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State Senior Open Chess
Championship
May 30th to June 2nd, 2007. Jaipur.
All Rajputana Chess Association , an affiliated unit of All India
Chess Federation in Rajasthan State, Organised 7 Round State Senior Open
Chess Championship. 62 Players including 16 International Rated Players, 8
female player including Four International Rated from all over Rajasthan
participated in This strong State level tournament. This is also first
time in the Chess History Of Rajasthan that Four International Rated
Female Chess Players participated in any State Level Tourament.
Event was so strong that regaining Champion Mukesh Mandloi had to settle
at 11th position. Ex National B Champion Kantilal Dave of Jodhpur won the
Championship & Cash Prize of Rs 3000/ when he drew against 3 time State
Champion Praveen saxena of Kota. With this draw Praveen Saxena got 6th
position with 5.5 points . Kantilal Dave remained undefeated throughout
the tournament & got 6 points out of 7. Vikram Singh of Jaipur was runner
up when he shocked regaining Champion Mukesh Mandloi of Kota in Final
Round. Vikram Singh got 2nd position & cash Prize of Rs. 2000/ with 5.5
points. Senior Jaipur Player Devesh Mukharji drew against Young Talent
Tarun Sharma to get 3rd position & cash Prize of Rs. 1500/ Tarun settled
at Fourth Position & got cash Prize of Rs 1000/. Both of these secured
5.5.points.Jaipur’s Giant killer Sulman Khan upset Sonakshi Rathore to get
5th position with 5.5 points & cash Prize of Rs. 1000/. Players from 6th
to 10th position got cash prize of Rs 500/ each. Totol PrizeMoney was Rs
11000/-
Among Boys U19 Abhinav Mathur of Jaipur was declared Best U19 on better
progressive. Dilip Sharma of Kota remained second. Chaitanya Bapana of
Udaipur was best U17 boy where as Arpit Gupta of Jaipur was second.
Among Girls U19 Nishtha Gupta of Sri Ganganagar secured 4.5 points to get
Best U19 Girl title. Juhi Ajmera of Jaipur with 4.5 points was second.
Nishtha Gupta was also Best U17 Girls & Juhi Ajmera was Second Best U17
Girls.
Prize distribution was a simple but well attended Function because
Rajasthan was reeling under its worst communal tension.
Final Standing:
Position Name of Player
Ratings Districts
Points
1
Kantilal dave
2157 Jodhpur
6.0
2
Vikram singh
2000 Jaipur
5.5
3
Devesh Mukharjee 1928
Jaipur 5.5
4
Tarun Sharma 1870
Jaipur 5.5
5
Suleman Khan UR
Jaipur 5.5
6
Praveen saxena 2064
Kota 5.5
7
Arpit Saxena
2027 Jaipur
5.0
8
Parmanand Sharma UR
Jaipur 5.0
9 Manoj Trivedi 1920
Jodhpur 5.0
10
M L Erwal
UR
Kota
5.0
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Published : 05 June, 2007
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