Age-Category Winners
Amongst the 248 participants in fray at the ICS 3rd Mumbai Open, a big group comprised of the young and upcoming talents of the city. I am sure that within a short span of time they are going to make an impact on the Chess arena! Of these players, the prize winners are detailed below: Boys: Sarvesh Rao – Best players U-16 Atharv Vaidya – Best players U-14 Bhavik Bharambe – Best players U-12 Krishnater Kushager – Best players U-10 Rishabh Shah – Best players U-8 Girls: Shubhada Sawant – Best players U-16 Vishwa Shah – Best…
IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni Triumphs
Top-seeded IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni justified his top-billing by winning the 3rd edition of the ICS Mumbai Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament with a whopping score of 8.5/9! Vikramaditya became richer by Rs.21,000/- and the coveted B.M. Zaveri Memorial Trophy. Barring his 4th and 5th rounds games against Rajababu Gajengi and Wakil Akhtar, Vikramaditya was in full elements in the remaining games and on the way scalped Aditya Udeshi and Sagar Shah The tournament found a surprise as the 2nd & 3rd placed were secured by Snehal Bhosale and Shiva Pillai ahead of IM Aditya Udeshi, who had to be content…
Two IMs in the Summit Clash!!
We are though 7-rounds of the ICS 3rd Mumbai Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament being held at the Don Bosco High School, Matunga and still no leader has been spotted!! On the top-board fierce fighting was witnessed between IM Aditya Udeshi and Sagar Shah wherein the former survived the onslaught of Sagar Shah to draw the game. This allowed the top-seeded, IM Vikramaditya Kamble to join the lead by scoring victory over Amardeep Bartakke. He is now on a three-way tie with Aditya and Sagar with a score of 6.5/7. Naturally, we are now heading for the summit clash!! For the spectators,…
Round-6: Aditya and Sagar Share Lead
IM Aditya Udeshi and IM norm holder, Sagar Shah are sharing the lead with a perfect at the end of round-6 of the ICS 3rd Mumbai Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament in progress here at the Don Bosco High School, Matunga. Both these players had an easy task against their rivals – Aditya defeated Snehal Bhosale and Sagar Shah defeated Amardeep Bartakke. Meanwhile, top-seeded IM Vikramaditya Kamble is occupying the 2nd position after defeating Vakil Akhtara in the opposite coloured Bishop ending. With 3-rounds remaining, the fierce fighting is expected for supremacy to win the Mumbai Open. Re-play game between…
IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni held, 4-share lead with 5/5
The half-way stage of the Indian Chess School’s 3rd FIDE Rating Chess Tournament in progress here at Don Bosco High School, Matunga, witnessed a major shock as Top-seeded International Master, Vikramaditya Kulkarni (ELO 2458) was held to a draw by Rajababu Gajengi (ELO 1983) in the 5th round. In a marathon game lasting 90-moves, Vikramaditya drew all his experience but Rajababu was equal to the task to walk away with a very creditable draw. The 2nd board also witnessed a great battle as IM Aditya Udeshi (2357) produced a Houdini act to wriggle out of a very tough position against…
ICS 3rd Mumbai Open – Announcements
At the outset I would like to say a ‘Big Thanks’ to the Mumbai Chess fraternity for the overwhelming response to our tournament!! The entries is nearing 200 mark and another 50 are on the way!! Here are few important announcements so as to ensure smooth conduct of the tournament: Please do not bring your car inside the school premises. Kindly co-operate with the School’s security staff in this regard. Ample parking is available on the entire stretch of the road. However, ensure proper parking to avoid towing of your vehicles. We would be closing the…
Aditya Sukhlecha (1569) Stuns Shavdirov Jahongir (1917)
The heartening feature of this event for our trainees is that each of them have been able to defeat a higher ranked player in the Asian School Chess Championship 2011 in progress here at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. In the 6th round it was the turn of Aditya Sukhlecha as he defeated 6th seeded Shavidirov Jahongir of Uzbekistan to move on to 4/6 in the U-13 section.
Adarsha Narayanan Wins RoChess!!
The rate at which this 7-year old kid, Adarsha Narayanan is winning the trophies, their parents would soon be required to purchase one more cupboard! Adarsha continued his excellent run by winning the group1 (for Standard 1 & 2 students) with a perfect score of 6/6 in the traditional RoChess Festival, which concluded at Thane on 18th December, 2011. Bravo, Adarsha!! Adarsha’s elder brother, Adithya scored 5/7 in group3 (Standard 5 to 7) to secure 12th positon. A day is not far when both of the brothers would vying for the top-honours at the State and National level Chess Tournaments. ICS…
Saurabh Kulkarni Secures 2nd Place in ROChess 2011
10-year old, Saurabh Kulkarni of MKVVI, Borivali has done ICS proud by winning the 2nd place in the Ro-Chess Festival 2011 with a score of 5/6. Congratulations Saurabh, I look forward to see you becoming a FIDE Rated player soon and bring laurels at the State and National level Chess tournaments!!
Aditya, Aakash, Shrey and Kushal Wins
The round-5 of the Asian Schools Chess Championship 2011 in progress here at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi turned out to be a good one for the trainees as four players, Aditya, Shrey, Kushal and Aakash recorded victories over their respective rivals. Aditya has moved on 3/5 while Shrey and Kushal are on 2.5/5 and Aakash on 2/5. Four more remains to be played in this event to decide the Asian School Champions in the 6 age-group categories: