Pushkar Dere Wins the Problem-Solving Contest at the Big Chess Diwali Camp 2024!

by Rasika Ratnaparkhi - 27/10/2024

Day 6 of the Big Chess Diwali Camp brought even more excitement and engagement! We hosted a special problem-solving contest with limited participants at the camp. A total of 35 participants showcased their skills in this contest. The winners were: 1st place - Pushkar Dere, 2nd place - Vedant Panesar, and 3rd place was shared by Mitali Naik, Prathamesh Bhatt, Arjun Iyer, and Neemay Bhanushali. With only one day left at the camp, we encourage everyone to join us for the grand fun, learning, and cherished memories at the camp. Check out some highlights from Day 6 of the camp. Photo: Mihir Vaghela

Pushkar Dere and Vedant Panesar - Top two finishers of the problem-solving contest

We wanted to do something special for the final days of the Big Chess Diwali Camp. After noticing the curiosity of many players eager to solve challenging positions, we decided to host a problem-solving contest. With the help of Satanick from our team, we brought this idea to life. He carefully curated 10 difficult problems for the contest, and participants were given two hours to solve them. The response was overwhelming, with many players registering, and 35 participants were ultimately selected to take part.

Feel the vibe of the problem-solving contest. | Photo: Kartik Krishnan

The problem-solving contest had different participants... | Photo: Himank Ghosh

... of different age... | Photo: Himank Ghosh

... and of different rating.| Photo: Kartik Krishnan

Kudos to Nithin, Kartik, and Himank for conducting a smooth contest and ensuring the sheets were checked promptly. | Photo: Harsh Kumar

Winners of the problem-solving contest! | Photo: Mihir Vaghela

Winners:

1st - Pushkar Dere, received Ramesh RB's ChessBase Video Course

2nd - Vedant Panesar, received Judit Polgar's video course

3rd - Mitali Naik, Prathamesh Bhatt, Arjun Iyer, Neemay Bhanushali - all four of them received 1 year of ChessBase Premium Account membership

A full house! | Photo: Harsh Kumar

Future champion Tvisha Jain visited the camp with her parents, She has bagged many titles at the state and national Levels!

Three generations completely immersed in solving the sheet! | Photo: Harsh Kumar

Handling this crowd would not have been easy without the help of volunteers...

A special visit from the kids of Chembur Children's Home along with their caretaker Samadhan...

... and the person who made this possible, one of the head coaches, Priyanka Ved

Even Samadhan could not resist playing a few games | Photo: Harsh Kumar

Meet Subhash, our Chembur star, who is so focused on solving the sheets! | Photo: Harsh Kumar

It was great to have Karan Wadhwa, Vice President of Ambit join us at the camp!

He could not resist playing some games, especially the hand and brain game!

Sachin Waghmare has always been an inspiration to every camp he attends! | Photo: Harsh Kumar

Today is the last day of the camp!

Address: Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, Patelwadi.Kurla, Kurla West, Kurla, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400070.

Check out all the photos from Day 6 here, here and here. Day 7 of the camp starts at 2 PM IST - see you at the Club!

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