Last 2 days to register for the 2nd Goa GM International 2019

by ChessBase India - 30/05/2019

In 2018, Goa organized the biggest sporting event in the state. Was it cricket event, or a football tournament? Turns out it was chess! The 1st Goa GM International 2018 saw record participation of over 1200 participants at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium. This year the tournament is back again, bigger and better from the 18th to 25th of June 2019. We bring you a review of the tournament held in 2018, so that you know what to expect this year. The last date for registration is 31st of May 2019! So, don't miss the opportunity to play a strong tournament in one of the most scenic and beautiful states of India.

The 1st Goa GM International 2018 in review

The tournament was planned and designed under the great leadership of dynamic and energetic personalities Mr. Nilesh Cabral, Hon’ble Minister for Power, Chairman of GTDC, President of Goa Chess Association and Shri Kishor Bandekar, Tournament Director, Joint Secretary of AICF and Secretary of Goa Chess Association. The objective was to give an opportunity to the Goan and national players an opportunity to participate in a norm tournaments at home rather than travelling abroad to participate in the same.

Unique Feature of the tournament: Free food, accommodation and transport to all the players and a good ambience to play. The entry fee for the physically challenged and specially abled was waived off. The Tournament was organised at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium located on the campus of Goa University at Taleigao.

The playing hall was quite spectacular. It ensured that the B and C category players got to play in the same hall as the A category players.

View of the tournament hall

An excellent idea was placing the flags of the participating nations on top of the hall

The playing arena was beautifully arranged with the flags of various country. The stage was well decorated with the backdrop printed with brandings. The entire stadium looked attractive due to the branding and the layout of chairs and tables in an organised manner. The categories were differentiated with a barricade. Each and every player was given the ample space for playing their rounds comfortably and enough aisles were kept for the players to move around.

Media coverage was very well organised with YouTube and Facebook streaming, ChessBase India covered the tournament with interviews and reports on each day (check the links of all the articles at the end) live games were on Followchess and also a full coverage of day to day rounds in all the Goan Dailies as well as nine dailies outside the state.

The tournament received a record entry of total 1267 players from 25 states all over India and 18 countries. In all there were 46 foreign players, 22 Grandmasters, 26 International Masters and 15 FIDE Masters, 4 Women Grandmasters, 5 Women International masters, 6 Woman FIDE Masters, 6 Candidate masters, and 6 Woman Candidate masters, who participated in the same. Top Goan players participated - GM Anurag Mhamal. WGM Bhakti Kulkarni, FM Ameya Audi, FM Nitish Belurkar, Ritviz Parab and Niraj Saripalli.

The tournament was played using the Swiss System with 10 rounds. The rate of play was in accordance with the FIDE rules: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. All the events - A,B and C had 10 rounds. Cateogy A was held from 13th to 20th of October, B from 13th to 16th and C from 17th to 20th.

Hon. Power Minister of Goa and President of Goa Chess Association (GCA) welcoming delegates-sitting from left: GCA VP's Mr. Vasant Naik, Mr. Mahesh Candolkar, Mr. Kishor Bandekar – Treasurer of AICF and Secretary of GCA, Mr. B C H Neggi Director Goa Airport of AAI, Mr. G Manjunath – Regional Manager HPCL, Mr. Ashesh Keni VP GCA, Mr. Vishwas Pilankar Treasurer GCA and Mr. Vipin Bhardwaj Chief Arbiter.

The top players of the category B were honoured with trophies for the first three and cash prizes, and also followed by cash prizes till 40th place.

Winner Mr Kadav Omkar-Satara, 1st runner-up - Vijay Kumar-HP and 2nd Runner-up Mr Singh Soram Rahul - Assam. Other dignitaries from left Dy. Arbiters Mr. Dattaram Pinge Mr. Arvind Mhamal, Mr. Vasant Naik VP-GCA, Mr. Vishwas Pilankar Treasurer-GCA, Mr. Mahesh Candolkar VP-GCA, Mr. Balakrishna V VP of TTCA, Chief Guest Mr. Ramesh Bhandari Manager Corporate Affairs Nestle Goa, Ms. Tanya Ahluwalia VP Marketing Delta Corp. Ltd., Mr. Kishor Bandekar –Treasurer of AICF and Secretary of GCA, Mr. Vipin Bhardwaj Chief Arbiter Mr. Ashesh Keni VP GCA, Mr. Sanjay Belurkar Art and Design Director.

Final rankings in B group

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	32		Kadav Omkar			IND	1859	MAH	9,0	0,0	62,5	67,5	60,75	8	20	61,2
2	13		Vijay Kumar			IND	1915	HP	9,0	0,0	61,0	65,5	58,00	9	20	42,0
3	5		Singh Soram Rahul			IND	1945	ASSM	8,5	0,0	61,5	66,5	55,00	8	20	25,6
4	11		Safarov Donior			UZB	1920	UZB	8,5	0,0	57,0	62,0	52,75	8	20	15,0
5	8		Srikanth K.			IND	1934	AF	8,0	0,0	62,5	67,5	52,00	7	20	8,4
6	63		Anwar N K			IND	1764	KER	8,0	0,0	60,0	65,5	51,75	7	20	53,0
7	49		Katiyar Prashant			IND	1800	UP	8,0	0,0	60,0	65,0	49,75	7	20	50,2
8	37	WFM	Potluri Supreetha		w	IND	1851	AP	8,0	0,0	58,5	60,5	45,00	8	40	33,6
9	72		Sahil Dhawan			IND	1740	HAR	8,0	0,0	56,5	61,0	47,50	8	20	57,0
10	10		Nandan Buragohain			IND	1924	ASSM	8,0	0,0	51,0	55,0	43,50	8	20	-10,6
11	12		Shubham			IND	1920	DEL	7,5	0,0	67,0	71,5	50,00	7	20	18,0
12	24		Rishabh Nishad			IND	1874	UP	7,5	0,0	63,0	65,5	45,50	7	20	5,6
13	30		Dhanush Ragav	U15		IND	1864	TN	7,5	0,0	60,0	64,5	46,25	6	40	22,8
14	73		Ranjith R.K.			IND	1736	TN	7,5	0,0	58,0	62,5	44,25	7	20	44,2
15	7		Santoshkashyap Hg			IND	1940	KAR	7,5	0,0	57,0	61,5	45,50	6	20	-10,8
16	76		Abdul Majeed N.	S60		IND	1727	KAR	7,5	0,0	55,5	60,0	41,75	7	20	38,0
17	117		Ajith M.P.			IND	1647	KAR	7,5	0,0	54,0	58,0	40,75	7	20	59,4
18	64		Mansoor C M			IND	1764	KER	7,5	0,0	54,0	57,5	42,25	7	20	25,8
19	36		Akshay Anand			IND	1853	PUN	7,5	0,0	53,5	58,0	42,25	5	20	2,4
20	74		Leeladhar Kachroo			IND	1732	HAR	7,5	0,0	51,5	56,0	41,75	7	20	13,4

The top five players are:

Kadav Omkar (IND) Winners Trophy and a cash prize of Rs. 140000/-

Vijay Kumar (IND)First runners up trophy and cash prize of Rs. 115000/-

Singh Soram Rahul (IND) Second Runners up trophy and cash prize of Rs.75000/-

Safarov Donior (UZB) Fourth place with a cash prize of Rs. 65000/-

Srikanth K. (IND) Fifth place with a cash prize of Rs.50000/-

Category prizes under-7. under-9. under-11. under-13. under-15. For National as well as Goan players. The younger player were encouraged and motivated by giving cash prizes as well as trophies.

The prize distribution ceremony started in the presence of the Chief Guest Hon’ble Minister of Sports and Tourism Mr. Manohar Ajgoakar. Hon’ble. Power Minister Mr. Nilesh Cabral was the Chairperson of the function. Mr. Bharat Singh Chauhan AICF secretary and Mr. Ravindra Dongre, Ethics committee member, FIDE, were the guests of honor.

GM Tournament Champion GM Idani Pouya - Iran, 1st runner-up GM Babujian Levon - Armenia and GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J - Railways along with other dignitaries

Final standings of A group

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	5	GM	Idani Pouya		IRI	2588	IRI	8,5	0,0	60,5	66,0	55,50	7	10	12,6
2	18	GM	Babujian Levon		ARM	2456	ARM	8,0	0,0	63,5	68,0	53,50	6	10	23,9
3	11	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2540	RLYS	8,0	0,0	63,5	67,5	52,00	6	10	9,6
4	9	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel		ARM	2547	ARM	8,0	0,0	60,0	65,0	51,00	8	10	8,4
5	19	GM	Kasparov Sergey		BLR	2453	BLR	8,0	0,0	60,0	64,0	49,00	7	10	21,3
6	54		Raahul V S		IND	2294	TN	8,0	0,0	59,5	63,5	50,00	6	20	58,8
7	27	IM	Das Sayantan		IND	2425	WB	7,5	0,0	61,0	65,5	46,25	6	10	13,2
8	2	GM	Amonatov Farrukh		TJK	2615	TJK	7,5	0,0	59,0	64,5	47,00	7	10	-3,4
9	3	GM	Predke Alexandr		RUS	2615	RUS	7,5	0,0	59,0	64,0	46,25	6	10	-10,7
10	12	IM	Karthik Venkataraman		IND	2525	AP	7,5	0,0	58,5	63,5	45,25	7	10	-1,9
11	28	IM	Akash G		IND	2424	TN	7,5	0,0	56,0	60,5	43,00	6	10	8,7
12	6	GM	Tukhaev Adam		UKR	2556	UKR	7,5	0,0	55,5	58,5	43,25	6	10	-7,9
13	36	IM	Rathnakaran K.		IND	2366	RLYS	7,5	0,0	51,0	55,0	40,00	6	10	7,7
14	10	GM	Sivuk Vitaly		UKR	2545	UKR	7,0	0,0	65,0	71,0	47,50	5	10	3,4
15	4	GM	Popov Ivan		RUS	2611	RUS	7,0	0,0	62,5	66,5	43,50	6	10	-13,2
16	15	GM	Neverov Valeriy		UKR	2488	UKR	7,0	0,0	60,0	65,5	43,25	6	10	8,4
17	26	IM	Bakunts Rafael		ARM	2427	ARM	7,0	0,0	57,5	61,5	40,00	6	10	-3,1
18	32	IM	Gusain Himal		IND	2384	RLYS	7,0	0,0	55,5	60,0	39,25	6	10	8,0
19	16	GM	Kunte Abhijit		IND	2484	PSPB	7,0	0,0	51,5	56,5	39,00	4	10	-15,1
20	53	FM	Nitish Belurkar		IND	2295	GOA	7,0	0,0	51,5	54,0	36,75	5	20	15,0

GM Idani Pouya (IRI) Winners Trophy and a cash prize of Rs. 250000/-

GM Babujian Levon (ARM) First runners up trophy and cash prize of Rs.200000/-

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. (IND) Second Runners up trophy and cash prize of Rs.135000/-

GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel (ARM) Fourth place with a cash prize of Rs. 85000/-

GM Kasparov Sergey (BLR) Fifth place with a cash prize of Rs.75000/-

Followed by 35 cash prizes till the 40th standings.

Raahul V.S won the 6th prize in the main category and also won the untitled players against GM.

Raahul V.S also got the International Master Norm.

Goan player FM Nitish Belurkar won the 20th place in the main category and was the 1st among the Goan players.

The best female prize was awarded to Nandini Saripalli

Category prizes included (1) 3 Best 2399 below Players, (2) 3 Best 2299 below Players, (3) 3 Best 2199 below Players, (4) 3 Best 2099 below Players, (5) 3 Best Female Players, (6) 3 Best Goan Players.

Final rankings in C group

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	31		Shibin K Benny		IND	1516	KER	9,0	61,5	66,0	59,00	9	53,0	20	44,0
2	181		Parekh Vishrut		IND	1287	GUJ	9,0	59,0	63,0	56,50	8	51,0	40	237,2
3	49		Ranjith Kalaiyarasan		IND	1483	TN	8,5	63,5	69,0	57,25	8	55,0	20	45,2
4	68		Rajat Yadav		IND	1449	MP	8,5	63,0	67,5	55,00	8	54,5	20	52,0
5	50		Prasath K R		IND	1482	TN	8,5	63,0	67,5	55,00	8	54,0	20	50,6
6	22		Devi Das Suresh Pai		IND	1532	KAR	8,5	60,0	64,5	55,75	8	52,0	20	14,2
7	474		Ravi Chopra		IND	0	UP	8,0	63,0	68,0	51,00	8	54,5
8	54		Aanandha Kumar M S		IND	1475	TN	8,0	62,5	67,5	51,75	7	53,5	20	40,8
9	13		Satyam Prakash		IND	1555	DEL	8,0	62,0	67,0	50,75	7	53,5	20	19,8
10	14		Shanmugasundaram G.		IND	1549	TN	8,0	58,5	63,0	50,00	7	50,5	20	11,4
11	20		Sivathanujan S		SRI	1535	SRI	8,0	57,5	62,5	48,50	8	49,5	40	19,2
12	27		Gopikrishnan S	S50	IND	1524	TN	8,0	56,5	60,5	48,50	7	49,0	20	6,8
13	150	AFM	Dhanush Ram M	U11	IND	1331	KAR	8,0	56,0	56,5	41,50	7	48,0	40	135,2
14	12		Sakthi Subash A S	U15	IND	1556	TN	8,0	54,5	59,5	47,25	7	47,0	40	10,8
15	255		Shwetank Saumya		IND	1166	BIH	8,0	53,5	58,0	46,00	7	46,5	40	181,6
16	39		Suman Yaddanapudi		IND	1504	AP	7,5	61,0	66,0	46,75	6	52,0	20	18,8
17	176		Pednekar Ayush	U15	IND	1298	GOA	7,5	60,5	63,5	44,75	7	52,0	40	133,2
18	154		Felix Moothedath	U11	IND	1329	TN	7,5	60,0	64,0	43,25	7	51,0	40	137,6
19	2		Tiwari Shivansh		IND	1592	MP	7,5	59,0	63,5	44,00	7	50,0	40	-14,4
20	36		Murarilal Kori		IND	1508	MP	7,5	59,0	63,5	43,50	7	50,5	20	15,0

Shibin K Benny (IND) Winners Trophy and a cash prize of Rs. 125000/-

Parekh Vishrut (IND) First runners up trophy and cash prize of Rs.100000

Ranjith Kalaiyarasan (IND) Second Runners up trophy and cash prize of Rs.65000

Rajat Yadav (IND) Fourth place with a cash prize of Rs. 50000

Prasath K R (IND) fifth place with a cash prize of Rs 40000

followed by cash prizes till 50th place

Category prizes under-7. under-9. under-11. under-13. under-15. For National as well as Goan players.

The best Goan prize was given to Snehil Shetty and Sudhakar Patgar

The younger player were encouraged and motivated by giving cash prizes as well as trophies.

First three winners of the Grandmasters Tournament

What can you expect in the 2nd edition?

It is wonderful to see that the Goa GM International 2018 was not a lone event that was organized. The team is back with its second edition this June from 18th to 25th 2019. And yes the tournament will be held in the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium itself. Last year 1200 participants took part in A, B and C group combined. This year, the organizers would be looking to better the number. A look at the prospectus (download it from the link given at the end of the article) tells you the amount of care that the organizers have taken to ensure that everything is well organized. For eg. they have created teams to handle players from different states of India! This is pretty unique. The prizes have been increased from 35 lakh in 2018 to 53 lakh in 2019!

All the information for category A players. The first prize is Rs.3,50,000 (US $5,000)

Schedule and main prizes of Group B

Schedule and main prizes of Group C

Entries confirmed in A group:

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg	sex	Typ	Club/City
1	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	3901211	VEN	2639			Venezuela
2	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	13602071	GEO	2611			Georgia
3	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	13600966	GEO	2610			Georgia
4	GM	Idani Pouya	12510130	IRI	2590			Iran
5	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	13302531	ARM	2590			Armenia
6	GM	Turov Maxim	4120086	RUS	2584			Russia
7	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	14100371	UKR	2581			Ukraine
8	GM	Jojua Davit	13602543	GEO	2580			Georgia
9	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	13300857	ARM	2573			Armenia
10	GM	Fier Alexandr	2107139	BRA	2570			Brazil
11	GM	Paichadze Luka	13602934	GEO	2557			Georgia
12	GM	Stupak Kirill	13503758	BLR	2551			Belarus
13	GM	Debashis Das	5024854	IND	2538			Orissa
14	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	5011132	IND	2534			T N
15	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	12500739	IRI	2531			Iran
16	GM	Tukhaev Adam	14109476	UKR	2527			Ukraine
17	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	5005779	IND	2517			T N
18	GM	Malakhatko Vadim	14104202	BEL	2508			Belgium
19	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	25006479	IND	2505			A P
20	GM	Anurag Mhamal	5024366	IND	2504			Goa

Complete list

This is the tariff chart for Group A

The tariff chart for Group B and C

Last date to register is 31st of May 2019

2018 coverage on ChessBase India

Round 1: No less than Batumi

Round 2: 6-year-old prodigy and 12-year-old Veteran

Round 3+4: What is Troitsky's line?

Round 5: Who said GMs and IMs do not blunder

Round 6+7: Madhya Pradesh domination

Round 8: An Iranian, an Ukrainian and an Armenian

Round 9: Being ambitious sometimes works, sometimes doesn't

Round 10: Pouya Idani wins Goa GM 2018

ChessBase India are the media partners of the event and there will be a ChessBase India knowledge stall at the venue

Important links:

Official website

Registration portal for players

Chess-results

Playlist of Goa GM 2018 (25 videos)

Prospectus of Goa GM International 2019

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