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1st Indian Chess Club tournament in Bahrain

by Himank Ghosh - 22/10/2022

The 1st Indian Club Rapid Chess Tournament 2022 was held at the Indian Club, Manama Kingdom of Bahrain on 14th of October 2022. There were a total of 140 participants from 11 countries. The event had a total prize fund of $1500. Mero Aghiad from Syria won the event scoring 6.5/7. Vismay Sachar was the best-performing Indian player - he scored 5.5/7 and finished in 11th position, also getting the 1st prize in the Under-14 age category. A lot of the Indian players won category prizes, which were distributed by Shaikh Abdulrahman Bin Rashid Al Khalifa. Photo: Arjun Kakkadath.

1st event by Indian Club Bahrain

This was one of the biggest ever Chess Championship in Bahrain, conducted by Indian Club Bahrain in association with Arjun's Chess Academy.  There were a total of 140 participants from 11 countries. The event saw a prize fund of $1500, with a first prize of USD 400. Mero Aghiad from Syria scored 6.5/7 to win the tournament.  Novo Lee Anthony and Elsehenawy Ibrahim both scored 6/7, but Anthony took the 2nd place due to better tiebreaks.

Aghiad was the 12th seed of the event, and went on to beat 2 titled players and win the event!

Winner of the tournament: Mero Aghiad (1595), 6.5/7 | Photo: Arjun Kakkadath
Runner up: Novo Lee Anthony, 6/7 | Photo: Arjun Kakkadath

A total of 88 Indian players took part in the tournament out of 140. While no Indian player was in the top 10, lots of them won category prizes. Following are the prizes which the Indian players won:

Under-8 Category: Aaryan Sudheer Menon (2nd)

Aniruddh Anup (3rd)

Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi from India stood 1st in the U-10 Category, scoring 4.5/7 |Photo: Arjun Kakkadath

Under-10 Category: Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi (1st)

Joel Dilip (3rd)

Rishi Kankhara won the U12 Category. The top 3 players were all Indians! | Photo: Arjun Kakkadath

Under-12 Category: 1st - Rishi Kankhara 

2nd - Rudra Kankhara 

3rd - Dhrupad Lohidas 

Vismay Sachar had the best score among the Indian players - he finished 11th overall, scoring 5.5/7 and winning the U-14 category. |Photo: Arjun Kakkadath

Under - 14 Category: 1st - Vismay Sachar

2nd - Vyom Gupta

3rd - Pranav Bobby Sekhar

Dhansika N won the best women prize. She finished 20th overall, scoring 5/7. | Photo: Arjun Kakkadath

Women's Category: 1st - Dhansika N. 

2nd - Tanya Singh 

3rd - Shayna Nagvekar 

Alzayer Abdulla won the best Bahraini player prize, scoring 5/7 and finishing 14th overall. | Photo: Arjun Kakkadath

Bahraini Category: 1st - Alzayer Abdulla 

2nd - Hasan Zaki 

3rd - Faqihi Abdulaziz

The packed tournament hall. | Photo: Arjun Kakkadath

All the prizes were distributed by Shaikh Abdulrahman Bin Rashid Al Khalifa. The Indian Club Bahrain & Arjun's Chess Academy Bahrain organized the whole 7-round rapid event at The Indian Club, Zubara Avenue, Area 308, Manama, Bahrain. The time control of the event was 10 minutes+5 second increment from move 1.

A special thanks to Tournament director and deputy chief arbiter Arjun Kakkadath for sending us all the Photos and details. The delegates of Indian Club and Arjun's Chess Academy have informed us that there will be many more events coming up in the future! 

Final Standings

Rk.SNo NameTypsexGrFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 nwwew-weKrtg+/-
114
Mero Aghiad.SYR15956,503027,256254,51,183,322066,4
2111
Novo Lee AnthonyPHI06033,528,505276
38
Elsehenawy IbrahimEGY1754603327,255254,54,000,502010
49
Lumanog Eddie Jr. L.PHI16946031,526,0063543,990,01200,2
57
AIMAlaras AlvinPHI1911602823,5064655,73-0,7320-14,6
61
FMAyyad HusainBRN22175,503424,755454,54,98-0,4820-9,6
76
A.Lateef AhmadBRN19565,503424,505264,55,44-0,9420-18,8
82
Matic DusanSRB21075,503223,755264,55,98-1,4820-29,6
95
FMAyyad MaherBRN20095,503122,755253,54,92-1,4220-28,4
1034
Taqi MohamedBRN11825,503122,255142,50,462,042040,8
1117
AFMVismay SacharU14IND13785,5028,520,255442,51,650,852017
1221
Vyom GuptaU14IND12775,502618,255421,50,011,492029,8
1316
Pranav Bobby SekharU14IND1500503423,0053422,06-0,0620-1,2
1470
Alzayer AbdullaBRN0503422,505164
1593
Hasan ZakiBRN05031,521,505375
1635
Faqihi AbdulazizBRN1163503120,0054310,360,642012,8
1712
Shaker MusabBRN16285030,519,5053534,03-1,0320-20,6
1818
ACMRishi NU12IND13215030,519,0053532,400,602012
1965
Alatoom IbrahimBRN0503019,505353
2032
Dhansika NU12wIND1190502917,5053310,180,822016,4
2125
RudraU12IND12455028,519,504220,51,24-0,7420-14,8
2238
Dhrupad LohidasU12IND11305027,516,5052200,000,00200
2319
James ThomasIND1297502615,5053221,600,40208
24131
Temporas MichaelPHI0502416,005132
2520
Fares QanairU12JOR1293502314,5051210,810,19203,8
2623
AFMPrithvi Raj PrajeeshU14IND12564,503219,2542432,240,762015,2
274
CMBen Yahya LarbiMAR20414,5031,517,754152,54,86-2,3620-47,2
2815
Felisilda LouBRN15184,503017,254131,52,75-1,2520-25
2933
Dhruvi Shrikant PanigrahiU10wIND11834,503013,754231,50,101,402028
3048
Kablaoui Fouad FahedLBN10644,5029,516,754141,50,331,172023,4

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