Vrashank and Dakshita of Udaipur Win
Rajasthan State Open & Girls Junior (U-19) Fide Rating Chess Championship – 2023 was organized by Rajasthan Chess Association in association with Chess In Lakecity from 28th to 30th July 2023 at Urban Square Mall, Gaurav Path, RIICO Industrial Area, Sukher, Udaipur. Visit chess-results.com for Open and Girls.
The opening ceremony was held on 28th of July in the presence of Chief Guest Tushar Mehta, chief patron of Chess in Lakecity, Mr. Jayendra Chaturvedi – RCA, Mr. Rajeev Bhardwaj -President Chess in Lakecity. Other dignitaries present were Mr. Lovedeep Sharma, Coordinator , Organizing secretary Mr. Vikas Sahu (International Arbiter & National Instructor, Member Chess in School – AICF) , Mr. Rajendra Teli (Vice President RCA, International Arbiter & Fide Instructor), Mr. Manish Shirmali, FA Daksh Jain – Chief Arbiter (Open), FA Monika Sahu Chief Arbiter (Girls), and IA, NI Neelesh kumawat (Anti-Cheating Arbiter).
The 3-day Swiss event carried a prize fund of ₹60,000 which was distributed in both Categories (open & Girls). Download State Prize list open junior 2023 and State Prize list Girls junior 2023
Forty two Fide Rated players & 115 unrated players participated in the Open Category. Nine Fide Rated players & 37 unrated players participated in the Girls Category for a total of 203 players from more than 20 Districts of Rajasthan in this prestigious chess tournament.
In the Open Category Vrashank Chauhan of Udaipur won the the title and was given the trophy and ₹ 7000 in cash prize. Second was Harshvardhan Swami of Bikaner who got trophy and cash amount of ₹ 5500. Third was Udaipur’s Ayush Bhojak who received the trophy and a cash prize of Rs.4500.
₹ 3500 cash and trophy went to Aman Balana of Ganganagar for 5th, ₹ 3000 cash to Alokik Maheshwari of Bhilwara, ₹ 2000 cash to Pranay Chordia of Udaipur for 6th, ₹ 1500 cash to Geet Jain of Udaipur for 7th, Jaipur K Siddhant Chaturvedi, Raj Kapoor, Ujjwal Deep Karmshah received a cash prize of ₹1000 as the eighth, ninth and tenth prizes.
In Girls Category Dakshita Kumawat of Udaipur won the girls book and was given trophy and cash prize of ₹ 7000. Second was Nandini Purohit of Bhilwara with trophy and cash amount of ₹ 5500. Third was Udaipur Kiana Parihar received the trophy and a cash prize of Rs.4500.
₹ 3500 cash and trophy went to Aashi Upadhyay of 4th Jaipur, ₹ 3000 cash to Navya Rathi of 5th Jodhpur, ₹ 2000 cash to Ananya Sankhla of 6th Bikaner, ₹ 1500 cash to Priya Sankhla of 7th Bikaner, Aaradhya Upadhyay, Yasha Kalwani, Tejaswini Sharma received a cash prize of ₹1000 as prizes for coming eighth, ninth and tenth respectively. Total 10 cash prizes & 75 trophies were given to winners in each category.
The team of arbiter’s was headed by Chief Arbiter FA Daksh Jain (Open Category) & Monika Sahu (Girls Category), Dy Chief: SNA Bhawesh Pandiyar , Anti Cheating Arbiter : IA Neelesh Kumawat & they were ably assisted by arbiters – SNA Kushal Patel, SNA Mukta Sahu , SNA Aanchal Dhakar , SNA Jitesh Sharma, SNA Pradeep Kumar Chaurasia, SNA Richin Jain Other Officials were Nikhil Kumawat , Bhawana Agarwal , Nandan Kumawat , Disha Sisodia , Narayan Joshi , Hari Om Badana , Nitul Khare & Manish Shrimali they were very much competent and were equipped with full technical knowledge which helped each one of them to tackle every situation efficiently to make the event a grand success.
In this tournament, Fair play measurers were also taken care of by the anti-cheating arbiter, IA,NI Neelesh Kumawat.
Tournament organizer was Mr. Vikas Sahu IA, NI , Secretary (Chess in Lakecity).
The prizes were distributed at the hands of Jayant Advani, son of LK Advani, former deputy prime minister, Uddhav Podar, MD, Bhumika Enterprises, Ashok Bhargava, secretary, Rajasthan State Chess Association, Tushar Mehta, chief patron Lakecity, Krishna Gopal Sharma, vice president., Mr. Rajendra Teli (Vice President RCA ,International Arbiter & Fide Instructor), FA Daksh Jain – Chief Arbiter (Open) , FA Monika Sahu Chief Arbiter (Girls), and IA,NI Neelesh kumawat (Anti-Cheating Arbiter).