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Somak Palit wins at Calicut
By I.A.
DHARMENDRA KUMAR
The 18th edition of National youth chess championship for
Mayor's cup concluded here in S.K.Pottekkat Cultural Centre,
Puthiyara, Calicut. The event was organized by Chess
Association: Kozhikkod under the auspices of Kerala Chess
Association and on behalf of All India Chess Federation from
Dec. 20 to 26,2009 . In all 60 players from all over India
,including 2 IMs., 2 FMs and a total of 44 FIDE rated players
participated in this nine round Swiss Championship.
The Championship was inaugurated by the Mayor of Kozhikode
Corporation, Shri M.Bhaskaran The meeting was presided over by
Shri P.Abdul Rahiman, President, Chess Association-Kerala. Shri
P.M.V.Panicker, President, Chess Association, Kozhikode
delivered the welcome address.
Somak Palit of Railway's, the fifth seed rated 2385, played very
well to clinch the title with clear 0.5 point margin. On his way
to the title ,he won six games and drew three to score 7.5/9 and
performed at 2506 on rating scale. In the penultimate round , he
made a resounding win against I.M. P.Karthikeyan of Tamilnadu.
Karthikeyan who had 6 point up to 7th round , could score only
0.5 point in last two rounds and finished third.He was runner-up
of last year. I.M. R. Lalith babu, who lost his 6th round match
against Karthikeyan did stage a come back scoring 2.5 in last 3
rounds and tried his best to win the last round game but ended
in a king-pawn drawn ending. His effort earned him the runner-
up trophy. The average rating of first 5 boards in the last
round was 2346!!
The championship was organized successfully by Mr. M.Premachand
and Devesh Kurup. Very good playing conditions, refreshments
during the rounds, free hotel accommodation for every body mad
ethe participants feel at home. On 25th December, a feast and
music program was organized for all the participants officials
and local guests. The Chief Arbiter and his team of arbiters
helped conduct the event team in a smooth manner devoid of
disputes.
In the prize distribution function , Mr. Pradeep Kumar, M.L.A.
was the Chief guest and distributed the prizes tot the winners
in presence of Mr.T.P.Dasan, President, Kerla Sports Council,
Mr. P.Venugopal, Hon. Secretary, Chess Association-Kerala . Shri
P.M.V.Panicker, President, Chess Association,Kozhikode presided
over the function while Mr. Dharmendra Kumar, Chief Arbiter of
the championship delivered the championship report.
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Published on December 29th , 2009
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