Samarth J Rao wins Tata Steel 4th All India FIDE Rated Chess Championship for Specially Abled players
Samarth J Rao (1770, KAR) won the Tata Steel 4th All India FIDE Rating Specially abled Chess Championship in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand! Samarth scored 7.5/9 points to clinch first place in the tournament. Venkata Krishna (1889, AP) also scored 7.5/9 points, but was placed second on tiebreaks. Yesu Babu K (1590, AP) secured 3rd place, scoring 7/9 points. The winner, Samarth, received Rs. 25000! Venkata and Yesu Babu received Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 15,000 each. The top 3 position holders of Open and Women's category received ChessBase 17! The top 3 finishers in all the other categories received 1 year of ChessBase Premium Account membership. Read a detailed account of the last few rounds and the closing ceremony of this very special event. All Photos are by Himank Ghosh unless stated otherwise.
Champions crowned at the Tata Steel 4th All India FIDE Rated Specially abled Chess Championship 2024
Tata Steel Ltd. and Tata Steel Foundation are organizing the 4th All India FIDE Rated Chess tournament for specially abled Chess player in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand from 24th-28th June 2024. After 9 rounds of play, Samarth J Rao (1770, KAR) won the tournament in the Open LOCO D&D Category , scoring 7.5/9 points!
Samarth lost a tough game in the penultimate round against Venkata Krishna. But he came back strong and took down Suresh Agrawal (1558, TN) in the final round, winning the tournament with 7.5/9 points! FM Venkata Krishna Karthik K (1889, AP) finished strong with two consecutive wins in the last two rounds, and secured 2nd place scoring 7.5/9 points.
The top seed of the tournament, Naveen Kumar A (1986, AP) finished 3rd in the Open LOCO D&D category, scoring 6.5/9 points. After two rough losses in the 6th and 7th rounds, Naveen finished strong with two consecutive wins in the last two rounds of the tournament.
The top 3 players of the Open category and Women's category received ChessBase 17. The top 3 players of all the other categories received 1 year of ChessBase Premium Account along with their main prizes!
Check out our description of the last few rounds of the tournament:
Round 6:
After 6 rounds of play, Samarth J Rao (1770, KAR) took the sole lead in the Tata Steel 4th All India Specially-abled Chess Championship 2024! Samarth defeated the top seed Naveen Kumar A (1986, AP) with the Black pieces in the top board. On the other hand, Nabhneel Das (1520, UP) held the second seed Venkata Krishna Karthik K (1889) to a draw with the Black pieces!
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Round 7:
Samarth J Rao (1770, KAR) emerges as the sole leader with two rounds to go at the Tata Steel 4th All India Specially-abled Chess Championship 2024! Samarth scored two powerful wins today - he took down the top seed Naveen Kumar in the 6th round, and defeated Vaibhav Gautam in the 7th. Samarth has 6.5/7 points now - a full point ahead of the field. Nabhneel Das, Venkata Krishna, Kannan V and Aditya Asaram Ghule are chasing him with 5.5/7 points.
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Final tournament standings
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
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1 | 3 | CM | Samarth J Rao | IND | 1770 | Karnataka | 7,5 | 48,5 | 52 | 42,00 | 0 | 7 | |
2 | 2 | FM | Venkata Krishna Karthik K | IND | 1889 | Andhra Pradesh | 7,5 | 48 | 51 | 42,25 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | 6 | Yesu Babu k | IND | 1590 | Andhra Pradesh | 7 | 44 | 47,5 | 34,50 | 0 | 6 | ||
4 | 1 | Naveen Kumar A. | IND | 1986 | Andhra Pradesh | 6,5 | 49 | 52,5 | 34,75 | 0 | 6 | ||
5 | 7 | Kannan.V | IND | 1568 | Tamil Nadu | 6,5 | 44,5 | 47,5 | 29,75 | 0 | 6 | ||
6 | 8 | Shankar Ramakrishnan | IND | 1560 | Tamil Nadu | 6,5 | 43 | 46,5 | 32,25 | 0 | 6 | ||
7 | 9 | ACM | Suresh Agarwal | IND | 1558 | Tamil Nadu | 6 | 47 | 51 | 30,00 | 0 | 6 | |
8 | 22 | Aditya Asaram Ghule | IND | 1472 | Maharashtra | 6 | 42,5 | 44,5 | 27,00 | 0 | 5 | ||
9 | 10 | Uday Kumar Tummagunta | IND | 1544 | Andhra Pradesh | 6 | 41 | 44 | 28,00 | 0 | 4 | ||
10 | 31 | Putta Chittibabu | IND | 1424 | Andhra Pradesh | 6 | 40 | 44 | 27,50 | 0 | 6 | ||
11 | 11 | Murahari A H | IND | 1542 | Tamil Nadu | 6 | 39,5 | 43 | 29,00 | 0 | 5 | ||
12 | 25 | Senthilmurugan N | IND | 1471 | Tamil Nadu | 6 | 38,5 | 42,5 | 27,00 | 0 | 6 | ||
13 | 27 | Jinay Ankitbhai Shah | IND | 1466 | Gujarat | 6 | 36 | 38,5 | 24,75 | 0 | 5 | ||
14 | 15 | Nabhneel Das | IND | 1520 | Uttar Pradesh | 5,5 | 49,5 | 54 | 31,25 | 0 | 4 | ||
15 | 4 | Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh | IND | 1663 | Telangana | 5,5 | 46,5 | 49,5 | 27,25 | 0 | 4 | ||
16 | 16 | Sharon Rachel Aby | IND | 1515 | Tamil Nadu | 5,5 | 44,5 | 48,5 | 28,25 | 0 | 4 | ||
17 | 19 | Thamaraiselvan K | IND | 1507 | Tamil Nadu | 5,5 | 43,5 | 46,5 | 24,00 | 0 | 4 | ||
18 | 13 | Prakash Banskar | IND | 1536 | Madhya Pradesh | 5,5 | 43 | 47 | 28,25 | 0 | 4 | ||
19 | 41 | Ezhilarasi G | IND | 0 | Karnataka | 5,5 | 37 | 40,5 | 20,75 | 0 | 5 | ||
20 | 55 | Pratham poddar | IND | 0 | West Bengal | 5,5 | 37 | 39,5 | 21,50 | 0 | 4 |