4th Jugal Kishor Newatia Memorial Rating Chess 2011

GM Sriram Jha Won The Title

GM Sriram Jha of LICI won the title of 4^th Jugal Kishore Newatia International Rating Chess -2011 organized by Lions Club of Guwahati Kamrupa by scoring 7.5 points from 9 round and pocketed rupees 45,000/(forty five thousand) as first prize. IM G B Prakash of Tamil and IM Himanshu Sharma of Haryana also scored 7.5 points each but they are declared second and third on the basis of tie-break score. 7 players Arjun Tiwari of Maharstra, WGM Mary Ann Gomes of West Bengal, IM B. T. Murali Krishnan of Railway, Arindam Mukherjee of West Bengal, IM Akshayraj Kore of Maharstra, FM Diptayan Ghosh of West Bengal, Nasir Wajih of Delhi, and IM Atanu Lahiri of LICI scored 7 points each and placed in that order according to their tie break score. In the 9^th and Final round GM Sriram Jha drew his games against Nasir Wajih of Delhi but GM R. R. Laxman lost against IM Himanshu Sharma of Haryana. On third board the game between Arjun Tiwari and BT Muralikrishanan ended in draw while in board four IM G B Prakash accounted for IM Atanu Lahiri. WGM Marry Ann Gomes also won her last round game against Himal Gusain but former National Champion IM Suvrajit Saha is held to draw by Rajkumar Apollosana of Manipur.

The prize distribution ceremony was presided over by Lion Ajay Choudhury.  Mr. Avinash Joshi, IAS was the chief guest of the prize distribution ceremony. Prizes were given away by Lion Amar Baruah, Lion Mandira Chanda, Lion MP Agarwal, Lion Krishna Chanda , Tournament Chairman Lion Binod Khemka, Co- chairman Lion Sumit Jalan, Lion Sudhir Choudhury, Lion L.P. Matolia and chief arbiter D.S. Moorthy.  Total Rupees 200,000 (Two lakhs) was distributed as prize money among the prize winners.

 Final Round Result:
 1.    GM Sriram Jha of LICI drew with Nasir Wajih of Delhi.
 2.    IM Himanshu Sharma of Haryana beat GM R.R. Laxman of ICF.
 3.    Arjun Tiwari of Maharstra drew with IM BT Murali Krishna of Railway.
 4.    IM Atanu Lahiri of LICI lost to IM G B Prakash of Tamil Nadu.
 5.    WGM Mary Ann Gomes of West Bengal beat Himal Gusain of Chandigarh.
 6.    IM Akshayraj Kore of Maharastra beat A P Joshua.
 7.    Rajkumar Apollosana of Manipur drew with IM Suvrajit Shah of Railway.
 8.    Hemal thnki of Gujarat lost to Arindam Mukherjee of West Bengal.
 9.    Biswajit Nag of Tripura lost to FM Diptayan Ghosh of West Bengal.
 10. Niraj Niraula of Nepal drew with Santu Mondal of West Bengal.

Prize winners List

Rank	Title	Name	FED/State	Point	Prize
1	GM	Sriram Jha	LIC	7½	45000
2	IM	Prakash G B	TN	7½	25000
3	IM	Himanshu Sharma	HAR	7½	15000
4		Tiwari Arjun	Rlys	7	10000
5	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	WB	7	8000
6	IM	Murali Krishnan B T	Rlys	7	6500
7		Arindam Mukherjee	WB	7	5500
8	IM	Akshayraj Kore	MAH	7	4500
9	FM	Ghosh Diptayan	WB	7	3500
10		Wajih Nassir	DEL	7	3000
11	IM	Lahiri Atanu	LIC	6½	3000
12	GM	Laxman R R	ICF	6½	3000
13		Gusain Himal	CHAND	6½	3000
14	IM	Suvrajit Saha	Rlys	6½	3000
15		Niraula Niraj	NEPAL	6½	3000
16		Apollosana Rajkumar	Manipal	6½	3000
17		Hegde Naveen	KAR	6½	3000
18		Santu Mondal	WB	6½	2500
19		Dhar Rajib	ASM	6½	2500
20		Majumdar Shankar	WB	6½	2500
21		A K Kalshyan	DEL	6½	2500
22		Lama Surbir	NEPAL	6½	2500
23		Swaraj Palit	JHAR	6½	2500
24		Bishwo Bijay Ghimire	NEPAL	6	2500
25		Mahasweta Kumar	ASM	6	2500
26		Madhab Sarma	ASM	6	2500
27		Chakrabarti Tamal	WB	6	2500

  Special Prizes

Best in Under – 11

Rank	Name	Country/State	Pts	Prize
1	Kumar Gaurav	Bihar	5½	2500
2	Harshita Guddanti	Andhra Prades	5½	1500

Best in Under – 13

Rank	Name	Country/State	Pts	Prize
1	FM Harshal Shahi	Delhi	6	2500
2	Shiny Das	Tripura	6	1500

Best in Under – 15

Rank	Name	Country/State	Pts	Prize
1	Nair Sanjeev	Maharstra	5½	2500
2	Arunava Bhattacharjee	Tripura	5	1500

Best in Under – 09

Rank	Name	Country/State	Pts	Prize
1	Saurabh Anand	Bihar	5½	2500

Best Female

Rank	Name	Country/State	Pts	Prize
1	WFM Swati Mohota	West Bengal	6	2500
2	Hazarika Ankita	Assam	4½	1500

Best Unrated

Rank	Name	Country	Pts	Prize
1	Sainju Umesh	Nepal	6	2500
2	Nepal Prakash	Nepal	6	1500