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Prof. S.K. Ananda Thirtha Memorial All India Chess Tournament: Sharma Dinesh wins title

IM Sharma Dinesh of Uttar Pradesh won his final round against K. Senthil Maran (TN) to clinch the title with 8 points from nine rounds in the Open category, on the concluding day of the Prof. S.K. Ananda Thirtha Memorial All India FIDE Rating Rapid Chess Tournament 2017, conducted jointly by MDCA and Hoysala Karnataka Sangha at their auditorium here yesterday.

The winner took home a cash prize of Rs.20,000 and a trophy. Four players FM Karthik Ventaraman (AP), Ram S. Krishnan (TN), FM Dutta Joydeep (WB) and P. Saravana Krishnan (TN) tied with 7.5 points each, but based on their tie-break scores they secured the places from second to fifth. They were handed over a cash prize of Rs.15,000, Rs.10,000, Rs. 8,000 and Rs. 6000 along with a trophy. Winners in U-15, U-13, U-11, U-9 (boys & girls) were also given trophies.

The prizes to the winners were given away by Dr. P. Krishniah, In-charge Director, Dept. of Physical Education, UoM and Kanthraj Raj Urs, Managing Director, Urs Kars, Mysuru, Varchasvi S. Shankar (Managing Director, V2soft, USA) and N. Sudharshan, President, MDCA.

Winners of Prof. S.K .Ananda Thirtha Memorial All India FIDE Rating Rapid Chess Tournament organised jointly by MDCA and Hoysala Karnataka Sangha are seen with the trophies and guests. Seen are (sitting from left) Dutta Joydeep (WB-4th place), Ram S. Krishnan (TN-2nd place), FM Karthik Venkataraman (AP-third place), IM Sharma Dinesh (UP-Winner), P. Saravana Krishnan (TN-fifth place), N. Lokesh (TN-6th place), IM Ravi Gopal Hegde (KAR-8th place) with Department of Physical Eduation, UoM, In-charge Director Dr. P. Krishniah (standing fifth from left), Varchasvi S. Shankar, P.V. Bharadwaj, N. Sudharshan, Kantha Raj Urs and S.N.Raju.

Final Placing: Open Section

  1. K. IM Sharma Dinesh (UP-8), 2. FM Karthik Venkataraman (AP-7.5-55), 3.Ram S. Krishnan (TN-7.5-54.5), 4. FM Joydeep Dutta (7.5-54), 5. P.Saravana Krishnan (TN) (7.5-53.5), 6. K. Senthil Maran (TN-7-54.5), 7. N. Lokesh ((TN-7-49.5), 8. IM Ravi Gopal Hegde (7-47).
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Rating Below 2000

  1. AIM Tarun Kanyamarla (7-53), 2. S. Athul Krishna (KER-7-50.5), 3. M.P. Ajith (KAR-6.5).

Rating Below: 1800

  1. AIM Trisha Kanyamarala (TEL-7-45), 2.K.R. Yashas Kara Jois (KAR-6.5-49.5), 3. V.P.S. Darshan (6.5-48.5).

Rating Below 1600

  1. S.K. Kanishk (TN-6.5), 2. L. Seshadri (Kar-6), 3. R. (TN-6).

Rating Below 1400

  1. Vijay Ravi (KAR-6.5), 2. Vishnu Sundar (KAR-6), 3. S. Selva Kumar(TN-6).

Rating Below 1250

  1. Abhay B. Bhanadarkar (KAR-6), 2. M.N. Eshanvi (KAR-6), 3. H.N. Preetham (KAR-5.5).

Best Female (Above 30): Prasanna (KAR-6 pts)

Best Veteran (Above 55): K. Upendra.

This post was published on July 3, 2017 6:34 pm