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Umakant Sharma leaves Delhi tournament after found with a Bluetooth Device.
Written by content team on 06.12.2006
  Yesterday we published the shocking news of a player carrying blue tooth device during the game. We got some more updates on this matter from our sources. Umakant Sharma was asked to leave the tournament after he was found with an electronic device (Bluetooth) in his cap during the seventh round of Air Marshall Subroto Mukerjee Memorial FIDE rated chess tournament.
  Nobody will keep their belongings in the cap so it clearly indicates that he was trying make use of blue tooth device during the game. However, Umakant maintained that he was not involved in any sort of ‘cheating’. He had just started his seventh round game against Rahul Shetty of Indian Airlines when the tournament committee went for a routine check on top boards. After finding blue tooth device, according to FIDE rules Shetty was awarded full point.
  The device was found in his cap while his Mobile phone was in the bag near to his seat.
Based on these bare facts, the tournament committee decided that Umakant Sharma will have to leave the tournament to which Umakant agreed. The tournament committee will now refer the matter to AICF for further enquiries and necessary action.
  CPAI would like to appreciate Delhi Chess Association, Arbiter and concerned persons for their bold decision of checking players belongings and arbiter who conducted the search activity. If they wished they could have easily cover up the matter to avoid the embarrassment for their tournament.
  We have got few emails on this matter, you can view the comments and can write your views on this.

Humpy won the rapid chess tournament, claims first Gold medal for India!
Written by content team on 05.12.2006
  Grand Master Koneru Humpy of India won the rapid chess tournament at Doha Asian Games. In the men's rapid chess tournament,  Murtas Kazhgaleyev of Kazakhstan won the gold medal after defeating top seeded Indian Grandmaster Shashikiran. Dao Thien Hai of Vietnam took the silver and Bu Xiangzhi claimed the bronze.
  Koneru Humpy defeated Dana Aketayeva in the last round to finish on 8 points, half a point ahead of China’s Zhao Xue and Qatar’s Chen Zhu.  Humpy clearly dominated the event by scoring heavily. She lost her only game against Zhao Xue of China. In the men's section top seeded Indian Grand Masters failed to impress in the rapid format however with 3 Grand Masters in the team India is looking very strong for the Teams Classical Swiss event starting from 06th  December.

Umakant Sharma found with a blue tooth device during the game.
Reported by Vishal Sareen on 05.12.2006
  In the seventh round of Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee Memorial All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament, playing with black pieces against IM Shetty Rahul, Umakant Sharma found with a blue tooth device. Umakant Sharma having 2484 rating is a top seeded player for this tournament. It will be interesting to see what action arbiters take against him, it would be the first case in India where a player found carrying electronic means of communication device. Mr. Vishal Sareen said that the investigation is going on. Lets have a look at FIDE rules for carrying electronic communication device while playing a game.
What FIDE rules say :
Rule under section 12.2 :-
a. During play the players are forbidden to make use of any notes, sources of information, advice, or analyse on another chessboard.
b. It is strictly forbidden to bring mobile phones or other electronic means of communication, not authorised by the arbiter, into the playing venue. If a player`s mobile phone rings in the playing venue during play, that player shall lose the game. The score of the opponent shall be determined by the arbiter.
  We will update our viewers on this matter, I remember a case during Pune Knockout rapid chess tournament, Soumya Swaminathan's mobile ringed during the game, her opponent (sorry, I forgot his name) claimed against her for carrying mobile during the game and arbiters gave the decision against her, of course she forgot to switched off her mobile but that costed her full game. So do take the necessary care while playing a game.

GM Nigel Short won the Commenwealth chess title with full point margin
Written by content team on 04.12.2006
  GM Nigel Short, the defending champion as well as the top seeded player won the  Commonwealth Chess tournament without facing much competition. He scored 9 points out of 10. In the last round he defeated GM S.S. Ganguly with black pieces. A win was necessary for IM Venkatesh to compete for first or second position, but he drew with GM Sandipan Chanda and finished third.
Standings :

1	GM	Short Nigel D
2	GM	Sandipan Chanda
3	IM	Venkatesh M R
4	GM	Neelotpal Das
5	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J
6	GM	Kunte Abhijit
7	IM	Sundararajan Kidambi
8	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar
9	IM	Gupta Abhijeet
10		Gopal G N
11	IM	Himanshu Sharma
12		Sethuraman S P
13	WGM	Harika Dronavalli
14	GM	Rahman Ziaur
15		Saptarshi Roy
16	IM	Prakash G B
17		Rohit G
18		Das Arghyadip
19	IM	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman
20	IM	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi
21	GM	Barua Dibyendu
22	IM	Satyapragyan Swayangsu
23	GM	Ramesh R B
24	IM	Arun Prasad S
25	WGM	Karavade Eesha

Final Round Results

Humpy maintains sole lead despite a defeat in sixth round
Written by content team on 04.12.2006
  In the rapid Chess tournament at Doha Asian Games, GM Humpy lost to Xue Zhao of China in the sixth round, still she is leading with with five points followed by Atousa Pourkashiyan, Zhao and Kharisma Sukandar of Indonesia with 4.5 points each.
  In the men's category, Pentala Harikrishna and K. Sasikaran are on 3.5 points each.
They seem struggling in the rapid format. Murtas Kazhgaleyev of Kazakhstan is leading with six points after six rounds. With 3 more rounds to go, Harikrishna and Sasikaran will need all the wins if they want to finish in top 5.
Visit the official website to know more about Doha Asian Games.

Top seed India start favorites in chess at Doha Asian Games.
Written by content team on 03.12.2006
  Even in the absence of GM Viswanathan Anand, Indians can hope to grab all gold medals at Doha Asian Games.  India is playing with a very strong team, GM Krishnan Sashikiran, GM Pentayala Harikrishna and GM Koneru Humpy. The tournament format of including a woman in each team is very helpful particularly for India. GM Koneru Humpy, world number two among women can certainly help the team combination. Indian will face the challenge from China, Qatar and Kazakhstan.
  Indians had a mixed bag in rapid format on first day, Humpy is leading with 3 points in the women's section however Shashikiran (1.5 points) and Harikrishna (2 points) could not manage to score all points after third round.
Visit the official website to know more about Doha Asian Games.

Short set to retain Commonwealth chess title
Written by content team on 28.11.2006
  The tournament is poised for a very interesting finish as IM M.R. Venkatesh and GM Sandipan Chanda are just half point down the sole leader GM Nigel Short. Venkatesh is having better tie-break then Sandipan Chanda and is equal to Nigel Short. He can win the event if he wins last round against Sandipan and if  GM S.S. Ganguly could able to draw or beat Short.
  In between, CPAI got an email from Mr. Rahul, according to him, Indian players would not earn any norms from this tournament as the tournament failed to attract the required foreign players. We have posted his comment on our site, visit our viewers comments section to view his comment. You can also write your comments on our website.
  In the penultimate round, GM Nigel short defeated IM S. Vijayalakshmi to take a sole lead position. A win would be required against GM S. Ganguly to retain Commonwealth Chess title.
Round 9 results
 

1	GM	Short Nigel D	2677	ENG	7	1  -  0	6½	IM	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	2424	IND
2	IM	Sundararajan Kidambi	2451	IND	6	0  -  1	6½	GM	Sandipan Chanda	2550	IND
3	IM	Sriram Jha	2396	IND	6	0  -  1	6½	IM	Venkatesh M R	2466	IND
4		Sethuraman S P	2329	IND	6	0  -  1	6	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2573	IND
5	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2524	IND	6	1  -  0	6	IM	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi	2423	IND
6		Das Arghyadip	2373	IND	6	0  -  1	6	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	2501	IND
7	GM	Neelotpal Das	2490	IND	6	½  -  ½	6	IM	Prakash G B	2403	IND
8		Gopal G N	2397	IND	5½	½  -  ½	6	IM	Himanshu Sharma	2387	IND
9	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2544	BAN	5½	½  -  ½	5½	WGM	Ramaswamy Aarthie	2228	IND
10		Kamble Vikramaditya	2346	IND	5½	½  -  ½	5½	GM	Murshed Niaz	2461	BAN

Final round's pairing
 

1	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2573	IND	7		8	GM	Short Nigel D	2677	ENG
2	IM	Venkatesh M R	2466	IND	7½		7½	GM	Sandipan Chanda	2550	IND
3	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	2501	IND	7		7	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2524	IND
4	IM	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	2424	IND	6½		6½	GM	Neelotpal Das	2490	IND
5	IM	Prakash G B	2403	IND	6½		6½	IM	Himanshu Sharma	2387	IND
6	WGM	Karavade Eesha	2321	IND	6½		6	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2544	BAN
7		Rohit G	2393	IND	6		6	GM	Thipsay Praveen M	2494	IND
8	IM	Gupta Abhijeet	2481	IND	6		6	IM	Sriram Jha	2396	IND
9	WGM	Harika Dronavalli	2353	IND	6		6	GM	Wu Shaobin	2475	SIN

Visit the official website to know more details.

Kramnik overlooked mate, lost the second game in advantageous position.
Written by content team on 28.11.2006
  The current world champion, GM Vladimir Kramnik overlooked mate and that allowed mate in one position for Fritz. Its very surprising to see these type of blunders by a World Champion. In the Queen's Gambit Accepted game, Kramnik played the unusual 3..b5 which surprised the spectators as well as fritz. After gaining the advantage, Kramnik continued to play quickly and his quick play with excitement cost him full game.
  Kramnik played the move 34...Qe3 calmly and was about to leave the stage to go to his rest room. While Fritz operator Mathias Feist hardly able to believe that he had input the correct move. Fritz was displaying mate in one, and when Mathias executed it on the board. Kramnik briefly grasped his forehead, took a seat to sign the score sheet and left for the press conference.
Go to the Official website for reports and live games.

Speelman's views on Tal Memorial Blitz Chess Tournament
Written by content team on 27.11.2006
  In an article published on Guardian website, Speelman talks about the recently held Tal Memorial Blitz Chess Tournament. According to him, the organisers neglected to use the usual sensory boards which record games automatically. Instead, games were recorded on video. Organisers said,  with usual sensory boards there is danger of process blowing up if the players bang the pieces too hard or some get knocked over in a frantic denouement.
  Speelman has written the tournament report and his views on the players who participated in that tournament also he has done the analysis of the game between Peter Leko vs Alexander Morozevich, you can view the game along with tournament report on Guardian website.
 
Many chess events at International chess festival.
Written by content team on 26.11.2006
  International chess festival is starting from 7th December at Bilbao, Spain. The main attraction of the event will be a blindfold match between former FIDE world champions Veselin Topalov and the strongest female player in the history of the game, Judit Polgar. The event will take place in the world famous Gugenheim Museum in the Basque city of Bilbao. Many other chess events will be organised simultaneously to attract young chess players.
Attractions to players :-

• During the morning Champions Topalov and Polgar will participate with the children taking photos and signing autographs.

• During the meeting the children would be able to take part in the Chess Tournament.

• Thr first five classified will receive a medal and will be invited to have a lunch with Topalov and Judit Polgar!

• Children will be able to play on computers with the Fritz program installed.

• Plastic workshops to draw, paint, plasticine, cutout etc

• Opened area for the practicing of chess to play matches with or without clock, flash-minute matches, team matches, simultaneous matches etc.

• “Blind Chess” and “3D Chess” exhibitions.

• Chess problems solving championship.

Registration Details :-
Registration Dates : November 5 to December 5.
How to register: Your chess monitor must do it.
Tournament System: Swiss mode (7-8 games). It depends of the number of players. Games will be played with clock.

Visit the official website to know more details.

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