 Hend Pravin 6 Golvankar Dilip K 6 Tajane Ganesh 6 Pathe Sankalp 6 Jadhav Rahul 6 Kapadi Yash 5½ AICF CHRONICLE JUly 2016 21