B K Chaurasia wins Madhya Pradesh Civil Service State Tournament 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 29/11/2023

B K Chaurasia, Shekhar Verma and Deepak Chiwande scored 5/6 each at Madhya Pradesh Civil Services State Chess Tournament 2023. Chaurasia won the tournament due to better tie-break score, Shekhar and Deepak were placed second and third respectively. Padmaja Nayudu, Monika Nishad and Vaishali Ramteke secured first, second and third place among the Women scorin 3.5/6, 3/6 and 3/6 each respectively. The top six men and women qualified to the National Civil Services tournament. Police Commissioner of Indore, IPS Makrand Deoskar, defeated the top seed and eventual champion, B K Chaurasia in the very first round. He scored an impressive 4.5/6 to finish fourth. Photos: Vivek Vishwakarma and Pankaj Tiwari

Selection tournament for Madhya Pradesh Civil Service employees

Champion - B K Chaurasia 5/6

Runner-up - Shekhar Verma 5/6

Second Runner-up - Deepak Chiwande 5/6

Top six Men and Women who have qualified to the National Civil Service Tournament

IPS Makrand Deoskar defeated the eventual champion B K Chaurasia in the very first round

Police Commissioner of Indore, IPS Makrand Deoskar defeated fifth seeded Monika Nishad in the third round to register his third consecutive victory

Inauguration Ceremony

L to R: B K Chaurasia, Dr. Sunil Somani, Anil Fatechandani, Ar. Achal Choudhary, IPS Makrand Deoskar and IM Akshat Khamparia.

Post match analysis between IAS Siddharth Jain, IM Akshat Khamparia and others

The tournament hall at Indore Public School Academy in Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Organizing team

Organizing team: Architect Achal Choudhary, President IPS Academy, Dr. Sunil Somani, Tournament Director, Mr. Anil Fatehchandani, President Indore Chess Association, IM FT Akshat Khamparia, Convenor MP Chess Ad-Hoc Committee,Vivek Vishwakarma and Pankaj Tiwari, Photographers, FA Aditi Shrivastav, Chief Arbiter, FA Sourabh Soni, Deputy Chief Arbiter and SNA Gaurav Chaturvedi.

Thanks to IM FT Akshat Khamparia for sharing photos and info about the tournament.

A total of 44 players took part from various districts across Madhya Pradesh in this one-day six round non-rating tournament for MP Civil Service employees. It was organized by Director, Sports and Youth Welfare, Govt. of MP at Indore Public School Academy in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on Saturday 18th November 2023. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1		Chaurasia, B.K.	IND	2110	Bhopal	5	19,5	22,5	18,00
2	3		Shekhar, Verma	IND	1711	Katni	5	18	20	15,50
3	2		Deepak, Chiwande	IND	1820	Bhopal	5	17	18,5	12,50
4	22		Makrand Deoskar,	IND	0	Indore	4,5	22	25	17,75
5	33		Raju Singh Shipli,	IND	0	Raisen	4,5	22	24,5	17,25
6	10		Siddharth, Jain	IND	1143	Indore	4,5	21,5	24,5	18,25
7	16		Dinesh Champwar,	IND	0	Mandsaur	4,5	21,5	24,5	17,25
8	4	AGM	Vivekanand, Yadav	IND	1653	Chhindwara	4,5	17	19	12,75
9	6		Brajesh, Kumar Upadhyay	IND	1493	Jabalpur	4	22	25	15,50
10	9		Bhuvneshwar, Verma	IND	1180	Raisen	4	20,5	23	13,50