Karnataka Chess

Stany is the state champion !

2009-01-26T07:47:00.000-08:00

Stany GA State Chess Champion

The Karnataka State FIDE Rated Chess Championship was concluded today at 3:00 pm in PES Institute of Technology and Management, N.H 206, Sagar Road, Shivamogga 577204. The program started with the Invocation by Smt Ashwini EM. Sri K N Ural, Asst Prof, PESITM welcomed and introduced the Chief Guest to the players. Sri S Murugan, Superintendent of Police, Shimoga. Sri Krishna Udupa, was facilitated by the Chief guest. The guest distributed the prizes to the winners.

Stany GA of Shimoga played white side with Vijay Keerthi of Mysore. Vijaykeerthi opted irregular variation in Paulson opening. Stany being a sole leader for last two days needed only half point to become the Champion. They played a short game and agreed for a draw.

In the second board Panindra TS played white with Arvind Shastri. Shastri played Dutch defense and till the middle game was equal. Shastri made a inaqurate move h5, after that white got slight advantage. Panindra offered a draw and Shastri accepted it.

Aniket Pawashe of Belgaum played from white side with Gahan MG of Mangalore. Gahan played Grunfeld defense. Aniket was played better but due to time pressure overlooked Rook c7 move after which he lost by force 42 moves

Shruthi K of Shimoga played London system with Vijendra YG of Mysore. Equal long game turned in favor of Shruthi and won the game in 40 moves.

On sixth board Gautham JK of Shimoga played white side with Yashas D of Shimoga.

Yashas opted Scandinavian defense and got strong position on board. Gautam blundered exchange of piece and lost on 35 moves.

Important results of final round

Bo.	Name	IRtg	Pts	Result	Pts	Name	IRtg
1	Stany G A	2250	9	drew with	8½	Vijay Keerthi K	2199
2	Panindra T S	1996	7½	drew with	7½	Arvind Shastry	2275
3	Antonio Viani D'cunha	2095	7½	drew with	7½	Sriram Sarja	2256
4	Pawashe Aniket R	2039	7	lost	8	Gahan M G	2161
5	Shruthi K	1979	8	Bt	7	Vijendra Y G	2098
6	Gautam J K	2016	6½	lost	8	Yashas D	2068
7	Sushrutha Reddy	1920	7	drew with	7	Sridhar R	1874
8	P.V.Srinivas,	1911	7½	Bt	6½	Sachin P S	1854
9	Kedar Umesh Vaze	1901	7½	Bt	6½	Rakshith R Umesh	1546
10	Pavan P	1901	7	drew with	7	Shivashankar B C	0
11	Raviprakash S M	2028	6	lost	7½	Abhijit Devaraj	0
12	Shripad K V	1972	7	Bt	6	Anand Swarup S N	1805
13	Chandrashekar T R	0	7	Bt	6	Upendra K	1969
14	Nagaraj B V	0	7	Bt	6	Arjun U Prabhu	1929
15	Hariharan Subramony	1927	6½	drew with	6½	Augustin A	1797
16	Bharadwaj Akshay	1903	7	Bt	6	Nisha N Patkar	1789
17	Sangharsh Gone	0	6	lost	7	Sameer Ghotane	1894
18	Benadikar Shashank D	1878	7	Bt	6	Vivekananda L	1787
19	Walvekar Praveen	0	6	lost	7	Karthik H S	1878
20	Kishan Gangolli	1839	7	Bt	6	Deshik K J	1767

MAIN PRIZES Winners
Rank	Name	District	Pts
1	Stany G A	Shimoga	9
2	Vijay Keerthi K	Mysore	8½
3	Gahan M G	Mangalore	8
4	Yashas D	Shimoga	8
5	Shruthi K	Shimoga	8
6	Arvind Shastry	Bangalore	7½
7	Antonio Viani D'cunha	Mangalore	7½
8	Sriram Sarja	Shimoga	7½
9	Kedar Umesh Vaze	Shimoga	7½
10	Panindra T S	Tumkur	7½
11	P.V.Srinivas,	Hassan	7½
12	Abhijit Devaraj	Hassan	7½
13	Pawashe Aniket R	Belgaum	7
14	Vijendra Y G	Mysore	7
15	Bharadwaj Akshay	Bangalore	7
16	Sameer Ghotane	Belgaum	7
17	Sushrutha Reddy	Bangalore	7
18	Benadikar Shashank D	Belgaum	7
19	Karthik H S	Bangalore	7
20	Shripad K V	Bangalore	7
21	Pavan P	Bangalore	7
22	Shivashankar B C	Dharwad	7
23	Kishan Gangolli	Shimoga	7
24	Shreeshan S	Shimoga	7
25	Sridhar R	Shimoga	7
26	Nagaraj B V	Dharwad	7

Category Prizes

Category U-8 Boys
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	85	Ashwin J	Mysore	5½

Category U-8 Girls
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	207	Smirithi Suresh	Bangalore	1


Category U-10 Boys
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	63	Vishnu Ram	Bangalore	6


Category U-10 Girls
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	80	Tulsi M	Mysore	5½


Category U-12 Boys
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	33	Augustin A	Bangalore	6½


Category U-12 Girls
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	49	Gangamma B N	Mysore	6


Category U-14 Boys
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	32	Rakshith R Umesh	Shimoga	6½


Category U-14 Girls
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	38	Nisha N Patkar	Shimoga	6



Women Player (Above 14 yrs)
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	79	Supriya H B	Bangalore	5½


Veteran Player (Above 50 yrs)
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	35	Bhagwat S M	Dharwad	6½

Round 9

2009-01-25T23:37:00.000-08:00

Once again Stany proved his strength over the board. Playing white side Former state Champion opted Tromposky variation. Aravind Shastri had slight edge on the middle game but Stany had double Bishop advantage over Bishop and Knight of Shastri. Finally long played game ended in favor of Stany. Shastri resigned on 56 moves and made Stany the sole leader. Tomorrow in the final round of Karnatak State FIDE Rated Chess Championship Stany will play white side with Vijay Keerthi of Mysore to decide the Championship.

Vijay Keerthi of Mysore playing white side with Sachin PS of Shimoga. Sachin opted Sicilian defense and played equally till 22^nd move and got his piece traped in the 23^rd move. Vijay Keerthi dominated this used his extra piece to win the game in 33 moves

Aniket Pawashe of Belgaum and Antonio Viani of Mangalore played in third board and draw the game in 42 move.

In fifth board Gahan MG of Mangalore played with Sameer Gotane. Sameer opted Owens defense. In the earlier game he played with Vijaykeerthi of Mysore and lost the game. He had all the chance of getting draw with him. This result made him upset and could not concentrate with Gahan and lost in early stage.

Forth board played between Sriram Sarja of Thirthalli and Akshay Bharadwaj of Bangalore. Sriram played Kings Indian opening and both played theoretical line. On 17^th move Sriram gave a pawn for better command over the board. Sriram continued his superiority and made Bhishop d4 move. Akshay over looked this good move and lost in 30 moves.

Tomorrow is the last and final round of Karnataka State FIDE Rated Chess Championship. Mr S Murugan, Superitendent of Police, Shimoga will be the Chief guest for Valedictory function to be held at Seminar Hall, PES Institute of Technology and Management, Sagar Road, Shimoga.

Important results after round 9

Bo.	Name	IRtg	Pts	Result	Pts	Name	IRtg
1	Arvind Shastry	2275	7	lost to	8½	Stany G A	2250
2	Vijay Keerthi K	2199	8	bt	6½	Sachin P S	1854
3	Pawashe Aniket R	2039	7	drew with	7	Antonio Viani D'cunha	2095
4	Sriram Sarja	2256	7	bt	6	Bharadwaj Akshay	1903
5	Gahan M G	2161	7	bt	6	Sameer Ghotane	1894
6	Vijendra Y G	2098	7	bt	6	Benadikar Shashank D	1878
7	Karthik H S	1878	6	lost to	7	Yashas D	2068
8	Kedar Umesh Vaze	1901	6½	drew with	6½	Gautam J K	2016
9	Nisha N Patkar	1789	6	lost to	7	Panindra T S	1996
10	Deshik K J	1767	6	lost to	7	Shruthi K	1979
11	Rakshith R Umesh	1546	6½	drew with	6½	Sushrutha Reddy	1920
12	Abhijit Devaraj	0	6½	drew with	6½	P.V.Srinivas,	1911
13	Shivashankar B C	0	6½	drew with	6	Shripad K V	1972
14	Upendra K	1969	6	drew with	6	Shreeshan S	1826
15	Ganesh Kumar	1836	5½	lost to	6½	Pavan P	1901
16	Sridhar R	1874	6½	bt	5½	Muralidhara G K	1800
17	Augustin A	1797	6	drew with	6	Kishan Gangolli	1839
18	Arjun U Prabhu	1929	6	bt	5½	Bhagwat S M	1743
19	Raviprakash S M	2028	6	bt	5	Brahmaiah V.J	0
20	Hariharan Subramony	1927	6	bt	5	Baligar Dr Vishwanath	0

Karnataka State Open Championship 2009, Round 7

2009-01-24T20:03:00.000-08:00

Stany and Aniket are in Joint Lead

After seven round of Karnataka State FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2009, Stany G A of Shimoga and Aniket Pawashe of Belgaum are in joint lead. Followed by Arvind Shastri, Vijaykeerthi, Sameer Gotane, P V Srinivas respectively with six points.

Former National A Player and Former State Champion Aravind Shastri playing white side opted Queens Indian Variation. In the opening aniket had better position. He maintained the better position till the end game, but the experienced top seed player, arvind shastri stopped the winning race. The game ended with draw at 44 move.

In second board Gahan MG of Mangalore played with Stany GA of Shimoga. Stany Played the irregular opening and in the middle game Gahan blundered move. Stany took the advantage and won the game ended in 24 move.

K Vijaya Keerthi of mysore played white with Akshay Bharadwaj in third board. Vijay Keerthi Played regular line of Sicilian for Askhay’s reply. Higher seeded Vijay Keerthi won the game in 30 moves

Sameer Ghotane of Belgaum playing from white side defeated the former state champion Vijayendra Y G of Mysore in the fourth board.Vijayendra played the Pirc defence and in the 17^th move sameer sacrificed a piece to show his superiority and forced Vijayendra to resign the game. The game completed in 28 moves.

Panindra T S of Tumkur played English opening with Sachin P S of Shimoga. Sachine played for a draw. Panindra had better position but could not convert to win. The Game ended in draw at 32 moves

Important results after round 7

Bo.	Name	IRtg	Pts	Result	Pts	Name	IRtg
1	Arvind Shastry	2275	6	Drew with	6½	Pawashe Aniket R	2039
2	Gahan M G	2161	5½	lost to	6½	Stany G A	2250
3	Vijay Keerthi K	2199	6	bt	5	Bharadwaj Akshay	1903
4	Sameer Ghotane	1894	6	bt	5	Vijendra Y G	2098
5	Panindra T S	1996	5½	Drew with	5½	Sachin P S	1854
6	Ganesh Kumar	1836	5½	Drew with	5½	Shruthi K	1979
7	Sydney Lewis	0	5	lost to	6	P.V.Srinivas,	1911
8	Antonio Viani D'cunha	2095	5½	bt	5	Nisha N Patkar	1789
9	Sriram Sarja	2256	5½	bt	4½	Pavan P	1901
10	Yashas D	2068	5½	bt	4½	Kishan Gangolli	1839
11	Santoshkashyap H G	2014	5½	bt	4½	Augustin A	1797
12	Shripad K V	1972	5½	bt	4½	Keerthan Prabhu	1667
13	Vivekananda L	1787	5	Drew with	5	Sushrutha Reddy	1920
14	Kedar Umesh Vaze	1901	5½	bt	4½	Shreyas Ram D N	1622
15	Raviprakash S M	2028	5	bt	4½	Muralidhara G K	1800
16	Aravind Acharya N	0	4	lost to	5	Gautam J K	2016
17	Arjun U Prabhu	1929	5	bt	4	Aravinda B R	0
18	Balappa	0	4	lost to	5	Hariharan Subramony	1927
19	Hanumantha R	1898	4	lost to	5	Mohan K S	0
20	Nagakiran S	0	4	lost to	5	Benadikar Shashank D	1878

Karnataka State Open 2009 Round 5

2009-01-24T03:29:00.000-08:00

Aniket Pawshe in sole lead

Viani held Aravind Shastri

Aniket Pawashe of Belgaum is in sole lead by half point followed by seven other including, Former National A Player and Former State Champion Arvind Shastri, Sriram sarja, stany GA, Gahan MG, Vijay Keethi, Viani D’Cunha and Kedar Umesh Vaze.

Aniket Pawashe of Belagaum played the white side with Vijay Keerthi of Mysore. Higher seed Vijay Keerthi opted Scandinavian defense. Aniket gave a pawn to get better position. In 17^th move Vijay Keerthi moved Bhishop to g5 position which made him to resign the game.

Top seed Former National A Player and Former State Champion Arvind Shastri of Bangalore played irregular opening with Asian School Silver Medalist Antonio Viani D’Cunha of Mangalore. On 11^th move Viani sacrificed the pawn for positional advantage.

Viani hold this advantage till the middle game and the game ended with draw after 16 moves.

Stany G A of Shimoga playing black side with Yashas D of Shimoga opted a Sicilian Paulson variation. Yashas converted this line to irregular by moving pawn to C3 at third move. Both tried hard to take oven one another and ended in draw.

On fouth board Kedar Umesh Vaze of Shimoga playing white side opted Reti Opening with Gahan M G of Mangalore. Even though Gahan had better position in the game, on the 44^th move Gahan errored a Bishop which transposed to a draw at 48^th move.

Sriram Sarja of Shimoga defeated Sushrutha Reddy of Bangalore. Sriram palyed Queens gambit but sushrutha declined it and lost the game at 38 moves.

On sixth board Ravipakash of LIC played white side with akshay Bharadwaj of Bangalore. Playing the Sicilian Pelican game they agreed to draw in short time.

Important Results after Round 5

Bo.	Name	IRtg	Pts	Result	Pts	Name	IRtg
1	Antonio Viani D'cunha	2095	4½	drew with	4½	Arvind Shastry	2275
2	Yashas D	2068	4½	drew with	4½	Stany G A	2250
3	Vijay Keerthi K	2199	4	lost to	5	Pawashe Aniket R	2039
4	Kedar Umesh Vaze	1901	4½	drew with	4½	Gahan M G	2161
5	Sriram Sarja	2256	4½	bt	3½	Sushrutha Reddy	1920
6	Raviprakash S M	2028	4	drew with	4	Bharadwaj Akshay	1903
7	K., S. Pranav	1615	4	drew with	4	Shruthi K	1979
8	Shripad K V	1972	4	drew with	4	Nisha N Patkar	1789
9	Vivekananda L	1787	3½	lost to	4	Vijendra Y G	2098
10	Ninad V Prabhu Khanolkar	1669	3	lost to	4	Gautam J K	2016
11	Santoshkashyap H G	2014	3½	drew with	3½	Keerthan Prabhu	1667
12	Panindra T S	1996	4	bt	3	Pangal Gopalkrishna Nayak	1643
13	Arjun U Prabhu	1929	4	bt	3	Rakshith R Umesh	1546
14	Anurag M N	0	3	lost to	4	Hariharan Subramony	1927
15	Aravind Acharya N	0	3	lost to	4	P.V.Srinivas,	1911

The major upset in round four was Kedar umesh Vaze of Shimoga defeated former state Champion Vijendra Y G of mysore in 52 moves.

Shruthi K of Thirthahalli drew with Sriram Sarja of Konandoor near shimoga.

Important Results after Round 4

Bo. No.	Name	IRtg	Pts	Result	Pts	Name	IRtg
1	Arvind Shastry	2275	4	bt	3	Santoshkashyap H G	2014
2	Shruthi K	1979	3½	drew with	3½	Sriram Sarja	2256
3	Stany G A	2250	4	bt	3	Panindra T S	1996
4	P.V.Srinivas,	1911	3	lost to	4	Vijay Keerthi K	2199
5	Gahan M G	2161	4	bt	3	Arjun U Prabhu	1929
6	Kedar Umesh Vaze	1901	4	bt	3	Vijendra Y G	2098
7	Antonio Viani D'cunha	2095	4	bt	3	Pavan P	1901
8	Benadikar Shashank D	1878	3	lost to	4	Yashas D	2068
9	Pawashe Aniket R	2039	4	bt	3	Karthik H S	1878
10	Hariharan Subramony	1927	3	drew with	3½	K., S. Pranav	1615
11	Gangamma B N	1617	2½	lost to	3½	Raviprakash S M	2028
12	Mayank G Jain	1582	2½	lost to	3½	Shripad K V	1972
13	Abhijith J Kamath	0	2½	lost to	3½	Sushrutha Reddy	1920
14	Abhijit Devaraj	0	2½	lost to	3½	Bharadwaj Akshay	1903
15	Muralidhara G K	1800	2½	lost to	3½	Vivekananda L	1787
16	Nisha N Patkar	1789	3½	bt	2½	Shreyas Ram D N	1622
17	Gautam J K	2016	3	bt	2½	Sachin N Bhargav	0