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…
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!!
We had a great start in the 1st round of the Asian School Chess Championship 2011, which commenced here at Indira Gandhi International Indoor Stadium, New Delhi. 12-year old, Siddharth Godambe (ELO 1249) of St Lawrence High School, Borivali scored one of the biggest victory of his career when he outwitted higher rated Abdulla Ahmed of UAE – rated at 1694 – nearly 440 points more than Siddharth from the White-side of the Grunfeld Indian Defense. The higher rated UAE player had an advantage in the game however; an inaccuracy allowed Siddharth to score an upset win: Replay the game:…
12-year old Mayur Ade from Virar always prefers to play in the stronger events and this has reaped him enough dividends as he secured 5th position in the ‘Open Event’ of the Parle Mahotsav, which concluded last week at Sathaye College, Vile Parle. Mayur, who had a creditable performance in the recenty concluded State Championship and continued his good run by scoring a whopping 7/9 to bag the trophy for the 5th positon! On the way scalped last year’s defending champion, Rupesh Bhogal (1707). His two losses were against Akshay Shegaonkar (1610) and Akshay Chachad (1736). Congratulations Mayur!
The recently concluded Parle Chess Mahotsav has turned out to be a great success for the ICS students. In my previous post I had mentioned the achievements of Jinay Nandu, who had secured 3rd place in the Under-10 section of this event. Here I would like to mention the performance of Master Adarsha Narayanan from our Matunga Centre. This 8-year old kid from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sion who already has many trophies to his name, has now added one more in his kitty by securing 2nd place in the Under-08 section of this event! Congratulations Adarsha!! We are proud of you. Master Adarsha is…
10-year old ICS trainee, Jinay Nandu has bagged the 3rd place in the Under-10 category of the Parle Chess Mahotsav with a score of 5/6. Jinay, a student of Thakur Public School, plays regularly and has won good number of prizes. He has set his sight to become a FIDE-Rated player soon. This traditional event, which attracts around 300 players every year was held at the Sathaye College, Vile Parle on 3rd & 4th December, 2011. The tournament is conducted in 5-categories, namely; Under-08, Under-10, Under-12, Under-15 and the Open Group. The organizational part of this tournament is handled by…
One of the recipe for the Chess player’s success is to participate in strong events, especially the FIDE Rated events. Such events brings about a great change in the young developing player’s approach to the game. They develop the tenacity to sit on the board, facing challenges not seen before on the board. This was amply experienced by 10-year old, Saumya Parekh, who had just returned richer with experience in participating the Senior State Championship at Aurangabad. He participated in the Billabong High Chess Fest 2011, which was held yesterday on 13th November, 2011 and displayed his best performance by securing 2nd place in…
Two more trainees of the Indian Chess School – Mihir Jadhav (1508) and Siddharth Godambe (1249) are the new entrants to the FIDE Rating list. Heartiest Congratulations!! You have made us proud! Mihir Jadhav had completed his rating requirements in just one tournament at Sangli while Siddharth also achieved rating in two rating events only.
13-year old, Aakash Rao from Rustomjee International has completed the rating requirements of meeting the 9-players in the Capabalanca’s Mumbai Open FIDE Rating Tournament. Aakash is expected to enter the July 2011 FIDE Rating list. Meanwhile Mihir Jadhav and Siddharth Godambe also have earned partial rating in the same event.
13-year old, Aditya Sukhlecha completed his FIDE Rating requirements of meeting the 9-players in the Capabalanca’s Mumbai Open FIDE Rating Tournament with a score of 5.5/9. Aditya is expected to enter the July 2011 FIDE Rating list with a rating of 1599. Missing out the opportunities in the last 3-FIDE Rating events, I advised Aditya to persist and, he came out with flying colours! Congratulations Aditya!!
