Mitrabha, Murali Krishnan and Koustav are the winners of 44th Olympiad Celebration Rating Open events

by Shahid Ahmed - 30/08/2022

During the 44th Chess Olympiad, four Olympiad Celebration Rating Open tournaments took place. Two Blitz events were won by GM Mitrabha Guha, IM B T Murali Krishnan won the Classical one and IM Koustav Chatterjee won the Rapid event. A total of 986 players, 235 in 1st Blitz, 284 in Classical, 239 in Rapid and 228 in 2nd Blitz Open took part from various parts of the country, Bangladesh, Norway, Uruguay and USA. A total of ₹1300000 prize fund was distributed combining all four events. Mitrabha alone won ₹97000 cash and a trophy, he also increased his Blitz Rating by 24.4 points. All four champions in each event remained undefeated. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Mitrabha wins both Blitz events

All India Chess Federation organized four Rating tournaments parallel to 44th Chess Olympiad for various chess aficionados. Players from all over the country and various parts of the world participated in these events to gain elo rating points, win prizes and most importantly, enjoy the game of chess.

Champion of 44th Chess Olympiad Celebration 1st and 2nd Blitz Open - 8.5/9 and 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Mitrabha Guha scored eight straight victories and gained a full point lead heading into the final round. A draw was enough for him to win the tournament, that is what he did against Ram S Krishnan in the final round. He also gained 10.2 Elo rating points in the process. The total prize fund was ₹300000. Top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹40000 and ₹30000.

Mitrabha scored 8/8 and had a full point lead heading into the final round

Laxman - Mitrabha, Round 7

Black to play

Black is not only down by a couple of pawns but his king is also in a precarious position. He needs to find the correct defense to avoid the game from being over at any time. Can you find the precise defense which Mitrabha found in the last few seconds on the clock?

Interview with GM Mitrabha Guha after winning the 44th Olympiad Celebration 1st Blitz Rating Open 2022 | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - GM Laxman R R 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second Runner-up - IM Manish Anto Cristiano F 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

B T Murali Krishnan clinches the Classical Rating

IM B T Murali Krishnan scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 and finished a half point ahead of the field. IM Ratnakaran K scored sole 8/9 to secure the second place. His sole loss of the event was against the eventual champion. Three players scored 7.5/9 each. IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam was adjudged third according to tie--breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. Top three prizes were ₹60000 and a trophy, ₹50000 and ₹40000 each.

44th Olympiad Celebration Classical Rating Open winner - IM B T Murali Krishnan 8.5/9

Murali Krishnan's sole draw was against IM Rajesh Vav, he gained 14.8 Elo rating points

2nd IM Ratnakaran K 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

3rd - IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam 7.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Mitrabha wins the 2nd Blitz Rating Open

GM Mitrabha Guha, IM Rajesh Vav and IM Srihari L R scored an unbeaten 8/9 each. They were placed first, second and third respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. Top three prizes were ₹40000 and a trophy, ₹30000 and ₹20000 each.

Champion - GM Mitrabha Guha 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Interview with GM Mitrabha Guha after winning the 44th Chess Olympiad Celebration 2nd Blitz Rating Open 2022 | Video: ChessBase India

Mitrabha scored an unbeaten 8/9 and gained 14.2 Elo rating points

Runner-up - IM Rajesh Vav 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - IM Srihari L R 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Koustav Chatterjee triumphs at Rapid Rating Open

IM Koustav Chatterjee scored 8/9, remained undefeated to win the Rapid Rating Open. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Four players scored 7.5/9 each. Sai Vishwesh C and IM S Rohith Krishna were adjudged second and third according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹300000. Top three prizes were ₹50000 and a trophy, ₹40000 and ₹30000 each.

Champion - IM Koustav Chatterjee 8/9 | Photo: Svetozar Gligoric Memorial official site

IM Koustav Chatterjee scored 8/9 and gained 47.4 Elo rating points

Runner-up - Sai Vishwesh C 7.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second Runner-up - IM S Rohith Krishna S 7.5/9

A total of 235 players including 4 GMs and 11 IMs took part from various parts of the country and one from Bangladesh. The one-day nine-round Swiss league Blitz Rating tournament was organized by All India Chess Federation at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Engineering & Technology, Mamallapuram on 30th July 2022. The time control of the tournament was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

Final Standings in 1st Blitz Rating Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Mitrabha Guha	IND	2499	West Bengal	8,5	52	56,5	53,25
2	4	GM	Laxman R.R.	IND	2361	ICF	8	54	58,5	50,50
3	27	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F	IND	1950	Tamil Nadu	8	51	54,5	47,50
4	8		Ram S. Krishnan	IND	2297	Tamil Nadu	7,5	53,5	58	45,75
5	3	IM	Ratnakaran K.	IND	2382	S Railway	7,5	50	55	46,25
6	5	GM	Karthikeyan P.	IND	2353	ICF	7,5	49	53	38,75
7	17	IM	Raahul V S	IND	2133	Tamil Nadu	7	53,5	57,5	37,00
8	2	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2440	Tamil Nadu	7	51,5	55,5	40,00
9	10	IM	Murali Krishnan B T	IND	2233	S Railway	7	51	55	38,50
10	15		Prasannaa.S	IND	2175	Tamil Nadu	7	48	52	38,50
11	51	AIM	Ashwin Sairam	IND	1547	Tamil Nadu	7	47,5	49,5	37,00
12	6	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	IND	2338	Maharashtra	7	47	51,5	39,50
13	7	IM	Rajesh V A V	IND	2327	S C Railway	7	46	50	33,25
14	65		Raghav V	IND	1462	Tamil Nadu	7	46	48	35,00
15	29		Syed Abdul Khader	IND	1878	Karnataka	7	45,5	49	34,00
16	11		Anilkumar O.T.	IND	2232	Kerala	7	44	48	36,25
17	39		Joglekar Abhijit	IND	1677	Maharashtra	7	37,5	39,5	31,50
18	16	IM	Srihari L R	IND	2170	Tamil Nadu	6,5	50	55	37,75
19	9	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	IND	2242	West Bengal	6,5	50	55	37,25
20	26		Hirthickkesh Pr	IND	2006	Tamil Nadu	6,5	48	51	31,75
21	171		Gautham A	IND	1039	Tamil Nadu	6,5	47,5	52	37,25
22	30	IM	Avinash Ramesh	IND	1875	Tamil Nadu	6,5	46,5	50,5	33,75
23	18		Muthu Alagappan M.	IND	2127	Tamil Nadu	6,5	46,5	50	35,50
24	35		Sham R	IND	1709	Tamil Nadu	6,5	46	50,5	35,00
25	13	IM	Ravi Thandalam Shanmugam	IND	2198	Tamil Nadu	6,5	45	49	30,25
26	72		Ajjesh J R	IND	1418	Tamil Nadu	6,5	43	45	29,25
27	76		Kavishvaran P	IND	1406	Tamil Nadu	6,5	41,5	45	31,75
28	19	FM	Gunasekaran K.	IND	2121	Tamil Nadu	6,5	40,5	44,5	32,75
29	14	IM	Ajay Karthikeyan	IND	2183	Tamil Nadu	6	49,5	53,5	31,00
30	44		Shravan Swaminathan	IND	1617	Tamil Nadu	6	48	51,5	31,50
31	46		Kiruthika B	IND	1605	Tamil Nadu	6	46,5	49	29,00
32	257		Sibi M	IND	0	Tamil Nadu	6	46	50,5	33,00
33	31		Koustuv Dash	IND	1873	Odisha	6	46	49,5	30,50
34	159		Jackson V X	IND	1067	Tamil Nadu	6	45,5	50,5	33,00
35	41		Sanjay Thiruvengadam	IND	1651	Tamil Nadu	6	45,5	49	28,50
36	54		Vignesh Kannan P	IND	1538	Tamil Nadu	6	45,5	48,5	26,25
37	59		Gaurav Sharma	IND	1518	Delhi	6	42,5	46,5	27,50
38	82		Varun Prabhakaran K S	IND	1380	Puducherry	6	42	46	24,50
39	80		Veera Phani Sai Teja K	IND	1390	Andhra Pradesh	6	42	45	26,50
40	52		Arjun Sidharth S	IND	1541	Puducherry	6	42	45	25,50

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A total of 284 players including 4 IMs took part from various parts of the country, one from Bangladesh and Norway each. The four-day nine-round Swiss league Classical Rating tournament was organized by All India Chess Federation at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Engineering & Technology, Mamallapuram from 30th July to 3rd August 2022. The time control of the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings in Classical Rating Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	IM	Murali Krishnan B T		IND	2211	S Railway	8,5	53	58	53,75
2	1	IM	Ratnakaran K.		IND	2348	S Railway	8	52	56,5	48,00
3	6	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam	S50	IND	2106	Tamil Nadu	7,5	53,5	58	47,75
4	5		Prasannaa.S		IND	2204	Tamil Nadu	7,5	50	54,5	41,25
5	31		Arjun Sidharth S		IND	1551	Puducherry	7,5	44	48	40,75
6	4		Hirthickkesh Pr		IND	2205	Tamil Nadu	7	51,5	56,5	41,50
7	26		Sathyanarayanan S.		IND	1591	Tamil Nadu	7	48,5	52,5	37,75
8	59		Sai Kiran G V		IND	1380	Tamil Nadu	7	47,5	50,5	33,00
9	34		Abel Sajan	U12	IND	1532	Kerala	7	46,5	50,5	38,50
10	23		Dharani Kumar M S		IND	1633	Tamil Nadu	7	46,5	50,5	38,25
11	39		Vignesh Kannan P	U12	IND	1478	Tamil Nadu	7	46,5	49,5	35,75
12	7		Santu Mondal		IND	2075	Delhi	7	46	49,5	37,00
13	44	AFM	Haider Armaan	U14	IND	1461	Tamil Nadu	7	41	45,5	36,50
14	2	IM	Rajesh V A V		IND	2340	Tamil Nadu	6,5	56	60,5	41,25
15	8		Ram S. Krishnan		IND	2049	Tamil Nadu	6,5	50,5	55	38,50
16	11		Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy	U12	IND	1830	Uttar Pradesh	6,5	50	54	31,50
17	9		Anilkumar O.T.	S50	IND	1977	Kerala	6,5	49,5	53,5	38,25
18	55		Tarun K C	U14	IND	1391	Tamil Nadu	6,5	49,5	53,5	35,25
19	41		Sham R		IND	1473	Tamil Nadu	6,5	49	52,5	35,75
20	28		Kalyani Sirin	F12	IND	1585	Kerala	6,5	47,5	52	33,25
21	33		Uddipan Roy	U14	IND	1539	West Bengal	6,5	47,5	51,5	33,75
22	29		Himanshu Moudgil		IND	1578	Delhi	6,5	46,5	51,5	37,00
23	19		Akash S		IND	1664	Tamil Nadu	6,5	46,5	51	35,25
24	42		Trisha B		IND	1472	Tamil Nadu	6,5	45,5	49	29,50
25	65		Raj Kamal S		IND	1366	Tamil Nadu	6,5	45	49	29,25

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A total of 239 players including 5 GMs and 14 IMs took part from various parts of the country and one each from USA and Uruguay. The oner-day nine-round Swiss league Blitz Rating tournament was organized by All India Chess Federation at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Engineering & Technology, Mamallapuram on 4th August 2022. The time control of the tournament was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

Final standings in 2nd Blitz Rating Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	GM	Mitrabha Guha	IND	2499	West Bengal	8	52	56	42,75
2	9	IM	Rajesh V A V	IND	2327	Tamil Nadu	8	51	55	48,25
3	19	IM	Srihari L R	IND	2170	Tamil Nadu	8	49,5	54	48,75
4	7	GM	Laxman R.R.	IND	2335	ICF	7,5	54	58,5	48,50
5	3	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2406	Tamil Nadu	7,5	49	53	43,25
6	5	IM	Ravichandran Siddharth	IND	2371	Tamil Nadu	7,5	48	51,5	42,50
7	10		Ram S. Krishnan	IND	2297	Tamil Nadu	7,5	47,5	52,5	43,25
8	29	IM	Rajdeep Sarkar	IND	2068	West Bengal	7,5	46,5	50,5	41,25
9	25	FM	Rohith Krishna S	IND	2118	Tamil Nadu	7	51	55	35,00
10	11	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	IND	2242	R	7	49,5	53	38,50
11	26	IM	Raahul V S	IND	2112	Tamil Nadu	7	48,5	53,5	39,50
12	6	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	IND	2338	Maharashtra	7	48	52,5	40,00
13	8	GM	Karthikeyan P.	IND	2327	ICF	7	47,5	51,5	34,00
14	15		Ashwath R.	IND	2227	Tamil Nadu	7	46,5	50	37,50
15	27	FM	Mari Arul S.	IND	2083	Tamil Nadu	7	43,5	47	35,00
16	32	FM	Ram Aravind L N	IND	2059	Tamil Nadu	7	43	47	29,50
17	23	FM	Gunasekaran K.	IND	2121	Tamil Nadu	7	43	46,5	37,50
18	4	IM	Ratnakaran K.	IND	2382	S Railway	6,5	50,5	54,5	33,75
19	34		Hiren K G	IND	2018	Tamil Nadu	6,5	50	54	31,75
20	20	IM	Ajay Karthikeyan	IND	2168	Tamil Nadu	6,5	49	54	37,00
21	52		Sivan S Roshan	IND	1666	Tamil Nadu	6,5	48,5	51,5	31,25
22	38		Rohit S	IND	1973	Tamil Nadu	6,5	48	51,5	34,50
23	18		Prasannaa.S	IND	2180	Tamil Nadu	6,5	47,5	51,5	34,75
24	13	IM	Murali Krishnan B T	IND	2233	S Railway	6,5	46,5	51,5	36,75
25	30		Shankar A.	IND	2064	S Railway	6,5	46	49	32,75
26	171		Jackson V X	IND	1096	Tamil Nadu	6,5	42,5	46,5	32,75
27	16		Sai Vishwesh.C	IND	2208	Tamil Nadu	6,5	41,5	44,5	31,75
28	62		Sai Alagappan S	IND	1579	Tamil Nadu	6,5	41,5	44,5	30,25
29	12	IM	Praveen Kumar C	IND	2236	ICF	6,5	40	43	33,25
30	1	GM	Iniyan P	IND	2508	Tamil Nadu	6	50	54,5	34,25
31	53		Mohit Kumar Soni	IND	1660	Bihar	6	48,5	52,5	32,00
32	58		Reyan Md.	IND	1618	Bihar	6	48	52	30,00
33	33		Sridhar J	IND	2028	Tamil Nadu	6	47	51	30,50
34	48		Akash S	IND	1701	Tamil Nadu	6	46,5	49,5	31,50
35	36	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F	IND	2005	Tamil Nadu	6	46,5	49,5	29,00
36	45		Ayyappan P Santhana Prabu	IND	1725	Tamil Nadu	6	46	49	28,50
37	41		Gugan G	IND	1857	Tamil Nadu	6	45,5	49,5	30,00
38	37		Harini S.	IND	1981	Tamil Nadu	6	45	48,5	25,00
39	83		Ajjesh J R	IND	1422	Tamil Nadu	6	45	46,5	30,00
40	76		Raghav V	IND	1495	Tamil Nadu	6	44,5	47	29,00

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A total of 228 players including 4 GMs and 10 IMs took part from various parts of the country and one each from Norway, USA and Uruguay. The two-day nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating tournament was organized by All India Chess Federation at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Engineering & Technology, Mamallapuram on 4th and 5th August 2022. The time control of the tournament was 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment.

Final standings in Rapid Rating Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	13	IM	Koustav Chatterjee		IND	2058	West Bengal	8	50,5	53,5	48,25
2	12		Sai Vishwesh.C		IND	2063	Tamil Nadu	7,5	52,5	56,5	38,25
3	11	FM	Rohith Krishna S		IND	2082	Tamil Nadu	7,5	50	54,5	44,25
4	9		Anilkumar O.T.		IND	2124	Kerala	7,5	49,5	54	45,25
5	2	IM	Ratnakaran K.		IND	2317	S Railway	7,5	48,5	52,5	42,75
6	1	GM	Iniyan P		IND	2357	Tamil Nadu	7	53,5	58,5	44,00
7	37		Rohit S	U15	IND	1586	Tamil Nadu	7	53,5	57	43,25
8	5	GM	Laxman R.R.		IND	2237	ICF	7	52,5	57	43,00
9	4	GM	Mitrabha Guha		IND	2268	West Bengal	7	52,5	56	42,75
10	15		Prasannaa.S		IND	2047	Tamil Nadu	7	49,5	54	40,00
11	7	GM	Karthikeyan P.		IND	2203	ICF	7	49	52,5	41,50
12	14		Shankar A.		IND	2053	S Railway	7	48	52	31,50
13	31		Ayyappan P Santhana Prabu		IND	1637	Tamil Nadu	7	45,5	49,5	36,50
14	35		Mohit Kumar Soni		IND	1609	Bihar	7	45,5	49,5	31,50
15	18	IM	Srihari L R		IND	2002	Tamil Nadu	6,5	50,5	54	36,50
16	6	IM	Rajesh V A V		IND	2232	SC Railway	6,5	49	53	34,00
17	8	IM	Raahul V S		IND	2147	Tamil Nadu	6,5	49	53	31,00
18	22		Soni Krishan		IND	1956	Delhi	6,5	48,5	53	36,25
19	23	FM	Ram Aravind L N		IND	1944	Tamil Nadu	6,5	47	50,5	33,25
20	19	FM	Mari Arul S.		IND	1991	Tamil Nadu	6,5	46	50,5	35,50
21	20	IM	Rajdeep Sarkar		IND	1987	West Bengal	6,5	46	50	33,25
22	28	IM	Ajay Karthikeyan		IND	1751	Tamil Nadu	6,5	46	49,5	34,00
23	115		Reyan Md.	U15	IND	1192	Bihar	6,5	45,5	49,5	34,75
24	33		Sham R		IND	1631	Tamil Nadu	6,5	45	49	30,25
25	10		Ram S. Krishnan		IND	2110	Tamil Nadu	6,5	45	48,5	28,00
26	42		Sailesh R		IND	1539	Tamil Nadu	6,5	44	47	33,00
27	34		Arjun Sidharth S	U15	IND	1612	Puducherry	6,5	43,5	47,5	32,25
28	16	FM	Gunasekaran K.		IND	2046	Tamil Nadu	6,5	43	47	29,25
29	17		Sridhar J		IND	2012	Tamil Nadu	6,5	42	45,5	31,75
30	21	IM	Ravi Thandalam Shanmugam		IND	1986	IOC	6	49,5	52,5	31,50
31	25	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F		IND	1912	Tamil Nadu	6	46,5	51	31,00
32	30		Farhaan M		IND	1690	Tamil Nadu	6	46,5	50,5	31,00
33	3	IM	Murali Krishnan B T		IND	2274	S Railway	6	45,5	49,5	25,75
34	49		Raghav V	U15	IND	1433	Tamil Nadu	6	45,5	49,5	25,50
35	48		Tanish Ragavan S	U15	IND	1444	Tamil Nadu	6	44,5	48,5	29,00
36	27		Harini S.		IND	1817	Tamil Nadu	6	44,5	48	30,50
37	64		Vignesh Kannan P	U15	IND	1353	Tamil Nadu	6	44,5	48	29,00
38	47		Subramanian V		IND	1455	Tamil Nadu	6	44	48,5	31,50
39	32		Dharani Kumar M S		IND	1633	Tamil Nadu	6	44	47,5	29,00
40	38		Tamizh Selvan Ganesan		IND	1585	Tamil Nadu	6	43,5	48	30,00

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	Pranav Ganesh Prabhu and Nivedita V C are 36th Tamil Nadu State Under-13 Champions 2024 @ 01/06/2024 by Vinoth M (en)
	Hari Madhavan best at 8th BBCF Rapid Rating Open 2024 @ 26/05/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Nandish and Shanmathi are Tamil Nadu State Under-17 2024 Champions @ 21/05/2024 by R Anantharam (en)
	Sham R dominates 2nd Dr. KCG Verghese Memorial Rating Open 2024 @ 19/05/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Kunal M wins 1st Vidhya Sagar Rating Open 2024 @ 15/05/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Kushagra Mohan wins 20th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2024 @ 13/03/2024 by R Srivatsan (en)
	Anton Sitnikov triumphs at 19th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2024, Avinash Ramesh second @ 09/03/2024 by R Srivatsan (en)
	Karthik Rajaa wins 1st Nallu Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2024 @ 06/03/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	P Shyam Nikhil wins 18th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2024, Aakash G third @ 02/03/2024 by R Srivatsan (en)
	Srihari L dominates 17th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2024, Sai Vishwesh third @ 01/03/2024 by M Ephrame (en)
	Anton Sitnikov wins 16th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2024, Lokesh second and Suyog third @ 22/02/2024 by M Ephrame (en)
	Anton Sitnikov triumphs at 15th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2024, Karthik Rajaa second @ 21/02/2024 by V Vijayaraghavan (en)
	Simultaneous Chess Exhibition with Grandmaster Sethuraman @ 19/02/2024 by S Ramanathan (en)
	Kunal M conquers CMI Tessellate Rapid Rating Open 2024 @ 14/02/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Senthil Maran wins 1st Battle Field Rapid Rating Open 2024 @ 13/02/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Bharath Subramaniyam H perfect at 7th BBCF Rapid Rating Open 2024 @ 12/02/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Karthik Rajaa and Lokesh N are the winners of 13th and 14th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2024 @ 02/02/2024 by V Vijayaraghavan (en)
	Hemanth Raam clinches 11th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2024, Harsh Suresh third @ 01/02/2024 by M Ephrame (en)
	Srihari L R superb at 14th Chennai GM Open 2023, Aakash G third @ 18/01/2024 by R R Vasudevan (en)
	Sahil Sanjay Shejal convincingly clinches Velammal Hospital 3rd Athens of the East Below 1600 Rating 2023 @ 09/01/2024 by R Anantharam (en)
	Tharig S triumphs at Velammal Hospital 3rd Athens of the East Below 1700 Rating Tournament 2023 @ 08/01/2024 by R Anantharam (en)
	Duc Hoa Nguyen triumphs at 3rd Athens of the East GM Open 2023, Srihari L R second and Nitin third @ 04/01/2024 by R Anantharam (en)
	Srihari L R triumphs at 1st SA Castle Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 26/12/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Alexei Fedorov wins 10th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2023, Suyog Wagh second @ 22/12/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Syed Anwar Shazuli triumphs at 1st KPK-ABCCC Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 18/12/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	David Gochelashvili wins 9th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2023 @ 17/12/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Alexei Fedorov dominates 7th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2023, Sai second and Arjun Adireddy third @ 02/12/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Alexei Fedorov terrific at 6th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2023, Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy third @ 25/11/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Arnav Maheshwari wins 5th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2023 @ 19/11/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Nandhidhaa wins 4th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2023, Srihari L second @ 12/11/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Harikrishnan A Ra dominates D A V Krida Kendram Blitz Rating Open 2023 @ 11/11/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Ajay Karthikeyan wins D A V Krida Kendram Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 11/11/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Back to back GM Tournaments in Madurai and Chennai @ 10/11/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Arjun Adireddy dominates 3rd Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed 2023 with a 2709 performance, Harsh second @ 07/11/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Prasannaa S triumphs at 1st Rainbow Chess Academy Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 01/11/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Dinesh Rajan M wins 2nd Nanban CEG Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 01/11/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Asylbek Abdyzhapar triumphs at 2nd Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2023, Srija Seshadri third @ 30/10/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Praveen Kumar C wins 1st Hindustan Chess Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 28/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Harshad wins 1st Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2023, Srihari L second @ 23/10/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Harikrishnan A Ra dominates 1st Smart Chess Academy Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 17/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Tamil Nadu to host 50 IM-norm Closed Circuit tournaments @ 15/10/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Hari Madhavan N B wins 2nd SRM Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 10/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Castle Red invites you to 2nd Nanban CEG Rapid Rating Open 2023 offering ₹3 lacs prizes @ 09/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	School boy Hari Ganesh lifts 21st Adyar Times Rating Open 2023 Trophy @ 18/09/2023 by S Paul Arokia Raj (en)
	Velammal Nexus felicitates Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa with ₹20 lacs cash award each @ 15/09/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Harikrishnan A Ra clinches VHNSN College Rapid Rating Open 2023 with a perfect 9/9 @ 14/09/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Kunal M and Bharath Subramaniyam win GM Chess 1st Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2023 @ 13/09/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Harsh Suresh wins Muralimohan Memorial 2nd Capa Chess Academy Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 15/08/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Laxman clinches 2nd Athens of the East Blitz Rating Open 2023 @ 05/08/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Vishnu wins Golden Jubilee of Sivakasi Chess Club, NPSS Rathina Nadar - Dr. N Mahalingam Rating Open 2023 @ 30/07/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Arjun Kalyan wins Chairman's Trophy Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 28/07/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Ram S Krishnan wins Sivakasi Chess Club NPSS Rathina Nadar Dr. N Mahalingam Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 13/07/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Vijay Shreeram P clinches 2nd SSS Rating Open 2023 @ 26/06/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Sivakasi Chess Club celebrates 50th year - Triple Tournament Treat for the Chess Lovers @ 23/06/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Srihari L clinches Visalakshi Arunachalam 7th SCS Rating Open 2023 with a perfect 8/8 @ 23/06/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Sethuraman S P wins Rotachess Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 21/06/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Rotachess Rapid Rating Open 2023 R1-4: Haridev stuns Karthik @ 17/06/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Harshad and Harikrishnan triumph at 1st Kanyakumari Parents Forum Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2023 @ 13/06/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Harikrishnan clinches May Day Celebration Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 07/06/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	T Nagar Chess Academy invites you to RCMIC Rotachess Rapid Rating Open 2023 offering ₹5.55 lacs prizes @ 01/06/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Ajay Karthikeyan clinches 1st RCA Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 08/04/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Senthil Maran wins 1st Xaverian Rating Open 2023 @ 25/03/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Harikrishnan clinches 34th KCF Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 11/03/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	A cakewalk for Phani Kanuri of AP at 1st Tirupattur Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 07/03/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Laxman triumphs at CMI Tessellate Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 02/03/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Arul Anandh wins 3rd Little England Rating Open 2023 with a round to spare @ 15/02/2023 by R Anantharam (en)
	Harikrishnan dominates Velammal Republic Day Celebration Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 06/02/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Pranesh wins 1st ENS Rapid Rating Open 2023 and a brand new TVS Raider-125 Bike @ 31/01/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Muthaiah Al triumphs at Tirumala Tirupati Rapid Rating Open 2022 @ 23/11/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Ilamparthi A R wins Mrs. Meera Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2022 @ 22/11/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Nitin and Rathanvel win D A V Krida Kendram Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2022 @ 13/11/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Kunal clinches Hatsun - Idhayam 6th SCS Rating Open 2022 @ 20/10/2022 by R Anantharam (en)
	Kunal wins 1st SRM Rapid Rating Open 2022 featuring 575 players @ 16/10/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Harshad wins Azure All India Rapid Rating Open 2022 @ 13/10/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Vishnu Prasanna clinches Olympiad Curtain Raiser Rapid Rating Open with a perfect 9/9 @ 23/08/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Tamil Nadu State Government awards ₹1 Crore each to the Bronze medal winning Indian teams @ 11/08/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Laxman and Nitin win GRT Shasun Jain College Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2022 @ 29/07/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Hrithickkesh Pr dominates Dr. KCG Verghese Memorial Rating Open 2022 @ 25/07/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Chess Grad wins 1st CEG Trophy State level Open Team 2022 @ 18/05/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam wins 1st SSS All India Rating Open 2022 @ 16/05/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Golden Knights Chess Academy A scores a hat-trick at 28th Tamil Nadu State Team Rating 2022 @ 09/05/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Pranav Venkatesh wins 1st BCF Rapid Rating Open 2022 @ 14/04/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Laxman R R wins 1st Vellore Rapid Rating Open 2021 @ 11/01/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	IM Harikrishnan A Ra wins Sivakasi Chess Club Rapid Rating Open @ 14/12/2021 by R Anantharam (en)
	Tamil Nadu State Government felicitates players with 1 crore 98 lacs cash award @ 09/10/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	15 वर्षीय प्रणव बने तामिलनाडु राज्य शतरंज विजेता @ 07/04/2021 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
	Pranav V wins 68th Tamil Nadu State Open 2021 with a 100% score 9.0/9 @ 07/04/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	68th Tamil Nadu State Open: Pranav V takes sole lead 6.0/6 @ 31/03/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Sivakasi Chess Club and Covid-19 @ 19/02/2021 by R Anantharam (en)
	Adhiban, Sethuraman, Gukesh, Laxman and Nandhidhaa receive Outstanding Sportsperson award by Tamil Nadu government @ 11/02/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Aravindh wins Karaikudi Grand Prix Rapid Rating Open @ 06/02/2020 by R Anantharam (en)
	Laxman wins 2nd Open Rapid Rating at Trichy @ 11/01/2020 by R Anantharam (en)
	IM Harikrishnan wins Ramco 2nd FIDE Rated Open 2019 @ 16/12/2019 by R Anantharam (en)
	Vaishali wins Sivakasi Grand Prix Open Rapid @ 28/11/2019 by R Anantharam (en)
	IM Arjun Kalyan and Pranav Venkatesh win Velammal Rapid and Blitz @ 12/11/2019 by R Anantharam (en)
	Balasubramaniam wins 19th Adyar Times Open for a record fourth time @ 13/10/2019 by S Paul Arokia Raj (en)
	Manigandan wins 15th KCM Open @ 08/10/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Sabarish triumphs at Rotary 100 years Celebration open @ 04/10/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	IM Khusenkhojaev wins Courtalam Saaral FIDE Rated Open @ 18/09/2019 by R Anantharam (en)
	Raahul V S triumphs at Talent Chess Academy 1st Open Rating @ 02/09/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Courtalam Saaral International Rating Open Preview @ 25/08/2019 by R Anantharam (en)
	Karthikeyan Murali wins 1st A S Subbaraman Memorial Trophy Blitz Rating 2019 @ 23/08/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	R Balasubramaniam wins Thalavaipuram All India Open @ 22/08/2019 by R Anantharam (en)
	Chess Bonanza in Tamil Nadu @ 16/05/2019 by R Anantharam (en)