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ChessBase India YouTube Membership update for June 2021

by Sagar Shah - 08/07/2021

ChessBase India's YouTube Membership program under the HelpChess Foundation has been working well thanks to the support of the people following the channel. In the month of June we have had 443 members with the total amount coming to Rs.77,383. All of this sum has been given to Pranav V. the current Tamil Nadu State Champion, who is just 14 years old. And Pranav has made excellent use of the funds by travelling to Serbia and achieving his final IM norm, maiden GM norm, and his IM title! A big thanks to all the people who contributed! Together we are truly powering chess in India! 

The ChessBase India YouTube Memberships has 5 tiers. They are:

Membership TierAmount per month
Pillar of Indian Chess799
Promoter of Indian chess599
Supporter of Indian chess299
Booster of Indian chess199
Backer of Indian chess89

In the month of June we have had 443 members. That's 135 more than what we had in the month of May. We have 77 pillars, 7 promoters, 32 supporters, 56 boosters and 271 backers of Indian chess. These are the details of all of them:

Details of Month of June:

S.NoMemberCurrent level
1Arshabh AgarwalPillar of Indian Chess
2Akash GaurPillar of Indian Chess
3Sagar DhotePillar of Indian Chess
4Aditya MapariPillar of Indian Chess
5Oinam Rajen SinghPillar of Indian Chess
6ShivaKrishna AmandPillar of Indian Chess
7nishant panigrahiPillar of Indian Chess
8Dinker PaiPillar of Indian Chess
9sachmm1Pillar of Indian Chess
10nabh choudharyPillar of Indian Chess
11PokerStars IndiaPillar of Indian Chess
12nutan duttPillar of Indian Chess
13Prakash LalwaniPillar of Indian Chess
14NikaruPillar of Indian Chess
15NitishPillar of Indian Chess
16AY AYEPillar of Indian Chess
17Parth ShahPillar of Indian Chess
18nikhil bafnaPillar of Indian Chess
19Yash AyyagariPillar of Indian Chess
20Chiranjeev SinghPillar of Indian Chess
21Ajin CherianPillar of Indian Chess
22nitishathreyasterPillar of Indian Chess
23Dixit MehtaPillar of Indian Chess
24Abhishek VermaPillar of Indian Chess
25vijay kumarPillar of Indian Chess
26Raghav SeshadriPillar of Indian Chess
27KingofSUNPillar of Indian Chess
28Adwait AnandPillar of Indian Chess
29Sriraam RamakrishnanPillar of Indian Chess
30Sagar NadkarniPillar of Indian Chess
31KK91Pillar of Indian Chess
32Karthik DinnePillar of Indian Chess
33Jay KhuntPillar of Indian Chess
34Asim KhanPillar of Indian Chess
35bhavey groverPillar of Indian Chess
36Mithun PranavPillar of Indian Chess
37Aditya DesaiPillar of Indian Chess
38Rahul MalhotraPillar of Indian Chess
39Vivaswan DamlePillar of Indian Chess
40Tanmay SharmaPillar of Indian Chess
41Jalaj KumarPillar of Indian Chess
42Nikhil NaibPillar of Indian Chess
43Dan RuparelPillar of Indian Chess
44ruchir sutariaPillar of Indian Chess
45RahulMukerji09Pillar of Indian Chess
46Abhijit MishraPillar of Indian Chess
47Rohit PareekPillar of Indian Chess
48Just A Famous GuyPillar of Indian Chess
49Kishore HazarikaPillar of Indian Chess
50Joy DuttaPillar of Indian Chess
51Shorya ChoudharyPillar of Indian Chess
52Yash MehtaPillar of Indian Chess
53Tushar SawantPillar of Indian Chess
54Rohit AthalyePillar of Indian Chess
55Vignesh SubramanianPillar of Indian Chess
56Nilay DoshiPillar of Indian Chess
57Vini Vedi ViciPillar of Indian Chess
58Tony DaryPillar of Indian Chess
59Ankita KulkarniPillar of Indian Chess
60Sminil MahajanPillar of Indian Chess
61Tejas ChitnisPillar of Indian Chess
62Anas EdacherryPillar of Indian Chess
63Kiran IyerPillar of Indian Chess
64Ashwin JayaramPillar of Indian Chess
65shyammsmPillar of Indian Chess
66Dharmen ShahPillar of Indian Chess
67Arjun N BharadwajPillar of Indian Chess
68Santosh NenePillar of Indian Chess
69ZeusPillar of Indian Chess
70Sujit VarghesePillar of Indian Chess
71Sambit GhoshPillar of Indian Chess
72Mrityunjay JalanPillar of Indian Chess
73Keith MascarenhasPillar of Indian Chess
74Siddharth RanadivePillar of Indian Chess
75Sudarshan RanganPillar of Indian Chess
76Jaydeep ChakrabartyPillar of Indian Chess
77Ajeet prsinghPillar of Indian Chess
78Manish MathurPromoter of Indian chess
79ajay gPromoter of Indian chess
80G2 SUBSCRIBER OPPromoter of Indian chess
81Tejas PopatPromoter of Indian chess
82Shivam UpadhyayPromoter of Indian chess
83Eesha DuttaPromoter of Indian chess
84CA Mohit SinghPromoter of Indian chess
85Indian From SouthSupporter of Indian Chess
86Pranav KundaikarSupporter of Indian Chess
87Saurabh PruthiSupporter of Indian Chess
88Gopi KajaSupporter of Indian Chess
89Priyabrata MallickSupporter of Indian Chess
90Swapnil SharmaSupporter of Indian Chess
91sai thejaSupporter of Indian Chess
92Om PrajapatiSupporter of Indian Chess
93Sid From Harry & SidSupporter of Indian Chess
94Srinivasa Srikanth PodilaSupporter of Indian Chess
95rutvij bhavsarSupporter of Indian Chess
96sabarish narayananSupporter of Indian Chess
97Deepesh JoshiSupporter of Indian Chess
98Spandan GhoshSupporter of Indian Chess
99hellking4uSupporter of Indian Chess
100Rajeev RanjanSupporter of Indian Chess
101Nakli Samay RainaSupporter of Indian Chess
102Nishaad RaoSupporter of Indian Chess
103abhishek jadhavSupporter of Indian Chess
104Sai GudigundlaSupporter of Indian Chess
105Gaurav BhattSupporter of Indian Chess
106Sanus PillaiSupporter of Indian Chess
107kshitiz lohaniSupporter of Indian Chess
108Sachin RanadeSupporter of Indian Chess
109Neil Eric SequeiraSupporter of Indian Chess
110varun kambleSupporter of Indian Chess
111Gokul RamanathanSupporter of Indian Chess
112Sivakami SubbuSupporter of Indian Chess
113Rushank PatelSupporter of Indian Chess
114Arunava BhattacharjeeSupporter of Indian Chess
115Arvind RamnathSupporter of Indian Chess
116Suyash SwaroopSupporter of Indian Chess
117Vipul TiwariBooster of Indian Chess
118nithinBooster of Indian Chess
119kanheiya khetwalBooster of Indian Chess
120VINEET MOGHEBooster of Indian Chess
121anirudh gadariBooster of Indian Chess
122Ayush VermaBooster of Indian Chess
123juggernaut4799Booster of Indian Chess
124Vivek GuptaBooster of Indian Chess
125shridhar sudhirBooster of Indian Chess
126mayank jaggiBooster of Indian Chess
127Shreya 514Booster of Indian Chess
128Anisha RoyBooster of Indian Chess
129Shahbaz ahmedBooster of Indian Chess
130Manish DharmadhikariBooster of Indian Chess
131mayank sharmaBooster of Indian Chess
132Manish DubeyBooster of Indian Chess
133Krishna MohanBooster of Indian Chess
134Anurag VoletyBooster of Indian Chess
135Ruturaj PatilBooster of Indian Chess
136Prakhar GuptaBooster of Indian Chess
137Arpan DasBooster of Indian Chess
138puneet bhatiaBooster of Indian Chess
139druva upadhyaya shimogaBooster of Indian Chess
140Ankush DhyaniBooster of Indian Chess
141Nidhi SuryavanshiBooster of Indian Chess
142Jai PanditBooster of Indian Chess
143Arpit PandaBooster of Indian Chess
144BunnyEatWorldBooster of Indian Chess
145Akshit JohryBooster of Indian Chess
146Ajit GoleBooster of Indian Chess
147P BhargavBooster of Indian Chess
148Rakshank SavadattiBooster of Indian Chess
149Gaurav MohtaBooster of Indian Chess
150Viddesh GharpureBooster of Indian Chess
151anoop sharmaBooster of Indian Chess
152Tanmay DeviBooster of Indian Chess
153Murali PhaniBooster of Indian Chess
154Rohit KulkarniBooster of Indian Chess
155YashBooster of Indian Chess
156Manu TalwarBooster of Indian Chess
157FlashBin GamingBooster of Indian Chess
158Radha Krishna AyyalasomayajulaBooster of Indian Chess
159Pranay SheshakBooster of Indian Chess
160Motu-PatluBooster of Indian Chess
161Kappa 322Booster of Indian Chess
162Akshay ShenoyBooster of Indian Chess
163Tapan KrishnaBooster of Indian Chess
164Mahesh ParabBooster of Indian Chess
165Anish RainaBooster of Indian Chess
166SUDARSHAN K MBooster of Indian Chess
167avant jainBooster of Indian Chess
168Abhishek JainBooster of Indian Chess
169Pirated MathematicianBooster of Indian Chess
170Aviral JunejaBooster of Indian Chess
171Diljeet Singh NarwalBooster of Indian Chess
172Siddharth SenBooster of Indian Chess
173Varun SrivastavaBacker of Indian Chess
174Gourab GoswamiBacker of Indian Chess
175Shreyas JoshiBacker of Indian Chess
176PraveenBacker of Indian Chess
177Rane RushikeshBacker of Indian Chess
178Viral RawatBacker of Indian Chess
179S A G A RBacker of Indian Chess
180Sparsh JainBacker of Indian Chess
181PARAG DEKABORUAHBacker of Indian Chess
182Devesh PantBacker of Indian Chess
183Rajkumar DevajitBacker of Indian Chess
184ShettyBacker of Indian Chess
185Shyam KrishnanBacker of Indian Chess
186Sai ShankarBacker of Indian Chess
187mahei luwangBacker of Indian Chess
188Dhairya KumarBacker of Indian Chess
189Rahul TomarBacker of Indian Chess
190Rohan ParkarBacker of Indian Chess
191Manvinder BaluniBacker of Indian Chess
192Sharma KarthikBacker of Indian Chess
193tushar mittalBacker of Indian Chess
194Raj Digital Bhakti MediaBacker of Indian Chess
195Bharatwaj GanesamurthyBacker of Indian Chess
196subham singhBacker of Indian Chess
197Balpartap SinghBacker of Indian Chess
198Jash JainBacker of Indian Chess
199Sabyasachi MandalBacker of Indian Chess
200IT_0052_LAKSHYA BHANOTBacker of Indian Chess
201Saagar KoteBacker of Indian Chess
202Nikhil ShrotriBacker of Indian Chess
203Kumar ChopparapuBacker of Indian Chess
204arunga2005Backer of Indian Chess
205Aayushman MishraBacker of Indian Chess
206SUPRIYA KAPASBacker of Indian Chess
207Rouf ShaikBacker of Indian Chess
208Mukul ManghaniBacker of Indian Chess
209suraj shrivastavaBacker of Indian Chess
210Veer parakhBacker of Indian Chess
211Ash ShrawaneBacker of Indian Chess
212Hemanth ReddyBacker of Indian Chess
213Sundarraman MadhusudananBacker of Indian Chess
214Manan ShahBacker of Indian Chess
215Sumeet KumarBacker of Indian Chess
216Himanshu JoshiBacker of Indian Chess
217cheezy_chiggyBacker of Indian Chess
218Manoj ManjunathBacker of Indian Chess
219sachin chandelaBacker of Indian Chess
220PaakhiBacker of Indian Chess
221Akshay PBacker of Indian Chess
222Avishek PrasadBacker of Indian Chess
223Shubham SikarwarBacker of Indian Chess
224Anirban BanerjeeBacker of Indian Chess
225Jagmann GrewalBacker of Indian Chess
226Nandan TavargeriBacker of Indian Chess
227Shubham PagadeBacker of Indian Chess
228MannatGBacker of Indian Chess
229Amit NakodBacker of Indian Chess
230Chinmay MisraBacker of Indian Chess
231Dhan SinghBacker of Indian Chess
232Chinmay KelaskarBacker of Indian Chess
233The ReaperBacker of Indian Chess
234Rahul N PBacker of Indian Chess
235Rithwik Raaj AnandBacker of Indian Chess
236Sujat MukherjeeBacker of Indian Chess
237sai ramBacker of Indian Chess
238Anand C UBacker of Indian Chess
239V SingBacker of Indian Chess
240Andem SaisrivathsavBacker of Indian Chess
241Krishnakant SawantBacker of Indian Chess
242CHANDAN KUMARBacker of Indian Chess
243Sharwar HussainBacker of Indian Chess
244Mandar JoshiBacker of Indian Chess
245Harsh PatelBacker of Indian Chess
246gudivada dannyBacker of Indian Chess
247tanmay chakrabortyBacker of Indian Chess
248AAYUSH SINGHBacker of Indian Chess
249Bhavish RadhanBacker of Indian Chess
250chirag lalwaniBacker of Indian Chess
251Rishikesh kuckianBacker of Indian Chess
252shashank sharmaBacker of Indian Chess
253Samarth ShandilyaBacker of Indian Chess
254Krishna PanditBacker of Indian Chess
255Stop FishBacker of Indian Chess
256Srinivasan GopalanBacker of Indian Chess
257Sukanya DuttaBacker of Indian Chess
258Suraj GattaniBacker of Indian Chess
259Aravind SamalaBacker of Indian Chess
260Adarsh RajanBacker of Indian Chess
261rohit kalyampudiBacker of Indian Chess
262MouliBacker of Indian Chess
263Mihir SawantBacker of Indian Chess
264Leontius FernandesBacker of Indian Chess
265Anushree DeshpandeBacker of Indian Chess
266Rajesh BejgamBacker of Indian Chess
267AbhijeethBacker of Indian Chess
268Paras JainBacker of Indian Chess
269Rohit AgrawalBacker of Indian Chess
270Dr Ravi KanthBacker of Indian Chess
271Kaushik hmBacker of Indian Chess
272Kunal BhatiBacker of Indian Chess
273JATINBacker of Indian Chess
274Suraj DalviBacker of Indian Chess
275Sarvesh DeshpandeBacker of Indian Chess
276Amey KulkarniBacker of Indian Chess
277Avi SarkarBacker of Indian Chess
278Nithesh ShettyBacker of Indian Chess
279Vishnu saiBacker of Indian Chess
280Prashanth JuluruBacker of Indian Chess
281vedprakash singhBacker of Indian Chess
282jay sonBacker of Indian Chess
283Karan JainBacker of Indian Chess
284Thomas GeorgeBacker of Indian Chess
285Vivek RautBacker of Indian Chess
286Godparticle H*Backer of Indian Chess
287Rahul GhosalBacker of Indian Chess
288Ranjith KaranamBacker of Indian Chess
289Swapnil TelangBacker of Indian Chess
290Yash PatelBacker of Indian Chess
291Harsh KumarBacker of Indian Chess
292Mohith T SBacker of Indian Chess
293J KumarBacker of Indian Chess
294Krishna SanghviBacker of Indian Chess
295Mitul shahBacker of Indian Chess
296Kiran PatilBacker of Indian Chess
297Nisarg BhattBacker of Indian Chess
298Prathamesh PolsaneBacker of Indian Chess
299Devnath AgarwalBacker of Indian Chess
300David JamesBacker of Indian Chess
301animesh tahBacker of Indian Chess
302AASHISH PANDEYBacker of Indian Chess
303Tanmay BuwaBacker of Indian Chess
304Ankit saraafBacker of Indian Chess
305Bhargav SrinivasanBacker of Indian Chess
306Real BestBacker of Indian Chess
307Mohit ManghnaniBacker of Indian Chess
308Harsha BellurBacker of Indian Chess
309Priyanshu GuptaBacker of Indian Chess
310Mr. N0B0DyBacker of Indian Chess
311DakshBacker of Indian Chess
312Akira ChinuvaBacker of Indian Chess
313sohail ahmedBacker of Indian Chess
314Akshit Kr NagpalBacker of Indian Chess
315Magicy BunnyBacker of Indian Chess
316Kumar ChessBacker of Indian Chess
317Nitesh BadaveBacker of Indian Chess
318Darin N.Backer of Indian Chess
319soham parkhiBacker of Indian Chess
320Sandeep MadheshiyaBacker of Indian Chess
321Vasudevan KrishnamoorthyBacker of Indian Chess
322vinay vermaBacker of Indian Chess
323Nagesh AnthatiBacker of Indian Chess
324Purva SawantBacker of Indian Chess
325Rajat KamtekarBacker of Indian Chess
326Viper SagarBacker of Indian Chess
327Vedasri GodavarthiBacker of Indian Chess
328Chairab MadaanBacker of Indian Chess
329saturn444Backer of Indian Chess
330devan sraBacker of Indian Chess
331Sayujya PatilBacker of Indian Chess
332Krishna CharBacker of Indian Chess
333Varnit VermaBacker of Indian Chess
334Akshay ChordiaBacker of Indian Chess
335ScaleTaleBacker of Indian Chess
336Muralikrishna GangarajuBacker of Indian Chess
337Abhishek DesaiBacker of Indian Chess
338M B AshwynBacker of Indian Chess
339Hemant MemoriaBacker of Indian Chess
340Tarun Singh PanuBacker of Indian Chess
341Meghesh ToshaniwalBacker of Indian Chess
342Shaurya MathurBacker of Indian Chess
343Omkar UpagadeBacker of Indian Chess
344RohanBacker of Indian Chess
345Chinmay DhopateBacker of Indian Chess
346NaveenBacker of Indian Chess
347Georgy TsiklauriBacker of Indian Chess
348vedaant ranaBacker of Indian Chess
349GokulBacker of Indian Chess
350SANSAR RANABacker of Indian Chess
351damnitBacker of Indian Chess
352AkshatBacker of Indian Chess
353Shiva KumarBacker of Indian Chess
354Rut MadgeriBacker of Indian Chess
355Jay DaveBacker of Indian Chess
356Raghava MadhwapathiBacker of Indian Chess
357Yash TandonBacker of Indian Chess
358Dynamic ChessBacker of Indian Chess
359Pranti BordoloiBacker of Indian Chess
360Srinath NarayananBacker of Indian Chess
361K.V.P.Varma KuchelapaatiBacker of Indian Chess
362Abhishek RaiBacker of Indian Chess
363Dhandeep LodayaBacker of Indian Chess
364FALLEN DAGGERBacker of Indian Chess
365Raunaq VohraBacker of Indian Chess
366KartikBacker of Indian Chess
367Gaurav ChandiramaniBacker of Indian Chess
368Kimaya VirleBacker of Indian Chess
369Akshay NatuBacker of Indian Chess
370Swapan KarmakarBacker of Indian Chess
371Smita AcharyaBacker of Indian Chess
372Harshil MittalBacker of Indian Chess
373Henal MerchantBacker of Indian Chess
374Mann SareenBacker of Indian Chess
375Sai Praveen GummadiBacker of Indian Chess
3762856RohitBacker of Indian Chess
377Swapnil SenBacker of Indian Chess
378thiedevilBacker of Indian Chess
379kumar paurushBacker of Indian Chess
380Nirvana GuhaBacker of Indian Chess
381Chandrasekhar S.Backer of Indian Chess
382Shradhey TripathiBacker of Indian Chess
383Harsh VasaBacker of Indian Chess
384Heman KunduBacker of Indian Chess
385Suraj RanawadeBacker of Indian Chess
386Hiren patelBacker of Indian Chess
387Niraj PatelBacker of Indian Chess
388Abhishek AgarwalBacker of Indian Chess
389arun TaccodeBacker of Indian Chess
390Raj AgarwalBacker of Indian Chess
391Kiran Manohar MotupalliBacker of Indian Chess
392D SANDEEPBacker of Indian Chess
393Phani VarmaBacker of Indian Chess
394Raj SBacker of Indian Chess
395lovejot singh AujlaBacker of Indian Chess
396Aman GulatiBacker of Indian Chess
397Pratip RaoBacker of Indian Chess
398Shubham ShahBacker of Indian Chess
399agam dixitBacker of Indian Chess
400Sowmya KumariBacker of Indian Chess
401Chetan SureshBacker of Indian Chess
402KajalBacker of Indian Chess
403Subodh PatilBacker of Indian Chess
404Kumar RoyBacker of Indian Chess
405Sandeep RoyBacker of Indian Chess
406Neel PatelBacker of Indian Chess
407VishChessBacker of Indian Chess
408Sagar ChakrabortyBacker of Indian Chess
409Mansi NawlaniBacker of Indian Chess
410Harjaap SinghBacker of Indian Chess
411Lovesh TulsijaBacker of Indian Chess
412SiddhantBacker of Indian Chess
413Hardik RudaniBacker of Indian Chess
414Aseem GoelBacker of Indian Chess
415sandeep pinjalaBacker of Indian Chess
416Anusheela DasBacker of Indian Chess
417Pronoy ChatterjeeBacker of Indian Chess
418Snehal PathakBacker of Indian Chess
419Arun JBacker of Indian Chess
420Pranav KulkarniBacker of Indian Chess
421Aranya JoharBacker of Indian Chess
422N MBacker of Indian Chess
423Akshay KulkarniBacker of Indian Chess
424Suraj ShivshankarBacker of Indian Chess
425BeastStatsBacker of Indian Chess
426Neo0889Backer of Indian Chess
427gobletFireBacker of Indian Chess
428Kalpak RautBacker of Indian Chess
429GizmoGirlBacker of Indian Chess
430Aditya BankarBacker of Indian Chess
431d sBacker of Indian Chess
432Vinit MamaniaBacker of Indian Chess
433Mayur GondhalekarBacker of Indian Chess
434Nikhil GoyalBacker of Indian Chess
435Anish KumarBacker of Indian Chess
436Pratyayan DasGuptaBacker of Indian Chess
437Shyamal patelBacker of Indian Chess
438Naman SharmaBacker of Indian Chess
439SuhitBacker of Indian Chess
440Poker PlayerBacker of Indian Chess
441Rijoy MukherjeeBacker of Indian Chess
442GaurabBacker of Indian Chess
443SATHISH KUNCHIVEEDUBacker of Indian Chess

The final amount comes to Rs.77,383 after the 30% YouTube deductions. This entire amount will be used to fund the Serbian trip of 14-year-old Pranav V., the current Tamil Nadu State Champion. We interviewed Pranav when he won the Tamil Nadu state championship with a score of 9.0/9 and his father Venkatesh made an appeal for the members of the chess community to come forward and support his son Pranav.

Interview with Pranav after he won the Tamil Nadu State Championship along with an appeal for help by his father

Pranav after becoming the Tamil Nadu State Champion

When the GoFundMe link was put in the above video, a lot of people came forward and contributed to support Pranav. From Rs.17,376 the total amount rose to Rs.179,641. Venkatesh used these funds for Pranav's chess and also for planning his chess tournaments. However, the Covid situation made it extremely difficult for Venkatesh to plan the events. There was tension with regards to travelling and although he saw many youngsters travelling to Serbia, he wasn't sure about taking the travelling risks. Finally, he decided to bite the bullet and plan Pranav's trip of three events to Serbia.

This was the tournament plan that Venkatesh drew up

As there was a need for more funds for the trip, we decided to use the June funds of the ChessBase India YouTube memberships for this purpose. We requested the viewers of our YouTube channel to support this cause and a massive 443 of them came forward bringing the final amount to Rs.77383. Meanwhile, Venkatesh started planning the trip. He booked his flights to Belgrade via Abu Dhabi and everything was in place. But just a couple of days before he was about to leave, the news broke that Indians will not be allowed to travel via Abu Dhabi and Qatar due to Covid-19 reasons. The entire money that was spent on the tickets was in danger of being lost. But where there is a will there is way. Venkatesh figured out a way to have his flights shifted with a halt in Amsterdam.

The father and son duo at the Amsterdam airport on their way to Belgrade

The road to reaching Belgrade was tough, but once that was achieved Pranav was in sublime form at the Serbia Open 2021. Pranav went to the tournament with a rating of 2366 and two IM norms. He not only gained close to 70 Elo points surpassing the rating barrier of 2400, but also achieved his IM title in the process. To add the cherry on top of the cake, he also scored his 1st GM norm with one round to spare.

Pranav's performance in the first 8 rounds of the Serbia Open 2021. This article has been published while his last round is in progress

Look at the intensity! The boy means business! | Photo: Serbia Open 2021

It feels great that the aim which we set out to achieve with three events - of Pranav becoming an IM, has been achieved in just one. But that means that we can aim higher now, and in the remaining two tournaments, we hope the young lad will continue his form and who knows, he may even achieve his GM title!

An update about the May fund

The details of the May fund can be found here. We received Rs.74,931.

Karthik who won the Super Heroes Cup was the beneficiary of our May fund. You can read about his amazing story here.

Karthik is being trained by N. Ramaraju for five days a week from Monday to Friday and this has been going on from 27th May!

An update about the April Fund

The details of the April Fund have been mentioned in our previous article on the memberships along with the names of all the donors. We had received Rs.34,588. During the Super Heroes Cup in December 2020, we had received Rs.15,000 from a donor who doesn't wish to reveal his identity. Adding this Rs.15,000 to the April Fund of YouTube memberships, we have a total sum of Rs.49.588. All of this amount will be utilized to support and upcoming young talent - WIM Savitha Shri.

WIM Savitha Shri with a rating of 2281 is born in 2007. She is just 14 years old and is one of the biggest talents in the country. Her father, Baskar, who tries extremely hard to keep his daughter's chess career going was in need of funds. We have decided to sponsor her training with a GM to the tune of Rs.50,000.

GM Shyam Sundar, who has already begun training Savitha, is an accomplished trainer and a strong grandmaster. Until now nine sessions have been completed.

We want to thank each and every person who has become a member of ChessBase India for their immense support. By using the amounts carefully and in a diligent manner, we together can make a huge difference!

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