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Rs.566583 raised for coach Durgesh, Play for him this Saturday

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/09/2020

After publishing an article nine days ago about Durgesh, a well-known chess trainer from Bangalore, who suffered from brain haemorrhage and is in the hospital fighting for his life, the chess community has once again come and took a stand together for a noble cause. We have had 297 donors and managed to raise Rs. 5,66,583. Although his surgery is completed, the path to recovery is long and he will need quite a bit of financial resources to get through this phase of his life. Durgesh's good friend Sushrutha Reddy sponsored Rs.50,000 as the prize fund for the tournament that will be held on this Saturday 19th of September 2020. Entry is FREE for all irrespective of title, rating or location. However we request you to donate whatever you can, there is no minimum donation amount.

Coach Durgesh before (left) and his current situation (right)

Durgesh is a fighter and the chess community will try and ensure that he wins this battle!

As a chess coach you earn when you teach. Durgesh's insurance and savings are fast drying up and he has no one to take care of his expenses. In such a scenario, we appealed to the chess community to contribute towards Durgesh's health. All the money collected would be donated to him. Here's how people have responded over the past nine days. Total ₹566583 has been raised by the following people:

Donate here

Alternatively you can donate via the UPI ID - chessbaseindia-1@okhdfcbank

 

On the 3rd of August evening a shocking misfortune befell the chess fraternity of Bangalore as Durgesh K, the city's much loved chess coach and the Tattva Chess Academy co-founder, collapsed at his residence from a major cerebral stroke. The 39-year-old was rushed immediately to the nearby Trustwell Hospital in JC Road where he spent the next three weeks, following a successful brain surgery, languishing in coma. Durgesh also tested positive for Covid-19 during the post operative care and although since then he has recovered well from this, his condition otherwise continues to remain critical. Needless to say, there has been no end to woes for the chess player and his family. They have been already billed over rupees 14 lakh and in the coming months, to meet the various needs of long-term medical care, the expenses are only expected to go through the roof.

 

Meanwhile, Durgesh's limited financial resources have almost dried up, his modest insurance coverage of 10 lakh rupees has been long exceeded, add to this the litany of formalities involved in the process of settling insurance claims—a health crisis of this magnitude for any middle-class family can be quite backbreaking. However, a ray of hope has come in these dark hours from the fellow chess players and chess coaches of Bangalore, who have assembled to fight beside Durgesh and raise funds to meet the increasing costs of his medical treatment.

No matter what it takes, Durgesh's friends from the chess community are absolutely determined to bring him back home.

Durgesh has a reputation of being an exceptionally committed chess coach. To quote the words of veteran chess mentor Bharat Vijay: "Durgesh makes learning fun...We know that everyone should respect their teacher but Durgesh is that unique teacher who respects his students, patiently answering all their questions on a variety of topics from chess to Kaala Jamun! His commitment to students is tremendous. He just gives his time, heart and intellect to the well-being of his students." 

 

Well, Durgesh's contribution to the royal game doesn't stop here. He is also credited for founding the Tattva Chess Academy along with his friends Arvind Shastry and Manjunath Jayaram in 2016, which has emerged into of the finest academies in Bangalore today. It high time therefore that the country's larger chess community supports one of its best assets during his most dire plight.

 

The ChessBase India team implores its readers to come forward and help out in this urgent cause. Money is the need of the moment and here's how you can donate:

Play for Durgesh Online Fundraiser Blitz on 19th September 2020

In order to raise funds a tournament has been organized by Sushrutha Reddy under the aegis of United Karnataka Chess Association along with ChessBase India. We will be conducting a fundraiser online blitz tournament for his good friend Durgesh  Play for Durgesh Online Fundraiser Blitz with a total prize fund of ₹50000 and a first prize of ₹10000 will be held from 8:00 p.m. IST on Saturday the 19th September 2020. The entire prize fund is sponsored by Sushrutha Reddy.

Details of the online tournament:

Date: Saturday 19th September 2020

Time: 8:00 p.m. IST

Time control: 3 mins + 0 second increment

Number of rounds: 10

Venue: Vishy Anand Arena in Playchess

Total Prize fund: ₹50000

 

Main Prizes

Rank Prize
1st 10000
2nd 8000
3rd 7000
4th 5000
5th 3000
6th 2000
7th 1000
8th 1000
9th 1000
10th 1000
11th 500
12th 500
13th 500
14th 500
15th 500
16th 500
17th 500
18th 500
19th 500
20th 500
21st 500
22nd 500
23rd 500
24th 500
25th 500

Lucky Prizes

30th 500
40th 500
50th 500
60th 500
70th 500
80th 500
90th 500

 

The entire prize fund is instituted by Sushrutha Reddy, who is a close friend of Durgesh and a well-known trainer in Bangalore

Entry fee is FREE for all players irrespective of title, rating or location. Since the tournament is for a noble cause, you are requested to donate whatever amount you can. There is no minimum amount for donation. All the proceedings collected will go towards the treatment of Durgesh.

Donate here

Alternatively you can donate via the UPI ID - chessbaseindia-1@okhdfcbank, for donors without an Indian card, can make their donations via Paypal here. Players outside India who would like to participate can donate to the above mentioned upi id or via Paypal and write an email to teamchessbaseindia@gmail.com mentioning their name, contact number and Transaction ID to confirm their entry.

 

Those who are willing to play must fill up the Google form including titled players. First 700 registrations will be accepted. Anyone submitting their entries twice will get their entries cancelled. Entry will NOT be accepted by any other means. Entry is CLOSED.

No draw before 30th move

In all events organized by us, 'Draw offer' before the completion of 30th move is not allowed. If a draw is agreed before the completion of 30th move, the player who offered the draw will be given a loss in that round irrespective of tournament situation. This rule has been enforced to see fighting games on all boards.

 

Please ensure that you have a valid Playchess id. You can create one here.

Contact:

For registration queries contact:

Mr. Shahid Ahmed (Tournament director) - 9038139510 (Entry confirmations will be done via site only, no whatsapp/phone call confirmation of entries)

Email - teamchessbaseindia@gmail.com

• We request all players to check their internet connection before the tournament. Minimum requirement should be at least 2 mbps. No phone calls/messages will be entertained once the tournament starts from 8 p.m. IST onwards. All queries must be resolved before the tournament. Each player is responsible for their internet connection, organizers will not be held responsible for any players connectivity issues. All games will be thoroughly checked for cheating/impersonation. Anyone adapting any unfair means will be removed from the tournament and will not be allowed to participate in future events on Playchess.

List of Donors

Sr No Name of the donor Donation
1 Ajith 50000
2 Arjun Erigaisi 20000
3 Ansuman Das 20000
4 Sugandhi Garg 16000
5 Vasudevan R R 15000
6 Jayaram Ramanna 15000
7 Celestial Minds USD 200
8 Kishore Kumar 10500
9 Kumar Gaurav 10000
10 Chandan Rao 10000
11 Stany G A 10000
12 Manishika Srivastav 10000
13 Koneru Humpy 10000
14 Kumar Shiralagi 10000
15 Arunava Bhattacharjee 10000
16 Sudarsan T S 10000
17 Harsha Bellur 10000
18 Shravana Banagiri 10000
19 Dhruv Kandhari 10000
20 Arjun N Bharadwaj 10000
21 Chess Pathshala 10000
22 Ramaraju 10000
23 Anonymous 8750
  Anonymous 100
24 Badur Jobava USD 100
25 Konguvel P 5000
26 Sobhana Desikan 5000
27 Pranav Vinayak Ramamurthy 5000
28 Mugdha Mishra 5000
29 Praveen 5000
30 Nagarajan R 5000
31 Sumana Gargi M 5000
32 Vaishali Arora 5000
33 Srividhya Sachin Ko 5000
34 Poornachandra Thejas 5000
35 Shashank Verma 5000
36 Baskaran Ss 5000
37 Viani 5000
38 Varun B S 5000
39 Ashwin Kumar Subramanian 5000
40 Manasa K 5000
41 U M Samarth Rao 5000
42 Satyadeep Sharma 5000
43 Atul Bhalerao 5000
44 Renganayaki V 5000
45 G Sadananda Murthy 5000
46 Sushil Behere 5000
47 Arnav Muralidhar 5000
48 Avi Bhardwaj 5000
49 Sriramya Garakahalli 5000
50 Balaji Rangasamy 5000
51 Annika Santhosh Mallya 5000
52 P Nirmala Devi 5000
53 Shreya And Avneesh 5000
54 R A Suresh 5000
55 Sathvik Adiga 5000
56 Ravi 5000
57 Saanvi 5000
58 Vishwas Jamadagni 5000
59 Rashmi S Shenoy 3000
60 Medhvansh Madeti 3000
61 Jigando Balan 3000
62 Radhika Ramankutty N 2501
63 Rahul Anil Bhagwat 2500
64 Hrishikesh Rupesh Raghuvaran 2500
65 Shaun Sanal 2500
66 Vidya Moni 2500
67 Aryam Bhowmik 2500
68 Shubh Laddha 2500
69 Adya Premkumar 2500
70 Yash J Laddha 2500
71 Chaitra 2050
72 Mamtaa Siingh 2001
73 Sarvad Senthil 2000
74 N R Anilkumar 2000
75 Siddharth Suri 2000
76 Abhijith Pran 2000
77 Sudhakaran K 2000
78 Fakrudeen S 2000
79 Ramya 2000
80 Deepthi Ganugapenta 2000
81 Manjistha 2000
82 Anuja Kalappa 2000
83 Thippesh Anilkumar 2000
84 Shashikant M Nagthan 2000
85 Meghna C H 2000
86 Sreenidhi Rajagopal 2000
87 Abhimanyu Puranik 2000
88 Nandan Patari 2000
89 Shyamnikhil 2000
90 Vipin 2000
91 Abhijit R. Acharya 2000
92 Avani 2000
93 Arhan Chethan Anand 2000
94 Sri 2000
95 Adhip U Jadhav 2000
96 Bruhathi Kondisetti 2000
97 Neil.J 2000
98 Aniket Mohapatra 2000
99 Aaron Reeve Mendes 2000
100 Liju James 2000
101 Vikrant 2000
102 Alok Kumar 2000
103 Raju M 2000
104 Ramya Prabhakar 2000
105 Swati Sengupta 2000
106 Shiva Prasad M 2000
107 Bharathi 2000
108 Varun Anant 2000
109 Ashika 2000
110 Neha 2000
111 Nitin Senthilvel 2000
112 Aneesha Pai 2000
113 Girish Hippargi 2000
114 Abhisek Ghosh 2000
115 Aanchal Agrawal 2000
116 Ramakrishnan 2000
117 Tushar Sawant USD 25
118 André Buttkus EUR 25
119 C Prakash 1516
120 Sammer 1500
121 Harsh Mota USD 20
122 Saloni Ratnam USD 20
123 Tanmay Srinath 1500
124 Vaishnavi R Rao 1500
125 Maruti Prabhakar Nai 1500
126 Balaji Sunku 1500
127 Spar 1500
128 Vadhavana R Manish 1300
129 Ganapathy Subramania 1008
130 Srivishva Barath 1003
131 Hemant 1001
132 Nageswar Reddy Manchala 1001
133 Aishwarjya Gogoi 1000
134 Arijit Chaudhury 1000
135 Neelash Saha 1000
136 Ajay Karthikeyan 1000
137 Anmol Bhandari 1000
138 Niranjan Shenoy 1000
139 Abhishek Kumar 1000
140 Akhil Kumar Sharma 1000
141 Channa 1000
142 Krishnakumar Govindarajan 1000
143 Amogh Bisht 1000
144 Virendra Yadav 1000
145 Pravin 1000
146 Ganesh R 1000
147 Roopa Komarla 1000
148 Srijan Chakraborty 1000
149 Yutika Reddy Bheemavarapu 1000
150 Vaibahv Sharma 1000
151 Mukund H Agarwal 1000
152 Vishal Loknath Kannu 1000
153 Sangeeta G D 1000
154 Vinayak Krishna Shet 1000
155 Shobhalatha B S 1000
156 Dhanasekar K 1000
157 Sreeja 1000
158 Dayanand Govind Naik 1000
159 R Raman 1000
160 Shyam S Krishnan 1000
161 Aruna D 1000
162 Punit Vanjani 1000
163 Sachin B Rathi 1000
164 Mridul Swaroop 1000
165 Aditya Mittal 1000
166 Deepakraj K M 1000
167 Navya Joe 1000
168 Gaurav Kathuria 1000
169 Chinmay Raman 1000
170 Deepak 1000
171 Koshinya Vikramaaditya Guddeti 1000
172 Sarabjot Singh 1000
173 Nilay Kumar 1000
174 Santosh Sarikar 1000
175 Sandeep Naidu 1000
176 P V S Rao 1000
177 Rashmi 1000
178 Bhabnish Kumar Bohidar 1000
179 Nandakumar D 1000
180 P Chandrasekhar 1000
181 Madhavan Jayabalan 1000
182 Devendra Kumar Pandey 1000
183 Pranay Singh 1000
184 Nanda 1000
185 Nisanth Nithin 1000
186 Mayur Gondhalekar 1000
187 Venugopal Mr 1000
188 Mohammad Suleman 1000
189 Aniruddha Lakhnot 1000
190 Manjunath R 1000
191 Joshnaa 1000
192 Ananda K R 1000
193 Srinidhi V 1000
194 Amit Kumar 1000
195 Adireddy Arjun 1000
196 Prashant Awasthi 1000
197 Aarya Satish Chikodi 1000
198 Drk 1000
199 Rithvek Aditya L.S 1000
200 Lay Patel 1000
201 Mridula Mukund 1000
202 Peter Joseph 1000
203 Neeraj Pandey 1000
204 Tarun Yadav 1000
205 Mahi Doshi 1000
206 Aryamegha A 1000
207 Rishi Verma 1000
208 Shreedhar Inamdar 1000
209 Ashva Shanmugam 1000
210 Dushyant Sharma 1000
211 Balasangameshwara Vollepore 1000
212 Anjan Samanta 1000
213 Kunalm 1000
214 Vidya 1000
215 Biswanath Dutta 1000
216 Arnav 1000
217 Abhijit Mirajkar 1000
218 Bhargavi N 1000
219 Vijay 1000
220 Rag Shah 1000
221 Romi Jain 1000
222 Shilpa 1000
223 Keerthikha Rajaganapathy 1000
224 Avathanshu 1000
225 Ravi Anuganti 1000
226 Ashima Srivastava 800
227 Niraj Kasar 800
228 Anand Sivasankar 550
229 Sidharth Sreekumar 502
230 Bhavesh Vyas 501
231 E Anand Swaroop 501
232 Amaey Advait 501
233 Tanish Agarwal 501
234 Advait Ratnakar Vibhute 500
235 Aryan Malhotra 500
236 Vivaan Harjani 500
237 Chintan Dedhia 500
238 Piyush Sinha 500
239 David Gladson Bynaga 500
240 Ayush Sharma 500
241 R Suraj Prabhu 500
242 Valsaraju V 500
243 Vishal Nitave 500
244 Riyan Amit Shah 500
245 Abhishek Kumar Roy 500
246 J Kumar 500
247 Siddharth Gupta 500
248 Deepma Nayan Jadeja 500
249 Jagdish  S Nagraj 500
250 Sharad Rastogi 500
251 Vashisht 500
252 Usama Mubeen Arab 500
253 Dipen Agarwal So Sun 500
254 Adeep Kumar Dalai 500
255 Sachin 500
256 Sreeparna Chatterjee 500
257 Sandeep Tirukoti 500
258 Karthik Varada 500
259 Sudarshan Raghunandan 500
260 Saharsh 500
261 Prashanth Kalluraya 500
262 Soham 500
263 Nagaraj 500
264 Agentelectro 500
265 Muralikrishna 500
266 Lathish Kumar Naraya 500
267 Anupam A 500
268 Nachiketh Vaasishta 500
269 Arpith S Bijoy 500
270 Avyaya Bhat 500
271 Palak Chaurasia 500
272 Kaavya G S 500
273 Adrija Ajeya 500
274 D V Ananthapadmanabh 500
275 Amalraj 500
276 Manisha 500
277 Anasuya Chiplunkar 500
278 Pavan Bnb 500
279 Ramesh S Callore 500
280 Surucha Shanbhag 500
281 Venkatesha Gowda N N 500
282 Saumen Bhattacharjee 500
283 Sushi 500
284 Ilamparthi A R 500
285 Dhruv Haldankar 500
286 Srujan Keerthan 500
287 Pratham Ajay 500
288 Rohan Bharat Joshi 500
289 Puvi Subramanian 500
290 Pranav Prasanth 500
291 Riya 500
292 Chinmay Kowshik 500
293 Aneshwara Nair 500
294 Abhinav Sachhin 500
295 Sriram 500
296 Monideep Banerjee 500
297 Sreejith G S 500
298 Lakshya Dhingra 500
299 Sindhu Rajesh 500
300 Dhanush 500
301 Arnav Krishna T 500
302 Daksh Jain 500
303 Prakyath Kp 500
304 Suraj Revankar 500
305 Sankaran Ponnada Krishnaswamy 500
306 Eshwar M K S 500
307 Sacinkumar Patel 500
308 Ravi K K 500
309 Jayashree 500
310 Sudhir Tharayil 500
311 Raghunatha Menon 500
312 Mr Adwait Anand Aray 500
313 Shriyana S Mallya 500
314 Tejas Vilas Chitnis  500
315 Shubham Jain 500
316 Snehal Bhosale 500
317 Ramesh Kote 500
318 Suvidha Patil 500
319 Yash Hegde 400
320 Mohith T S 400
321 Anand J S 400
322 Srihari L R 300
323 Lavanya 300
324 Sanjeev Kumar 300
325 Getwellsoon 300
326 Surya Tribedy 300
327 Saurabh Mehta 251
328 Ameeth Hari Prasad 250
329 Navnith Bharadwaj 250
330 Amit Rajeshirke 250
331 Ruhika Nadikatla 250
332 Ruchir Nadikatla 250
333 Thiyagarajan P 250
334 Sonia 201
335 Murthy 200
336 Shubham Debnath 200
337 Pritam Modak 200
338 Anand Kadam 200
339 Harshini A 200
340 Bhavnesh Laxmikant D 200
341 Akshit Johry 200
342 Spoorthi 200
343 Mr Shubam Narlawar 200
344 Midhun V Kunhiraman 200
345 Sandeep Gopinath 200
346 Neelav Barman 200
347 Vaibhav Joshi 200
348 Tushar Madan Kadam 200
349 Samriddhaa Ghosh 200
350 Siddharth Upamanyu 200
351 Tushar Sawant 200
352 K. Anukiruthika 200
353 Aakarshit Srivastava 200
354 Tobias Lerchner EUR 2
355 Clases De Ajedrez USD 2
356 Prasad Ravindra Sawa 151
357 Ashutosh Kumar 151
358 Ahaanmehta 151
359 Virendra Sawant 150
360 Harshiv Thakkar 150
361 Sameer Badarinath 150
362 Apoorv Bansal 150
363 Santosh 150
364 Smeet Kishor Vardam 150
365 Aakash M H 102
366 Shwetey Tanawade 101
367 Swayham P Das 101
368 Vishal Sonawane 101
369 Prakhar Dubey 101
370 Akshay Tyagi 101
371 Vaibhav Kumar Singh 101
372 Mohit Gaur 100
373 Amandu Shiva Krishna 100
374 D S Abhishek 100
375 Hrithik Vashishtha 100
376 Prathamesh Bhanuse 100
377 Vinit Kiran Mamania 100
378 Sarang Jagdish 100
379 Chirag Khakkhar 100
380 Geethanjali S 100
381 Prabhat Sharma 100
382 Abhishek John Toppo 100
383 Saimanivannan 100
384 Seena 100
385 Bondili Karthik Sin 100
386 Parag Sharad Pore 100
387 Saurabh Gurbhele 100
388 Jyotinjai 100
389 Shivam 100
390 Chandresh Sinha 100
391 Harsh Pargat 100
392 Pranav A J 100
393 Supriy 100
394 Anil Shankar Gokhale 100
395 Nishant Goyal 100
396 Kushal Jani 100
397 Shreyash Ratnakar  100
398 Swetab 100
399 Mr Mithil Samir Ajga 100
400 Angshuman Roy 100
401 Ankit 100
402 Vivek G 100
403 Aryan 100
404 Karthikeyan 100
405 Rohan Sri Hari 100
406 Aaryan Varshney 100
407 M H Shivani Bai 100
408 Ankur Singh 100
409 Champaneri Minaxi Ka 100
410 Srijan Singh 100
411 Samhita 100
412 Computer Education Centre 100
413 Atri Chattopadhyay 100
414 Srinivas Bharath Nk 100
415 Saradhi S 100
416 Eehshan Rajendra Gad 100
417 M.S.Nawin 100
418 Harsh Pandit 51
419 Neeru Bala Saxena W  51
420 Aman Singh 50
421 Aditya Tulshibagwale 50
422 Raghav Singh 50
423 Mithilesh R 50
424 Rahul Yadav 50
425 Arhum Ansari 50
426 S A Serock 50
427 Ken Kumar 50
428 Abhishek Prakash 50
429 T Sireesha Reddy 50
430 Uttam 50
431 Soumyabrata Pal 50
432 Yogesh V 50
433 Girish Sharma 50
434 Praloy Sahoo 30
435 Potawad Anirudhha 30
436 Narendra Singh 20
437 Shreyash Karkare 20
438 Sandeep Singh Negi 20
439 Abhishek 20
440 Debashish Swain 10
441 Pranay Sanjay Kripal 5
442 Mr Yashwant Kumar 1
  Grand Total              7,88,538

 

 

List of Players

Sl.no. Name Playchess ID Rating
1 GM Anish Giri
2764
2 GM Kokarev Dmitry Kokarev 2611
3 GM Abhimanyu Puranik pabh 2584
4 GM D Gukesh gk06 2563
5 GM Stany Ga Stany G A 2522
6 GM Shardul Gagare IndianKing97 2514
7 GM Harsha Bharathakoti RACEKING 2509
8 IM Renato Alfredo Terry Lujan TerryR 2504
9 GM Girish A Koushik gak_chess 2498
10 IM Francesco Sonis Francy29 2481
11 IM Arjun Kalyan Arjunkalyan 2477
12 IM Arghyadip Das arghyadip 2453
13 IM VS Rathanvel vsr64 2445
14 IM Bala Chandra Prasad Dhulipalla Samudragupta 2441
15 IM Aditya Mittal vinniethepooh 2438
16 IM Aronyak Ghosh STRANGE 2436
17 GM Thejkumar MS msthej 2433
18 FM Srihari L R lsr 2414
19 IM Neelash Saha gamechanger 2413
20 GM Laxman R R LAXMAN 2411
21 GM Reefat Bin Sattar tacticabd 2409
22 CM Shahil Dey ShahilDey 2376
23 FM Harry Grieve Harry Grieve 2356
24 IM Anand Nadar Acxea 2347
25 Kanan Garayev KananGarayev 2331
26 FM Nikhil Dixit nikhildixit 2321
27 FM Ajay Karthikeyan skkeyan 2315
28 N R Anilkumar passedpawnindia 2306
29 Subhayan Kundu kikku 2305
30 Kaustuv Kundu Kaustuv Kundu 2301
31 Balasubramaniam H BIGIL 2298
32 FM Aditya S Samant adityass 2297
33 GM Andres Carrasco Miranda Roedor87 2285
34 FM Aaryan Varshney Aaryan Varshney 2277
35 FM Dushyant Sharma Dushu2930 2270
36 FM Mithil Ajgaonkar Mithil 2263
37 WFM Savitha Shri B savithashri 2261
38 CM Dev Shah toosieslide 2254
39 Pushkar Dere sjhs 2254
40 FM Suyog Wagh suyu28 2246
41 Shiv Shome kingofall 2237
42 CM Snehal Bhosale BurninggIce 2236
43 Aradhya Garg Aradhya 2198
44 Rohit S rohit2007 2189
45 Rahul Kumar rahul_champ 2174
46 Sanjeev Nair Attacker_97 2143
47 Anustoop Biswas Stark11 2126
48 FM C J Arvind Junosource 2124
49 Kaushik G Iyer kaukik 2119
50 Sanket Chakravarthy SymbolX 2106
51 Namitbir Singh Walia Namitbir Singh 2093
52 Garv Gaur garvgaur1008 2083
53 Ayush Sharma Suyash45 2072
54 Pavan BNB Loss2win 2068
55 Koutlas Nikolaos KoutlasNikolaos06 2059
56 Muralikrishna Muralikrishna 2026
57 Snehil Deota snehil29 2015
58 Mugil Jayavel Voodoochild 2011
59 Shriyans chess_player_2010 1995
60 Atri Chattopadhyay Atri Chattopadhyay 1989
61 Ilamparthi A R ilamparthi 1989
62 praloy sahoo kingof blitz 1984
63 Arhan Chethan Anand Legacyplayer 1979
64 Aditya Varun Gampa CHAMP_2006 1937
65 Ojasva Singh Ojasva01 1933
66 SAIMANIVANNAN SAIMANIVANNAN 1926
67 Vansh Aggarwal twobrothers 1922
68 Dinesh Rajan M dinchamp 1912
69 Samriddhaa Ghosh Katoptris 1910
70 Vishaal Iyer Bing1994 1906
71 Karthik HS khs95 1897
72 Ganeshbabu Gnanagurusamy Adi2005 1896
73 Mahendra Teja Mekala MMT2007 1892
74 Dhruv Khosla castle_64 1880
75 Potawad Anirudhha Anirudhha 1875
76 Karthikeyan Jeyaprakasam Position 1860
77 Vaibhav Kalpaka VRK 1859
78 Shripad KV kvsripad 1858
79 Arunava Bhattacharjee Arunava 1857
80 Anand Sivasankar anandfan 1853
81 Shubh Laddha shubh_2007 1849
82 Abhijith Pran kaspypran 1847
83 Arnav Maheshwari Firearnav 1844
84 Siddhant Gawai MirageFafnir 1840
85 Aadit Bhatia Aadit1728 1830
86 Manasa K Manasa_chess lady 1827
87 Prithvvi Singh Prithvvi Singh 1824
88 Srithan Saypuri Thor_attack 1824
89 Rosh Jain rosh161011 1811
90 Pranav Sairam Sairam Ramabadra 1810
91 Ananthapadmababh D V Ananth05 1805
92 Samarth Bellayaru agentelectro 1789
93 Renganayaki V neshaqn 1783
94 Arnav Muralidhar Amurali 1773
95 Jawad Farhat Jawadf8 1773
96 Aanjaneya Phatak aanjaneya 1769
97 Shriya Revankar Shriya R 1751
98 K S Acharya reymysterio 1749
99 Yash Laddha knowledge_gm 1748
100 Varun Anant Varunrambharose 1746
101 Dhanasekar K ccc2016 1743
102 Ranjit Chutia dobadoba2 1736
103 Aditya Nichat Aditya_dpawn 1730
104 DARSHAN BVS DARSHAN19 1729
105 Sanjana Raghunath Mightyqueen 1726
106 Kushal Jani Kushal Jani 1720
107 Aditya Rawat aditya_06 1713
108 E Agam Aditya aagam aditya e 1707
109 Akshit Jha akshitjha 1693
110 Subash Mathivanan chessking2003 qw 1692
111 Soumyajit Das apply11 1683
112 Vivekananda l
1681
113 Swayham P Das swayham 1675
114 Prakhar Bajaj gaurav306 1663
115 Adireddy Arjun adireddyarjun 1658
116 Rakesh N rakeshchess007 1651
117 S Srujan Keerthan srujankeerthan2005 1647
118 Devansh Singh Chessdevu 1644
119 Subhabrata Roy KingofKings 1634
120 Sujay B M sujay_roger 1633
121 Arpith S Bijoy ASB 1613
122 Soham Kumar Sohammdh 1612
123 Shivanth M shivanthm 1607
124 Arvind Ramnath arvind0899 1602
125 Maharnav Deka Maharnav2002 1598
126 Dhruv Haldankar Haldankardhruv 1588
127 Abhijit UCA2500 1576
128 Tarun Yadav tarun10yadav 1576
129 Anurag Malik Furace 1573
130 Pratham Lohakare PRATHAMLOHAKARE 1573
131 Tushar Thomas tgth 1573
132 Vishvajeet Singh Vishvajeet Singh 1572
133 Rahul Yadav rahulyadav 1570
134 Dhanush Ram M COLGATE 1569
135 Navodith V Bhat Whitefalcon 1562
136 Riyan Amit Shah HackerRiyan 1555
137 Apoorv Kamble apoorv_kamble 1539
138 Ananya Arumbakkam An_2356 1537
139 M S Nawin Vaca100 1535
140 Chinmay Kowshik deer 1532
141 Gajanan D PlasticBabu 1530
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How to play tournament?

1. Download the free Windows software of Playchess

Firstly you have to download the free native Windows software from here. If you have Mac OS or Mac Computer, then you have to use some VMWare to run it as Playchess Desktop Client has native support on Windows OS only. The tournament cannot be played via mobile or tablet device. All players must update the Playchess software to the latest version before the tournament.

Login or Create account

After you have installed the Client. You must login.

Enter your Playchess username and password if you have one. (Note, for all the ChessBase Account Premium members, your login credentials will work). If you do not have a Username, you must click on "Create New Player Name" and create a new account. Alternatively, you can also create it here. This is free of cost and gives you free access to Playchess for a few days. 

The tournament will take place in the Vishy Anand Arena in the ChessBase India room. Registered players should be online and logged into Playchess at least 45 minutes before the start of the tournament to confirm your entries on Saturday 19th of September 7:15 p.m. would be a good time.

Click on the ‘Players’ Tab and then click on ‘Join Event’. The Sysop (Tournament Director) will accept your entry. Only those who have donated the money will be allowed to play.

 

Note: The Playchess id, while donating the amount and playing the tournament should be the same.

About online tournaments on Playchess by ChessBase India:

ChessBase India has organized innumerable online events successfully. Here is some feedback about the quality of the events:

GM Vaibhav Suri, winner of Letsup MCA Grand Prix and 2nd ChessBase Online Blitz tournament

The tournament was conducted quite smoothly and a quite "fun Sunday" event. The participation of Adhiban & Sethuraman definitely added the spark to the event. I guess an Online Blitz Festival would be the next way to go (with different formats - Chess960, Bughouse, Bullet etc). Overall really happy with such events. Way to go!!

 

GM R R Laxman, multi-time National Blitz Champion

I thank the  Chessbase India team once more for their strenous and tireless endeavour to popularise blitz events in India. Considering the fact that the present day time control  even in classical format ( unlike the yesteryears)  demands quick reflexes and blitz skills  , I feel that the entire Chessbase India team is doing an exemplary and praiseworthy job. A boon for Indian chess !!!. Though my performance this time was not satisfactory ,I hope to excel and cherish more pleasant memories from my side in the forthcoming editions of Chessbase India blitz events.

 

Tushar Bohra, father of Kanishk Bohra

Thanks for enrolling Kanishk for the event. He had a great time playing the games. And a great overall experience.

 

D Gukesh, youngest GM of India

I am extremely happy to have participated in my first online blitz tmt conducted by ChessBase India and loved the experience and thrill. from the start to the finish its professionally conducted and got the rare opportunity to play several high-class players in a single event and looking forward for its next event

 

Priti Mahendru, mother of Jaiveer Mahendru

This was our second chessbase online blitz event. My son is 8 years and it was an absolute thrill for him to be playing against titled players ! Thanks a lot for organizing this. We look forward to more such events !

 

Kushagra Mohan

I was happy the way the tournament was conducted. No problems at all. You just keep increasing the prize money and that is a big improvement.Cannot hope for more.


For any further queries and clarifications about Durgesh's health condition, the following people may be contacted:

Nirmala, Ph: 9731209672

Arvind Shastry, Ph: 9611832665

Sushrutha Reddy, Ph: 9886358313

Some heartfelt words for Durgesh from Sushrutha Reddy

Sushruta is Durgesh's childhood friend and also a fellow chess trainer from Bangalore. In this section we include his words to understand Durgesh and the trauma he is going through right now better. 

Chess remained my favorite game from the time I learnt it at the age of four. I met Durgesh in a Chess Tournament sometime in 1995 when I was in the ninth standard. He then returned back to professional tournaments after a couple of years. He always said he was surprised to meet someone who could recognize him even though he played just one tournament. I invited him home that day and he reluctantly said no. Durgesh stayed very close to my house at Basavanagudi at that point of time. Soon, we would meet daily - primarily for Movies and Restaurants! The first movie I showed him was Matrix and it remains his most favorite movie until today.

 

Durgesh was my first regular chess Partner when it came to travelling to chess tournaments outside Bangalore. There would be times when he would say No. I would still ensure I help him resolve whatever is stopping him and make him come along with me to various chess tournaments. Our bonding became strong within a year. Little did I know that he was going to be walking into the most challenging times of his life. His family was undergoing a major economic crisis due to an accident his father met with while dropping the kids to school. Prior to the accident, his father had just stepped into a business venture after procuring loans. As a result of the accident, his father lost his finger and his job, and eventually the family had to sell their house as well.

 

During the next few years, Durgesh supported his sisters' education, worked himself, and eventually became a Chartered Accountant! He even used to go away to his maternal home at Vijayawada during these times to resist the temptation of going out with me for movies or chess. However, I must add that each time Durgesh wanted to quit chess, I would force him back in. Why? I dreamt that one day we would promote chess across schools in Bangalore. We had passionately dreamt to bring in more kids into the game of chess together. 

Way back in 2011, Durgesh giving away an iPad along with trophy and cash prize to Amardeep Bartakke for winning the 2nd Edition of Bangalore Open.

The same year in the Karnataka State Chess Championship.

An opportunity came knocking in 2002-03. Hanumantha Rajanna proposed that I start chess coaching. This place was found by Meena Sudhindra and the name of the Institute was Surabhi. I fell asleep while teaching a kid on that particular day and decided that chess coaching is NOT for me. However, I felt that I might let down Hanumantha if I quit, so I introduced him to Durgesh instead and guaranteed that he would not let him down. This was how Durgesh entered chess coaching. 

Durgesh with his young students...

What distinguishes Durgesh as a coach is the patience with which he is able to deal with students and it's an attribute he is absolutely adored for.

Soon, Durgesh shared that he loved teaching chess to children. But he wanted to quit playing! But I always wanted him to be with me when I go outside Bangalore to a Chess Tournament! However, after he completed his studies, he joined Arvind Mills and thereafter joined the Al-Hasan group of companies at Muscat. At that point, I thought he was gone away from chess for good. 

 

Yet, at Muscat, he started imparting chess training to students. This gave me a hope. Eventually, in 2008, he confided in me about how lonely he felt at Muscat and he realized that he loved chess a lot. I told him to return to Bangalore and embarked on a plan of setting up training centres. From this point on, there was no looking back for Durgesh as a Coach. It was Suresh Kumar Janardhanan who generated interest in Durgesh as a player! Life from hereon became much different. I always would stop teaching by evening (I eventually got into Coaching in 2006). Durgesh would continue teaching into late hours. From this point during the last 6 or 7 years, I started missing the Durgesh with whom I would go to movies, restaurants, etc. We started meeting rarely - but would talk on phone regularly. Suresh Kumar too became his closest friend. Chess had become his life. 

As part of the Innovators Chess Academy in 2014.

He left Innovators Chess Academy in 2015 and formed the Tattva Chess Academy in 2016 and got even busier. He was extremely successful in his profession. He overworked, returned home tired and was stressed and always wanted to get away from various personal issues that bogged him down constantly. The result was that his blood pressure shot up, he fainted several times during the past few years. These were the warning signs that he kept ignoring that culminated in the haemorrhage he suffered on August 3 at 10.10 pm.

I have written so far about what Durgesh was to me. Now I will about the struggles that he had to go through:

 

The first few days of our friendship puzzled me. He was always calm and subdued with me while I was the opposite. He would come to me daily and it looked like as if he loved my company. He soon started opening up. I got to know that he was a topper in class 10 and had dreams of studying in the IIT - dreams that were eventually shattered. It was initially happy times for Durgesh and his family. His father, Kumaraswamy was a Banker with Canara Bank and he had taken a risk by quitting his job foraying into a new venture of lorry business. 

 

Kumaraswamy's business endeavour was wrecked with heavy financial loss and to pay off his loans, he had to sell his house in Chamarajpet, Bangalore. This had a direct bearing on his personal life. The education of his three children was discontinued and daily fights ensued at home which eventually resulted in the parents separating. 

 

Post separation, Durgesh's father lived in a small room in Majestic, Bangalore. Durgesh lived with his mother and two sisters in a very small house (10x10 ft) with no electricity and water - I have visited this house and it came as a shock to me as to how four of them lived there. Durgesh's mother wasn't literate and thus could not get a job. Kumaraswamy would visit occasionally, giving some money and leave. 

 

I used to observe Durgesh's mother being quite violent and aggressive and this was vindicated in depth when I spoke to his sister, Rajeshwari, earlier last month (August, 2020).  Rajeshwari  said that Durgesh would never complain or cry and instead, remained empathetic towards his mother throughout his life.With Kumaraswamy's health taking a hit, there were days when the kids and their mother would struggle for food. Durgesh at this stage as a teenager started selling Magnetic headbands by travelling door to door in the neighbourhood. He would procure it in the Kumbarpet Market in Bangalore and sell them at MRP. His younger sister Rajeshwari says, "Durgesh was like a Godfather to us. Even though he had no money in his pocket, he took me to Vani Vilas College and pleaded with the Principal to admit me into the College." She also remembers her friends' and Teachers at Jnanodaya School who helped in funding their School fees. 

 

Soon in 2001, Durgesh decided that he had to further his sister's education. He joined Hotel Surya (a lodge at Majestic, Bangalore) as a receptionist. While Durgesh and Vijayalakshmi studied in the National Open School, he furthered his sister Rajalakshmi's education by getting her admitted to Maharani's College where the admission fee was Rs 800 at the time. 

 

He eventually completed his studies and I remember his first job was with Arvind Mills. Life started looking up financially for Durgesh. He soon got a job with a much better pay and this time it was at Muscat. The very reason that he went to Muscat was to have his sisters married. Financially life improved, whereas on the personal front challenges remained. The results of a tumultuous childhood eventually started showing on adult life.

 

It was only late into the current decade that Durgesh managed to get his sisters married. In 2016, his mother passed away in solitude. Her death became known to her neighbors only after two days from the foul smell of her putrefying body.  Durgesh got to know the update only through the police. On that day, I was present with him in a chess tournament where he was leading with a score of 5/5. He went completely blank on hearing the news of his mother.  

 

Gradually, Durgesh's health declined.  His Blood Pressure shot up and he fainted frequently. In 2015, he confessed to me that he was dealing with depression. Parents of his students and friends requested him several times to take care of his health.  In the month preceding the present crisis, Durgesh would often break down into tears, crying unusually. This left his father very perplexed as Durgesh never cried in his life, not even when his parents separated.

During happier times: 7-time Karnataka State Champion N Sanjay handing the best academy trophy to Innovators Chess Academy coaches - Sushruta, Durgesh, and Sanjay Sindhia.

Every penny collected by the ChessBase India Foundation will be donated to Durgesh and will be used for his recovery. It's time for us to Play for Durgesh, and raise funds for him. Hope you will join in this cause.

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