Piyush Narsikar of Hingoli, Maharashtra with 8.5 point out of Nine rounds won the 3rd Nagpur International Below 1600 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament organised by Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation in association with G.H. Raisoni Sport and Cultural Foundation at G.H.Raisoni Institute of Information and Technology, Shraddha Park, Wadi Hingna Link Road, Nagpur. In course of the title Piyush won the last seven games in a row. The event was recognised by Chess Association Nagpur, Maharashtra Chess Association, AICF and FIDE.
In the last round Piyush was pitted against overnight leader Shubham Kumar of Bihar. While Piyush playing with Black pieces equalised early and won a pawn in the middle game. In the endgame, Piyush made a fine endgame maneuvering of pawn to score victory and thereby the title. AGM M. Mathiyazhagan of Puducherry and N. Tarun of Delhi scored last round win to finish with 8 points to their credit and were adjudged Second and Third respectively based on their Tie Break Score. Rohan Gourabathni of Telangana, Shubham Kumar of Biahr, Yash Kulhari of Rajasthan, Ravi Palsule of Madhya Pradesh and Sanjeev Sood of Punjab scored 7.5 points and were placed 3rd to 8th position respectively based on their tie break score.
The Prizes were distributed at the hands of Shri Surendra Agnihotri, Assistant Commissioner Central GST Nagpur who is also an ardent Bird Lover and Bird Photographer. Dr. Mrunalini Borkar, Associate Professor, IGMC and Hon. Secretary of Surgeons Association of Nagpur was the Guest of Honour. Ex. MLC and Vice President MCA Shri Girish Vyas who was the Chairman of Organising Committee of the event Presided Over the Prize Distribution Function. Shri Bhushan Shriwas, Organising Secretary and Secretary of Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation, Shri S.S.Soman, Member of Observer Committee of MCA and IA Swapnil Bansod, Chief Arbiter were prominently present on the occasion.
Cash Prizes were distributed to Top 20 finishers. In addition Prizes were also distributed to Veterans, Best Nagpur player, Best Unrated Player, Best Rated player between Rating 1000 to 1200 and 1201 to 1400. Trophies were given to Top 10 finishers in Under-7,9,11,13 and 15 for Boys and Girls seperately.
The 1st Nagpur One Day International FIDE Rating Rapid Rating Chess Tournament -2-23 shall be played tomorrow on 16th August 2023. Around 340 players have already confirmed their entries for this Rapid event.
IA Swapnil Bansod was the Chief Arbiter for the event who was assisted by FA Shiva Iyer, FA Amit Tembhurne, FA Shubham Soni, SNA Prayas Ambade, SNA N. Nagalaxmi, SNA Sonal Tambi, SNA Shyam Agrawal, SNA Shrikant Bagde, SNA Bharti Dhote, Prathamesh Machave, Shishir Indurkar and Amit Bhongare.