Nilesh Shankar wins boys' U-16 chess title

Patna, October 29, 2010: Nilesh Shankar won the boys U-16 chess title of the Mastermind prize-money inter-school chess championship at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Friday.

Kumar Harsh, Kusagra Divyam and Siddharth Khanna emerged champions in the boys’ U-10, U-12 and U-14 sections respectively. Usha Arya (RMR Seminary), Minakshi Kumari (Government Middle School, AG Colony), Kamani Kumari (Shastrinagar Girls’ High School) and Swikirti Sinha (DAV School, Khagaul) claimed the titles in girls’ under-10, under-12, under-14 and under-16 sections respectively.

Acharya Sudarshanjee Maharaj, who was the chief guest in the closing function, gave away the prizes and cash awards. Niraj Kumar Pappu, general secretary, Acharya Sudarshan Sports and Cultural Foundation welcomed the guests.

Nilesh Shankar emerges sole leader

Patna, October 28, 2010: Nilesh Shankar of Delhi Model Public School emerged as the sole leader in the boys’ U-16 section with five points in as many rounds in the Mastermind inter-school chess championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday.

In the boys’ U-10 section, Rishik Anand of Litera Valley took the sole lead with five points.

Results: Boys’U-16 fifth round: Nilesh Shankar (5) beat Anubhav Sahay (3.5), Anirban Choudhary (4) beat Samir Anand (3), Satyaki (4) beat Shreyans Suyash (3), Suyash Kashyap (3.5) beat Uttam Prakash (3), Mahesh Kumar (3) beat Rakesh Roshan (2), Mark Penj (3) beat Pranav Kumar (2), Vikash Kumar (3) beat Mohit Raj (2), Mohit Sagar (3) beat Anmol Anand (1), Subodh Kumar (2) beat Rahul Rai (1).

Boys’ U-14 fifth round: Ayush Kashyap (4.5) beat Durgesh Samrat (3), Prince Kumar (4) beat Rahul Raj (3), Alok Pridarshi (3.5) beat Subhas Saurav (3), Krishna Prabhat (3) beat Samrat Mittal (2), Ravi (3) beat Shubham Anurag (2), Vishal Kumar Singh (3) beat Ritik Raj (2), Kislay Akash (2.5) beat Kausik Ghosh (1), Kumar Mayank (2) beat Shubham Sharma (1.5), Samrat Dutta (2) beat Sanjay Kumar (1), Sidharth Khanna (4) beat Ayush Anand (4).

Boys’ U-12 fifth round: Kumar Vishesh (4.5) beat Pankaj Kumar (3.5), Kusagra Divyam (4.5) beat Sudhanshu Kumar (3.5), Ashvani Arya (4) beat Ayush Ankit (2.5), Sumesh Thakur (3.5) beat Akash Kaushal (2), Aditya Bhashkar (3) beat Surendra Sinha (2), Tushar Kumar (3) beat Azim Anwar (2), Ishant Sinha (3) beat Vidit Agrawal (2), Mani Shankar (3) beat Sidharth Mittal (2).

Boys U-10 fifth round: Risik Anand (5) beat Kumar Sambhav (4), Kumar Harsh (4.5) beat Saif Ali Khan (4), Aman Harsh (4) beat Shubham Agrawal (3), Amitesh Raj (4) beat Tushar Sinha (3), Vedansh Arya (3) beat Gufran Hussain (3), Keshav Raj (4) beat Utkarsh Nath (3), Mrigyanshu (3.5) draw A Raj Choudhary (3.5), Rahul Kumar (3.5) beat Shivang Aryan (2.5), Prarth Prabhat (3) beat Abhinav (2), Abhinav Prakash (3) beat Syan Patel (2), Aditya Dikshit (3) beat Shaurya Bihari (2), Tanul Tanay (3) beat Harsh Raj (2), Sidharth (3) beat Risav Kumar (1.5).

Ganauri Das chess: Ashutosh, Krishna Prasad earn full points

Patna, August 7, 2009
Ashutosh, Vijay, Kunal, Krishna Prasad and Ved Prakash Sinha faced no worthwhile resistance to win their second round in the Ganauri Das memorial chess tournament at the RBI premises here on Friday.

Results (after second round):
Kunal (2) beat Apreshwar Kapish (1); Ved Prakash Sinha (2) beat Anjani Kant Sinha (1); Ashutosh (2) beat Anuj Kumar (1); Vijay Kumar (2) beat Ashwani Arya (1); Krishna Prasad (2) beat Ashish Raj (1); Rajesh Kumar Sinha (2) beat Praveen Kumar (1); Ravindra Kumar (2) beat Nandan Kumar (1); Nilesh Shankar (2) beat Kumar Sambhav (1); Rishi Shankar (2) beat Usha Arya (1); Abdul Hasib (2) beat Mantoo Kumar (1); Aditi Arya (2) beat Rajnish Kumar Singhhh (1) and Akhauri Harshit (2) beat Raja (1).

Ganauri Das memorial chess tournament: Seeded players post easy wins

Patna, August 6, 2009
Seeded players won their respective first round matches in the Ganauri Das memorial chess tournament that began at the RBI, Patna, premises here on Thursday.

Notable winners in first round were Kunal, Ved Prakash Sinha, Ashutosh Kumar and Vijay Kumar.

Earlier, MS Soy, general manager, RBI, Patna, inaugurated the tournament. Rajeev Ranjan, secretary, Reserve Bank of India Sports and Recreation Club welcomed the guests and DK Tripathi proposed a vote of thanks. Pramod Kumar, secretary, RBI Employees Association, Arvind Kumar Sinha, secretary, All Bihar Chess Association and Manoj Ranjan were present at the inaugural function.

Results (after first round):
Kunal (1) beat Vindyavashini Kumar (0); Ved Prakash Sinha (1) beat Devesh Kumar (0); Ashutosh Kumar (1) beat Ganesh Kumar (0); Vijay Kumar (1) beat Himanshu Harsh (0); Krishna Prasad (1) beat Jitendra Kumar (0); Rajesh Kumar Sinha (1) beat Krishna Prasad Singh (0); Kumar Sambhav (1) beat Vicky Vishal (0); Nandan Kumar (1) beat Kumar Vishesh (0); Rishi Shankar (1) beat Manish Kumar (0); Mantoo Kumar (1) beat Abhishek Kumar (0); Aditi Arya (1) beat Mohit Raj (0); Praveen Kumar (1) beat Akhauri Sakshi (0); Akhauei Vinit (1) beat Pirtosh Kumar (0); Swapan (1) beat Sadashiv Kumar (0); Akhauri Harshit (1) beat PN Prasad (0) and Ravindra Kumar (1) beat Amit Kumar.

Photo caption: MS Soy, general manager, RBI, Patna, inaugurates Ganauri Das memorial chess tournament in Patna on August 6, 2009.

Atma Ram chess: Rupesh, Nilesh and Ayush share lead after thrid round

Patna, June 5, 2009
Three players shared the lead with as many points points each at the end of the third round play of the Atma Ram memorial Patna district under-17 chess championships at NSN Residential Public School Hall here on Friday.

On the top of the table were Rupesh Ranjan, Nilesh Shankar and Ayush Anand. Seven players closely following the leaders with two points each were Rishi Shankar, Siddarth Khanna, Ayush Kashyap, AlokPriyadarshi, Kumari Srishti, Prince Kumar and Sashi Nand.

On the top board, international rated player Rupesh Ranjan, playing with white against Siddarth Khanna, began with Kings pawn opening. Siddarth applied Sicilian Pelican defence. Siddarth committed a blunder on the 17th move and came under severe pressure. On the 40th move, he finally resigned.

Results:
Rupesh Ranjan (3) beat Siddharth Khanna (2); Nilesh Shankar (3) beat Rishishankar (2); Ayush Anand (3) beat Ashish Raj (1); Ayush Kashyup (2) beat Kumar Sambhav (1); Alok Priyadharshi (2) beat Kumar Vishesh (1); Kumari Shrishti (2) beat Amit Kumar Gupta (1); Prince Kumar (2) beat Himanshu Harsh (1) beat Shashinand Kumar (2) beat Kumar Harshburdhan Singh (1); Sunil Kumar (1) beat Navin Kumar (1); Vishal Kumar (1) beat Abhishek Kumar (0); Rupam Kumar (1) beat Jartab Zaki(0).

Photo caption: Nilesh Shankar (left) concentrating on his moves in the Atma Ram memorial Patna district under-17 chess championships in Patna on June 5, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Atma Ram U-17 chess: Easy wins for top players

Patna, June 4, 2009

Rupesh Ranjan, Nilesh Shankar, Rishi Shankar, Siddarth Khanna and Ayush Anand were among the leading players, who won their first round matches to collect full points in the Atma Ram memorial Patna district under-17 chess championships at NSM Residential Public School hall here on Thursday.

Earlier, Anil Sulabh, director, Indian Institute of Health Education and Research inaugurated the tournament. Special guests Dr SB Pandey, Mukteshwar Dayal, Khurshid Alam, NK Sinha, Fazal Mahmood and Surya Kumar Pandey were present at the opening function. Nalin Dayal welcomed the guests while Patna District Chess Association secretary Rakesh Ranjan proposed a vote of thanks.

Results: Rupesh Ranjan (1) beat Kumar Harshvardhan Singh (0), Nilesh Shankar (1) beat Kumar Sambhav (0), Rishishankar (1) beat Kumar Vishesh (0), Siddarth Kahanna (1) beat Kumari Srishti (0), Ayush Anand(1) beat Navin Kumar (0), Prince Kumar (1) beat Ayush Kashyap (0), Ashish Raj (1) beat Rupam Kumari (0), Sashi Nand Kumar (1) beat Abhisshek Kumar (0), Alok Priyadarshi (1) beat Sunil Kumar (0), Amit Kumar Gupta (1) beat Vishal Kumar (0) and Himanshu Harsh beat Zartav Jockey (0).

Photo caption: Atma Ram memorial Patna district under-17 chess championships being inaugurated in Patna on June 4, 2009.

Rajesh Sinha claims Patna chess title

Patna, April 30, 2009
Rajesh Kumar Sinha won the Patna district senior chess title with five points at the end of final round play at the Patna College Common Room here on Thursday.

There were three-way tie among Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Nand Kishore and Ajit Kumar Singh for the top position. At the end of the final round play all three had collected five points each. Rajesh Kumar Sinha was declared winner with best progressive point (19.5). Nand Kishore got the second position with 18 progressive points while Ajit Kumar Singh had to be satisfied with the third spot with 17.5 progressive points.

Former president of the All Bihar Chess Association PN Sharma, who was the chief guest at the closing function, gave away the prizes. Patna College principal, RB Prasad Singh, All Bihar Chess Association (ABCA) secretary Arvind Kumar Sinha, DK Singh, Vinayak Prasad were among the other dignitaries present at the prize-distribution function.

Patna District Chess Association secretary, Rakesh Ranjan welcomed the guests while tournament convener Ajay Kumar proposed a vote of thanks.

According to chief arbiter Sudhir Kumar Mishra other ranked holders are;
4. Krshna Prasad (4.5); 5. Rishi Shankar (4.5); 6. Sanjeev Kumar (4.5); 7. Shristi Gautam (4.5); 8. Siddhant Gautam (4); 9. Devendra Kumar Singh (4) and 10. Rupesh Ranjan (4).

Special awards: Oldest player: PN Prasad (3, Date of Birth 1934), youngest player: Akhouri Sakshi (2, date of birth 2004).

Photo caption: Winners of Patna district chess championships display their trohies and medals in Patna on April 30, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui