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Time of India
27-04-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Arun Kataria reigns supreme as Rajasthan players dominate second Jaipur Open Classical Fide Rated Chess tournament
Jaipur: Arun Kataria reigned supreme as Rajasthan players dominated the second edition of the five-day Jaipur Open Classical Fide Rated Chess tournament which concluded here on Sunday. The national-level tourney was organised at the Jaipur Club under the aegis of Waves and Jaipur Health and Wellness. The aim of this meet was to promote mental health among all age groups and ancient sports like chess in Rajasthan. Arun Kataria (2353) of Udaipur remained undefeated in the competition and emerged as the champion and received Rs 1,00,000 as well as trophy. There was a fierce fight among many players for second place till the last moment and at the end three players were tied up with 7.5 points each. As per the rules of the competition, a tie-breaker round was played in which Rahul Sangma (2121) won and clinched the second position with a cash prize of Rs 75,000, while the third spot went to Shrayan Majumdar (2110) from Maharashtra, who got a prize money of Rs 50,000. In the women's category, Vedika Pal from Jaipur won the title of best female competitor by scoring six points, while in senior player category, GB Joshi from Delhi won the prize of Rs. 8,000 with 6.5 points. Raj Kapoor was the best player among Rajasthan's players and senior player Milind Gawade got the honour of being the best player from Jaipur. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 10 Mysterious Photos That Cannot Be Explained True Edition Undo Apart from this, separate awards were also given in the handicapped category in which 6 players including senior national level player SK Rathore from Madhya Pradesh won the first prize of Rs 8,000. A blitz championship was also held during the main competition which was claimed by Gopal Rathore and he won the first prize of Rs. 25,000. The prize distribution ceremony was attended by chief guest National Health Mission additional director T Shubhmangala. Jaipur Club president Manoj Birla, Narayana Hospital marketing head Vikas Sharma, Jaipur Club sports secretary Saket Mathur, Ashok Bhargava, Ravi Bajaj, Sanjay Sharma, organizer and JHW founder Himmat Singh, co-founders Bhupendra Singh and RK Vyas, Waves founders Jayendra Chaturvedi and Amrish Joshi were the guests of the honour on the occasion.
Time of India
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Radhika Sharma shocks Fide master SK Rathore in third round of Jaipur Open Classical Fide Rated Chess tournament
Jaipur: After the third round, the top players stopped the series of upsets to some extent and challenged the other participants by scoring third successive wins on the second day of the five-day Jaipur Open Classical Fide Rated Chess tournament 2025, organised jointly by Waves and JHW, at the Jaipur Club here on Thursday. The biggest upset of the day happened when Haryana's Radhika Sharma (1634) stunned national-level senior player Fide master SK Rathore (1788) in a thrilling encounter. Top seed Arun Kataria (2353) of Rajasthan defeated Krishna Kundu (1747) of Haryana to march ahead. Rahul Sangma (2121) of Gujarat outwitted Shayan Barua (1742) of Bengal, Maharashtra's Shreyan Majumdar (2110) downed Shreyansh Puri (1741) of Rajasthan, while Kumar Gaurav (2079) of Bihar got the better of Manish Kumar (1715) of Gujarat. In other third round ties, senior player and well-known coach GB Joshi of Delhi dismissed Krishna Kundu (1747) of Haryana, while Joshi (2017) prevailed over Siddhant Chaturvedi (1736) of Rajasthan. Organised jointly by Waves and JHW, the tournament is being held at the Jaipur Club.
Time of India
23-04-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Jaipur Open Classical Fide Rated chess tournament 2025: Atiq, Ishaan and Arisha start campaign with win
Jaipur: The second edition of the five-day Jaipur Open Classical Fide Rated Chess tournament 2025 kick-started at the Jaipur Club here on Wednesday. Himmat Singh, founder and CEO of JHW (Jaipur Health and Wellness), informed that in the first round of the competition, jointly organised by Waves and JHW, Shraddha Dhar of Assam held to a draw by Makavana Virendra Singh of Gujarat; Vivan Kapoor of Jaipur had to split point with AK Kalsian of Delhi. YK Srivastava of Uttar Pradesh and Aarav Gupta of Jaipur played out a draw. Ishaan Satwat of Bihar defeated PR Harsh of Jaipur, Arisha Agarwal of Jaipur outwitted Jalap Indraj of Rajasthan, while un-rated Atiq Kumawat of Jaipur got the better of Mukesh Mandloi of Kota. Organising secretary, Jayendra Chaturvedi informed that the tournament was inaugurated by Balwinder Singh Walia, facility director, Narayana Hospital; Rahul Pachori, regional head, Care Health Insurance; Co-founder JHW, Bhupendra Singh and RK Vyas; Ravi Bajaj of Royal Jaipur Chess Club; Zonal Head, CAT from Madhya Pradesh, Bhupendra Jain; Founder, Food for Needy, Udit Chaturvedi; President, Jaipur Club, Manoj Birla; Honorary Secretary, Vishal Kaushal; Treasurer, Pawan Parashar; Swarn Singh Khanuja; Dr Bharat Grover; Sanjay Madan; Member Executive Committee, Amrish Joshi and Jyoti Chaturvedi from Waves, secretary Ashok Bhargav and Parvendra Mani Verma from New Delhi. In this edition, around 500 players from 20 states in the age group of 4 to 84 years are participating including more than 250 international rated players.
