8th Adyar Times FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament

The above chess tournament organized by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association held in Bapalal Bhavan, Valmikinagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai from 29th July to 3rd August 2008.

Adyar Times is sponsored this event for the 8th consecutive time. There were 186 players participated including 88 Fide Rated players, one International Master and two Fide Masters. There were eight players from Sri Lanka participated by representing the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club and Lanka Chess Foundation.

After the 10th round, Fide Master S. Nitin of Sharadha Bal Bhayen, Salem, India who is the member of Gold winning Indian Youth Team in the Youth Olympiad in Singapore, 2007 won the championship by collecting 9 points.

The champion received the Adyar Times Trophy with cash award Indian rupees 25000/= from the Chief Guest Lion P.N. Bhavani Shankar, President, Lions Club of South Madras. Mr. A.D. Ranjan, Publisher of Adyar Times Presides the function.  Gold Medalist of the 30th  Chess Olympiad in 1992, Mrs. Suneetha Wijesuriya, President of Anatoly Karpov Chess Club of the Russian Centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka graced the ceremony as the Guest of honour.
Tournament Photo Adyar 2008 Prize Giving Photos Action in Adyar Times 2008

Final Standings:

 

Rank    Name                                       Rtg                   Club     Pts       Fide

1          FM Nitin S                                 2303                TN        9          53½

2          Arun Karthik R                          2277                TN        8          47½

3          Praveen Kumar C                     2302                TN        8          46½

4          Ramnath Bhuvanesh R             2239                TN        8          44

5          FM Shantharam K V                  2178                IB         8          44

6          Ram S Krishnan                        2300                TN        7½       46½

7          Praveen Prasad P                    2264                AP        7½       46

8          Abhilash Reddy M L                  2070                AP        7½       44

9          Harihara Sudan M                    2017                TN        7½       42½

10        Pratik R Shriwas                       2231                TN        7½       42½

11        Gowtham, T.                            2152                AP        7½       42

12        Shanmuganathan T R              2123                TN        7          44

13        Arun Srinivaas R S                    2045                TN        7          42

14        Maheswaran P                         2241                TN        7          41½

15        Dusthageer Ibrahim M             2231                TN        7          41

16        Venkat Sundaram                    2110                TN        7          41

17        Linda Rangarajan                    2116                POND 7            40

18        Gopalakrishnan K                     2064                IB         7          39

19        Raghuraman S                         2083                TN        7          38

20        Saket Kumar                            1939                DEL      6½       40