Tournament Report
Seth Suganchand Chittlangia Memorial
International Rating Open Chess Tournament
 

Tournament was Organized from may 12th to 18th, 2007. at Chittlangia Bhawan,
Sri Ganganagar. A remote town in North Rajasthan, bordering Punjab, Haryana & Pakistan.

The new State level Chess Association, All Rajputana Chess Association has brought the International Rating Open Chess Tournaments to small towns like Sri Ganganagar. All credit goes to Mr P K Gupta Hony Secretary of All Rajputana Chess Association, who took personal interest in development of chess in Rajasthan.

This tournament was organized by Sri Ganganagar District Chess Association under active guidance of Hony. Secretary of All Rajputana Chess Association. When this tournament was being organized, the neighboring States like Punjab, Delhi & HP were busy in theirs State Senior Championship. Rajasthan was reeling under heat wave of
46 C. Tournament was overshadowed . But despite all these odds 79 players including 27 Rated Players out of them Two International Masters from all over India & One Bangla Deshi reached the Remote border town of Sriganganagar to play Chess.

Inaugural ceremony of this tournament was a well attended function of the Town. Chairman of the ceremony was Mr Justice P P Singh & Senior IAS Mr Karni Singh Rathore was the Chief Guest.

In the opening ceremony of tournament trust felicitated 13 persons of outstanding Caliber in different field for theirs life time services & contribution to society. All the persons were above 70 yrs & were honored for Education, Music, Agriculture, Cow Welfare. Surprisingly 11 yr Local Girl & First International Rated Chess Player of Rajasthan, Nishtha Gupta also figured in this elite group. All the audience gave standing welcome to this tiny maestro .

The Chief guest inaugurated the Tournament when he made first move against IM Himanshu Sharma.

First round was smooth sail for all top seeded players except Rajasthan Champion
Mukesh Mandloi who was defeated by fellow player Kuldeep Bhardawaj. Seven Time Rajasthan State Champion S S Dave had to draw with his city fellow Purushottam Joshi.

Second round witnessed some interesting games of Chess. 12 yr Chandigarh Boy Shaswat Shivam forced Bangla Deshi Player Firoz Ahmed to Surrender in 29th move. Local Vijay Rewad defeated Bikaner Rated Player Narendra Singh. Local unrated Gokul Chand drew 11th seed P Satyanarayana of Andhra. IM Dinesh Sharma had to struggle hard till 68 move to defeat upcoming Jaipur player Tarun Sharma. Local Girl Star Nishtha held Seven time undefeated Rajasthan State Champion S S Dave to a draw.

Third Round witnessed some upsets & tough fights between chess maestro. Local Veteran player P L Sharma upset 5th seed Gopal Ashok Rathod of MP . & Saurav Roop of Bihar halted Ex National B Champion Kanti lal Dave.

Fourth Round : it was almost easy round for top boards. A few Local Players sparkle in otherwise insipid round. Local unrated Gokul chand drew against 6th seed Bangla deshi Player Firoz ahmed. Local unrated Charan singh Saharan defeated 13th seed Gandhi Vinay Balkrishana.

Fith Round saw an early clash of Titans. IM Himanshu Sharnma & IM Dinesh Sharma Challenged each other for championship. In a beautifully played very close chess game IM Dinesh defeated Himanshu in End game. Local Gokul Chand continued his draw spree against Rated players. Tarun Sharma of Jaipur again defeated seeded player, this time his victum was State Champion Mukesh mandloi.. Kuldeep Bhardawaj of Jaipur shocked 8th seed k k kulhari of Bikaner.

6th Round. Players celebrated Birth Day of Jaipur Kid Atishaya Ajmera. Who also enjoyed his birthday when he defeated quickly Local vateran J S Sara. Top Boards witnessed variations of Sicilian Defence. Two undefeated Players of Tournament IM Dinesh Sharma & Rahul Sangma were on First Board. A beautiful Chess was played. Hard fight of Four hours could not yield any result. Bangla Deshi player Firoz ahmed once again failed to muster full point.

7th round. It was strange but true that result of top board decided the leader of tournament, who was playing on 2nd board. IM Himanshu Sharma defeated Rahul Sangma . with the defeat of Rahul sangma, IM Dinesh Sharma become the Sole leader.
Local vatern P L Sharma defeated Ex National B Champion Kanti Lal dave & emerged Sole Leader for Best Rajasthan. Bangla Desi Feroz Ahmed once again drew against low rated player. Local unrated Gokul Chand defeated 8th seed K K Kulhari of Bikaner.

8th round. P Satya narayana of Andhra shocked 3rd seed Rahul Sangma . Local unrated Charan Singh Saharan defeated 11th seed Shridhankar Subhash Bhargav of Maharashtra.
Rajasthan Champion Mukesh Mandloi once again defeated by a low rated player. This time this upset was created by 11 yr Chandigarh Boy Shaswat Shivam.

9th round. IM Dinesh Sharma took no Risk & agreed for quick draw against P Satyanarayan of Andhra to take home Championship, Glittering Trophy & Rs 25000/ cash.. IM Himanshu Sharma defeated local P L Sharma & secured 2nd position & booty of Rs. 15000/ . 12th seed P STYANARAYANA of Andhra surprisingly made it to 3rd & brought home Rs 11000/-

Local Ganganagar Players took full advantage of 1st rating tournament at home. Local
P L Sharma settled overall 5th & Best Rajasthan & Best Ganganagar. 11 local players would get full or partial rating from this tmt. 6 local players figured in Main Prize list. & took 4 special Prizes.
Best Female, 2nd Best Female, Best Rajasthan Female, Best U/16 & Best U/12 Girls Prizes were Taken by Local Sisters Astha & Nishtha. 14 yr Astha finished overall 22nd & also figured in Main Prize list.

Deaf & Dumb Rajat Gupta performed exceedingly well & secured 21st Position with 5.5 poits & got partial rating in this tournament. He was also adjudged Best Sports Person.



19 yr Tarun Sharma & 14 yr Atishaya Ajmera shown that they are the future player.
Shaswat shivam of Chandigarh defeated/drew with many higher rated players. Local girls Astha & Nishtha Sparkled in this predominately male sport & hinted that they would lead Female Chess in the State.

Trophies for Best Rajasthan, best rajasthan Female & Best Rajasthan Junior were declared by All Rajputana Chess Association.

P D ceremony was a Glittering & well attended ceremony despite the fact that town was reeling under communal tension & sec 144.

Chairman of the Ceremony was Mr Gurjant Singh Ex Minister & seating MLA.

Chief Guest of Ceremony was Dr O P Mahendra. MLA & Government Deputy Chief Whip .

Special Guests of Honour. Chairman of Municipal Council- Mr Yashpal Kaler

Ex- Chairman of Municipal Council- Mr Jagdish Jandu
Sh N M Aasopa- AGM SBBJ

SETH SUGANCHAND CHITTLANGIA MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL RATING OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT
(AICFEvent Code 008/2007/Rajasthan)

Prize List


S.No. Name of Player Poin-ts Category Prize Money(Rs.)
1 SHARMA DINESH K 8.0 General 25000
2 HIMANSHU SHARMA 8.0 General 15000
3 P SATYANARAYANA 7.0 General 11000
4 SANGMA RAHUL 6.5 General 6000
5 PURSHOTTAMLAL SHARMA 6.5 General 3000
6 HIMAL GUSAIN 6.5 General 1500
7 SAURAV ROOP 6.5 General 1500
8 FEROZ AHMED -Bangladesh 6.5 General 1500
9 KANTILAL DAVE 6.0 General 1500
10 DAVE SHIV SHANKER 6.0 General 1500
11 ABHISAR SAKALLE 6.0 General 1000
12 BAHADUR SINGH 6.0 General 1000
13 YOGESH SWAMI 6.0 General 1000
14 SHASHWAT SHIWAM 6.0 General 1000
15 PRASAD KUMAR 6.0 General 1000
16 RATHOD GOPAL ASHOK 5.5 General 1000
17 TARUN SHARMA 5.5 General 1000
18 SAXENA ARPIT 5.5 General 1000
19 GOKUL CHAND RAMOLA 5.5 General 1000
20 KULDEEP BHARADWAJ 5.5 General 1000
21 RAJAT GUPTA 5.5 General 1000
22 ASTHA GUPTA 5.5 General 1000
23 YOGESH GAUTAM 5.5 General 1000
24 PURUSHOTHAM JOSHI 5.5 General 1000
25 SINGHAI NIKLESH N JAIN 5.0 General 1000
26 ASTHA GUPTA 5.5 Best Lady 2000
27 NISHTHA GUPTA 4.5 II Best Lady 1000
28 ABHISAR SAKALLE 6.0 Best unrated 2000
29 YOGESH SWAMI 6.0 II Best Unrated 1000
30 PURSHOTTAMLAL SHARMA 6.5 Best Sriganganagar 2000
31 BAHADUR SINGH 6.0 II Best Sriganganagar 1000
32 HIMAL GUSAIN 6.5 Best U-16 (M) 1000
33 ASTHA GUPTA 5.5 Best U-16 (F) 1000
34 RISHI GOLYAN 3.0 Best U-16 (M) Sriganganagar 1000
35 ASTHA GUPTA 5.5 Best U-16 (F) Sriganganagar 1000
36 SHASHWAT SHIWAM 6.0 Best U-12 (M) 1000
37 NISHTHA GUPTA 4.5 Best U-12 (F) 1000
38 ADITYA KANDA 1.0 Best U-12 (M) Sriganganagar 1000
39 NISHTHA GUPTA 4.5 Best U-12 (F) Sriganganagar 1000
40 GOVIND SARASWAT 4.0 Senior Most (M) 250
41 ASTHA GUPTA 5.5 Senior Most (F) 250
42 J V SAI KIRAN 5.0 Youngest (M) 250
43 SIMRANJEET KAUR 3.0 Youngest (F) 250
44 RAJAT GUPTA 5.5 Best Sports Person 500

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Published : 07  June, 2007