Narendra Firodia All India (Below 1600) Classical International Ranking Chess Tournament has been recorded in the Guinness Book. Vedanta Pansare of Ahmednagar won the title in this competition. 555 players participated in this tournament. In it, senior players from five and a half years to 91 years of age put their intellectual strength to the test.
On behalf of the Ahmednagar District Chess Association, the prize distribution ceremony of Narendra Firodia All India Open Classical International Ranking Chess Tournament was concluded at the Badi Sajan Mangal office. Ahmednagar District Chess Association President Narendra Firodia said in the prize distribution program that ‘Ahmednagar District Chess Association and Shantikumar Ji Firodia Memorial Foundation are committed to the promotion and spread of chess.’
In the history of chess, 555 players have come from India. This is happening for the first time in the city. This competition has received such a large response that this competition has also been registered in the Guinness Book. Coincidentally, this tournament was organized on International Chess Day and Guru Poornima.
Chess Association Secretary Yashwant Bapat welcomed the chief guests. Bapat said that players from 22 states have come in this tournament. Billo 1600 ranking competition was held for chess players who have been clapping for others to date. 555 players participated in this tournament and witnessed many shocking results. In this tournament, the citizens got to see the excellent performance of many veteran players.
Ahmednagar District Chess Association President Narendra Firodia, Entrepreneurs Anand Chengedia, Vinay Bogawat, Vipra Salwa, Ashish Jangla, Vijay Bhandari, Vikram Firodia, Ashish Sarada, Ahmednagar District Chess Association Treasurer Subodh Thombre, Shyam Kamble, Manish were present at the prize distribution ceremony of the tournament. Jaswani, Devendra Vaidya, Prakash Gujarathi, Chetan Kad, Anuradha Bapat, Dr Smita Wagh, Shubda Thombre, Rohini Adkar, Chief Umpire Praveen Thackeray, Pawan Rathi, Anupam Bhattacharya, Shardul Taapse, Yashwant Pawar, Amrish Joshi, Rohit Adkar, Devendra Dhokle etc. were present in a large number of parents players and coaches.
This program was moderated by Parunath Dhokle. Treasurer Subodh Thombre proposed a vote of thanks.
The Final results of the Chess Tournament
Open Group: 1. Vedanta Pansare, 2. Rishabh Jathar, 3. Prisha Margaj, 4. Aditya Chincholkar, 5. Rajveer Patil, 6. Prasad Wanjale, 7. M Gopinath, 8. Abhishek Mishra, 9. India Amle, 10. Rahul Soni, 11. Suresh Rawate, 12. Sadananda Chothe, 13. Harshvardhan Jhanwar, 14. Om Patil, 15. Anil Mahadev.
Best Below 1500 Group
1. Nishant Karandikar, 2. Arin Kulkarni, 3. Aryan Chakraborty, 4. Arvind Prabhakar, 5. Arnav Pawar, 6. Anshul Kumar Roy, 7. Chaitanya Patil, 8. Sushrut Nanal, 9. Siddharth Pardeshi.
Non-Classified Group
1. Ayan Somani, 2. Mandar Sane, 3. Rohan Tamanekar, 4. Harsh Bade, 5. S. Gopinathan, 6. Sarthak Prasad, 7. Ramkumar Rajput, 8. Deepak Ripple, 9. Rishi Mishra.
Senior players group
1. Ishwar Ramteke, 2. Dhirender Das, 3. YM Shyamkumar, 4. OP Tiwari, 5. Rajaram, 6. Pramod Ramteke, 5. Vasavi Govardhan, 8. Subramaniam, 9. Sanjay Borkar.
Women’s category winners
1. Sakshi Chavan, 2. Pallavi Yadav, 3. Zia Shaikh, 4. Tirupati Lord, 5. Mansi Tilekar, 6. Sakura Genica, 7. Rima Deshmukh, 8. Played a role, 9. Sharvari club.
Winners from Ahmednagar
1. Darsh Porwal, 2. Deepak Supekar, 3. Shivprasad Kale, 4. Yash Dhadge, 5. Anya Mahamuni, 6. Of the Jinam collection, 7. Sunil Joshi, 8. Adesh Dekhane, 9. Atharva Patil.
Under 15 Winners.
1. Atharva Reddy, 2. Abhay Chetty, 3. Pranamya Panagaonkar, 4. Atharva Sawle, 5. Devesh Ambhore, 6. Dhruv Gandhi, 7. Soham Jathar, 8. Ganaga Vishwanath, 9. Rehan Gohel.
Under 13 Winners
1. Amey Chaudhary, 2. Sarvesh Karrde, 3. Kashyap Khakharia, 4. Kavish Limaye, 5. Jjid Neo, 6. Ryan Marchant, 7. Abhilasha Yadav, 8. Prijesh Veliyathuparambil, 9.Abhijay Walvekar.
Under 9 Winners.
1. Vivan Kasliwal, 2. Parv Haqqani, 3. Sarvajna Balgude, 4. Ansh Kabra, 5. Devansh Decate, 6. Surya Bhondve, 7. Varad Patil, 8. Devansh Totla, 9. Moksha Rathi.
Under 7 Winners
1. Devansh Patil, 2. Anvi Hinge, 3. Shaurya Sonawane, 4. Detin Lobo, 5. Veer Ahuja, 6. Aryan Brahmachari, 7. Kavish Bhattad, 8. Aarav Jadhav, 9. Agastya Patwa.
