4-way tie at the top after 5 rounds of play at the Tata Steel 4th All India Specially abled Chess Tournament

by Himank Ghosh - 27/06/2024

The Tata Steel 4th All India FIDE Rated Specially abled Chess Tournament 2024 is taking place at the JRD Sports Complex in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Tata Steel Ltd. is the organizer of the event, under the aegis of CFPD - Chess Federation for Physically disabled Chess players. After 5 rounds of play, there is a 4-way tie at the top with 4.5/5 points - Naveen Kumar A (1986, AP), Venkata Krishna Karthik K (1889,AP), Samarth J Rao (1770, KAR) and Nabhneel Das (1520, UP) are co-leading with 4.5/5 points. A total of 68 players are taking part in this 9-round classical swiss event. There are 3 more rounds to go, the 6th round starts from 9:30 AM IST today, 27th June. Read the full report for a detailed description of events in the first two days. Photos: Himank Ghosh

Four players share the lead in Specially abled Chess in Jamshedpur

Tata Steel Ltd. and Tata Steel Foundation are organizing the 4th All India FIDE Rated Chess tournament for specially abled Chess player in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand from 24th-28th June 2024. 5 rounds have been completed in the tournament so far, and there are four players who are sharing the lead scoring 4.5/5 points each. Check out a short description of the opening ceremony and each of the rounds below:

Opening Ceremony

The Tata Steel 4th All India FIDE Rated Specially abled Chess Championship kicked off at the JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand! The opening ceremony of this very special tournament took place on 24th evening.

The tournament is officially declared open! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

There were several dignitaries present at the opening ceremony today. Among the chief guests were India's 3rd GM Pravin Thipsay, Mr. Chanakya Chaudhury - Vice President of Tata Steel Corporate services, Mr. Mukul Chaudhury - Chief of Sports for Tata Steel and CEO of Jamshedpur Football club, Miss Vibhuti Adesara - Tata Steel Head Sports, Mr. Jayawant Hammanawar - General Secretary of the Paralympic committee of India, and IA Anandh Babu VL - the Chief Arbiter of the tournament and the treasurer of Chess Federation for Physically disabled. There were several other special guests present in the ceremony!

Pravin Thipsay and Chanakya Chaudhury about to make the inaugural move of the tournament! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Two people who have contributed a lot to para sports in India - Mr. Chandan and Mr. Jayawant | Photo: Himank Ghosh

The press conference after the opening ceremony | Photo: Himank Ghosh

The Chief arbiter of the tournament, IA Anandh Babu VL (left) with the deputy chief Arbiter FA Angappan A (right). Angappan is one of the only Arbiters in India who uses a wheelchair! He's a very strong chess player who has also represented the nation before. | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Check out more photos from the Opening ceremony

Day one - Round 1-3:

After 3 rounds of play, there were only 6 players leading with a perfect 3/3 score at the Tata Steel 4th All India Specially-abled Chess Championship 2024 at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.

GM Pravin Thipsay made the inaugural move on the first board in the 1st round! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

The top seed of the tournament, Naveen Kumar A (1986, AP) before the round starts. | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Vaibhav Gautam (1640, DEL) is the 5th seed of the tournament, and off to a great start!

The top two seeds, Naveen Kumar A (1986, AP) and Venkata Krishna Karthik K (1889, AP) are off to a great start with 3 wins, as have four other players - Pamarthi Auditeya Aazadh (1663, TEL), Vaibhav Gautam (1640, DEL), Kannan V. (1568, TN), and Shankar Ramakrishnan (1560, TN).

Venkata Karthik Krishna (1889, KAR) also made a perfect 3/3 start. He is the 2nd seed of the event! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Kanishri RP (1487, TN) held the Champion of the last edition Samarth J Rao (1770, KAR) to a draw in the 2nd round! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

A view of the playing hall. | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Day two - Round 4-5:

After 5 rounds of play at the 4th Tata Steel All India Specially-abled Chess Championship 2024, there are 4 players sharing the lead!

Naveen Kumar receives a Tata Steel Foundation goodie bag! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Nabhneel Das having a deep think before the round starts | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Venkata Krishna gives a nice smile before the start of the round! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Samarth was not in the lead after Day one, but managed to rejoin the lead after 3 consecutive wins! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Naveen Kumar A (1986, AP), Venkata Krishna Karthik K (1889, AP), Samarth J Rao (1770, KAR), and Nabhneel Das (1520, UP) are co-leaders with 4.5/5 points. The top board battle between Naveen and Venkata ended in a draw, while Samarth and Nabhneel won their respective games.

Samarth and Vaibhav are very good friends! Here's them sharing a light moment | Photo: Himank Ghosh

The complete team of officials at the event | Photo: Himank Ghosh

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Video gallery

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How do visually impaired players understand chess moves? | Video: ChessBase India

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Check out all the games from Round 1-5

Standings after 5 rounds of play

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	1		Naveen Kumar A.	IND	1986	Andhra Pradesh	4,5	14,5	16,5	14,25	4
2	2	FM	Venkata Krishna Karthik K	IND	1889	Andhra Pradesh	4,5	14,5	15,5	13,25	4
3	3	CM	Samarth J Rao	IND	1770	Karnataka	4,5	13,5	16,5	14,75	4
4	15		Nabhneel Das	IND	1520	Uttar Pradesh	4,5	12	13,5	11,75	4
5	5		Vaibhav Gautam	IND	1640	Delhi	4	15	17	12,50	4
6	8		Shankar Ramakrishnan	IND	1560	Tamil Nadu	4	14	16	11,50	4
7	17		Jagadish G Baluragi	IND	1511	Karnataka	4	12	14	11,00	4
8	22		Aditya Asaram Ghule	IND	1472	Maharashtra	4	11	12	8,00	4
9	6		Yesu Babu k	IND	1590	Andhra Pradesh	3,5	15,5	17,5	10,75	3
10	7		Kannan.V	IND	1568	Tamil Nadu	3,5	14	15	8,75	3
11	20		Kanishri R P	IND	1487	Tamil Nadu	3,5	13	15	9,75	3
12	4		Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh	IND	1663	Telangana	3,5	13	14	7,75	3
13	16		Sharon Rachel Aby	IND	1515	Tamil Nadu	3,5	12,5	14,5	8,75	3
14	28		Venkatesan J	IND	1458	Tamil Nadu	3,5	11,5	12,5	6,75	3
15	26		Adam T	IND	1468	Tamil Nadu	3,5	11	12	7,00	3
16	9	ACM	Suresh Agarwal	IND	1558	Tamil Nadu	3	15	17	8,50	3
17	51		Patchappu Raja T	IND	0	Tamil Nadu	3	14	16	9,00	3
18	10		Uday Kumar Tummagunta	IND	1544	Andhra Pradesh	3	14	16	8,25	2
19	30		Praneeth K S S R A	IND	1442	Telangana	3	13	15	8,00	3
20	19		Thamaraiselvan K	IND	1507	Tamil Nadu	3	13	14	5,50	3

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Pairings for the 6th round

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	CM	Samarth J Rao	1770	4½	4½		Naveen Kumar A.	1986	1
2	2	FM	Venkata Krishna Karthik K	1889	4½	4½		Nabhneel Das	1520	15
3	8		Shankar Ramakrishnan	1560	4	4		Vaibhav Gautam	1640	5
4	22		Aditya Asaram Ghule	1472	4	4		Jagadish G Baluragi	1511	17
5	4		Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh	1663	3½	3½		Kanishri R P	1487	20
6	16		Sharon Rachel Aby	1515	3½	3½		Yesu Babu k	1590	6
7	7		Kannan.V	1568	3½	3½		Adam T	1468	26
8	10		Uday Kumar Tummagunta	1544	3	3½		Venkatesan J	1458	28
9	30		Praneeth K S S R A	1442	3	3	ACM	Suresh Agarwal	1558	9
10	31		Putta Chittibabu	1424	3	3		Prakash Banskar	1536	13
11	51		Patchappu Raja T	0	3	3		Bhavesh Kumar Gupta	1531	14
12	18		Jena Rajesh Kumar	1508	3	3		Dushyant Pal	1422	32
13	67		Vivek Malakar	0	3	3		Thamaraiselvan K	1507	19
14	23		Kevin Daniel S	1472	3	3		Aditya Agarwal	0	34
15	25		Senthilmurugan N	1471	3	3		Saravanan A	0	62

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