35th TAMIL NADU STATE UNDER 11 OPEN & GIRLS FIDE

RATED CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023

(AICF Event Code: 325484/325485/TN(S)/2023) (TNSCA Event No.SO9/NAM/23-24)

ORGANISED BY
NAMAKKAL DISTRICT CHESS FOUNDATION
ON BEHALF OF
TAMIL NADU STATE CHESS ASSOCIATION
DATE : 17.05.2023 – 21.05.2023
Venue: KSR Educa onal Ins tu ons, KSR Kalvi Nagar
Tiruchengode – 637 215, Tamil Nadu
(about 12 KMs from Erode)

TOTAL CASH PRIZES ₹ 24,000

(Rs. 12,000 for Open & Rs. 12,000 for Girls)
Prizes I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
Open ₹.3000 ₹.2000 ₹.1500 ₹.1200 ₹.1000 ₹.800 ₹.800 ₹.600 ₹.600 ₹.500

Girls ₹.3000 ₹.2000 ₹.1500 ₹.1200 ₹.1000 ₹.800 ₹.800 ₹.600 ₹.600 ₹.500

Trophies For Age Category

Category Boys Girls Age
UNDER 9 5 Trophy 5 Trophy Born on (or) a er 01.01.2014

UNDER 7 5 Trophy 5 Trophy Born on (or) a er 01.01.2016

Special Trophies For Namakkal District Players

Category Boys Girls Age
UNDER 9 5 Trophy 5 Trophy Born on (or) a er 01.01.2014

UNDER 7 5 Trophy 5 Trophy Born on (or) a er 01.01.2016

Normal (District Selected) Entry Fee: ₹.400/-

Special Entry Fee: ₹.800/-
Entries can be paid through
www.chessfeee.com I www.signchess.com I www.easypaychess.com
**Please note that only the players who take part in this State Championship will be permitted torepresent
Tamil Nadu as selected/special entries in the forthcoming National U-11 Chess Championship. Hence
participation in this State Championship is COMPULSORY**
Note to District Chess Associations: Advise all your U-11 players to take part in this StateChampionship.

All entries, be it regular or special, should be routed through the respective district chess association on or
before 13.05.2023. No entry will be entertained after 13.05.2023.
COVID-19 - Standard Operating Procedures - All Necessary Precautions and the standard operating
procedures with respect to COVID-19 must be followed strictly. Wearing Mask is compulsory, hands must be
sanitized, and social distance has to be maintained

Entry fee can be remitted by Demand Draft / Cheque favouring “Namakkal District Chess Foundation”
payable at Tiruchengode and should be sent to Dr.V.S. RAMESH, Sairam Dental clinic, 158, South Car Street,
Tiruchengode - 637 211, entries can be sent by email to ndcf2008@gmail.com. Copy of the entry should be
sent to Tamil Nadu State Chess Association E-mail: tnchess64@gmail.com.

Tournament Schedule
Managers Meeting and Inauguration :
Arrival: 17.05.2023, 08.00 AM
17.05.2023, 9.30 AM

1st Round 17-05-2023 11.00 AM 6th Round 19-05-2023 03.00 PM

2nd Round 17-05-2023 04.00 PM 7th Round 20-05-2023 09.30 AM

3rd Round 18-05-2023 09.30 AM 8th Round 20-05-2023 03.00 PM

4th Round 18-05-2023 03.00 PM 9th Round 21-05-2023 09.30 PM

5th Round 19-05-2023 09.30 AM Prize Distribution – 21.05.2023, 03.00 PM

Chief Arbiter : Mr.Palaniappan P, International Arbiter

Deputy Chief Arbiter : Mr.Balasubramanian R, FIDE Arbiter

Further Details Contact

Tournament Coordinators Venue Coordinators

Mr.Gnanasekaran.S Mr.Devendran.S Mr.Dharmalingam Mr.Muthukannan

Secretary, NDCF. Jt, Secretary, NDCF. Physical Director, Physical Director,
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Eligibility : Subject to Age Stipulation

1 Only Indian nationals are eligible to participate

Every affiliated District Chess Association / Special Unit of TNSCA is entitled to field two entries
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in each category.

3 The TNSCA General Secretary can nominate one entry.

The top four rankers from TN State Under – 11 Open & Girls Chess Championship 2022 held at
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Villupuram.

The top two rankers from TN State Under – 9 Open & Girls Chess Championship 2022 held at
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Ramanathapuram.

6 The host NAM DCF (Namakkal District Chess Foundation) is entitled to field one additional entries.
 Any players who pay the prescribed entry fee: Open & Girls - Rs.800/- may be considered for
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participation with recommendation of the respective District ChessAssociation.

In the event of odd entry, the host Namakkal DCF is entitled add one more entry to make total
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number as even in each category.

9 Those who have qualified to represent the country in official FIDE events.

Any Current National Champion in any category is to be seeded to All State Championships
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subject to age stipulation.

In addition to above the following Districts can field additional entries by virtue of three medal
winners (Gold, Silver and Bronze) secured by their players in the last TN State Under – 11 Open
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& Girls Chess Championship 2022 held at Villupuram, Boys: Gold & Bronze (3+1) – Chennai,
Silver (2)–Tiruvallur, Girls: Gold & Silver (3+2)– Chennai & Bronze(1)– Sivagangai

12 All GMs, WGMs, IMs and WIMs are eligible to play as seeded players in the eligible category

Rules and Regulations

Those born on or after 01.01.2012 are eligible to participate. Age proof is required.
Certificate should be from the Panchayat/Municipality or corporation obtained
soon after birth. Players without the date of birth certificate will not be allowed to
Age Eligibility participate. As per the rules of AICF, only players whose dates of birth are registered
within one year of their birth are permitted to take part in respective age group
State/ Nationals. Other country passport holders shall not be allowed to participate
in the State Chess Championship.

Lodging will be provided to seeded/selected players and one manager per team
at college hostel campus as first preference. For special entry players rooms are
subject to availability. Only one accompanying person is allowed. (with common
Boarding & rest room). Players are requested to bring their own beddings.
Lodging: Seeded/Selected players are requested to confirm the accommodation while
sending entry. Male & female will be provided a separate accommodation
irrespective of age. Canteen facilities are available on payment basis at the college
premises itself.

AICF player registration is compulsory for all players. AICF Player Registration fee
is Rs.300/- for the year 2023-2024. AICF player registrations will be accepted only
through online. Players / Arbiters registration should be done well before the start
of event (Championship). For renewing AICF registration of existing players,
AICF Player please click http://aicf.in/players/ and click extend membership. For (New) Fresh
Registration: AICF registration please click http://aicf.in/online-player-registration/
For fresh AICF registration, players are requested to keep their scanned passport size
photograph and birth certificate and a valid email address(unique) not used by any
other person/ player for AICF, ready before the registration process.
Note: Only passport size (less than 1 MB) photographs in jpeg format should be
uploaded.
TNSCA player registration is compulsory for all players. TNSCA player registration
TNSCA Player fee is Rs.150/- for the year 2023 – 2024. Players registering with TNSCA should
Registration submit duly filled and signed TNSCA Players Registration form along with a copy of
their Date of Birth certificate and one passport size photograph.
Namakkal
Namakkal DCF Registration fee is Rs.75/- for the year 2023 – 2024 (for Namakkal
District Player
Registration district players only)

Default Time Default time is 15 minutes. Players have to be at the boards within 15 minutes
from thestart of the round.

Rules FIDE rules in force shall apply.

System of play The Tournament shall be conducted on a nine rounds Swiss System.

Time Control 90 minutes each plus 30 seconds increment from the move one.
 Buchholz Cut 1, Buchholz, Sonneborn Berger Direct encounter, and number of wins
Tie-break (forfeit included) & Number of wins with Black pieces tie-break rules will be applied.
In case of tie, prizes will not be shared.

Each association is requested to provide at least two chess clocks for every
Chess Clocks
four players.
AICF has banned the wrist watches while playing in FIDE Rated events. Players
Wrist Watches are instructed not to wear wrist watches while playing. It will lead to loss of
the game.

An Appeals Committee comprising five members plus two reserves will be

formed at the managers meeting. All the members and reserves shall be from
Appeals different districts. No member of the committee can vote on dispute in which a
Committee: player from his own district is involved and in such case(s), the reserve
member takes his/her place. The decision of the appeals committee is final
and binding on all players concerned.

The tournament committee consisting of the General Secretary, TNSCA or his

Tournament representative, the host Namakkal DCF Secretary or his representative and
Committee: representative from another district to be nominated by the TNSCA shall decide
on all emergency matters.

Protest, if any against the decision of the Chief arbiter shall be made in writing
with a protest fee of Rs.500/- within 15 minutes of the incident. The decisions
Protest:
of the appeals committee shall be final and binding on all concerned. The
protest fee is a refundable one if the protest is upheld.

A player may withdraw from the tournament at any stage after informing the
Withdrawals:
Chief Arbiter in writing.

The players belonging to Districts which are in arrears to TNSCA will not be
Arrears:
allowed to take part.

Rights of The TNSCA/organizer NAMAKKAL DCF reserves the rights of admission to the venue
Admission: and lodging place.

Strict silence must be observed in the Tournament Hall. Players who have
Silence in the
finished their games shall not remain in the tournament hall. Players shall not
Tournament Hall
analyse the game in the tournament hall.

While sending the entries, District Chess Associations should certify that the
Instruction to the
players have been duly selected from the selection/District Chess
District Chess
Championship giving details of venue and date. If such a certificate is not sent,
Associations: all their entries will be treated as special entries.

ORGANIZING COORDINATORS

Dr.V.S.Ramesh, B.D.S Dr.M.Venkatesan, ME, Ph.D Mr.S.Senthilvel Mr.S.Sivam

President NDCF, Principal, KSR – CET, Joint Secretary TNSCA EC Member, NDCF

NAMAKKAL DISTRICT CHESS FOUNDATION

OFFICE BEARERS
Dr.V.S.Ramesh, B.D.S Mr.S.Gnanasekaran Mr.P.Jayakumar
President Secretary Treasurer

VICE PRESIDENTS
Rtn. T. Shanmugasundarm Rtn. P.Gokulnathan Rtn. P.Sengu uvan
Mr.S.Prabhu (SPK) Rtn. R.Harinivas (Vriksha)
JOINT SECRETARIES
Mr.V.Aathayam Mr.S.V.Ayyeapean Mr.S.Devendran
Dr.R.Narendiran Mr.T.Kathiravan (Former Secretary)
 THE PREVIOUS WINNERS LIST
S.No Year District Boys Girls S.No Year District Boys Girls

1 1989 Coimbatore T.K Chandrasekar A. ChithraSelvi 19 2006 Tirupur Ajay Srikanth J. Vaishnavi

2 1990 Pollachi Y. Syed Anwar Shazuli S. Sujatha 20 2007 Madurai S. Koushik Se. Meenupriya

3 1991 Salem G. Vinod A.Vidhya 21 2008 Hosur KarthikeyanMurali G.K. Monnisha

4 1992 Madurai N. Kedar S. Cynthia 22 2009 Salem B. Kumaran U. Ashwini

5 1993 Madurai K. Sasikaran S. Sasirekha 23 2010 Karaikudi KarthikeyanMurali R. Vaishali

6 1994 Madurai R.R. Laxman S. Sasirekha 24 2011 Madurai M. Arvind R. Vaishali

7 1995 Madurai S. Karthik P. Sumathi 25 2012 Mannargudi M. Arvind R. Vaishali

8 1996 Selaiyur S. Karthik C. Delphin 26 2013 Chennai R. Prajesh C. Lakshmi

9 1997 Coimbatore M.R. Venkatesh K. Charanya 27 2014 Trichy Harshavardhan GB Lakshmi C

10 1998 Chennai J. DeepanChakravarthy M. Kasthuri 28 2015 Nagapattinam Balasubramanian H Jyothsna L

11 1999 Sivakasi R. Siddarth P. Priya 29 2016 Namakkal Srihari L R MeenatchiRajam V

12 2000 Chennai B.R. Kidambi IshwaryaShobana 30 2017 Erode Nikhil Magizhnan Yashavishree N

13 2001 Salem T. Abbay G. Sowmiya 31 2018 Kanchipuram Harsh Suresh Ratnapriya K

14 2002 Thiruvallur AswinJayaram Anjanaa N Sowjanyaa 32 2019 Neyveli MidileshMs Mridulashree R

15 2002 Madurai S.P. Sethuraman Pon N Krithika 33 2022 Rajapalayam Vignesh Kannan P Theephigaa K P

16 2003 Karaikudi B. Adhiban Pon N Krithika 34 2022 Villupuram Adharsh K ShanmathiSree S

17 2004 Chennai N. Srinath C. Savetha 35 2023 Namakkal It could be you It could be you

18 2005 Trichy Ajay Srikanth J. Vaishnavi

Hotels in Tiruchengode:

Sri Kumaran Castle - 99940 06004 Hotel Jothi - 91526 69924

Hotel Radha Prasad - 04288 255560 Hotel Sidhaarta - 97509 58836
Sri Balaji Hotels - 73737 33369 AV Hotel - 04288 254008

Venue:
KSR Educa onal Ins tu ons
KSR Kalvi Nagar, Tiruchengode – 637 215, Tamil Nadu
(about 12 KMs from Erode)

Late Lion Dr. K. S. Rangasamy

MJF Founder-Chairman hails from rural
background whose dream in upli ing
rural into an educa onal hub offering
quality educa on is made reality now.

Sri. R. Srinivasan,
Vice Chairman & Managing Trustee