Tata Steel 4th All India Chess Tournament for specially abled Chess players starts on 24th June

by Himank Ghosh - 21/06/2024

The Tata Steel 4th All India FIDE Rated Specially abled Chess Championship 2024 is taking place in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand this year! The event will run from 24th-28th June at the JRD Tata Sports Complex. This will be a 9-round classical tournament with India's best specially abled chess players taking part! Samarth J Rao won the 3rd edition of this tournament back in 2022. A total of 64 players are taking part in the tournament from various states. The tournament is organized by Tata Steel Limited and Tata Steel Foundation, under the aegis of Chess Federation for physically disabled. We will be covering this tournament live from the venue! Read more for all the information.

4th All India Chess Tournament for Specially abled players

In the Chess World, there are many stars - players who are recognized for their amazing games, tournament victories, and high ratings. These are the superstars of the Chess world often discussed about. But there are so many more inspiring personalities in chess out there, people we should speak more about. There are people who are specially abled, who in spite of their physical challenges, play the game of 64 squares and compete in tournaments. This event is a celebration to all those superstars - Tata Steel Limited and Tata Steel Foundation, under the aegis of Chess Federation for Physically disabled, is organizing the 4th All India FIDE Rated Chess tournament for Specially abled players!

The tournament will take place at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand this year!

Tournament venue and schedule

The tournament will take place from 24th-28th June 2024 at the JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. This will be a 9-round classical tournament with a time control of 60 minutes + 30 second increment starting from move one.

The opening ceremony of the tournament will take place at 6 PM on 24th June. On the first day of play (25th), 3 rounds of Chess will be played, followed by 2 rounds each on the next 3 days.

Check out the complete tournament schedule.

Prizes

The tournament Champion (Open section, including players with Locomotor Disabilities, Deaf and Dumb) will receive a cash prize of Rs. 25,000! There are also several other categories like Wheel Chair, Unrated, Women, U19 Junior Open and Girls. The total prize fund of the tournament is Rs. 3,17,000!

Check out the complete tournament prize structure!

Check the eligibility criteria of the players participating in the tournament, and the various rules and regulations!

Accomodation and travel details, along with the contact details of the tournament officials.

Starting rank

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg	Club/City
1		Naveen Kumar A.	5029279	IND	1986	AICF Not Renewed
2	FM	Venkata Krishna Karthik K	5029430	IND	1889	AICF Not Renewed
3	CM	Samarth J Rao	46652370	IND	1770	Karnataka
4		Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh	25669630	IND	1663	Telangana
5		Vaibhav Gautam	25714449	IND	1640	Delhi
6		Yesu Babuk	5005191	IND	1590	AICF Not Renewed
7		Kannan.V	5059836	IND	1568	Tamil Nadu
8		Shankar Ramakrishnan	46601643	IND	1560	Tamil Nadu
9	ACM	Suresh Agarwal	25060317	IND	1558	AICF Not Renewed
10		Uday Kumar Tummagunta	45034818	IND	1544	AICF Not Renewed
11		Murahari A H	45003548	IND	1542	Tamil Nadu
12		Ramesh Majji	25903420	IND	1537	Andhra Pradesh
13		Prakash Banskar	25734113	IND	1536	Madhya Pradesh
14		Nabhneel Das	88174930	IND	1520	Uttar Pradesh
15		Sharon Rachel Aby	33476446	IND	1515	Tamil Nadu
16		Jagadish G Baluragi	25052268	IND	1511	AICF Not Renewed
17		Kanishri R P	45050309	IND	1487	AICF Not Renewed
18	ACM	Mehta Charvi	48701165	IND	1484	Madhya Pradesh
19		Aditya Asaram Ghule	33387206	IND	1472	Maharashtra
20		Nidhi Kesavarao Baipotu	48779270	IND	1471	AICF Not Renewed
21		Senthilmurugan N	25643746	IND	1471	Tamil Nadu
22		Adam T	25045601	IND	1468	AICF Not Renewed
23		Jinay Ankitbhai Shah	48765848	IND	1466	Gujarat
24		Venkatesan J	25760386	IND	1458	Tamil Nadu
25		Dinesh Kumar	33362050	IND	1443	Uttar Pradesh
26		Praneeth K S S R A	25720147	IND	1442	Telangana
27		Putta Chittibabu	25906720	IND	1424	AICF Not Renewed
28		Abhiditya Jain	88133443	IND	0	AICF Not Renewed
29		Aditya Agarwal	429045614	IND	0	Jharkhand
30		Ashis Kumar Poddar	33488991	IND	0	AICF Not Renewed

Check out the complete players list

Naveen Kumar A (1986) is the tournament top seed! He finished 2nd in the 3rd edition of this tournament back in 2022. Naveen has represented India and won the Bronze medal in the FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities 2023. | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Venkata Krishna Karthik K (1889) is the 2nd seed. He finished as runners-up in the 3rd All India Physically Challenged Rating Chess Championship 2022. Karthik was the Champion of Super Heroes Cup 2021!

Samarth J Rao (1770, KAR) is the 3rd seed. Samarth is the Champion of the 3rd All India Physically Challenged Rating Chess Championship 2022! | Photo: New Tumkur District Association

IA Anandh Babu VL (left) is the Chief Arbiter of the tournament! He is the treasurer of Chess Federation for Physically disabled. | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Tata Steel Foundation and Tata Steel Limited are the organizers of this tournament. Tata Steel is an Indian Multinational Steel-making company, known among the largest steel producing companies in the world. Their support towards Chess has been there for a long time - Tata Steel Chess in Wijk Aan Zee every year is one of the most popular chess events, known as the Wimbledon of Chess! India's premier Chess event - Tata Steel Chess India is also organized by Tata Steel.

JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur is the tournament venue, the same place where the Tata Steel Asian Junior Championships were held last year. Tata Steel Limited and Tata Steel Foundation are the organizers of this tournament! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

The author of these lines will be covering the event live from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Keep an eye on our social media pages, YouTube Channel and newspage for all the updates!

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