Ved, Aditi, Samir, Pankaj and Harsh win APWAD school chess titles

Patna, May 2, 2010: Ved Prakash and Aditi Arya claimed the coveted boys under-16 and girls’ under-14 crowns respectively in the APWAD inter-school mastermind chess championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Saturday.

Samir Sengar won the boys’ under-14 title while Pankaj Kumar and Kumar Harsh clinched the boys’ under-12 and under-10 titles respectively.

Throwball Federation of India joint secretary Neeraj Kumar ‘Pappu’, Dr Shiv Narayan Singh volleyball tournament secretary Dr Sunil Kumar Singh, Walk & Talk managing director Siddhartha Jain and Commerce Coaching director Mithilesh Tiwari jointly gave away the prizes and cash awards.

Ravindra Rai, president, Association for People’s Welfare and Development (APWAD) welcomed the guests and tournament director Rakesh Ranjan proposed a vote of thanks.

The organizing committee also felicitated Sudhir Kumar, Birendra Upadhaya, Rajesh Kumar, Bipin Kumar, Vijay Kumar and Santosh Kumar (all arbiters) on the occasion.

Photo caption: Winners of APWAD inter-school mastermind chess tournament pose for a group photograph in Patna on May 2, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Aditi, Ved Prakash maintain lead

Patna, April 30, 2010: Upbeat Aditi Arya continued her upward march with 3.5 points at the end of fourth round’s play in the girls’ section of the APWAD inter-school mastermind chess tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Friday.

Ved Prakash too maintained his lead with five points after the end of fifth round in the boys’ under-15 group. In the boys’ under-12 age group, Ashwani Arya with five points shot into the lead after end of the fifth round in the boys’ under-12 section.

Results: Boys’ under-16 (after fifth round): Ved Prakash (5) bt Vikas Kumar Dewvedi (3); Prabhat Kumar (4) bt Sonu Kumar (3); Nilesh Shankar (3.5) bt Rakesh Kumar (2.5); Anirban Choudhary (3.5) bt Kumar Satyam (2.5); Tatparya Shankar (3) bt Satyaki (2); Abhishek (3) bt Amit Kumar (2); Prakhar Raj (3) bt Shreyansh Suyash (2) and Shivendu (2.5) bt Manish Kumar (1).

Boys’ under-14 (after fifth round): Samir Sengar (4.5) drew with Siddhartha Khanna (4); Ayush Anand (4.5) bt Subhash Suyash (3); Ayush Kashyap (4) bt Vicky Kumar (3); Alok Priyadarshi (4) bt Durgesh (3); Prince Kumar (4) bt Arunesh (3); Kumar Mayank (4) bt Shivam Keshari (2.5); SV Bansal (3) bt Kislay (2); KM Jha (3) bt Samir Kumar (2);Nikhil Saurav (3) bt Yashwant Kumar (2) and Rahul Raj (3) bt Shubham Ranjan (2).

Boys’ under-12: (after fifth round): Ashwani Arya (5) bt Utkarsh (4); Pankaj Kumar (4.5) bt Nikhil Nandan (3); Randhir Kumar (4) bt AA Anwar (3); Ishan Karunesh (4) bt Pushkar Anand Singh (3); Manishankar (4) bt Kumar Vishesh (2.5); Sumesh Thakur (3) bt Abhishek (2); Tushar (3) bt Ayush (2); Raushan Kumar (3) bt Akashdeep (2) and Vidhit (3) bt Sachin Ranjan (2).

Boys’ under-10 (after fifth round): Kumar Harsh (5) bt Risik Anand (4); Veer Sharma (5) bt Kumar Sambhabh (3); Shivang (4) bt Mohit Raj (3); Rishi Rishabh (4) bt Utkarsh Nath (3); Ritesh Raj (4) bt Tanul Tanay (3) and Ashish Kumar (3.5) bt Adya Kumar (2.5).

Girls (after fourth round): Aditi Arya (3.5) drew with Sweety (3); Kamani Kumari (3) bt Kumari Sirishti (2); Aditi Aditya (3) bt Arti Kumari (1.5); Apurva (2) bt Sunidhi Kumari (1) and Swati bt Riya Sakshi (1).

Photo caption: Ved Prakash plays against Vikas Kumar Dewvedi in APWAD inter-school mastermind chess championships in Patna on April 30, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Aditi, Ved Prakash surge into lead

Patna, April 29, 2010: Aditi Arya of Ram Mohun Roy Seminary surged into the lead with 3 points at the end of third round’s play in the girls’ section of the APWAD inter-school mastermind chess championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday.

In boys’ U-10 section, Vir Sharma (St Karen’s School), Rishik Anand (Litera Valley School, Shivang Aryan, Kumar Harsh and Kumar Sambhav shared the lead with three points each.

In boys’ U-12 group, three players Ashwani Arya, AA Anwar and Ishan Karusnesh were leading the points tally with three points to their credits.
In under-14 boys’ section, Sameer Sengar, Ayush Kashyap and Alok Priyadarshi emerged as joint leaders with three points each.
Ved Prakash of Chapra was in sole lead in the boys’ U-16 section.

Important results:

Girls: Aditi Arya (3) beat Kamini Kumari (2), Kumari Srishti (2) beat Arti Kumari (1.5), Sweety Kumari (2.5) beat Apurva (1), Aditi Aditya (2) beat Swati (1), Riya beat Anjali Shah (0).

Boys U-16: Ved Prakash (3) beat Tatparya Shankar (2), Nilesh Shankar (2.5) beat Satyam (1.5), Vikas Kumar (2) beat Satyaki (1), Sonu Kumar (2) beat Sreyansh (1), Amit Kumar (2) beat Maish (1), Rakesh Kumar (2) beat Abhisshk Kumar (.5).

Boys’ U-14: Samir Sengar (3) bt Subhash (2), Ayush Kasyap (3) bt Prince Kumar (2), Alok Priyadarsi (3) bt Abhishek Ranjan (1.5), Shivam Kesari (2.5) bt Kislay Aakash (1), Durgesh (2) bt Samir Kumar (1), Saurav Kumar (2) bt Krishna Prabhat (1), Kumar Mayank (2) bt Ashutosh Agrawal (1), K M Jha (2) bt S Anand (1), S V Bansal (2) bt Kusagra Ankit (1), Nikhil Saurav (2) bt Shubham (1), Anand Khanna (2.5) drawAyush Anand (2.5).

Boys U-12: Ashwani Arya (3) bt Ayush Ankit (2), A A Anwar (3) bt Pushkar Singh (2), Ishan Karunesh (3) bt Ayush (2), Utkarsh Singh (3) bt Kumar Vishes (2), Pankaj Kumar (2.5) bt Abhishek Kumar (1), Sidharth Mittal (2) bt Jayant (1), Mani Shankar (2) bt Sumesh Thakur (1), Nikhil Nandan (2) bt Sundram (1), Randhir (2) bt Swapnil (1), Sachin Ranjan (2) bt Utkarsh Raj (1).

Boys U-10: Veer Sharma (3) bt Rishi Risabh (2), Risik Anand (3) bt Arab (2), Shivang (3) bt Aditya (2), Kumar Harsh (3) bt Rahul Kumar (2), Kumar Sambhav (3) bt Utkarsh (2), Adya Kumar (2) bt N Ranjan (1.5), S Prasar (2) bt Ayush Ranjan (1), Sidharth (2) bt Dipanshu (1), Kilay Sinha (2) bt Ritik Kumar (1), Tanul Tanay (2) bt Kumar Gaurav(1).

Photo caption: Prabhat and A Choudhary contemplating their next move in the APWAD inter-school mastermind chess championships in Patna on April 29, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Easy victories for seeded players in APWAD chess

Patna. April 28, 2010: All the leading players won their respective matches with commendable ease on the first day of the APWAD inter-school mastermind chess tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Wednesday.

Kamani Kumari, Kumar Srishti, Aditi, Arti Kumari and Aditi Arya chalked out easy victories in the first round of girls’ under-14 group.

Earlier, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Narendra Singh inaugurated the championship at a colourful function. Speaking on the occasion, Singh announced that he would give cash award to ten best players of the tournament. Rakesh Ranjan, tournament director, welcomed the guests. Vivekanand of APWAD proposed a vote of the thanks.

Arvind Kumar Sinha, secretary, All Bihar Chess Association, Mirtunjay Tiwari, convenor,Bihar Cricket Association, Kumar Vijay, secretary, Bihar State KabaddiAssociation, Niraj Kumar Pappu, secretary, Throwball Association of Bihar, Dr Sunil Kumar Singh, Abhishek Kumar, Birenddra Kumar Upadhaya and Pankaj Kumar Jyoti were present at the inaugural function.

Results: boys’ under-16 (first round): Nilesh Shankar (1) bt Amit Kumar (0); Ved Prakash (1) bt Anubhav Sahay (0); Prabhat Kumar (1) bt Vikas Kumar Trivedi (0); Tatparya Shankar (1) bt Pritam Kumar (0); Rakesh Kumar (1) bt Sonu Kumar (0) and Shreyansh bt Manish kumar (0).

Boys’ under-14 (first round): Ayush Anand (1) bt Nitish Kumar (0); Siddhartha (1) bt Nikhil (0); Ayush Kashyap (1) bt Raghav Arora (0); Rahul Raj (1) bt Samir Sengar (0); Subhash Saurabh (1) bt Raja Rajesh (0); Aabishek Ranjan (1) bt Ravi (0); Alok Priyadarshi (1) bt Samarth Mittal (0) and Prince Kumar (1) bt S Anand (0).

Boys’ under-12 (first round): Ashwani Arya (1) bt Randhir (0); Abhishek (1) bt Raushan Kumar (0); Sachin Ranjan (1) bt Aman (0); AA Anwar (1) bt Saiyad (0); Ayush (1) bt Sahil (0); Ayush Niketan (1) bt S Verma (0); Siddharha (1) bt Harsh (0); Ishan (1) bt Sumesh (0) and Jayant (1) bt Sundaram (0).

Boys’ under-10 (first round): Veer Sharma (1) bt Nilesh (0); Aditya Bhashkar (1) bt Praveen (0); Adya Kumar (1) bt Rajveer (0); Rishi Rishabh (1) bt Aman (0); Rishi Anand (1) bt Ankit Kumar (0) and Ritesh Raj (1) bt Ayush Ranjan (0).

Girls’ under-14: (first round): Kamani Kumari (1) bt Anjali Sah (0); Kumari Srishti (1) bt Apurva (0); Aarti Kumari (1) bt Riya (0); Aditi (1) bt Sunidhi (0) and Aditi Arya bt Swati (0).

Photo caption: Players concentrating on their moves during the APWAD inter-school mastermind chess championships in Patna on April 28, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

APWAD school chess from December 3

Patna, November 8, 2009:
The fifth Association for People’s Welfare and Development (APWAD) inter-school chess tournament will be held here from December 3, according to Ravindra Nath Rai, president, APWAD.
The last date for entry is December 2. The championships will be held in U-10, U-12, U-14 and U-16 age groups. Rakesh Ranjan has been named director of the tournament.

Sri Ram Govind Prasad Sah High School, Byapur enter semifinals

Patna, November 5, 2009:
Sri Ram Govind Prasad Sah High School, Byapur entered the semi-finals of the Rock inter-school football tournament edging out Sri Baldev Sanskrit High School, Masaurhi 5-4 via sudden death at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday.

Akhilesh gave Byapur boys the much-needed lead in the 10th minute. Zakir Ansari made it 1-1 in the 29th minute. Both teams took break for a drink at 1-1.

The second half saw keen tussle between the teams. In the 38th minute Masaurhi boys made a good move from the left as Avinash and Sahil combined well to put the ball on the rival box. Sahil shot a power floater but Tunnu headed it out.

The regulation time of the match ended 1-1. Peanlty shootouts were introduced but both the teams could covert three into goals. At 4-4, sudden death rule came into force and Byapur team shot home to emerge 5-4 winners.

Vijay, Rishi, Srishti win Airtel chess crowns

Patna, December 25, 2008
The fourth Day of the fourth Airtel Mastermind inter-school chess championship at Rajendra Nagar Government High school hall here had not witnessed notable upsets as overnight leaders in the respective age group sections coming out of the pack safely to emerge deserving winners.

In the boys’ under-16 section, overnight leader Vijay Kumar played a lackluster draw in the sixth and final round to take his tally to 4.5 points. The half point lead was sufficient enough for him to capture the crown. Three players Rupesh Ranjan, Nilesh Shankar and Ashutosh Anand with 4 points got the second, third and fourth positions respectively under the progressive score rule.

The boys’ under-14 group saw Rishi Shanker becoming the champion with 6 points to his credit in as many rounds. Md Dilshad, Rahul Raj and Vikas Kumar Dwivedi with 5 points each claimed the second, third and fourth spots.

Under-12 boys group was the most exciting one. The result itself showed the intensity of battle as four players Siddarth Khanna, Ayush Anand, Sameer Sengar and Kumar Mayank collected five points each out of six-round play.
Siddrath Khanna finally took the title after winning lightening matches played among the four players.

Siddhant Gautam won the boys’ under-10 title with full six points under his belt. Ashwani Arya (5), Vikas Kumar (5) and Gaurav Anand (5) bagged the second, third and fourth position respectively.

In the girls’ under-16 section, Pammi Rani won the title while Srishti Gautam with four points clinched the under-14 crown. Ankita Raj, Priyanka Kumari and Sukrit (all three points) got the second, third and fourth positions respectively in the girls’ under-14 section.
Aditi Arya with three points to her credit claimed the girls’ under-12 title while Usha Arya won the girls’ under-10 title scoring 3 points.

Labour Minister Awdhesh Narain Singh and Airtel (Bihar and Jharkhand) C.O.O. Shishir Kumar gave away the cash prizes and trophies to the rank holders. Arvind Kumar Sinha, secretary, All Bihar Chess Association, Dr Anil Kumar Singh, principal, Maharana Pratap College, Dr Rashmi Prabha, principal, Government High School, Rajendra Nagar and Mritunjay Tiwari, president, Bihar Players Association were present at the function. Tournament Director Rakesh Ranjan welcomed the guests while Shakuntala Sinha, senior member APWAD (the organizer of the tournament) proposed a vote of thanks.

Photo Caption: Winners of Airtel Mastermind chess championhips display their trophies and certificates in Patna on Wednesday.

Photo: Aftab Alam

Airtel Chess: Vijay takes sole lead

Patna, December 24
The third day of the 4th Airtel Mastermind inter-school chess championships saw Vijay Kumar with four points taking the sole lead at the end of fifth round in the boys' under-16 section at Rajendra Nagar Government High School hall here on Tuesday.
Rupesh Ranjan with 3.5 points to his credit was at the second spot in the same age group.

Rishi Shankar earned five points in as many rounds to emerge the sole leader in the boys’ under-14 section while Siddhant Gautam with five points surged ahead in the boys’ under-10 age group.

Four players Ayush Anand, Siddhartha Khanna, Ayush Kashyap and Samir Sengar with four points each were at joint second position in the boys’ under-14 category.

In the girls’ under-14 category, Ankita Raj and Srishti Kumari shared the top spot with three points each after the end of third round.

Results: (fifth round)

Boys’ under-16:
Vijay Kumar (5) beat Nilesh Shankar (3); Rupesh Ranjan (3.5) beat Ganesh Kumar (2); Ashutosh Anand (3) beat Vikas Kumar (2); Sumit Kumar (2) beat Abhinav Raj (1); Guptesh Kumar Singh (2) beat Suraj Kumar (1); Binod Kumar (2) beat Pankaj Pratap (1) and Suman Kumar (2) beat Neeraj Kumar (1).

Boys under-14: Rishi Shankar (5) beat Md Dilshad Ashraf (4); Rahul Raj (4) beat Amit Kumar Maurya (3.5); Sindhu Shekhar (4) beat Tatparya Shankar (3.5); Vikas Kumar Diwedi (4) beat Samir Anand (3); Satyaki (4) beat Vinayak Prasad (3); Sonu Kumar (4) beat Abhishek Kumar (2); Anirvan (3) beat Prabhat (2); Kumar Satyam (3) beat Shubham Sinha (2); Utkarsh Nath (3) beat A Brother (2); Taru Shashwat (3) beat Amul Kumar (2) and Vishal Kumar Raman (3) beat Ashwani Kumar (2).

Boys’ under-10: Siddhant Gautam (5) beat Ashwani Arya (4); Pankaj Kumar (4) beat Shivam Kumar (3); Ramesh Kumar (4) beat Das Kumar (3); Gaurav Anand (4) beat Shwetank Lal (3); Kishan Utkarsh (4) beat Utkarsh Kumar (3) and Vikas Kumar (4) beat Chintu Kumar (2).

Girls: (third round)
Under-10: Usha Arya (3) beat Kanchan Kumari (2); Minakshi Kumari (2) beat Sakshi Arya (1.5) and Farha (2) beat Jasmin Kaur (1).
Under-14: Ankita Raj (3) beat Priyanka Kumari (2), Srishti Kumari (3) beat Kamani Kumari (1); Sukriti (2) beat Priya Kumari (1) and Pragya Raj (2) beat Aditi Aditya (0).

Photo caption: Whizkids contemplating their moves during Airtel Mastermind inter-school chess championships in Patna on Tuesday.

Photo: Aftab Alam

Airtel Mastermind chess begins in Patna

Patna, December 22, 2008
The fourth edition of the Airtel Mastermind chess championships for school students began at the Rajendra Nagar Government Girls School hall here on Sunday with a colourful opening function.

About 150 players drawn from various schools of the state have been participating in the event which is being organized by Association for People Welfare and Development (APWAD) to provide a competitive platform to budding talents.

S Gangwar, DIG (Patna Range) and Manish Upadhaya, Zonal Business Manager, Airtel inaugurated the tournament playing a board. Mirtunjay Tiwary, president, Bihar Players Association, Dr Rashmi Prabha, principal, Rajendra Nagar Government Girls High School and Arvind Kumar Sinha, secretary, All Bihar Chess Association graced the inaugural function. Rakesh Ranjan, director, tournament welcomed the guests and also proposed a vote of thanks. Senior athletic coach Abhishek Kumar anchored the event in his charming way.

On the opening day first round matches were played and as expected experienced players faced no difficulties to win their respective encounters. Sidhant Gautam, Pankaj Kumar, Ashwani Arya and Abhiyuday Bhartiya were among the prominent winners in the Boys' under-10 section.

Important results:
Boys under-12 (first round): Ayush Anand (1) beat Kumar Mayank (0); Siddhartha Khanna (1) beat Prashant Kumar (0); Ayush Kashyap (1) bat Pratyush Pratik (0); Samir Sengar (1) beat Raghunandan Prasad (0); Rahul Kumar (1) beat Abhinav (0); Abhiuday (1) bat Ranjit Kumar (0); Rohit Mishra (1) beat Alok Kumar (0); Alok Priyadarshi (1) beat SK Bagaria (0) and Suraj (1) beat KS Choudhary (0).
Boys’ under-10 (first round): Sidhant Gautam (1) beat KH Singh (0); Pankaj Kumar (1) beat Kunal (0); Ashwani Arya (1) beat Migranshu (0); Abhiuday (1) beat Mukund (0); Pranjal (1) beat Amitesh Raj (0); Anshul (1) beat Rahul Kumar (0); Ramesh Kumar (1) beat Arshil (0) and Ranjit Kumar (1) beat Aryan (0).
Girls under-10 (first round): Usha Arya (1) beat Kumari Shursti (0); Minakshi (1) beat Deep Shikha (0); Priya (1) beat Farha (0); Sakshi (1) beat Jasmin (0) and Kanchan Kumari (1) beat Soumya (0).

Photo caption: S Gangwar, DIG, Patna Range and other guests during the inauguration of the fourth Airtel Mastermind chess championships in Patna on Sunday.

Photo: Aftab Alam