ICA and Games24x7.com successfully host 4th Annual Chess Championship 2008 in Bangalore

Mr. Sushruta Reddy, National Arbiter and Secretary, Innovators Chess Academy in association with Games24x7.com hosted the 4th Annual ICA Rapid Chess Championship 2008 and the 3rd Innovators Chess Academy Inter-School Chess Championship on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti in Bangalore.

The ICA Championship 2008 saw a massive response with nearly 350 players participating from the south of India including Bangalore, Mangalore, Mysore and neighbouring cities. There was enthusiastic participation from people of all age groups. The open chess tournament saw a very strong response with the veterans and cream of the top talent participating.

Mr. Sushruta Reddy who is the ex. Jt. Secretary of United Karnataka Chess Association and a chess coach and founder of the Innovators Chess Academy has been a very active arbiter and a strong proponent of promoting the skill based game of chess and taking it to the masses. In recent times, people have shown active interest in participating in a completely new online blitz chess tournament model where people can play online tournaments for cash prizes and the game of chess is now spreading to the masses.

www.games24x7.com was the official sponsor for the ICA Championship 2008 where Mr. Reddy himself is an active player. Mr. Bhavin Pandya, co-founder and managing director of Games24x7.com said, “We have an active association with Mr. Sushruta Reddy right from the starting days of Games24x7.com and he has been an active player and a strong contributor to the development of the chess game on our website. We offer online chess and rummy tournaments catering to the needs of the Indian gaming enthusiast. When Mr. Reddy approached us with the opportunity for being part of ICA Championship, we were very enthusiastic and immediately confirmed our support in his noble initiative to expand chess tournaments in the southern part of India. “

Rahul Shandilya won the ICA Open Chess Championship 2008 when he defeated R Nagesh in the final round. Although Rahul tied with K.V.Sripad for the first place with 5.5 points apiece, the former finished ahead due to a higher tie breaker score.

About Games24x7.com – Games24x7.com is an Indian online games start-up founded by a group of entrepreneurs from IIT and IIM who have seen both eastern and western cultures and wish to bring the spirit of local Indian games to the masses. Games24x7.com is India’s first and only online games company to run daily skill based competitive tournaments with real cash prizes in rummy and chess.

About Innovator’s Chess Academy – Innovator’s Chess Academy (ICA) is one of the premier and most Active Chess Organizations in Bangalore. The Academy has organized nearly 50 Chess Tournaments since early 2005 besides providing Coaching to children in various parts of the City. The Academy also enjoys strong support from the United Karnataka Chess Association (UKCA). ICA founded by Mr. Sushruta Reddy, and supported by Vice Presidents, Mr. Durgesh and Mr. Karthik Shetty has now branched to Muscat and Oman.

List of Winners for ICA Chess Championship 2008

ICA Open Chess Championship
1st Place Rahul Shandilya (5.5 pts)
2nd Place K.V.Sripad (5.5 pts)
3rd Place R.Nagesh (5 pts)
4th Place Prachura P.P (5 pts)
5th Place Vinod V (5.5 pts)

ICA Under 7 Chess Championship (Boys)
1st Place: Vasishta (7 pts)
2nd Place: Avinash Raj (6 pts)
3rd Place: J Ashwin (5.5 pts)
4th Place: Prajwal Shet (5 pts)

ICA Under 7 Chess Championship (Girls)
1st Place: Ojasi Gopikrishna (4 pts)
2nd Place: Sai Bhavana (3 pts)
3rd Place: Tanisha Dighe (2 pts)
4th Place: Smrithi Suresh (2 pts)
5th Place: Pritha Jaipal (2 pts)

ICA Under 9 Chess Championship (Boys)
1st Place: L.S.Prabhanjan (6 pts)
2nd Place: Dushyanth Raju (5 pts)
3rd Place: Sanjeev (5 pts)
4th Place: T.Vikas (5 pts)
5th Place: Sachin Jajoo (5 pts)

ICA Under 9 Chess Championship (Girls)
1st Place: Prannita (6 pts)
2nd Place: Sharanya (5 pts)
3rd Place: Hanan Rouf (5 pts)
4th Place: H.K.Aditi (4.5 pts)
5th Place: Srishti Moorthy (4 pts)

ICA Under 11 Chess Championship (Boys)
1st Place: Arjun Govind (6 pts)
2nd Place: L Manas (5.5 pts)
3rd Place: Vijeth T.A.(5 pts)
4th Place: Chirag Ramesh (5 pts)
5th Place: R Parthasarathy (5 pts)

ICA Under 11 Chess Championship (Girls)
1st Place: T C Meghana (4 pts)
2nd Place: V Srilakshmi (3 pts)
3rd Place: Priyanka Bharadwaj (3 pts)
4th Place: Namratha G.M. (3 pts)
5th Place: Amrita Narayan (2.5 pts)

ICA Under 13 Chess Championship
1st Place: Sudhanshu Nath Mishra (5.5 pts)
2nd Place: Goutham S (5 pts)
3rd Place: Srikanth S (5 pts)
4th Place: V Uttej (5 pts)
5th Place: Sindhu Shekar (4.5 pts), Girls 1st Place

ICA Under 15 Chess Championship
1st Place: Augustine (4 pts)
2nd Place: K.S.Harikrishna (3 pts)
3rd Place: B S Swarnesh Rao (3 pts)
4th Place: Pallavi Bharadwaj (3 pts), Girls 1st Place
5th Place: Amrita Suresh (2.5 pts), Girls 2nd Place