9th MODERN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CHESS TOURNAMENT 2016

Modern Senior Secondary School is a new generation CBSE SCHOOL situated at Nanganallur in Chennai.

They hosted the 9th MODERN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CHESS TOURNAMENT 2016 in a grand manner, under the Aegis of AICF, TNSCA, KDCA (AICF Event code: 137130/TN/2016 TNSCA Approval No. RO-04/KAN/16-17). The total prize pool for the tourney is Rs 1.20 lakh,

Nanganallur is known for its plethora of temples dedicated to the Hindu divinity and the place buzzes with a religious aura during festive occasions.

It is where Modern Senior Secondary School is situated that has always given phenomenal support to chess-playing students and Chess tournaments.

Apart from a robust scholastic endeavor, Modern School gives great impetus to Co-curricular and extracurricular activities.

The efforts are seen in its successful hosting of the 9th SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CHESS TOURNAMENT 2016 which speaks volumes about the seriousness and dedication to chess among its students.

This year, from 29th July to 3rd August 2016 they ~~are conducting~~ conducted the annual 9th MODERN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CHESS Tournament 2016 for school children and there was a huge response to the tournament as it is one of its kind as far as School tournaments go.

Read about the 8th Modern School Nanganallur Chess Tournament 2015 here.

This year the tournament was a huge success as there were many rated players who took the opportunity to try their hand in claiming the first prize fund.

The winner received the cash prize of Rs 25,000 along with a trophy. The top 25 players got the respective prizes in the main list.

Totally around 341 players took part in the competition, which is a record itself!

There were also many category prizes such as

Under 14 Boys and Girls
Under 12 Boys and Girls
Under 10 Boys and Girls
Under 8 Boys and Girls

Modern Senior Secondary School is providing free lodging to all players, officials, arbiters and also sponsoring the entire prize money.

This event has attracted more than 300 participants from various States including Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka and also all districts of Tamilnadu.

Well-known local players took part – such as Hemanth Ram of Velammal School, Rajarshi Karthi of National School, Karmukilan of Modern School, Arputha Jasmine of Kanchi District are taking part in the 10-round Chess tournament.

International arbiter M Vijayakumar was the chief arbiter for the event.

The School is very proud of its alumni, K.Sasikiran, Grand Master and Arjuna Awardee in Chess who is ranked among the top 20 in the Indian Chess list of Grandmasters.

Following in his footsteps, the School has a host of eminent chess players like RK Ranjith, Anjana Sowjanya, Arun Hariharan, Saravana Krishnan, Santhosh Bala, Pon Krithikka, Mohanapriya, Radha Krishnan, Narasimhapriyan, V.Shvetha, T. Vishwanath, Akash PC Iyer, K. Anshuman, and many others have been inspired by the school’s motivation and its teachers’ interest in Chess.

This year’s event was honored by the presence of Chief Guest GM Adhiban who is an upcoming Chess Grandmaster bringing laurels to India at International events.

Seen below in the pic is the group photo of the MODERN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CHESS tournament’ participants on the dais with the VIPs on stage.

We only hope that they continue the good work and rise in stature in their field of Chess.

They will also serve as an inspiration for other schools to take up the sport of chess in right earnest.

Congratulations to the winner Rajarishi Karthi who scored 9 points out of 10 rounds!

Click here for the complete list of winners after the final round.

Congrats to the MODERN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL principal K Mohana, physical education director B Ramadoss and the entire team of the school who worked hard to make the event a huge success.

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9th Modern Senior Secondary School Chess Tournament – Sweet Memories!