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Inauguration

Smt Maya Maheshwari, Additional commissioner, Income Tax department (centre) making inaugural move. From Left : GM M Shyam Sundar, , Dr N K Tiwari, Director Bansal Group of Institutes,Kapil Saxena , Hony Secretary, MPCA & Jt. Secretary , AICF, Mr Amrit Minj, GM Airport Authority of India, Dr Sanjay Jain Joint Secretary, Bansal Group of Institutes, IA Prof. Rathinam Anantharam,Tournament Chief Arbiter & GM Vijyalaxmi

Smt Maya Maheshwari, Additional commissioner, Income Tax department, MP addressed to players.

37th National Team Chess Championship &

15th National Women Team Chess Championship

02 – 08 February 2017, Bhopal

Arbiter Report – IA Prof. Rathinam Anantharam

The 37th National team Chess Championship and 15th National Women team Chess Championship were organised

by Madhya Pradesh State Chess Association, at Bansal Institute of Science and Technology, Bhopal, from 2nd to 8th

February 2017. Forty four teams in the Open section and fourteen teams in the women category participated in

the event. Nine rounds were held for the open and seven for the women teams, with a time control of 90

minutes plus 30 seconds increment from move 1. It was a very strong tournament, as all players of the top four

seeded teams in the Open category were either grandmasters or international masters. In total, there were 7

GMs, 18 IMs and 2 FMs and 5 WGMs, 3 WIMs and 6 WFMs in the women championship, indicating the growing

popularity of the championship and the standard of the event.

For the first time in the history of the championship, two teams Airports Authority of India and Indian Railway A

had average ratings above 2500 and two more teams Air India and Indian Railway B had an average rating of

2458 and 2415 respectively.

The Championship was inaugurated By Smt Maya Maheshwari, Additional commissioner, Income Tax department

by making chess move over the board. Other dignitaries present were Mr Amrit Minj, GM Airport Authority of

India, Dr N K Tiwari, Director Bansal Group of Institutes, and Dr Sanjay Jain Joint Secretary, Bansal Group of

Institutes & IA Kapil Saxena, Org. Secretory.

The top four teams had overwhelming victories in the first two rounds and in the third round, Indian Railway B

was held to a draw by BSNL team, as Hemal Thanki and Ram S Krishnan defeated the IMs K Rathnakaran and CRG

Krishna respectively. Air India grounded the top seed Airport authority of India, with the triple GM norm holder N

Srinath stunning the grandmaster M Shyam Sundar in the fourth round. The fine journey by Air India was brought

to a halt by the A team of Indian Railway in the fifth round by a margin of 0.5 – 3.5. India Railway was the only

team to have scored 10 match points from five rounds.

The Railway team again stamped its superiority with a victory over Airport authority of India by a stunning 3.5 –

0.5 score. IM Karthikeyan defeated IM Puranik Abhimanyu, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy accounted for IM GA

Stany and several GM norms holder IM Thejkumar outplayed GM Shyam Sundar. The encounter between the two

GMs Swapnil Dhopade and SL Narayanan ended in a draw. A 2 -2 draw between the Viyugam team from Tamil

Nadu and Railway B team was a mild upset, as B Sekar caused a flutter by beating experienced GM RR Laxman.

Karnataka also held higher rated BSNL to a draw in this round.

Indian Railway A was on the right track, when it registered another 3.5 – 0.5 win over LIC in the seventh round.

Air India experienced turbulence, as it was shocked by Viyugam. N Lokesh and P Saravana Krishnan paved the

way for victory to Viyugam by upsetting IM Sathyapragyan and IM Swayams Mishra respectively and the orhter

two players N Surendran and B Sekar split the points with mighty opponents IM N Srinath and GM Tejas Bakre.

After 7 rounds, the Indian Railway team had collected the full 14 match points and Viyugam was on second

position, way behind with 11 points. Indian Railway A blanked Karnataka 4 – 0 to assure the title, with a round to

spare. While Viyugam defeated Kerala, Railway B team held Air India to a draw.

In the final round, The A team of Indian Railway met with stiff resistance from MP B team, wherein Aishwin

Daniel shocked GM Deepan Chakkravarhti, rated 480 points above him. But, the Railway team clinched the title

with a perfect score of 18 match points from 9 rounds. Airport Authority of India secured the runner up spot by

beating Viyugam, who in turn got the third position.

In the Women section, the star studded Air India was cruising well, until its flight was hit by LIC in the third round.

In the premium clash between the two experienced veterans, WGM Swati Ghate of LIC won against IM S

Vijayaalakshmi, a former Asian champion. Kiran Manisha Mohanty of LIC also earned her bonus by beating WIM

Michelle Catherina. However, former world under 18 girls’ champion Aarthie Ramaswamy and WGM Bakti

Kulkarni provided compensation to Air India by winning their respective games, to salvage a draw. The result

helped Airport Authority of India to surge ahead with 6 match points. But, Air India overtook AAI, by beating

them in the fourth round with 3 – 1 margin. Vijayalakshmi and her sister Meenakshi secured full points against

Srija Seshadri WIM Parnali S Dharia respectively and Bakti and Michelle drew with Rucha Pujari and Varshini.

Bengal Chess had the honour of splitting the points equally with LIC.

Air India had a crushing 4 – 0 win over Madhya Pradesh A team to maintain their lead with 9 match points after

five rounds. In the crucial encounter between AAI and LIC, the former got the better of the latter, to trail the

leader by one match point. Young Bengal Chess team held Air India to a creditable draw in the final round and

AAI subdued Tamil Nadu in the sixth and penultimate round. Both Air India and AAI had easy outings in the final

round to finish on par with 10 match points each. As Air India were declared the champions, as they had beaten

AAI in their individual encounter, Bengal Chess finished third ahead of LIC. In toto,

Mr Upendra Jain (IPS), Director of Sport and Youth Department, MP Government was the chief guest for colourful

Prize Distribution function. Mr Akashdeep Mathur Director Airport Authority of India, Bhopal gave away the

prizes to the winners , total Rupees 2 Lac. Cash prize ,attractive trophies, Medals were given. the other dignitaries

presents were Dr N K Tiwari, Director Bansal Group of Institutes, and Dr Sanjay Jain, Joint Secretary Bansal Group

of Institutes.

Madhya Pradesh Chess Association, under the leadership of its secretary Mr. Kapil Saxena did a commendable

job. The team of dedicated arbiters also contributed their mite.

Prize Distribution function

Indian Railway A, Winner of 37th National Team Chess Championship

with Guest!!

Air India, Winner of 15th National Women Team Chess Championship

with Guest!!

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Main Prize List

Rank Team Game MP Pts. Prize

1 Indian Railway A 9 18 32 25000

2 Airport Authority of India 9 14 26½ 20000

3 Viyugam CA 9 13 22½ 15000

4 Indian Railway B 9 13 24½ 10000

5 Air India 9 13 21½ 7000

6 LIC 9 12 23½ 5000

7 Tamil Nadu - A 9 11 22½ 5000

8 SSCB 9 11 21 5000

9 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 9 11 20½ 5000

10 Andhra Bank 9 11 20 5000

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Final ranking

Rank Team Gam. MP Pts. Prize

1 Air India 7 12 21 20000

2 Airport Authority of India 7 12 22½ 14000

3 Bengal Chess 7 10 19½ 10000

4 LIC 7 10 19½ 8000

5 Tamil Nadu 7 8 19½ 6000

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Board Prize Winner

Board Team Prize

1st Shivananda B.S. 8000

2nd Ram S. Krishanan 6000

3rd Thejkumar M. S. 4000

4th Swapnil S. Dhopade 3000

5th Himanshu Sharma 2000

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Board Prize Winner

Board Team Prize

1st Arpita Mukherjee 5000

2nd Meenakshi Subbaraman 4500

3rd Pujari Rucha 3500

4th Kiran Manisha Mohanty 2500

5th Ramaswamy Arthie 1500

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Final Ranking

Rank Team Gam. + = - MP Res. Pts. BH. BH.

1 Indian Railway A 9 9 0 0 18 0 32 175½ 192

2 Airport Authority of India 9 7 0 2 14 0 26½ 182½ 200½

3 Viyugam CA 9 6 1 2 13 3 22½ 183 199½

4 Indian Railway B 9 5 3 1 13 2 24½ 168 185

5 Air India 9 6 1 2 13 1 21½ 189½ 207½

6 LIC 9 6 0 3 12 0 23½ 174½ 191½

7 Tamil Nadu - A 9 5 1 3 11 0 22½ 178 192

8 SSCB 9 5 1 3 11 0 21 156½ 167½

9 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 9 4 3 2 11 0 20½ 175 185½

10 Andhra Bank 9 3 5 1 11 0 20 157½ 173½

11 Rajasthan A 9 5 1 3 11 0 20 154 167

12 Tamil Nadu - B 9 5 1 3 11 0 18 162½ 179

13 MP TEAM - B 9 5 0 4 10 0 22 167½ 181½

14 Resha Chess 8 4 2 2 10 0 21 150 163

15 Punjab State 9 5 0 4 10 0 20 140 151

16 DASCB, Delhi 9 5 0 4 10 0 19 175 191

17 Karnataka 9 4 2 3 10 0 18 174 190½

18 Kerala 9 4 2 3 10 0 17½ 167½ 179½

19 MP TEAM - A 9 4 1 4 9 0 21 141 145½

20 Anand Chess Club 9 4 1 4 9 0 19 143½ 149

21 Bihar State - A 9 3 3 3 9 0 18 156 169

22 Academy of Chess Education 9 4 1 4 9 0 18 147½ 159½

23 Reserve Bank of India 9 4 1 4 9 0 18 139½ 151½

24 Gujarat 9 3 2 4 8 0 20½ 155½ 168½

25 Andhra Pradesh -B 9 3 2 4 8 0 18½ 126½ 132

26 Sivakasi Chess Club 9 3 2 4 8 0 17½ 153 165

27 SKM Chess Academy Indore 9 2 4 3 8 0 17 147½ 160½

28 Unite Indore Chess Club 9 3 2 4 8 0 17 140½ 146

29 Bihar State - B 9 3 2 4 8 0 16½ 165½ 177½

30 Telangana State B 9 2 4 3 8 0 16½ 133 144

31 Telangana State A 9 3 2 4 8 0 16 137 148

32 Academy of Chess Education -B 9 3 2 4 8 0 14 129 139½

33 Urmi School & Hostel A 9 3 1 5 7 0 16½ 134½ 140

34 Virudhunagar DCA 9 2 3 4 7 0 16½ 125½ 136

35 Himachal Pradesh - A 9 2 3 4 7 0 16 123½ 129

36 Himachal Pradesh 9 3 1 5 7 0 14 147 151½

37 Ewing Christian, U.P. 9 3 1 5 7 0 13 141 154

38 Fischer Chess Club 9 3 1 5 7 0 11 135 140½

39 Rajasthan B 9 2 2 5 6 0 13 117½ 123

40 Gwalior District A 9 2 2 5 6 0 12 136 140½

41 Gwalior District B 9 2 2 5 6 0 12 127 131½

42 Gwalior District C 9 1 1 7 3 0 10½ 129 134½

43 Jammu & Kashmir 9 1 0 8 2 0 7½ 121½ 129½

44 Uttar Pradesh 5 0 0 5 0 0 2½ 105 111½

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Final Ranking

Rank Team Gam. + = - MP Res. Pts. BH. BH.

1 Air India 7 5 2 0 12 2 21 108½ 117½

2 Airport Authority of India 7 6 0 1 12 0 22½ 107 116

3 Bengal Chess 7 4 2 1 10 1 19½ 106½ 115½

4 LIC 7 4 2 1 10 1 19½ 101½ 110½

5 Tamil Nadu 7 4 0 3 8 0 19½ 96½ 102½

6 Madhya Pradesh - A 7 4 0 3 8 0 14½ 96½ 102½

7 Madhya Pradesh - B 7 3 1 3 7 0 13 81½ 87½

8 Gujarat Chess 7 3 0 4 6 0 13 99½ 106½

9 Academy of Chess Education 7 2 2 3 6 0 11 81½ 88½

10 Himachal Pradesh 7 3 0 4 6 0 9 94 100

11 Punjab State 7 1 3 3 5 1 11½ 74 80

12 Telangana State 7 2 1 4 5 1 11 84½ 90½

13 Ewing Christian 7 0 2 5 2 0 6 76½ 83½

14 Gwalior District 7 0 1 6 1 0 5 68 74

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