Four players share the lead in Specially abled Chess in Jamshedpur
Tata Steel Ltd. and Tata Steel Foundation are organizing the 4th All India FIDE Rated Chess tournament for specially abled Chess player in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand from 24th-28th June 2024. 5 rounds have been completed in the tournament so far, and there are four players who are sharing the lead scoring 4.5/5 points each. Check out a short description of the opening ceremony and each of the rounds below:
Opening Ceremony
The Tata Steel 4th All India FIDE Rated Specially abled Chess Championship kicked off at the JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand! The opening ceremony of this very special tournament took place on 24th evening.
There were several dignitaries present at the opening ceremony today. Among the chief guests were India's 3rd GM Pravin Thipsay, Mr. Chanakya Chaudhury - Vice President of Tata Steel Corporate services, Mr. Mukul Chaudhury - Chief of Sports for Tata Steel and CEO of Jamshedpur Football club, Miss Vibhuti Adesara - Tata Steel Head Sports, Mr. Jayawant Hammanawar - General Secretary of the Paralympic committee of India, and IA Anandh Babu VL - the Chief Arbiter of the tournament and the treasurer of Chess Federation for Physically disabled. There were several other special guests present in the ceremony!
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Day one - Round 1-3:
After 3 rounds of play, there were only 6 players leading with a perfect 3/3 score at the Tata Steel 4th All India Specially-abled Chess Championship 2024 at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
The top two seeds, Naveen Kumar A (1986, AP) and Venkata Krishna Karthik K (1889, AP) are off to a great start with 3 wins, as have four other players - Pamarthi Auditeya Aazadh (1663, TEL), Vaibhav Gautam (1640, DEL), Kannan V. (1568, TN), and Shankar Ramakrishnan (1560, TN).
Day two - Round 4-5:
After 5 rounds of play at the 4th Tata Steel All India Specially-abled Chess Championship 2024, there are 4 players sharing the lead!
Naveen Kumar A (1986, AP), Venkata Krishna Karthik K (1889, AP), Samarth J Rao (1770, KAR), and Nabhneel Das (1520, UP) are co-leaders with 4.5/5 points. The top board battle between Naveen and Venkata ended in a draw, while Samarth and Nabhneel won their respective games.
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Check out all the games from Round 1-5
Standings after 5 rounds of play
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Naveen Kumar A. | IND | 1986 | Andhra Pradesh | 4,5 | 14,5 | 16,5 | 14,25 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | FM | Venkata Krishna Karthik K | IND | 1889 | Andhra Pradesh | 4,5 | 14,5 | 15,5 | 13,25 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 3 | CM | Samarth J Rao | IND | 1770 | Karnataka | 4,5 | 13,5 | 16,5 | 14,75 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | 15 | Nabhneel Das | IND | 1520 | Uttar Pradesh | 4,5 | 12 | 13,5 | 11,75 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Vaibhav Gautam | IND | 1640 | Delhi | 4 | 15 | 17 | 12,50 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Shankar Ramakrishnan | IND | 1560 | Tamil Nadu | 4 | 14 | 16 | 11,50 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 17 | Jagadish G Baluragi | IND | 1511 | Karnataka | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11,00 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 22 | Aditya Asaram Ghule | IND | 1472 | Maharashtra | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8,00 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Yesu Babu k | IND | 1590 | Andhra Pradesh | 3,5 | 15,5 | 17,5 | 10,75 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Kannan.V | IND | 1568 | Tamil Nadu | 3,5 | 14 | 15 | 8,75 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 20 | Kanishri R P | IND | 1487 | Tamil Nadu | 3,5 | 13 | 15 | 9,75 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh | IND | 1663 | Telangana | 3,5 | 13 | 14 | 7,75 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 16 | Sharon Rachel Aby | IND | 1515 | Tamil Nadu | 3,5 | 12,5 | 14,5 | 8,75 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 28 | Venkatesan J | IND | 1458 | Tamil Nadu | 3,5 | 11,5 | 12,5 | 6,75 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 26 | Adam T | IND | 1468 | Tamil Nadu | 3,5 | 11 | 12 | 7,00 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 9 | ACM | Suresh Agarwal | IND | 1558 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | 15 | 17 | 8,50 | 0 | 3 | |
| 17 | 51 | Patchappu Raja T | IND | 0 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | 14 | 16 | 9,00 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Uday Kumar Tummagunta | IND | 1544 | Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 14 | 16 | 8,25 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 19 | 30 | Praneeth K S S R A | IND | 1442 | Telangana | 3 | 13 | 15 | 8,00 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 20 | 19 | Thamaraiselvan K | IND | 1507 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5,50 | 0 | 3 |
Pairings for the 6th round
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | CM | Samarth J Rao | 1770 | 4½ | 4½ | Naveen Kumar A. | 1986 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | FM | Venkata Krishna Karthik K | 1889 | 4½ | 4½ | Nabhneel Das | 1520 | 15 | ||||
| 3 | 8 | Shankar Ramakrishnan | 1560 | 4 | 4 | Vaibhav Gautam | 1640 | 5 | |||||
| 4 | 22 | Aditya Asaram Ghule | 1472 | 4 | 4 | Jagadish G Baluragi | 1511 | 17 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh | 1663 | 3½ | 3½ | Kanishri R P | 1487 | 20 | |||||
| 6 | 16 | Sharon Rachel Aby | 1515 | 3½ | 3½ | Yesu Babu k | 1590 | 6 | |||||
| 7 | 7 | Kannan.V | 1568 | 3½ | 3½ | Adam T | 1468 | 26 | |||||
| 8 | 10 | Uday Kumar Tummagunta | 1544 | 3 | 3½ | Venkatesan J | 1458 | 28 | |||||
| 9 | 30 | Praneeth K S S R A | 1442 | 3 | 3 | ACM | Suresh Agarwal | 1558 | 9 | ||||
| 10 | 31 | Putta Chittibabu | 1424 | 3 | 3 | Prakash Banskar | 1536 | 13 | |||||
| 11 | 51 | Patchappu Raja T | 0 | 3 | 3 | Bhavesh Kumar Gupta | 1531 | 14 | |||||
| 12 | 18 | Jena Rajesh Kumar | 1508 | 3 | 3 | Dushyant Pal | 1422 | 32 | |||||
| 13 | 67 | Vivek Malakar | 0 | 3 | 3 | Thamaraiselvan K | 1507 | 19 | |||||
| 14 | 23 | Kevin Daniel S | 1472 | 3 | 3 | Aditya Agarwal | 0 | 34 | |||||
| 15 | 25 | Senthilmurugan N | 1471 | 3 | 3 | Saravanan A | 0 | 62 |
