Prasannaa of Tamil Nadu won the 1st ACA Sadhasivam Memorial Rating Tournament
Prasannaa of Tamil Nadu won the 1st ACA Sadhasivam Memorial FIDE Rating Chess Tournament (below 2200).
In the penultimate round Prasannaa beat Sahu Vikramaditya of Maharashtra and in the final round he beat FM Vinothkumar of Chennai to clinch the title with a score of 9 points. Prasannaa’s only lost with the top seed A Shankar of Railways in the 10 rounds Swiss event that concluded on Sunday at JN Stadium. Three players namely, Pranav Vijay, B. Sekar both from TN and Dangmei Bosco of Andhra were tied for the second position with 8.5 points. Better tie-break score gave Pranav to runner-up position and others finished in the same order respectively.

Praggnanandhaa and Rakshita Ravi are the Champions
25th Tamil Nadu State Under -7 Boys & Girls Chess Championship for Dolphin Trophies was organized by Tirupur District Chess Association & KPK Chess Academy on behalf of Tamil Nadu State Chess Association. The 11 round Swiss format was held from 23rd January to 28th January 2012 here at Kamakshi Amman kalyana Mandapam, Tirupur.
This tournament has attracted 49 boys and 29 girls from 12 districts and 5 registered academies. R. Praggnanandhaa of Tiruvallur district was the only fide rated player in boys section. 5 years old boy Riyan Priyank of Coimbatore participated and added beauty to this state championship. Praggnanandhaa of Tiruvallur, R.Abinanandhan and P.V.Rakesh of Chennai shared their lead with 4 points at the end of 4th round in boys section. Praggnanandhaa took sole lead from 5th round till the last round and won the Championship. He received the Dolphin Trophy and Rs.1200 as cash award. R.Abinandhan of Chennai was the runner-up of this championship with 9 points.
In girls section Rakshitta Ravi of Chennai and R.Mohana of kanchi jointly leaders with 4 points at the end of 4th round. Rakshitta Ravi took sole lead from 5th round. But Riduvarshini of Tirupur district beat Rakshitta and stopped the unbeaten record in the penultimate round. Rakshitta won the girls championship and received the Dolphin Trophy with cash award Rs.1200. R. Mohana was the Runner-up of this championship with 8 points.
Mr. M. Govindaswamy, Treasurer of Jai Sriram Group of Institutions and Mrs. Anu Professor of the same institute gave away the prizes in the Presence Sri. Sivashanmugam, Vice-President, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Sri. K.P.K Selvaraj, president. Tirupur District Chess Association and Sri. Boopathy, Secreatry Tirupur District Chess Association. The arbiters V.P Manoharan and A. Mani and also parent’s excellent co-operation helped to conclude this Championship without any single dispute

Adhiban won the Bronze Medal in Tata Steel Grand Master Chess Tournament
Adhiban won the Bronze Medal in Tata Steel Grand Master Chess Tournament that concluded at Wijk aan Zee on Jan 29, 2012. In the final round he beat Lisa Schut to ensure third place in the Group C.

Harini won the 2nd AIM Chess FIDE Rated Tmt
Harini of Kanchi won the 2nd AIM Chess FIDE rated Tmt held at Surabi College of Polytechnic in Namakkal from 13th Jan to 17th Jan 2012.
In the final round top seed Ram S Krishnan beat Varshini, In the second board Lokesh P of Chennai drew with Lokesh N of Housr and in the third board Harini beat Rathanvel of Kovai. Both Ram S Krishnan of BSNL and Harini tied for the first spot, but better tie-break score gave Harini to clinch the title with 7.5 points from nine rounds. The tournament had attracted 141 players from various parts of South India. Harini is the second girl to win a FIDE Rated tournament in Tamil Nadu, after Nimmy George of Kerala , who had won the Karur tournament, some years back.

Sri KPP Baskar, MLA Namakkal Constituency distributed the prizes in the presence of Sri G. Marimuthu, Chairman, Surabi College of Polytechnic and Mr. GM Gopu Madhavan, Principal, Surabi College of Polytechnic, Mr.V. Sathyamoorthy, Mr.K. Gandhi Murugesan and Mr. RN Kamalasekar. Mr. SV Iyappan, Secretary, AIM Chess Academy welcomed the gathering and Mr. V. Aatahayam proposed a vote of thanks.

All India Chess Federation Organises a Clinic for Arbiters to update their Knowledge
Arbiters have to update their knowledge periodically with the latest developments in chess with respect to laws of chess, pairing, title, rating, and tournament regulations. It is a good chance for the arbiters all over India to congregate and discuss