JAMMU, Jun 29: Amrita Gupta clinched the title trophy of the VCA Ist Chess 960 Tournament, which was organized by the Vivek Chess Academy under the aegis of All J&K Chess Association, involving over 25young and budding participants, here today.
Amrita secured 5.5 points out of the six rounds competition. The best women trophy went to Manushree. Nischal Choudhary and Anjali Nishad bagged under-15 titles in boys and girls categories respectively. In under-10 age group, Rithysh Gupta and Naisha Handoo emerged winners.
The Child Development Project Officer, Jammu,Mohit Bharti was the chief guest, who presented the title trophies and other individual prizes worth Rs 2000.He encouraged the youngsters with consolation cash prizes from his pocket.
National Arbiter, Stuti Gupta was the chief Arbiter of the tournament. She used latest FIDE rules for pairing.
Important to mention here that the Chess 960 format of chess was introduced in first such competition at the world stage in held in 1996 in Yugoslavia. And, in J&K, the Jammu District Chess Association organized the 960 event on June seven this year.
“The Chess960 is gaining popularity in the world and India like T-20 Cricket wherein players have to use mind right from the move one,” informed VCA coach, Vivek Bharti.
Chess960, also known as Fischer Random, is a chess variant invented by World Champion Bobby Fischer. It encourages creativity in play. Chess960 uses the same board and pieces as classical chess, but the starting position of the pieces on the players’ home ranks is randomized, following certain rules. The random setup makes gaining an advantage through the memorization of openings unfeasible. Players instead must rely on their skill and creativity.
The Detailed Results:
Round 1: Winners: Surinder, Ishaan,Lakshya,Amrita, Aadvik, Nitika, Anjali, Prince, Avni, Ayansh, Gunjan, Triyansh.
Round 2: Ishaan beat Avni; Lakshya beat Gunjan; Raesha beat Naisha; Triyansh beat Aadvik; Pearl beat Rithysh; Amrita beat Nitika; Prince drew Keshav; Manushree beat Sanjeev; Surinder beat Ayansh.
Round 3: Manushree beat Raesha; Ishaan beat Anjali; Keshav beat Naisha; Surinder drewAmrita; Aadvik beat Pearl; Avni beat Yashwina; Nitika beat Gunjan; Prince beat Ayansh; Triyansh beat Lakshya; Rithysh beat Sanjeev.
Round 4: Lakshya beat Surinder; Pearl beat Yashwina; Rithysh beat Gunjan; Keshav beat Nitika; Amrita beat Prince; Ishaan beat Triyansh; Ayansh beat Raesha; Manushree beat Anjali; Aadvik beat Avni; Naisha beat Sanjeev.
Round 5: Rithysh beat Raesha; Naisha beat Gunjan; Sanjeev beat Yashwina; Avni beat Prince; Surinder beat Keshav; Triyansh beat Manushree; Ayansh beat Anjali; Lakshya beat Aadvik; Nitika beat Pearl; Amrita beat Ishaan.
Round 6: Gunjan beat Yashwina; Pearl beat Naisha; Manushree beat Rithysh; Sanjeev beat Raesha; Anjali beat Prince; Aadvik beat Surinder; Ayansh beat Nitika; Amrita beat Triyansh; Avni beat Keshav; Ishaan beat Lakshya.