28th Tamil Nadu State Under–17 Open & Girls Chess Championships-2017

(FIDE Rated)

AICF Event code: 160963 / 160964 / TN / 2017

TNSCA Approval No. S08/TNJ/17-18

Title Sponsor

Kamala Subramaniam Matriculation Higher Secondary School &

Lakshmi Ford

Organised By

Ancient Chess Academy

On behalf of

Thanjavur District Chess Association & Tamil Nadu State Chess Association

Date: 08/05/2017 to 12/05/2017

Venue: Kamala Subramaniam Matriculation Higher Secondary School,

Near New Bus Stand, Thanjavur

SCHEDULE

08/05/2017

Arrival 09.00 A.M.

Inauguration & Players Meeting 10.00 A.M.

Round 1 11.00 A.M.

Round 2 04.00 P.M.

09/05/2017 Round 3 09.00 A.M.

Round 4 02.30 P.M.

10/05/2017 Round 5 09.00 A.M.

Round 6 02.30 P.M.

11/05/2017 Round 7 09.00 A.M.

Round 8 02.30 P.M.

12/05/2017 Round 9 09.00 A.M.

Prize Distribution 03.00 P.M.

Total Cash Prize Fund: Rs. 26,400/-

Prize 1st 2

nd 3

rd 4

th 5

th 6

th 7

th 8

th 9

th 10

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Open

Rs.

3000+Title

Trophy

Rs.

2500

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2000

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1500

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1000

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800

Rs.

600

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600

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600

Rs.

600

Girls

Rs.

3000+Title

Trophy

Rs.

2500

Rs.

2000

Rs.

1500

Rs.

1000

Rs.

800

Rs.

600

Rs.

600

Rs.

600

Rs.

600

Special Prizes :( Eligible only for players ranked after 10th

position)

Category Prizes

U11 Boys -5 Prizes; U11 Girls - 5 Prizes

U13 Boys -5 Prizes; U13 Girls - 5 Prizes

U15 Boys -5 Prizes; U15 Girls - 5 Prizes

Prizes for Thanjavur District Players

Boy: 5 Prizes; Girls: 5 Prizes

Entry Fee: Normal: Rs. 400/- Special: Rs. 800/-

**Please note that only the players who take part in this State Championship will be permitted to represent Tamil Nadu as selected/special entries in the forth coming National U-17 Chess Championship. Hence

participation in this State Championship is COMPULSORY.**

Note to District Chess Associations: Hence advise all your U-17 players to take part in this State Championship.

Last date for entries: 4th

May 2017

Rules and Regulations:

Age Eligibility Those who are born on or after 1.1.2000 are eligible to participate. Age proof is

required. Certificate should be from the Panchayat/Municipality or corporation obtained soon

after birth. Players without the date of birth certificate will not be allowed to participate. As per

the rules of AICF, only players whose dates of birth are registered within one year of their

birth are permitted to take part in respective age group state/nationals. Other country

passport holders shall not be allowed to participate in the State Chess Championship.

Only Tamil Nadu Players Can participate in this championship

Lodging: Dormitory type will be provided to all participants. Players are requested to bring their own

beddings.

Registration of

Players with

AICF:

All the participants of TN State U-17 Chess Championship must be registered players of All

India Chess Federation. Those who are already registered with AICF must produce proof

thereof. The AICF Player registration fee for the year 2017-2018 is Rs. 250/-. Entries without

AICF registration fee will be rejected.

Registration of

Participants with

TNSCA:

All the participants at all TN State U-17 Chess Championships are required to register

themselves with TNSCA by paying Rs. 150/- as player registration fee for the year 2017-2018,

the players have to submit their Date of Birth Certificate copy and one passport size photo along

with the duly signed TN Players' Registration Form. Those have already paid the TNSCA player

registration should show the proof at the venue

TDCA player

Registration

Thanjavur District Player’s registration is compulsory for TDCA players. The fee for the year

2017-2018 is Rs.50/- 0nly.

Default Time Default time is 15 minutes. Players have to be at their boards within 15 minutes of start of the

round.

Rules: FIDE rules in force shall apply.

System of play: The Tournament shall be conducted as Nine rounds Swiss System.

Time Control: 90 minutes each plus 30 seconds increment from the move one.

Tie-break Direct encounter, Buchholz Cut 1, Buchholz, Sonneborn Berger and number of wins (forfeit

included) tie-break rules will be applied. In case of tie, prizes will not be shared.

Chess Clocks: Each Association is requested to provide at least two chess clocks for every four players.

Appeals

Committee:

An Appeals Committee comprising of three members plus two reserves will be formed at the

managers meeting. All the members and reserves shall be from different districts. No member of

committee can vote on dispute in which a player from his own district is involved and in such

case(s), the reserve member takes his place. The decision of the appeals committee is final and

binding on all players concerned.

Tournament

Committee:

The tournament committee consisting of the General Secretary, TNSCA or his representative,

The Secretary of Thanjavur District Chess Association or his representative and representative

from another district to be nominated by the TNSCA shall decide on all emergency matters.

Protest: Protest, if any against the decision of the Chief arbiter shall be made in writing with a protest fee

of Rs.500/- within 15 minutes of the incident. The decisions of the appeals committee shall be

final and binding on all concerned. The protest fee is refundable one if the protest is upheld.

Withdrawals: A player may withdraw from the tournament at any stage after informing the Chief Arbiter in

writing.

Arrears: The players belonging to Districts which are in arrears to TNSCA will not be allowed to take

part.

Rights of

Admission:

The AICF/ TNSCA / Thanjavur District Chess Association/Ancient Chess Academy reserve the

right to admit / reject any entry without assigning any reason thereof.

The AICF/ TNSCA/ Thanjavur District Chess Association/Ancient Chess Academy reserve the

rights of admission to the venue and lodging place.

Instruction to the

District Chess

Associations:

As per the rules of AICF only players whose dates of birth are registered within one year of

their births are permitted to take part in respective age group Nationals. Hence Dist. Assns are

directed hereby to forward the names of players whose birth registrations have been done within

a year of their births for this TN State U-17 Chess Championship. Wherever discrepancies exist,

the matter may taken up with AICF through TNSCA. This will avoid the inconvenience caused

to such players when they appear in Nationals.

While sending the Entries, District Chess Associations should certify that the

players have been duly selected from the selection/District Chess Championship

giving details of venue & Date. If such certificate is not sent the entries will be

treated as special entries.

While you are sending the entry the following details are compulsory: 1. Name

with Correct Spelling 2. FIDE ID 3. FIDE Rating (If any) 4. Date of Birth Proof 5.

Aicf Regn. Number/Proof 6. TNSCA Regn. Number/Proof 7. Valid Email Id 8.

Normal or Special Entry

Subject to Age Limit the following are eligible to play:

1 Only Indian Nationals are eligible to participate.

2 Two players in each category from the affiliated District Chess Associations / Special Units.

3 Top four rankers (Boys & Girls) from 2016 TN State U-17 Chess Championship.

Boys: 1) Iniyan P (ERO), 2) Bharath Subramaniyam H (CHE), 3) Barath Kalyan M (TRR)

Girls: 1) Neha Srinibash D(CHE), 2) Jegatha B (CHE),

4 Top four (Boys & Girls) from 2016 TN State U 19 Chess Championship

Boys: 1) Hemanth Raam(CHE), 2) Selvamurugan B (MDU) Girls: 1) Priyanka K (CBE)

5 Top four (Boys & Girls) from 2016 TN State U-15 Chess Championship

Boys: 1) Harshavardhan G B(CHE), 2) Hirthickkesh Pr(CUD), 3) Rathanvel V S(CBE), 4) Dileep Kumar R

(CHE) Girls: 1) Lakshmi C(CHE), 2) Sneha G P S(CUD), 3) Rindhiya V (CHE), 4) Jegatha B(CHE)

6 Winners (Boys & Girls) from 2016 TN State U-13 Chess Championship

Boys: 1) Harshavardhan G B(CHE) Girls: 1) Poorna Sri M.K (CHE)

7 The top two rankers from 2016 TN State U-15 & U-17 Girls can opt to play in Open Category.

8 Any player who has qualified to represent India in World /Asian Chess Championship. Subject to age

stipulation

9 Any player who remits the prescribed special entry fee: : Rs.800/- but has to be recommended by the

respective district association

10 TNSCA General Secretary can nominate one entry in each category.

11 Two players in each category, approved by TNSCA will be permitted from areas where no district

association exists.

12 The Host Thanjavur District Chess Association is entitled to field one additional entry in each category.

13 If the number of participants at the start of the championship is an odd number, the host Thanjavur DCA

can add one more entry to make it even.

14 In addition to the above the following districts can field additional entries by virtue of their

Players finishing in top four in the previous TN State U-17 Chess Championships held in 2016 at Erode.

Open: Erode - 1, Kanchipuram - 1, Chennai - 1, Tiruvarur - 1

Girls: Salem - 1, Chennai - 2, Kanyakumari – 1

15 All GMs, WGMs, IMs & WIMs are eligible to play as seeded subject to age limit.

Chief Arbiter: IA V S.Sriman

Deputy Chief Arbiter: FA A. Amburose Arokyaraj

** Note: While sending the entries District Chess association should certify that their players have

been selected from the selection/district Chess Championship. If such a certificate is not sent all their

entries will be treated as donor entries.

All entries be it normal or special should be routed through the respective District Association on or

before 04.05.2017 Copy of the entries should be mailed to TNSCA (tnchess64@gmail.com)

Entry fee Payment Mode

Demand Draft in favour of “Ancient chess Academy”

Payable at Thanjavur and sent the DD along with Entry form to the below address

M.Vinoth, 83/40 Vandikara Street,

No:1 Road Thanjavur -613 001

Mobile No: 99769 27910, E-mail: ancientchessacademy@gmail.com

Further details contact: T.Shyam Sundar – 94875 52492, R.P.Senthil Kumaran -93643 36464

Last date for receipt of entries: 04-05-2017 No entry will permitted after the last date.

For NEFT /Account Deposit (Email the payment proof and Entry details to

ancientchessacademy@gmail.com )

Or

(or)

Entry Fees can also be paid at www.pay4chess.com but all entries should be

routed through the respective district chess association.

Account Name: Ancient Chess Academy

Account Number: 6518645597 Account Type: Current Account

Bank Name: Indian Bank Branch: Rahman Nagar, Thanjavur

IFSC Code: IDIB000R095

Previous Winners

YEAR PLACE WINNER BOYS/GIRLS YEAR PLACE WINNER BOYS/GIRLS

1991 Chennai B.Ravi (Che)

M.Vinitha 2004 Rajapalayam

R.Siddharth (Che)

P.Sivasankari (Tlr)

1992 Rajapalayam R.B Ramesh (Che)

S.Vijayalakshmi (Che) 2005 Chennai

T.U.Navin Kanna (Tlr)

P.Sivasankari (Tlr)

1993 Madurai R.B Ramesh (Che)

M.Safira Shanaz (Vnr) 2006 Chennai

R.Premnath(Kan)

M.Rajadarshini (Mdu)

1994 Madurai R.B Ramesh(Che)

S.Sasirekha 2007 Karur

P.Karthikeyan (Che)

R.Preethi (Mdu)

1995 Tambaram V.Krishnakumar (Slm)

Saimeera (Che) 2008 Namakkal

M.Muthu Alagappan (Tlr)

Pon N.Krithika (Kan)

1996 Salem R.Karthik (Cud)

S.Cynthia 2009 Sivakasi

N. Surendran (Tlr)

J. Saranya (Tlr)

1997 Salem M.R.Venkatesh (Che )

P.D. Deepika 2010 Tirupur

S.S.Manigandan (Mdu)

A.Akshaya (Tlr)

1998 Chennai .Kidambi(Che)

M.R.Sangeetha (Che) 2011 Rajapalayam

S.S.Manigandan (Mdu) J.

Saranya (Tlr)

1999 Karaikudi S.Poobesh Anand (Che)

B.Latha 2012 Erode

S.S.Manigandan (Mdu)

M. Sandya (Che)

1999 Devakottai B.Sivashankar (Che)

C.V.Rajalakshmi (Kan) 2013 Hosur

Nishvin J(Kki)

Bala Kannamma P (Che)

2000 Coimbatore

Preetham Sharma (Tlr)

M.Kasturi (Mdu) 2014 Rajapalayam

Vaishnav M(Tpr)

Srija Seshadri(Nlc)

2001 Aruppukottai S.Anand Kumar

S.Nabeela Farheen (Che) 2015 Kanchipuram

Sai Vishwesh.C(Che)

Divya Lakshmi R(Che)

2002 Aruppukottai

R.Siddarth (Che)

N.Raghavi (Che) 2016 Erode

Iniyan P (Ero)

PL.Kavitha(Slm)

2003 Mannargudi

S.Venkat Sundaram (Kan)

S.Harini (Kan) 2017 Thanjavur ????

List of Trains from Chennai to Thanjavur via Villupuram, Cuddalore, Myladuthurai, Kumbakonam

Train No Train Name Daily/

Weekly

Chennai Egmore

Starting Time

Thanjavur Reaching Time

16853 Trichy Express Daily 08:30 14:28

16105 Chennai Egmore -

Tiruchendur Express Daily 16:05 21:45

16101

Chennai -

Rameswaram

Express

Daily 19:05 01:00

16179 Mannai Express Daily 22:00 04:35

22623 Madurai - Chennai

Egmore Express

Weekly Sunday

22:45 04:53

16183 Uzhavan Express Daily 23:30 06:45

Reaching Thanjavur from other Districts:

Train from Tiruchendur to Thanjavur Via (Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Dindigul)

16106 Tiruchendur - Chennai Egmore Express-Daily-At Tiruchendur 19:00 - Thanjavur reach-04:15

Train from Madurai to Thanjavur Via (Dindigul, Trichy)

22624 Chennai Egmore - Madurai Express –(Weekly Sunday)-At Madurai 21:15-Thanjavur Reach-00:38

Trains from Coimbatore to Thanjavur Via (Tiruppur, Erode, Karur, Trichy)

16616 Coimbatore - Mannargudi Chemmozhi Express-Daily-At Coimbatore 00:30-Thanjavur Reach -06:15

16188 Ernakulam - Karaikal Express-Daily-At Coimbatore 03:10-Thanjavur Reach-08:45.

12084 Jan Shatabdi Express-Daily-At Coimbatore 07:10-Thanjavur Reach-11:45

Trains from Bangalore to Thanjavur Via (Hosur, Dharmapuri, Salem, Erode, Karur, Trichy)

16232 Mailaduturai Express-Daily –At Mysore 15:30-Thanjavur Reach-04:50.

List of Hotels

Luxury Hotel

Hotel Raks- 73737 33014 - Near By Venue

Lakshmi Hotel-4 Star Hotel-04362 278 161-2.5 KM Distance from Venue

Hotel Sangam -3 Star Hotel- 04362-239451 -2 KM Distance from Venue

Hotel Gnanam-2 Star Hotel- 04362 278 503- 4 KM Distance from Venue

Hotel Sumi Palace- 04362 228 856- 1KM Distance from Venue

Budget Hotel

ASK Residency- 04362-228786- Walk able Distance from Venue

Sri Muthu Lodge- 04362-228833-Walkable Distance from Venue

Atchaya Rooms- 04362-226701- Walk able Distance from Venue

Hotel Ramnath- 04362-22618 - Walk able Distance from Venue.

Hotel Yagappa- 04362-230421- 3 KM Distance from Venue

Tournament Organising Committee

Rtn.V.Subramaniam Organising Chairman

KSMHSS

Rtn.R.K.Balagunashekaran Tournament Co-ordinator

Join Secretary, TNSCA

Mr. A.Gerard Phingnora Raj President, TDCA

Mr.R.P.Senthilkumaran Secretary-TDCA

93643 36464

Mr.M.Vinoth Secretary-ACA

99769 27910

Mr.T.Shyam Sundar Treasurer-ACA

94875 52492

Entry Form

Name (write in Capital)

Gender Male/Female

District

FIDE ID

FIDE rating

Date of Birth

Category Open/Girls

AICF if paid Reg No

TNSCA if paid Reg No

Accommodation (Mention how many of them

including parents)

Address

Contact Number (Those who are staying)

Email ID (Confirm need for new FIDE ID

Players)

Entry fee

Special :800

Normal:400

TDCA

50

TNSCA

150

AICF

250

Total

Date: signature:

Place: