11th Modern School International Chess Tournament. A memorable one…
11th Modern School International Chess Tournament
The nostalgic 11th Nanganallur Modern School Chess Tournament (for School students) was held at Modern Senior Secondary School, Nanganallur who were also the sponsors of the same, from 3rd to 6th August 2018.
A memorable one that will stay in the hearts of the students for a long time to come thanks to the hospitality and the prize money.
Golden Chess Centre would like to thank the School for conducting the tournament in a smooth manner going all out in achieving a flawless tournament thanks to the teachers and staff. Another kind gesture was the low Entry fees compared to many other similar tournaments.
About Chess Nanganallur:
Nanganallur is a temple town with myriads of temples dedicated to the Hindu divinity and the devout citizens are always eager for cultural activities in any manner. It is located in Chennai very near to Chennai Airport.
About Modern Senior Secondary School:
The School is showing great importance to Co-curricular and extracurricular activities. In particular, the School is giving special coaching in chess to the students, which has paid rich dividends.
The School is very proud of one of its alumni, K.Sasikiran, Grand Master and Arjuna Awardee in Chess.
Following his footsteps, the School has a host of eminent chess players like IM Saravanakrishnan, IWM Pon Krithika, Priya Sandhya, Radhakrishnan, Santhosh Bala, Narasimhapriyan, Mohanaprya, Anshuman K, Akash P. C Iyer, and many more. These players have made the school proud in many state level and national level CBSE tournaments.
It is in Modern Senior Secondary School that we see phenomenal support to students who are chess players and they also conduct many Chess tournaments annually.
The School’s connection with Chess:
The Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi has allotted to the School, the Southern Zonal Chess Tournaments in 2004 and 2006 under its Competitive Sports Programme. All India CBSE Chess Championship finals were conducted in the School in 2007.
With this background, the School has been conducting Modern Senior Secondary School International Rating Chess Tournament every year, starting from the year 2008. This is the first-ever International Rating Chess Championship at the School level.
Chess Tournament details:
The Total Prize Money in this tournament was Rs.1,50, 000/- This Chess Tournament was organized by Modern Senior Secondary School at Sankara Hall, Modern Senior Secondary School, AG’S colony, Nanganallur, Chennai-61.
This event was attended by 320 participants from various States out of which 130 players were FIDE rated players. Therefore many players gained massive ELO points and many unrated players had a chance to pit their skills against rated players.
As like every year this time too there were category prizes such as
- Under 14 Boys and Girls
- Under 12 Boys and Girls
- Under 10 Boys and Girls
- Under 8 Boys and Girls
Notable achievements of our Golden Chess Centre students
Srinivasan Vijayaraghavan from our Golden Chess centre Nanganallur academy achieved first place in Under 14 category.
Many students from Golden Chess Centre, have gained positive rating jumps to name a few – Laksanth, Harsanth, Ganesh. N, Srinivasan V, Venkatrama, and Nithish. They have joined our online chess classes for kids and are very energetic chess aficionados.
The Chess tournament’s Climax
After six rounds Gokulraj, Kishorekumar Jaganathan, Dhanush Ragav, Vignesh B, and Rathina Sabapathy were the top spot candidates.
In the seventh – penultimate round – Gokul Raj defeated Kishore Kumar in swashbuckling style to jump into sole lead with 7 points at the end of the seventh round.
In the final round battle, Gokulraj K of Velammal School drew Dhanush Raghav from Dindigul. Kishore Kumar to claim the first prize and Ratna Sabapathy who drew the game on the second board finished second place with a better Tie break score.
Winner Gokul Raj K gets a cash prize of Rs25000 and a Trophy. Rathina Sabapathy got second place and received an Rs18000 cash prize. Dhanush Ragav bagged third place and a cash prize of Rs12000.
Click here for complete final standings.
At the Prize giving ceremony Dr Mrs Mohana, Principal of Modern Senior Secondary School, Nanganallur, welcomed the gathering.
Grandmaster Narayanan Srinath was the Chief Guest.
All in all, a nostalgic event that will remain in the hearts of all the players and students of Golden Chess Centre (GCC).
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