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IM Swapnil Dhopade Wins Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee Memorial |
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011 20:27 |
Amravati based International Master Swapnil Dhopade of Railways with eight and half points won the Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee Memorial All India Open Fide Rated Chess Tournament after settling for half point against team mate Sauravh Khherdekar in the tenth and final round here at Naivedhyam Hall on Tuesday.
Three players tied for the runner-up spot with eight points but better tie break score helped International Master Shyam Nikil to finish second while defending champion Kerala based International Master Rathnakaran of Railways finished third. Nagpur based Railwayman Savurah Khherdekar satisfied with fourth spot finish. In the final round, Rathnakaran beat Abhishek Das while Shyam Nikil got better off Akash Thakur.
 Winner Swapnil Dhopade receiving trophy  Runner-up Shyam Nikil receiving the trophy from Air Marshal Athawale
In a colourful closing ceremony, Air Marshal PV Athawale PVSM AVSM VSM ADC, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Maintenance Command, Indian Air Force gave away the prizes along with Air Marshal S Sriram, Senior Maintenance Staff Officer, Air Vice Marshal JS Kler VM, Senior Air and Admin Staff Officer, Maintenance Command and Shri. Manoj Itkelwar, Working President Vidarbha Chess Association.
 Shailesh Nerlikar receiving special prize from Air Marshal Athawale  Gathering in closing ceremony
Final Standings (Main Prize List : Top 20)
1 IM Swapnil S Dhopade Railways 8½
2 IM Shyam Nikil P Tamilnadu 8
3 IM Rathnakaran K Railways 8
4 FM Sauravh Khherdekar Railways 8
5 IM Himanshu Sharma Haryana 7½
6 IM Akshayraj Kore Maharashtra 7½
7 GM Laxman R R Railways 7½
8 IM Murali Krishnan B T Railways 7½
9 IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu Air India 7½
10 IM Karthikeyan P Tamilnadu 7½
11 Navin Kanna T U Tamilnadu 7½
12 FM Soman Satchidanand Maharashtra 7½
13 IM Anwesh Upadhyaya Orissa 7½
14 Ram S Krishnan Tamilnadu 7½
15 IM Deshmukh Anup LIC 7½
16 IM Shetty Rahul Air India 7½
17 Deepak Katiyar Uttarpradesh 7½
18 Kulkarni Chinmay Maharashtra 7½
19 Agarwal Brajesh LIC 7½
20 Jaiswal Puneet Jharkhand 7½
Category Prizes
Elo 2200-2399
1 Abhishek Das
2 IM Singh D P
Elo 2000- 2199
1 Manigandan S S
2 Santoshkashyap Hg
Elo 1999 & Below
1 Pradip Tiwari
2 Aditya Chakraborty
Best Sub-Junior
1 CM Prince Bajaj
2 Prasannaa S
Best Woman
1 WFM Pujari Rucha
2 Anuja Bombatkar
Best Veteran
1 Patil T S
2 Srivastava V K
Best Unrated
1 Ravi L Bhowte
2 Daleep Singh
Best Organge City Players
1 Thakur Akash
2 Pratik R Shriwas
Best Defence Ward
1 Ashish Kumar
2 J Ram Tejas
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