Karnataka State Chess Championship Day 04 - An unrated player in dominating form!

by Hinduja Reddy - 06/10/2019

The fourth day of Akshayakalpa Karnataka State Chess Championship also came to a conclusion. As the event is inching towards the end with only two more rounds to go, there are four players who are fighting it out for the top spot. Mr. Ajith Chandy Jose, who is lately representing the state of Karnataka, is an unrated player yet he is grabbing all the eyeballs for being one of the leaders with an incredible score of 6.5/7 points. The sixth round of the tournament was ruffled with an upsetting incident as a player's mobile phone began to ring out loud soon after the games were declared on. Our author Hinduja Reddy, who is currently present in the venue, brings glimpses of all the action and excitement.

Ajith Chandy Jose is unrated but still on a roll!

Unrated Ajith Chandy Jose, who is originally from Tamil Nadu, is representing Karnataka since quite some time. He is now a co-leader of the championship | Photo: Akshayakalpa

The Akshayakalpa Karnataka State Chess Championship, organized by Innovators Chess Academy at the Silicon Academy of Senior Education in Bengaluru, has found four leaders after the conclusion of seven rounds. Kaushik G Iyer, Likhit Chilukuri, Rakshith Srinivasan, and Ajith Chandy Jose have all scored 6.5/7 points each so far and are ahead of the rest of the field by half a point.

In the 6th round, Keshav Kothari surprisingly held top-seed WIM Isha Sharma to a draw on board one. However, the real shocker came from the second board where, just after the round started, Vivek Nambiar's phone began ringing obtrusively to everyone's dismay. Vivek had to forfeit his game after this unfortunate occurrence and the arbiters awarded the point to his opponent Ajith Chandy Jose. The incident left the tournament's atmosphere a bit unsettled.

Keshav Kothari (1775) held WIM Isha Sharma (2182) to a draw with the black pieces | Photo: Akshayakalpa

Vivek Nambiar had an unfortunate day as he had to forfeit his sixth round encounter against Ajith Chandy Jose. The incident left him quite perturbed | Photo: Akshayakalpa

In the seventh round, games in top two boards ended in draws. Isha Sharma had a comfortable edge against Ajith from the beginning but couldn’t capitalize on it, while Keshav Kothari and Santosh Kashyap agreed to a draw in just eight moves. Likhit Chilukuri defeated Gavi Siddayya to emerge as a co-leader.

Isha Sharma failed to convert her advantage against Ajith and slipped down the rank-list to the eighth place | Photo: Akshayakalpa

Likhit Chilukuri (right) got the better of Gavi Siddayya playing the white side of a closed sicilian | Photo: Akshayakalpa

The 11-year-old Arnav Muralidhar held Sharan Rao to a draw | Photo: Akshayakalpa

Rakshith Srinivasan beat Varun Anant with black pieces in round seven | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Catch a glimpse of the electrifying atmosphere at the venue as the tournament inches closer towards the end!

Enlightening workshops as an aside for parents and guardians!

For parents and accompanying persons, there was an interesting talk by Former NASA Scientist and Urban Expert Dr. Ashwin Mahesh. He gave a talk about Urban planning and role of problem solvers in society. Also on day four a stimulating workshop on waste management took place.

In which direction should the solid waste management go? Are landfills the answer? Why segregation is the key? These are some of the questions that come to our minds when we discuss solid waste management...There was a workshop showcasing the best practices of solid waste management during Day 4 of Akshayakalpa Karnataka State Open Chess Championship | Photo: Akshayakalpa

Earlier former NASA Scientist and urban expert Dr. Ashwin Mahesh spoke about urban planning and role of problem solvers in society | Photo: Akshayakalpa

Dr. Ashwin with Priyadarshan Banjan and Anand S R Yadwad | Photo: Akshayakalpa

Video gallery

Listen to Dr Rashmi talk about her son playing chess and how she finds Akshayakalpa Organic Milk beneficial!

Mrs Savita also talks about her son Jeeva's chess career and how Akshayakalpa Organic Milk benefits him.

Anita Nale says that her daughter Nikita loves chess and won't stop playing even if asked to! She is also a customer of Akshayakalpa Organic Milk since 7 years.

Mrs Rekha is very happy that her daughter Shripriya is playing the Akshayakalpa Karnataka State Chess Championship 2019.

Results of round six

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	WCM	Sharma Isha	2182	5	½ - ½	5		Keshav Kothari	1775	20
2	248		Ajith Chandy Jose	0	5	1 - 0	5		Nambiar Vivek	2030	4
3	9		Rakshith Srinivasan	1899	5	½ - ½	5	ACM	Anil Thungesh	1665	34
4	7		Santoshkashyap Hg	1931	4½	1 - 0	5		Devi Das Suresh Pai	1615	41
5	38		Ramachandra Bhat	1620	4½	0 - 1	4½		Likhit Chilukuri	1926	8
6	10		Sharan Rao	1894	4½	1 - 0	4½		Namboothiri K N	1619	39
7	17	AIM	Kaushik G Iyer	1788	4½	1 - 0	4½		Anand Vittal T R	1672	33
8	26		Arnav Muralidhar	1739	4½	1 - 0	4½		Teja Kirthi	1785	18
9	19		Gavi Siddayya	1783	4½	1 - 0	4½		Apoorv Kamble	1600	43
10	51		Amith A	1525	4½	0 - 1	4½		Varun Anant	1765	22

Results of round seven

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	WCM	Sharma Isha	2182	5½	½ - ½	6		Ajith Chandy Jose	0	248
2	20		Keshav Kothari	1775	5½	½ - ½	5½		Santoshkashyap Hg	1931	7
3	8		Likhit Chilukuri	1926	5½	1 - 0	5½		Gavi Siddayya	1783	19
4	22		Varun Anant	1765	5½	0 - 1	5½		Rakshith Srinivasan	1899	9
5	26		Arnav Muralidhar	1739	5½	½ - ½	5½		Sharan Rao	1894	10
6	34	ACM	Anil Thungesh	1665	5½	0 - 1	5½	AIM	Kaushik G Iyer	1788	17
7	2		Prachura P.P.	2130	5	1 - 0	5	AIM	Abhijit Chutia	1623	36
8	4		Nambiar Vivek	2030	5	0 - 1	5		Devi Das Suresh Pai	1615	41
9	48		Sujay B M	1541	5	0 - 1	5		Parthasarathy R	1984	5
10	6		Varma Shabdhik	1947	5	1 - 0	5		Hariharan S Pillai	1568	45

Standings after round seven

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	17	AIM	Kaushik G Iyer	U16			1788	6,5	0,0	29,5	35,0
2	8		Likhit Chilukuri				1926	6,5	0,0	28,0	34,0
3	9		Rakshith Srinivasan	U16			1899	6,5	0,0	28,0	33,5
4	248		Ajith Chandy Jose				0	6,5	0,0	26,0	32,0
5	20		Keshav Kothari	U16			1775	6,0	0,0	29,5	35,5
6	7		Santoshkashyap Hg				1931	6,0	0,0	27,5	33,5
7	41		Devi Das Suresh Pai				1615	6,0	0,0	27,0	33,0
8	1	WCM	Sharma Isha		w		2182	6,0	0,0	26,5	33,0
9	10		Sharan Rao				1894	6,0	0,0	26,5	32,5
10	5		Parthasarathy R				1984	6,0	0,0	26,5	32,5

Complete results and standings

About the author

Hinduja Reddy is a 24-year-old Chess Entrepreneur who lives in Bengaluru. She is a former National Women's B bronze medalist, chess writer, coach and co-founder of ChessMine events.

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