Ranveer Mohite, Chetan Pote and Shivraj Pingale Triumph in Late

Sou. Pushpadevi Dugad Memorial Rapid Chess Tournament, 3rd

July 2016

Venue: Pushpamangal Karyalaya, Bibvewadi, Pune

Sponsored by: Mr. Kirtiraj Manikchand Dugad

Report by Chief Arbiter NA Mohit Shenvi

The Late Sou. Pushpadevi Dugad Memorial Rapid Chess

Tournament was conducted in 3 categories namely Open, Under 14 and

Under 10. Total 44 prizes with a total cash prize fund of Rs. 10,000/-

and glittering trophies and Medals were distributed the three categories

combined. To prevent delay in the schedule, inauguration was

conducted in the morning at 7:30 a.m by Mr. Kirtiraj Manikchand

Dugad and Mr. Pramod Manikchand Dugad.

We have provided the players with Breakfast and Tea in the

Morning and Tea in the evening. Also, all the players were gifted a

copy of the Book of Laws of Chess in Marathi authored by IA Nitin

Shenvi. The tournament saw a record 292 registrations of which 285

players actually participated. During the event, also an announcement

was made that Monish Sports World has recently been approved as an

Authorised DGT Service Center.

In the Open Category, Soham Datar was in form scoring 5/5 points

and had beat top seed Chinmay Kulkarni in the 5th round. But in 6th

round he lost to Ranveer Mohite who before the game was 1/2 point

behind him. Ranveer went on to beat Chinmay Kulkarni in round 7 and

agreed to a quick draw in round 8 ensuring him the glittering

Champion’s Trophy and Cash Prize of Rs. 3,000/-. Ranveer has been

quite on a roll in the last 2 weeks considering his absence from the

Chess Arena for some time as he was also runner up at Pune District

Under 19 Open Tournament recently.

In the Under 14 Category unrated player Varad Kabra seemed

determined to win the Championship having scored a 6/6 full point but

in the 7th round he lost to Abhishek Patil by making an illegal move. In

the 8th round he had to share point with Riya Marathe whereas Chetan

Pote defeated Abhishek Patil and won the event whereas Varad Kabra

was the runner-up.

In the Under 10 Category Shivraj Pingale and Anuj Dandekar led

with 6/6 and faced each other in round 7. They agreed to a draw in

round 7 and saved their energy for the final encounter. In round 8 both

won their matches and were tied for top spot but better tie-break led to

Shivraj being the Champion.

The Tie-breaks applied for the event were Direct Encounter, Number

of Victories, Buccholz Cut 1, Buccholz and Sonneborn Berger. The

Prize Distribution function had representatives from Dugad Group,

Saraswat Bank and Chief Arbiter Mohit Shenvi on stage. In the Open

Category, the Best Veteran Prize was won by Bhoite Krishna from

Junnar and Best Female Prize was won by Rutuja Kapdekar. In the

Under 14 Category Abhishek Patil won the Championship for Under 12

subgroup. Similarly in Under 10 Category Anuj Dandekar won the

Championship for Under 8 subgroup.

The Last (8th) Round Results of the Categories are as follows:

Open Category:

Bo. Name Rtg Pts Res. Pts Name Rtg

1 Mohite Ranveer 1950 6½ ½ - ½ 6 Vaibhav Barahate 1670

2 Soham Datar 1820 6 ½ - ½ 5 Ranade Nikhil 1855

3 Phadke Sohan 2223 5½ 1 - 0 5½ Aakanksha Hagawane 1742

4 Kulkarni Chinmay 2332 5 1 - 0 5 Shelke Omkar 1431

5 Pimpalkhare Vedant 1865 5 0 - 1 5 Nirgun Keval 1665

6 Rohan Bharat Joshi 1772 5 1 - 0 5 Zanwar Keshav 0

7 Pachwadkar Ansar 1543 5 1 - 0 5 Sunil Vaidya 1752

8 Kulkarni Aakash 1419 5 0 - 1 4½ Kashelkar Ramkrishna 2285

9 Himanshu Chabda 1739 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Hagawane Harshad 0

10 Kapdekar Rutuja 1396 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Vaidya Mihir 1495

Under 14 Category:

Bo. Name Rtg Pts Res. Pts Name Rtg

1 Pote Chetan 1193 6 1 - 0 6½ Abhishek Patil 1218

2 Kabra Varad 0 6 ½ - ½ 6 Riya Narendra Marathe 1119

3 Mhamane Sourabh 0 5½ 1 - 0 5½ Shah Dhruvin 0

4 Aum Chordia 1342 5 1 - 0 5 Sarvade Mihiir 1124

5 Datar Amey 1074 5 0 - 1 5 Pipada Kush 1330

6 Sinha Soham 1208 5 1 - 0 5 Halkude Shravani 0

7 Darwatkar Pratham 1206 5 1 - 0 5 KondeDeshmukh Kshitij 0

8 Pungliya Vedant 1155 5 0 - 1 5 Thanekar Manasi 0

9 Gangji Mansi 1264 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Lamkane 0m 1062

10 Jain Ashwat 1262 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ Chaudhari Tanmay 0

Under 10 Category:

Bo. Name Rtg Pts Res. Pts Name Rtg

1 Pingale Shivraj 1221 6½ 1 - 0 6 Aditi Yogesh Kayal 1111

2 Hole Purva 0 6 0 - 1 6½ Dandekar Anuj 1031

3 Anshul D Baswanti 1223 6 1 - 0 6 Shelar Ritesh 0

4 Jain Ishaan 0 6 1 - 0 5 Mhetre Shravani 1019

5 Bhute Srujal 1140 5 0 - 1 5 Kalbhande Aayush 0

6 Lokurwar Arpit 0 5 0 - 1 5 Chavan Dakshayani Tushar 1040

7 Acharya Siddhant 0 5 1 - 0 5 Kale Ashika 0

8 Bhadera Rohan 0 5 0 - 1 5 Malpani Vivaan 0

9 Ginwala Mustafa 0 5 0 - 1 5 Shinde Aryan 0

10 Sardar Shaunak 0 5 0 - 1 5 Ingale Heramb 0

The Prize Winners are as follows:

Under 10 Group:

Rank Name Rtg Pts Res. Vict BH. BH. SB

1 Pingale Shivraj 1221 7½ ½ 7 38½ 42 38.25

2 Anshul D Baswanti 1223 7 0 7 35 38 30.50

3 Jain Ishaan 0 7 0 6 37 40½ 35.00

4 Chavan Dakshayani 1040 6 0 6 40 44 30.00

5 Shelar Ritesh 0 6 0 6 39 41 28.00

6 Acharya Siddhant 0 6 0 6 38½ 42 27.50

7 Hole Purva 0 6 0 6 37½ 41 27.50

8 Ingale Heramb 0 6 0 6 35½ 37½ 25.50

9 Shinde Aryan 0 6 0 6 34½ 37½ 25.00

10 Lahoti Parth 0 6 0 6 33½ 36½ 24.50

Under 8 Subgroup:

Rank Name Rtg Pts Res. Vict BH. BH. SB

1 Dandekar Anuj 1031 7½ ½ 7 38½ 41½ 38.00

2 Aditi Yogesh Kayal 1111 6 0 5 40 44 31.25

3 Barve Aditya 0 5½ 0 5 27½ 29½ 18.75

4 Kale Ashika 0 5 0 5 38 41½ 21.00

5 Phadnis Tanay 0 5 0 5 34 35½ 16.5

Under 14 Group:

Rank Name Rtg Pts Res. Vict BH. BH. SB

1 Pote Chetan 1193 7 0 7 35 38 31.50

2 Kabra Varad 0 6½ 0 6 42½ 47 37.25

3 Mhamane Sourabh 0 6½ 0 6 38½ 42½ 33.00

4 Riya Narendra Marathe 1119 6½ 0 5 34 36½ 28.50

5 Aum Chordia 1342 6 0 6 37 41 30.00

6 Pipada Kush 1330 6 0 6 34½ 37½ 24.50

7 Thanekar Manasi 0 6 0 6 31½ 35½ 26.50

8 Darwatkar Pratham 1206 6 0 6 29½ 32 23.00

9 Sinha Soham 1208 6 0 5 35½ 37 25.75

10 Shah Dhruvin 0 5½ 0 5 36½ 41 27.25

Under 12 Subgroup:

Rank Name Rtg Pts Res. Vict BH. BH. SB

1 Abhishek Patil 1218 6½ 0 6 36½ 39½ 30.50

2 Rohan Kr. Sinha 1172 5½ 0 5 35 39 25.25

3 Gangji Mansi 1264 5½ 0 4 32½ 35½ 24.25

4 Chaudhari Yadnya 0 5 0 5 38½ 41½ 22.00

5 Halkude Shravani 0 5 0 5 38½ 41 22.50

Open Group:

Rank Name Rtg Pts Res. Vict BH. BH. SB

1 Mohite Ranveer 1950 7 0 6 40 44½ 38.50

2 Soham Datar 1820 6½ 0 6 39½ 43 33.25

3 Phadke Sohan 2223 6½ 0 6 37½ 39 30.00

4 Vaibhav Barahate 1670 6½ 0 6 33½ 36 29.00

5 Kulkarni Chinmay 2332 6 0 6 40½ 44½ 31.00

6 Rohan Bharat Joshi 1772 6 0 6 37½ 39 25.50

7 Nirgun Keval 1665 6 0 6 35½ 38 25.50

8 Pachwadkar Ansar 1543 6 0 5 30½ 33½ 25.25

9 Aakanksha Hagawane 1742 5½ 0 5 40 44 27.50

10 Ranade Nikhil 1855 5½ 0 5 37½ 40½ 25.75

Best Female and Best Veteran Subgroup:

Rank Name Rtg Pts Res. Vict BH. BH. SB Prizes

1 Kapdekar Rutuja 1396 5½ 0 5 32 35 22.25 Female1st

2 Sarode Shravani 1186 4 0 4 30½ 33½ 14.00 Female2nd

1 Bhoite Krishna 1290 4 0 4 28½ 31 11.50 Vet 1st

2 Majgaonkar Surendra 1278 4 0 4 28½ 28½ 8.50 Vet 2nd

Mr. Kirtiraj Manikchand Dugad making the Ceremonial Move inaugurating the Event

From Left to Right: Open Category Best Veteran Krishna Bhoite, Under 12 Champion Abhishek Patil, Under 10 Champion

Shivraj Pingale, Under 8 Champion Anuj Dandekar, Under 14 Champion Chetan Pote, Open Category Best Female Rutuja

Kapdekar and Open Category Champion Ranveer Mohite