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The HelpChess Fundraiser during 45th Chess Olympiad 2024

by Rasika Ratnaparkhi - 12/09/2024

ChessBase India established the Help Chess Foundation on 21st June 2018. It is an 80G registered Charitable Trust formed to help Indian chess players financially. Till today, we have raised more than Rs. 1 crore with the help of 4000+ contributors. With these funds, we have supported more than 50 chess players. Many players have scored their IM and GM norms after Help Chess support. Every year, our goal is to support more players than the previous year. During the World Cup 2023, we raised around Rs. 12,58,827.55. This year, we raised Rs. 10,26,577.13 during the 45th Chess Olympiad. Read the article to know more. You will also find the names and total amount of all the contributors who have donated money since the start of the Chess Olympiad 2024.

About the HelpChess Foundation

HelpChess Foundation works for the betterment of Indian chess players. For the last 6 years, the funds have been used to provide financial and technical support to the chess players. Many players received coaching from good trainers, some used the money to buy laptops to facilitate their training while some players traveled to high-level tournaments with the help of these funds. Clearly, HelpChess is aimed at boosting chess player’s career. After seeing a huge response from the viewers during the World Cup 2023 livestreams, we are hoping to witness the same or more during the 45th Chess Olympiad 2024 livestreams.

In the year 2023-24, HelpChess raised around Rs. 54 lakh which was the highest amount the NGO has ever raised. Our desire to support the chess players with their training, travel, and participation has also jumped to the next step like every year! Chess is a very expensive sport. Many children give up their chess dreams because their parents can’t afford the expenses associated with the game. Once a child decides to pursue chess, the expenses multiply after each milestone he/she achieves. We want to help these young talents in their journey. We are sure that there are many people like us who has similar desires. That’s why this is a good time for such people to contribute in whatever amount they can.

We have supported 14 players with 14 good-quality laptops!

In a bid to financially support more players, we raised funds during our 45th Chess Olympiad livestreams.

The general layout of the ChessBase India streams for the 45th Chess Olympiad 2024

Right above the video of Sagar is a widget which updates with the name and amount of the people who have contributed

How can you contribute?

You can go to the official website www.helpchess.org. You can become a believer or a big believer in Indian chess after contributing to the cause. If you donate anything above Rs. 50,000, then you become a Big Believer!

As you go to the HelpChess.org website, you will see two options where you can contribute to becoming a believer...

or a big believer.

Impact of your contribution:

First and most important, the money will be utilized for a deserving chess player. However, there will be different perks after becoming a believer and a big believer.

Perks of becoming a Believer:

1. Scholarship money goes to a player in need (selected by HelpChess)

2. Mention in HelpChess blogs (like this one!) and fund report

3. Certificate of Appreciation

4. Regular updates on the players who are sponsored

Perks of Becoming a Big Believer:

1. Scholarship in your name to any player of your choice (if you have a preference)

2. Exclusive Invite to play HelpChess Simul with a top grandmaster

3. Certificate of Appreciation

4. 1:1 Interaction & regular updates on the player you sponsor

Each and every person who contributes immediately gets this certificate of appreciation in their inbox.

A receipt that will help you claim 80G tax benefits when you file your income tax return.

Details of the people who have contributed

At ChessBase India, we have always believed in the highest level of transparency when it comes to raising funds for chess players. We want to ensure that each and every penny that you contribute is used in an appropriate manner. Below we have a list of viewers who have contributed during different days of the 45th Chess Olympiad livestream through the HelpChess website. A big thank you to each one of you and we hope to be able to raise maximum funds so that we can help many more young talents reach their dreams of becoming a grandmaster for the country and beyond.

11th September 2024

NameAmount (Rs.)
Mayur Jeevan Adwani2443.94
Atharva Chandkapure149.47
Niranjan Mahakalkar99.64
Kian Vaidya99.64
Nikhil Kumar Roshan498.22
Skand Tyagi199.3
Aneesh/Darshan100.63
Pratik Kumar100.63
Aarav Verma99.64
Rishit98.1
Sahastraksh100.63
Pankaj Kaushik100.63
Manjunath Sattigeri100.63
Anuj Pratap Singh100.63
Aparajeet Desai487.31
Krutarth Darji97.47
Aditya Raj Patel100.63
Aalap Sanghvi498.22
Debashis Patel697.52
Pavan4982.3
Ayan Basu498.22
Aakash Zure418.52
Ramesh Kalshetty997.45
Sharan Narasimhan996.46
Arijit Saha99.64
Priyankit Singh498.22
Arpan1229.63
Korgy995.46
Arpit1004.43
Hemal Machhi199.3
Parthajit Shyam249.11
Aarav Sarbalia981
Omkar498.22
Adarsh Bhadauria974.62
Navdeep249.11
Akash499.21
Abhay Rahul418.52
Pranav Sisodia997.45
Shubham100.63
Samik Dhar997.45
Sounak Bhakta996.46
Jitendra Jadav498.22
Rajiv Nair1954.96
Jai and Nischal487.31
Shweta Thakur100.63
Narendar974.62
Sathyaraj298.94
Kumar Chandranshu498.22
Total29867.19

12th September 2024

NameAmount (Rs.)
Devarghya Ray99.64
Akash Bose250.1
Arpit506.19
Bojja Srikanth1112.05
Deb996.46
Sajal Madan996.46
Gurudas4982.3
Ishan Joshi996.46
Evans Dsouza4982.3
Sahil Sharma996.46
Kaushal Kumar99.64
Abhinav Shetty996.46
Swapnesh Gawas996.46
Vaibhav Savla9964.6
Aniruddha Mondal498.22
Sarvesh Mishra1107.06
Bhavesh Waghela996.46
Jerin Sojan196.2
Girish110.6
Shwetanuj Saha1494.68
Aman122.57
Anonymous2871.79
Ankit Sanghvi1962
Sony Shaju197.3
Praveen Kumar996.46
Dhruv498.22
Sree Aslesh7971.68
Total46998.82

13th September 2024

NameAmount (Rs.)
Aniruddha Saikia1992.92
Vaibhav Savla9964.6
Prafful498.22
Shreekant Ghude1992.92
Anju Sachdev Sachdev3089.02
Harsh Vardhan498.22
Srikant Ramaswamy1992.92
Pranav997.45
Parv Parkhiya4982.3
Amit Mantri49823
Gopi Krishna12068.22
Vamsi Krishna1094.79
Shoyab khan110.6
Varini Arjun Koppala110.6
Shiva Kumar498.22
Mayank Arjun Koppala110.6
Aaryansh Sreepada Kowluri498.22
Saiteja reddy974.62
Magnus Kalicharan Amravatiwale110.6
Aditya Kulkarni494.23
Aaruhi Kowluri249.11
Manish997.45
Shani Kumar Soni122.57
Abhishek Singh110.6
Nikhil Rao997.45
SD99.64
Sriskandh Subramanian4983.29
Arnav Tyagi99.64
Vipul Kothiya1096.1
anonymouschessguy129.53
Total100787.65

14th September 2024

NameAmount (Rs.)
Gautam Ghosh110.6
Saketh Telkapalli496.9
Vignesh Shankar490.5
Anuj Sharma1229.63
Hemsekhar Tirumalasetty 586.9
Dhyanesh Srivastava150.46
Anonymous499.21
Bhawesh Jha4983.29
Hiyansh Sharma97.69
Ashish Jain1096.1
Monith Shah996.46
Rajagopal Ramanathan491.48
Mihir Kumar98.1
Avant Jain499.21
Prashant Jambunathan538.08
P V P Kumar249.11
Shashank Udupa100.63
Ananya Gupta110.6
Nikhil Bafna9775.8
Amrit M487.31
Aalind Shrivastava298.94
Nishant4982.3
Laishram Imocha553.03
IM Machu Dipariha99.64
Aditya997.45
Pawan Kumar97.47
Total30116.89

15th September 2024

NameAmount (Rs.)
Nagarjuna Koppala 110.6
Dani Daniels99.64
Satyam More445.41
Subhrajoy Dutta2989.38
Dibyajyoti Panda498.22
Harshit Bhargava498.22
Anjali Gojamgunde498.22
Aakash Singh200.29
Deep Shah4887.9
Harsh Vardhan Kalani490.5
Chanchal Agrawal996.46
Kshitij2499.11
Shivansh99.08
Ananda Subramaniam498.22
Manivannan Radhakrishnan99.64
Kartiksinh Barad997.45
Rakesh Misri498.22
Danish Zehen99.64
Preshit Rasal996.46
Varenya996.46
Hardik thacker110.6
Varenya99.64
Aniket Hegde99.64
Varenya99.64
Saksham Bhatt996.46
Anshuman Ghaisas997.45
Varenya99.64
Tanmoy Das2702.02
Prajneya Kumar3321.2
Ritvik997.45
Rammohan Kale981
Prafful Meena1107.06
Akhil Sehgal99.64
Santosh Nalanagula1494.68
Neeraj Dama694.42
Anurag2361.61
Mia Khalifa100.63
Parameshwar Ganapathi996.46
Bhavya Ganatra498.22
Mihir Durve2871.79
Rama1494.68
abt6944.33
Vivek100.63
ego3986.83
Brunette Bhabhi Ji100.63
Mrs. Sangita Margaj2491.14
Total54346.61

16th September 2024

NameAmount (Rs.)
Mayank and Varini Arjun110.6
Vaibhav Khanna996.46
Danish Zehen99.64
Vipul Kothiyal1096.1
Subrajoy Dutta 2923.88
Avinash498.22
Vrund Patel981
Amit Mathur1992.92
Aditya Golatkar100.63
Nehak99.64
Vedant99.64
Prashanth Sankisa996.46
Vedant99.64
Sehajdeep Singh268.05
Y Shal I110.6
Nikhil Bafna5376.68
Soumitra Mishra4982.3
Smita Deshmukh9964.6
Rahul Mukerji997.45
Vishal Sarkar1962
Abhikalp110.6
Vijayasai Chitluri199.3
Vishwanath Mohan Kinekar499.21
Sahil Apage6.97
Total34572.59

18th September 2024

NameAmount (Rs.)
P Chandra Shekar490.07
Vishy99.64
Shreyansh99.64
Ravi Teja Chunduri487.31
Retty Velayoudam996.46
Prakash K Seshadri997.45
Nimish Agrawal996.46
Abhishek M100.63
Vamsi Mohan Koka244.53
Kalyan Dasgupta498.22
Jogaiah100.63
Ishan1354.18
Macho D'parihan99.64
Vikas Srivastava9964.6
Vyan Banchhor498.22
Noobie Negariyal298.94
Sanjay Sampath498.22
Vivek Joshi1089.89
Rajaram C498.22
Ankit Divekar1494.68
Raaga2781.12
Priyanshu Kharya499.21
Mihir Ogale491.48
Dev Shah2932.74
Madhur498.22
NamirYazhu119.87
Surendra Bubukwar981.98
Yash4088.95
Danish Zehen Fam bro99.64
Kalpak Raut996.46
Y Shall I100.63
Jaswanth S249.11
Kulashekar Prabhandam1112.05
Ayush Naithani3321.2
Anil Sikhwal498.22
Prafful1107.06
Bhavneet Singh Chadha4982.3
Aniket Ansingkar1992.92
Yash2294.74
Surya Verma996.46
Vikram996.46
Santosh N Nene996.46
Deepak Kini997.45
Dheeraj Wal1992.92
Yogesh Pillare996.46
Ritesh Singh97.47
Thrilok Aashish99.64
Ajay Joshi1082.81
Pramod E1494.68
Pawan996.46
Total60802.8

19th September 2024

NameAmount (Rs.)
Prakhar Sharma4873.14
Pritish Dake996.46
Anchith Joshi997.45
Naresh Chaudhary2491.14
Rohan Kaikini487.31
Shriram S4888.88
Prahadeesh9775.8
Srinath H L99.64
Parth Durgude99.64
Tharun100.63
Piyush Jolly298.94
Piyush Jolly996.46
Subhrajoy Dutta2923.88
Dinesh Padala996.46
Parth Gadgil4887.9
Ajit Gole1962
Smaran1710.92
Hemant Urdhwareshe2491.14
Sandeep1094.79
Pranay Sawant1992.92
Bharath shetty1992.92
Kapil4982.3
Priyank1949.26
Rishabh Tiwari1992.92
Krishna Sandeep996.46
Vignesh Sekar199.3
Pallavi Shriyan100.63
Ajay B996.46
Rishi K150.46
Indeevar498.22
Vivek Anand4982.3
Deepak4982.3
Sanah Baradwaj499.21
Aaditya Rakheja4982.3
Nihar V200.29
Parshu Narayanan4982.3
Total78653.13

20th September 2024

NameAmount (Rs.)
Swathi & Sammy997.45
Saurabh Sharma499.21
Mayank Nagendran4890.84
Manan1993.91
Ganaraj Permunda Ramakrishna99.64
Monish2952.2
Pranav Hegde99.64
Dr Deepak Gore499.21
Rajeev Jayaram1992.92
Gaurav10961.06
Keerthan N Gupta100.63
Samrat Sagardeep Ghosh499.21
Nishant10961.06
Namratha Karanth997.45
Vipul Kothiyal1096.1
Nikhil Shrotri997.45
Suraj Shendage150.46
Kumar Gaurav20925.66
Ashwin1992.92
Partha Roy9775.8
Evans Dsouza9964.6
Saketh997.45
Srinath996.46
Noob Avnish99.64
Subhransu Dam499.21
Goriparthi Mohan Gangadhara Rao98.42
Prasad Dash402.56
D S Bist1096.1
India FTW1089.89
Praneeth996.46
Hemanth K49823
Total138546.61

21st September 2024

NameAmount (Rs.)
Nitin Kumar499.21
Akhilesh Nagare2492.13
Rituparno190.32
Rangesa,Arakere1494.68
Dharmendra Soni29.89
Ganesh996.46
Anirudh997.45
Sharad Bhat1940.09
Raviteja2101.53
Samarth Pusalkar200.29
Gaurav Arya491.48
Pratichi Majumdar4982.3
Madhu498.22
Mohit Kukreja99.64
Subhrajoy Dutta2989.38
Namratha Karanth997.45
Jayendranath R499.21
Arijeet Mukherjee97.69
Ashokkumar M.2016.82
Total23614.24

22nd September 2024

NameAmount (Rs.)
Chandresh Sanghavi4920.34
Chandresh Sanghavi4920.34
Rohan Gupta996.46
Nitish498.22
Balachandar sundaram997.45
Jatinder Mohan Saluja996.46
Senthil Velavan528.13
Joshua Jeba Kumar99.64
Need Coldplay Tickets149.47
Mayur Bhambhani4982.3
Saurabh Badhai4982.3
Darshan Kansagara498.22
Gaurav Somvanshi99.64
Saurabh110.6
Shastri Vaishampayan Mohapatra996.46
Varad B Sakhale249.11
Gokulakrishna996.46
Priyanka Vastupal Sheth9781.7
Siva Bala Kumaran99.64
Nagarajan99.64
Sanjay Kumar Singh974.62
Akshay498.22
Hari Ananthakrishnan996.46
Abhishek997.45
Bhaskar Iyer996.46
Gautam Nevatia4888.88
Rutveek Kapadia490.5
Ankit996.46
Suraj Gattani2491.14
Suvam Paikaray199.3
Srinidhi R981
Mia Khalifa100.63
Roopa Misri9964.6
Shrihari996.46
Karan Soni996.46
Eknath Janardan Marathe996.46
Viswanath K4982.3
Dilip Yadav2054.15
Pranav Sisodia11071.66
Aarush997.45
Mayur Gondhalekar9965.59
Utsav Mehta1096.1
Dhairya and Vaidehi1962
Vivek Joshi48879.98
Gold for India2016.82
Vikas Soni4887.9
Shashidhar Reddy149.47
Sachin Mahendrakar1992.92
Sasidhar Kondaraju1992.92
Sameer Suri50819.46
Satyabrata Behera4890.84
Utkarsh Gangal996.46
Sanketh Shetty9964.6
Ravi Anuganti4982.3
Total228270.6

CA Dharmen Shah, owner of DB Shah & Associates contributed Rs. 2,00,000. He is also the financial advisor of ChessBase India. He is a Sports fanatic who started developing an interest in chess during the World Championship match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in 1972. He is a Big Believer of HelpChess Foundation and ChessBase India!

Total funds raised: Rs. 10,26,577.13

Special Thanks:

Supriya Bhat (Head of Sales and Marketing at ChessBase India): The person behind keeping all the records of every contributor.

Adarsh Bhadauria (Senior software developer at ChessBase India): The person who makes sure that every contributor will receive a certificate and receipt in their inbox.

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