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Final ranking 44 Shadhursshaan R 5½ 5th Kurukshetra Open Fide Rating Tournament 2018 Dibrugarh
Rk Name Pts 45 Hiren K G 5½
1 GM Laxman R.R. 7 46 Nirmal L 5½
2 Muthaiah Al 7 47 Karuppasamy C 5½
3 IM Shyaamnikhil P 7 48 Nayanikaa Muralidharan 5½
4 Hirthickkesh Pr 6½ 49 Muralidharan R. 5½
5 Kunal M. 6½ 50 Thamaraiselvi P 5
6 Hemanth Raam 6½ 51 Ruban Sanjay M 5
7 IM Rajesh V A V 6½ 52 Kumaresh A 5
8 Sibi Visal R 6½ 53 Sasikumar N 5
9 AGM Sa Kannan 6½ 54 Chandra Sekharan A P 5
10 Anilkumar O.T. 6½ 55 Rathish T.J. 5
11 Ram S. Krishnan 6½ 56 Aravinth Shanmugam 5
12 Pranesh M 6½ 57 Rajeev V M 5
13 Manigandan S S 6 58 Alaguraja M.A. 5
14 Ganesh Babu S 6 59 P K Gunasekaran 5
15 Harini S. 6 60 Yukash Ram E 5
16 Abhinessh S 6 61 Shaktivel Selvaraj 5
17 IM Murali Krishnan B T 6 62 Ragesh Sarma.M 5
18 Joy Lazar M.A. 6 63 Roshan S 5
19 Prasannaa.S 6 64 S H Sai Jagadeesan 5
Inauguration by Chief Guest Shri Prasanta Phukan, MLA, Dibrugarh making the customary first
20 Eshwanth Dev Kumar 6 65 Arjun Kumar S 5
move
21 Dinesh Rajan M 6 66 Arut Prakasha Yarish S 5
22 Dhanush Ragav 6 67 Prathish A 5
23 Paramasivam M. 6 68 Shreevathsan B S 5
24 Jinan Jomon 6 69 Prawin K 5
25 Sriram B 6 70 Boopesh Kumar M 5
26 Srihari L 6 71 Senthil Kumaran T.H. 5
27 Kathiravan S 6 72 Lokesh Varmaa K 5
28 Akash S 6 73 Kanish V Adithan B 5
29 Harshad S 5½ 74 Rohit M 5
30 Kumar S. 5½ 75 Hari Sankar V 5
31 Vignesh Kasi P L 5½ 76 Santhosh Kumar G 5
32 Suganthan S 5½ 77 Iniyan Sivakumar 5
33 Shanjay K Sathiskumar 5½ 78 Aashik R V 5
34 Sunyuktha C M N 5½ 79 Gowtham S G 5
35 Marimuthu K 5½ 80 Thajol T J 5
36 Sriram K 5½ 81 Senthil Kumar R 5
37 Anup Shankar R 5½ 82 Nitish Mani S 5
38 Dhanasekaran Suresh 5½ 83 Sanjay Srinivasan R 5
39 AGM Yuvan Bharathi K S 5½ 84 Dhineshwar R S 5
40 Nidheshpa S 5½ 85 G Shenbagakumar 5
41 S Manoj 5½ 86 Nithin A V 4½
42 Nithish M 5½ 87 Gokula Vishnu R 4½ (L-R) Laya Madhuri, IAS_DC_Dibrugarh, Nandan Buragohain_(Champion) ,IA A B Choudhury,Souradip
43 Rutherford S 5½ 88 Vinoth M 4½ Deb (second) RK Bhogen singh (Third)
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3rd WB State FIDE Rated Rapid Chess Championship 2018 1st IITM FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament,Madras
M.Pranesh wins title
by IA R. Ravikumar, Chief Arbiter
The 1st IITM FIDE rated open chess tourna- Final ranking
ment, organised by the students of Indian Rk Title Name Pts
Institute of Technology, Madras from 13th to 1 Pranesh M 5½
15th April 2018. IM C R G Krishna of South 2 IM Krishna C R G 5½
Western Railway was the top seeded player, 3 Venkat Sundaram 5½
followed by Kunal M of TN, Phoobalan of ICF 4 Prasannaa.S 5½
and Ram S Krishnan of BSNL. A total of 290 5 FM Vinoth Kumar M. 5½
players from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, 6 Ram S. Krishnan 5
AP, Telangana, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, 7 Manigandan S S 5
Jharkhand, Bihar and Gujarat participated in 8 Kunal M. 5
9 Phoobalan P. 5
the 6 round event.
10 Kabhilan S 5
11 Harini S. 5
As far as the tournament is concerned, with
12 Vinodh Kumar B. 5
just six rounds for too many players, a lot of
Rupankar Nath (Winner) receiving the trophy from IM Atanu Lahiri, Secretary, BCA and joint 13 Vijay Shreeram P 5
action was anticipated, as even losing half
Secretary AICF 14 Konatham Snehil 5
a point would mean so much. There were
15 Dinesh Rajan M 5
no major upsets until 5th round, other than 16 Umashankar A 5
44th West Bengal State Women Chess Championship 2018, Kolkata Krishnaraaju’s successive victories against 17 Sharan Sridhar 5
higher rated players Rathneesh and Chandak- 18 Dharani Kumar M S 5
Sivam on 3rd and 4th rounds. In round five, 19 Manu David Suthandram 5
12 year old Pranesh defeated second seeded 20 AGM Rathneesh R 5
Kunal M and VenkatSundaram defeated Ram 21 Badrinarayanan N 5
S.Krishnan. 22 Hiren K G 5
23 Krishna Raaju J 4½
After the penultimate round, it was five 24 Srikrishnan P 4½
players sharing the lead with 5/5. There 25 Sathya Naarayanan S 4½
was a possibility of three-way tie for the top 26 AGM Vignesh N 4½
honours, but the top board players decided 27 Praveen K Gunasekaran 4½
to split the points resulting in a five-way tie 28 Shreyas Pandeshwar 4½
for the top place between IM C R G Krishna, 29 Harsh Suresh 4½
FM M.Vinoth Kumar, Pranesh, Prasanna and 30 Vinoth Kumar C 4½
Venkat Sundaram. According to the tie break 31 Nayanikaa Muralidharan 4½
rules, Pranesh M of Tamilnadu won the 1st 32 Vinay R Jumani 4½
IITM FIDE Rated Open Chess tournament 33 Shanmugasundaram 4½
with a cash award of Rs.30,000/- and glitter- 34 Anurag Kashyap Y 4½
ing trophy. Krishna CRG of South Western 35 Jeyanth R 4½
Railway came second and Venkat Sundaram 36 Divyan T 4½
(L-R) Winner Smriddha, Atanu Lahiri, Secretary, BCA, Dr.Shashi Panja,Hon’ble Women and Child 37 Bharath Ravikumar 4½
Welfare Minister of West Bengal of Tamilnadu took the third place.
38 Shrija K M 4
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39 Chandak Shivam 4 84 Prathesh Kumar R 3½ 2nd Sri Anand Chess Wings below 1500 FIDE Rating tournament,Guntur
40 AIM Ashwin Sairam 4 85 Narendra Pallavan S 3½
41 Mhaske Satish 4 86 Divyanshu Gupta 3½
Sri Santhosh of AP wins
42 Tamizh Selvan Ganesan 4 87 George Daniel 3½ by FA G Venkata Kumar , Chief Arbiter
43 Akilesh Venkatakrishnan 4 88 AIM Anirudh V Ramesh Kumar 3½
44 Sivaji Baskar S 4 89 Sanchith Sundararam K 3½ Sri Santhosh D of AP won the 2nd Sri Anand deputy Chief Arbiter FA Vijay Kumar Agarwal,
45 Jegatha B 4 90 Ankit Kumar 3½ Chess Wings All India Below 1500 FIDE and Arbiter Phani Kumar M N.
46 Vishwa Bala Kumaran M 4 91 Deena Dayalan S 3½ Rating Tournament held here at Gaddipati
47 Aswin.P.G 4 92 Liban Reyhan M M 3½ Kalyand Mandapam, near Manipuram Bridge, Final ranking
48 Hemanth Raam 4 93 Kavya. S 3½ Guntur from 13th to 15th April 2018. After Rk Name Pts
49 Muthu Palaniappan P L 4 94 Jairam G 3½ 9 Rounds Sri Santhosh D (AP)scored 8.5/9, 1 Sri Santhosh D 8½
50 Karthikeyan 4 95 Bhaskar N S 3½ Manikandan Tayalan (TN) 8/9, Kishore V( 2 Manikandan Tayalan 8
51 Adireddy Tarun 4 96 Ilakiyan M Xavier Jeen 3½ TN) 7.5/9.Winner got prize money of Rs. 3 Kishore V 7½
52 Sidharth P G 4 97 Madhavan R M 3½ 40,000/-+Trophy where as Runner up re- 4 Mahendar B 7½
53 Aasha C R 4 98 Ananth Ramdas 3½ ceived Rs. 25000/-+Trophy and 3rd placed 5 Kavi Samrat P 7½
54 Niteesh Lingeswaran 4 99 Devjyoth Ajay 3½ got Rs. 15,000/-and a trophy. A total prize 6 Aragonda Mohan 7½
55 Varun Suresh Roshan 4 100 Breasha Gupta 3½ money of Rs. 3,00,000 Lakh was distributed 7 Kishan Chand 7½
56 Adireddy Arjun 4 101 Thrayambhakesh A 3½ 8 Nanal Arnav 7½
among 55 prize winners.
57 Shyaam M 4 102 Radhakrishnan V 3½ 9 Sailesh R 7½
58 Prashanth L.A 4 103 Sivaram Ambikasaran 3½ 10 Gopichand K 7½
The event attracted 411 participants from
59 Muthu P 4 104 Akshaya Rajaraman 3½ 11 Rahul Jha 7
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chattishgarh, Him-
60 Shree Ganesh MAnnamalai 4 105 Santhosh V 3½ 12 Manvith K 7
achal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharas-
61 Karthik Sai Ch 4 106 Bargava Narasimhan S 3½ 13 Tarun Vankadaru 7
tra, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu,
62 AFM Abhinav Karthik M 4 107 Lathecka Sai M.A. 3½ 14 Mohan Sapa 7
Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.The event 15 Deshmukh Varun 7
63 Shravan Swaminathan 4 108 Vishnu Vijay 3½
was organized by Sri Anand Chess Wings 16 Sathwik Shivananda P.S 7
64 Midilesh Ms 4 109 Krishnamoorthy K P 3½
under the auspices of Andhra Pradesh State 17 Peddiraju Sri Rajendra 7
65 Deivadharshan U 4 110 Shrrivathsa M 3½
Chess Association. 18 Udit Gupta 7
66 Charan K 4 111 Anirudh B 3½
67 Nitin M Pai 4 112 Gopalakrishnan R 3½ 19 Ashok D 7
The event was inaugurated on 13thth April 20 Vaneshwar Rao K.V. 7
68 Chandralekha G 4 113 Anirudh A 3½
69 Abishna Anojan 4 114 Vijay M. 3
2018 morning by Sri K V S V R V Prasad, 21 Suresh Bondalapati 7
70 AGM Balaji M 4 115 Raman P 3 Ass., General Manger Andhra Bank, Sri Ch 22 Satheesh Kumar G 7
71 Sanjay Srinivasan R 4 116 Raghav V 3 Ravindra Raju, Treasurer APCA, Sri K N Gopal, 23 Mallesh Beerla 7
72 Darshan Sasthaa M 4 117 AFM Vakeesh S 3 General Secretary APCA, Sri Y D Ramarao, 24 Veera Phani Sai Teja K 6½
73 Sivan S Roshan 4 118 Varun Prabhakaran K S 3 President APCA And Sri M Gopinadh, Organ- 25 Sudhakar Kancharla 6½
74 Tharshan M K 4 119 Arjun Vasudevan 3 izing Secretary. 26 Rushyendra Chowdary K 6½
75 Keshav Padmanabhan 4 120 Baraneedharan S 3 27 Shabreen T Khanam 6½
76 Vijay Adithya Muthu S 4 121 Jaikavin Senthilkumar 3 In the valedictory function Sri K N Gopal, 28 Midhun G 6½
77 Sai Siddharth U 3½ 122 Velmurugan C K 3 General Secretary APCA, Sri Ch Ravindra 29 Krishna Reddy Gurugu 6½
78 Vishwajit Prakash Hegde 3½ 123 Janakiraman R 3 Raju Treasurer APCA, Venkata Kumar G, FA 30 Satyanarayana Raju D S 6½
79 Theju K V 3½ 124 Srinivasan Vijayaraghavan 3 Chief Arbiter , M Sambha Siva Rao, Organiser, 31 Maria Wilson 6½
80 Viswak Sen M 3½ 125 Sanjay Sriram 3 And Sri M Gopinadh, Organising Secretary 32 Surya Raghava I 6½
81 Senthil Kumar E 3½ 126 Dheepesh T 3 distributed trophies and cash awards to the 33 Rishi Kumar Pandey 6½
82 Neha Srinibash D 3½ 127 Leela Maheswari B 3 winners. The chief arbiter was FA G V Kumar 34 Kattubadi Dadapeer 6½
83 Vengatesh Krishnan C 3½ 128 Abinaya Anojan 3 of Rajamundry (Andhra Pradesh) assisted by 35 Bharath Bhushan Reddy N 6½
The Nagpur boy Sankalp Gupta has been showing stellar performances at many age
category events. Bronze in under-16 adds to that tally
Talking to ChessBase India, AICF Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan said,”I am happy with
the performance but expected better. I felt that we should have won at least half of the
gold medals in the classical section.” Bharat Singh also added, “One of the key factors Kushagara Mohan Rajanya Datta Nityata Jain Sankalp Gupta
for India moving on the way of becoming a superpower is the government support. Their Under 14 Boys Bronze Under 10 Girls Bronze Under 14 Girls Bronze Under 16 Boys Bronze
support has helped us to send already two major trips in 2018 - the Aeroflot Open and
the Asian Youth.”A very exciting Asian Youth 2018 came to an end with a big success for Praggnanandhaa achieves his second GM norm in Greece
the Indian contingent. What’s heartening to see is talents cropping out from different
parts of the country. Praggnanandhaa became an IM at the age of 10 years
and 10 months. Sergey Karjakin held the record
for the youngest GM in the world - 12 years and 7
months. With nearly one year and nine months to go
it seemed as if Pragg would break Karjakin’s record.
However, it was not to be and although the young
lad from Chennai crossed 2500 Elo mark, he could
achieve just one GM norm. Many people felt that it
Om Kadam D.Gukesh Sahithi Varshini was the pressure on his shoulders of becoming that
Under 10 Boys Gold Under 12 Boys Gold Under 12 Girls Gold youngest GM in the world that was not letting Pragg
play his natural game. Now that we are past that phase, Pragg is showing his free flow-
ing game and achieved his second GM norm in smooth style at the 4th Fischer Memorial
GM norm tournament in Heraklion, Greece.
IM Harsha Bharathakoti triumphs in Kathmandu GM Open
1 2
White to play and win Black to play and win 1. 2.
3 4 3. 4.
White to play and win White to play and win
Ladislav Prokes 1951 Dr Artur Mandler 1954
5. 6.
5 6
White to play and win White to play and win White to play and win in all the six endings above
(Solutions on page 47)
(solutions on p.47)
He directed the 1947 U.S. Open in Corpus Christi, Texas, using the Swiss system for the first 1st IITM FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament,Madras
time ever in a U.S. Open chess event. After that, he traversed the country, holding Swiss sys-
tem tournaments everywhere. Before long, the Swiss system was adopted as the standard for
most chess tournaments in America. Koltanowski thereafter toured the United States tirelessly
for years, running chess tournaments and giving simultaneous exhibitions everywhere.On 4
December 1960, in San Francisco, California, Koltanowski played 56 consecutive games blind-
folded, with only ten seconds per move. He won fifty and drew six games. Koltanowski still
holds the record in the Guinness Book of Records.
Possessed of an incredibly powerful memory, Koltanowski would give blindfold exhibitions, playing
several games simultaneously. In Edinburgh in 1937 Koltanowski set a record by simultaneously
playing 34 games of blindfold chess. In 1940, the United States Consul in Cuba saw Koltanowski
giving a chess exhibition in Havana and decided to grant him a U.S. visa. Koltanowski became
the chess columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, which carried his chess column every day
for the next 52 years until his death, publishing an estimated 19,000 columns.The FIDE named
him International Arbiter in 1960.
Perhaps Koltanowski's most remarkable accomplishment was that he made his living entire-
ly from chess. He wrote many books; his best-known work is Adventures of a Chess Master,
published by David McKay Co. in 1955. In it, he recounts primarily his tours giving blindfolded
simultaneous exhibitions. He also wrote books on the Colle System Koltanowski died of con- (from left to right) Prof. P.N. Santhosh (Sports Advisor, IIT), Mr. Dhyaneshwaran C (Institute
gestive heart failure in San Francisco in 2000 at the age of 96. Sports Secretary), Title winner Master M. Pranesh of Tamil Nadu and Mr. R. Ravikumar,Chief
Courtesy:Wikepedia Arbiter
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Solution to ‘Tactics from master games’ Qe8 (30...Qh4 31.Rd7+-) 31.Nf4+-] 25...Re6
Hatsun Idhayam 4th SCS FIDE Rated Chess Tournament,Sivakasi 26.Rxe6 Qxe6 [26...fxe6 27.Qxh6 Rf8 (27...Qf7
on page 42
by S.Krishnan 28.Re1! (28.Bb3!?) 28...Re8 (28...Rf8 29.Rxe6
1.Losonczi,Marcell (2265) Qxf2+ 30.Kh1 Qxc2 31.Rg6+ Kf7 32.Qh7+ Ke8
To,N (2364) [B90] 33.Re6+ Kd8 34.Qxc2+-) 29.Re3 Wins) 28.Qg6+
Budapest HUN Budapest HUN (3.5), 06.03.2018 Bg7 29.Qh7+ Kf7 30.Bg6+ Ke7 31.Qxg7+ Wins]
White to play. 19.Bxe6! fxe6 [19...0–0–0 27.Qxe6 fxe6 28.Be4 Bxc3 29.Rc1 1–0
20.Bxd7+ Rxd7 (20...Kxd7 21.Bb6+) 21.Nb6+ 5.Urkedal,F (2563) Toma,K (2280)
Kd8 22.Nxd7+-; 19...Nb8 20.Bb6 Qb5 21.Bc4 Qc6 TV2 Fagernes GM Open 2018 Fagernes NOR
(21...Qf5 22.Rd8+ Ke7 23.Qd2 Nd7 24.Qxb4+ (1.7), 25.03.2018
Wins) 22.Rd8+ Ke7 23.Rhd1‚ With multiple White to play. 21.Rh8+!! [21.Qh4? Rfd8! Saves
threats] 20.Qh5+ Ke7 [20...Kd8 21.Bb6++-] Black] 21...Bxh8 [21...Kxh8 22.Qh4+ Kg8
21.Bf6+! gxf6 [21...Nxf6 22.gxf6++-] 22.gxf6+ 23.Qh7#] 22.Qh4 [22.Qh4 Kg7 (22...Rfd8
Nxf6 23.Qxa5 Nd5 24.Nc5 1–0 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Qxh8#) 23.Be5+ f6 24.Qh7#]
2. Indjic,A (2623) 1–0
Perunovic,Mil (2597) [D45] 6. Abasov,Nijat (2608) - Kantor,Gergely
12th ch-SRB 2018 Novi Sad SRB (1.3), (2527) [A14]
06.03.2018 19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Batumi GEO (9.38),
Black to play. 26...Bd2! 27.Be7+ [27.Rxd2 26.03.2018
Rxc1+ 28.Kg2 (28.Rd1 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Bxd5+-; White To play 30.Qf7! [%csl Rf8, Rh8] 30...Qd8
Left to right: Narendran Kamak, organising secretary, SR Rajan, Secretary VDCA, GM RR Laxman (Winner), 28.Bd1 Rc4 29.Qe3 Qxe3 30.Bxe3 Rc1–+ Idea [30...Rxf7 31.Rc8+ Wins; 30...Qe4+ 31.Kh3!!
Dr S. Arivazhgan, Principal, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, AC Ganesh, Treasurer SCS and Prof.R. 31...Nc4) 28...Rc4 29.Be4 Kg7–+; 27.Rc6 Bxf4! (31.Nxe4 Rxf7 32.Nxf2 Also wins) 31...Qf5+
Anantharam, chief arbiter (27...Bxc6? 28.Qf6; 27...Rxc6! 28.Rxd2 Rc4–+) 32.Qxf5 Rxf5 33.Rc8+ Wins] 31.Rxh6+ [31.
] 27...Rxe7 28.Rxc8+ Bxc8 29.Rxd2 g5! [29... Rxh6+ gxh6 32.Qh7#] 1–0
Delhi State Open FIDE Rated Championship,New Delhi g5 30.Qxg5 (30.Qe3 Qxe3 31.fxe3 Nxf3+ 32.Kf2 Solutions to ‘Test your endgame’ on page
Nxd2+-; 30.Qe4 Qxh6–+) 30...Nxf3+–+] 0–1 43
3.Thavandiran,S (2399) Kristjansson,A 1.Dr.J.Fritz 1947
(2123) [C28] 1.Be1+ Kg4 2.Bd7 Rxd5 3.Bxe6+ Rf5 4.Bd2
Reykjavik Open 2018 Reykjavik ISL (4.26), wins the rook
08.03.2018 2.Gerbstman 1950
Whiite to play. 20.Rxe7! fxg4 21.Rg7+ Kh8 1.Ne5 Bb2+ 2.Ke4 Bxe5 3.Kf5 Bg3 4.Bg5 wins
22.Rxd7+ Kg8 23.Rg7+ Kh8 24.Rxg6+ 1–0 3.Dr.J.Fritz 1947
4.Volokitin,Andrei (2639) Vavulin,Maksim 1.Bf1 Rh6+ 2.Ka5 Rf6 3.Rg2+ Kh1 4.Kb5 Rf4
(2583) [C84] 5.Kc5 Rf6 6.Kd5
19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Batumi GEO (6.26), 4.Kopajev & Hvalcev 1951
22.03.2018 1.Nc2 Ke6 2.e4 Bf4 3.Bg7 d5 4.Nd4+ Kd6 5.e5+
White to play. 24.Nh5! Bh8 [24...Bxf6 25.Nxf6+ Bxe5 6.Bf8#
Kg7 26.Nxd7+-; 24...Bf8 25.Be4+-] 25.Bc2+- 5.Ladislav Prokes 1951
Idea 26. Qxh6 +- [25.Be4! Re6 26.Qf5 Bxc3 1.e7 Re5 2.Bg4+ Kg6 3.Bh5+ Kxh5 4.Rxa5 wins
27.Rad1 Qe7 (27...Rd6 28.Qxd7 Rxd7 29.Rxd7 6.Dr.Artur Mandler 1954
Bxe1 30.Bxc6+-) 28.Re3 Bb2 (28...Bxb4 1.Ra7 Rxa3 2.Kxd6 Ka2 3.Kd5 Rd3+ 4.Kc4 Rd6
Winner Santu Mondal receiving the trophy from Swati Verma,eminent social worker
29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Qh8#) 29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Rg3 5.Kb5 Rd5+ 6.Kc6 Ra5 7.Kb6
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AICF Calendar May2018 Karnataka State under 15 open & girls FIDE rated Championship, Mysuru
Kolkata Intl.Grandmaster Open tournament 14 May - 22 May Kolkata
TN State Under - 17 Open & Girls - 2018 16 May - 20 May Nagercoil
Odisha Open GM Chess Tmt 2018 24 May -31 May Bhubaneshwar
11th Mayor's Cup International GM event 03 Jun - 10 Jun Mumbai,
32nd National Under - 13 ( Open & Girls ) 2018 14 Jun - 22 Jun Ahmedabad, Gujarat
AICF Women Round Robin 14 Jun - 21 Jun Mumbai .
Gandhi - Kamaraj Mem. FIDE Rating below 1600 15 Jun - 17 Jun Chennai
Chess in Lakecity FIDE Rating Rapid 23 Jun - 24 Jun Udaipur,RJ
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2018 25 Jun - 04 Jul Delhi-32
29th Cusat FIDE Rating 28 Jun - 01 Jul Kochi ,Kerala
4 Queens 1st below 1500 FIDE Chess Tmt 13 Jul - 15 Jul Ernakulam,
All India Below 1500 FIDE Rating 14 Jul - 16 Jul Hyderabad
National Under - 7 ( Open & Girls ) 2018 16 Jul - 24 Jul Mandya, Karnataka
National Under - 15( Sub Junior Open & Girls ) 17 Jul - 25 Jul Kolkata
1st Gnana Vidhya Open FIDE Rated 26 Jul - 29 Jul Chennai - 95
32nd National Under - 11 ( Open & Girls ) 2018 28 Jul - 05 Aug Karaikudi, TN
National Cities - 2018 01 Aug - 05 Aug Siliguri. Darjeeling
Women Round Robin 2018 08 Aug - 18 Aug Hyderabad
2nd Sri Raghavendra Open FIDE Rated 09 Aug - 12 Aug Chennai
Samreddyagi Reddy Cent.Celebrations Open 19 Aug - 23 Aug Hyderabad (L-R) Rakshith Srinivasan (Fourth) Shree Krishna Pranama (Third) Arhan Chetan Anand
National Under - 25 ( Open & Girls ) 21 Aug - 30 Aug …….. (Second) and P.Jagadish (Winner) with dignitaries
Samreddyagi Reddy below 1500 FIDE 24 Aug - 26 Aug Hyderabad
ARCA State Under 19 Boys and Girls Rated 01 Sep - 03 Sep Udaipur
National Under - 17 ( Open & Girls ) - 2018 03 Sep - 11 Sep ………
Olympiad Coaching Camp III Men & Women 13 Sep - 20 Sep Chennai, Hyderabad
National Under - 9 ( Open & Girls ) - 2018 15 Sep - 24 Sep ………..
13th KCM Open FIDE Rated 29 Sep - 02 Oct Coimbatore ,TN
1st Gujarat International GM Open 05 Oct - 12 Oct Ahmedabad
All India Open FIDE Rated Tournament 10 Oct - 14 Oct Delhi Public School, Hyderabad
4th Master Mind Open FIDE Rated 11 Oct - 14 Oct Chennai
Goa International GM Open 2018 13 Oct - 20 Oct Taleigao, Goa
All India below 1500 FIDE Rating 15 Oct - 17 Oct Delhi Public School, Hyderabad
Solution to ‘puzzle of the month’ on page21: 1.Ng4+! 1….Kh1 2.Qh2+ gxh2 3.Nf2;1…Kh3 2.Nh2 (L-R) Hemadri Sathish (Fourth) Deepthi Lakshmi K(Third) Shefali A N(Third) and Swaralakshmi S
any 3.Qh8; 1…Kg1/Kf1 2.Ra8 any 3.Ra1 Nair (Winner) with dignitaries
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7th Keshabananda Das Mem. FIDE Open Rating Championship, Bubaneshwar
Chief Guest Santanu Mohanty (OAS), B.D.O. Bhubaneswar making the customary first move
against Somak Palit.Subasish Patnaik (with mike) and Asit Baran Choudhury, Chief Arbiter (right
extreme) are also seen.
Prize winners Wagh Suyog (second) Smak Palit (Winner) and Arpan Das (Third) with dignitaries