Ramco Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam

Sri Kaliswari College, Sivakasi

RK Bajaj, Sivakasi & Rajapalayam

33rd TAMILNADU STATE UNDER - 12 (OPEN AND GIRLS)

FIDE RATED CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – 2022

14 – 17 February 2022
AICF Event Code: 279656/TN(S)/2022 (B) & 279657/TN(S)/2022 (G)
TNSCA Approval No. S09/VNR/21-22

Venue: Ramco Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam

Organized by

Sivakasi Chess Club

On behalf of
Virudhunagar District Chess Association &
Tamil Nadu State Chess Association

Tournament Schedule
Arrival 14.02.2022
Managers’ Meeting and Inauguration 14.02.2022 09.30 A.M.
1st Round 14.02.2022 10.30 A.M.
2 Round
nd
14.02.2022 03.00 P.M.
3 Round
rd
15.02.2022 09.00 A.M.
th
4 Round 15.02.2022 01.00 P.M.
5 Round
th
15.02.2022 05.00 P.M.
6 Round
th
16.02.2022 10.30 A.M.
7 th
Round 16.02.2022 03.00 P.M.
8 Round
th
17.02.2022 09.00 A.M.
9 Round
th
17.02.2022 01.00 P.M.
Prize Distribution 17.02.2022 04.30 P.M.

Normal Entry Fee: Rs. 400/- Special Entry Fee: Rs. 800/-
Total Cash Prize : Rs. 24,000/- (Rs. 12000/- e a c h for Boys & Girls)
Prizes 1 2 3 4 5 6 to 10
Boys Rs. 3000/- Rs. 2400/- Rs. 1800/- Rs. 1400/- Rs. 900/- Rs. 500/-
Girls Rs. 3000/- Rs. 2400/- Rs. 1800/- Rs. 1400/- Rs. 900/- Rs. 500/-
 Additional trophies will be awarded to Under 7 and 9 categories.

All entries, be it regular or special, should be routed through the respective

district chess association. Kindly note that all the entries – either the individual
or the district has to fill up the g-form
https://forms.gle/HCNXiWLkTM3Zc2Fr8 compulsorily.

** Please note that only players who take part in this State Championship will
be permitted to represent Tamil Nadu as selected/special entries in the forth
coming National U-12 Chess Championship for Boys and Girls. Hence
participation in this State Championship is Compulsory **

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Age Limit Players should have been born on or after 01.01.2010.

Eligibility 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
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. Only Tamil Nadu Players can participate in
this championship.
Boarding & Unfurnished dormitory/room type of lodging will be provided to
Lodging seeded/selected players and one manager per team. (nominated by
the district association). Players are requested to bring their own
beddings. Canteen facilities are available on payment basis at the
school premises itself. All special entries and accompanying
persons have to arrange accommodation on their own.
Registration of AICF player registration is compulsory for all players. AICF Player
Participants with Registration fee is Rs. 250/- for the year 2021-2022. AICF player
AICF registration will be accepted only through online. Player/Arbiter
registration should be done well before the start of the event
(Tournament). For renewing AICF registration of existing players,
please click http://aicf.in/players/
For fresh 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 1MB) photographs in jpegformat
should be uploaded. No separate TNSCA and district
registration are required.
Default Time Default time is 15 minutes. Players have to be at the boards
within 15 minutes of the start of the round.
Rules FIDE rules in force shall apply.
System of Play The Tournament System. The tournament shall be conducted as nine
rounds Swiss
Time Control 60 minutes each plus 30 seconds increment from the move
one.

Tie-break Buchholz Cut 1, Buchholz, Sonneborn Berger, Direct encounter,

number of wins (forfeit included) and number of wins with Black.
In case of tie, prizes will not be shared.
Chess Clocks Each Association is requested to provide at least one chess clock for
every two players.
Appeals An Appeals Committee comprising of five members plus two
Committee reserves will be formed at the Managers’ meeting. All the members
and reserves shall be from different districts. No member of
committee can vote on dispute in which a player fromhis own district
is involved and in such case(s), the reserve member takes his place.
The decision of the appeals committee
is final and binding on all players concerned.
Tournament The tournament committee consisting of the General Secretary,
Committee TNSCA or his representative, the secretary of Virudhunagar or his
representative and representative from another district to be
nominated by the TNSCA shall decide on all emergency matters.
Protest 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
incident. The decisions of the appeals committee shall be final and
binding on all concerned. The protest fee is refundable one if
the protest is upheld.
Withdrawals A player may withdraw from the tournament at any stage after
informing the Chief Arbiter in writing.
Arrears The players belonging to Districts which are in arrears to TNSCA will
not be allowed to take part.
Rights of The TNSCA/Virudhunagar DCA/ organizer Sivakasi Chess Club
Admission reserve the rights of admission to the venue and lodging place.
Instruction to Complaints against suspected over-aged players could be made
the District with a fee of Rs.1000/- to the organizers before the end of the
Chess second round who shall medically verify the players concerned
Associations and the matter will be taken to AICF through TNSCA.

Eligibility: Subject to the age limit, the following players can participate

1 Every affiliated district / Special unit can field two players in each category.
2 The top four rankers of the TN State Under-11 Boys and Girls Chess Championships
2019 are seeded to play here in respective category subject to age stipulation.
3 The top two rankers of the TN State Under-9 Boys & Girls Chess Championships
2020 are seeded to play in their respective categories.
4 The Champion of TN State U-7 Open & Girls Chess Championship 2019 are seeded
to play in their respective categories.
 5 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
32nd TN State Under 11 Open & Girls Chess Championship 2019 held at Cuddalore
Boys: Gold & Bronze (3 + 1 ) – Kanchipuram, Silver (2) – Coimbatore
Girls: Gold (3) – Chennai, Silver (2) – Trichy, Bronze (1) – Tiruvallur
6 In the event of an odd entry in any category, the Virudhunagar District Chess
Association is entitled to add one more to make the total number even.
7 Any player who pays the prescribed Special entry fee: Open: Rs.800/- Girls:
Rs.800/- may be considered for participation and these entries should be duly
recommended by their concern district chess association.
8 The TNSCA General Secretary can nominate one entry in each category.
9 Any current National Champion in any category is to be seeded to All State
championships subject to age stipulation.
10 Any current National No. 2 and 3 is to be seeded to the same category State
Championship subject to age stipulation.
11 Any current World Champion in any category is to be seeded to All State
Championships subject to age stipulation.
12 Any current World No. 2 and 3 are to be seeded to the same + one step higher
State championships subject to age stipulation.
13 Any Current Asian Champion is to be seeded to the same plus one step higher
state championship subject to age stipulation.
14 Any Current Asian No. 2 and 3 are to be seeded to the same category subject to age
stipulation.
15 Any current State Champion is to be seeded to all lower categories State
Championships subject to the restriction regarding age.
16 All GMs & IMs are seeded to all Open (boys) State Championships subject to age
stipulation and have a rating of 2399 or less.
17 WGMs & WIMs are seeded to all State Chess Championships, subject to age
stipulation and have a rating of 2399 or less.
18. Only Indian Nationals are eligible to participate.

All entries whether ‘regular’ or ‘special’ should be routed through the respective district
chess association on or before 10.02.2022. No entry will be entertained after 10.02.2022.
Entry fee have to be paid only through signinchess.com/chessfee.com/easypaychess.com
also fill up the g-form https://forms.gle/HCNXiWLkTM3Zc2Fr8

Entries should be routed only through their respective District Chess Associations.

Additional Details of Accommodation

Free dormitory accommodation/rooms on sharing basis will be provided to all selected and
seeded players. For others, rooms will be provided based on availability. Due to the
availability of fewer rooms, it is requested that only one parent may accompany the child.
Accommodation is not guaranteed to more than one parent.
All other players are requested to make their own arrangements for lodging.

Food
The college is about 6 KMs from the town. Players and parents are strongly suggested to
take the hygenic and quality food provided in the hostel. Players will be charged Rs.400/-
for the four days and parents Rs.600/-. Only those who register themselves by paying the
prescribed amount through g-pay to 70102 77986 will be provided food. After paying the
amount, the g-form given below has to be filled attaching the payment proof. There is no
guarantee of getting food for those who do not pay in advance. It is mandatory to fill up the
separate g-form https://forms.gle/dDxoA5T9mou1cqTo8 by all those who need accommodation.

Covid-19 Precautions
All the participants ae strongly advised to strictly adhere to the SOP stipulated by
the Government. They also have to sign the Self Declaration form on their arrival
with respect to Covid-19.

1. All players are required to maintain social distancing and hand sanitization
at tournament hall.

2. Wearing of mask is mandatory at all times when you are inside

tournament hall.

3. All the players are obliged to cooperate with the organizing

committee to undergo RT PCR test during the championship, if
required.

5. Players are allowed inside tournament hall only after

checking. Any symptomatic players will be removed from the
tournament as a pre-caution and all players are obliged to obey
this rule.

6. All officials and arbiters will be fully vaccinated.

7. Sanitization of chess board and chess pieces will be carried out at regular
interval.

8. Parents and accompanying persons are not allowed inside tournament hall
at all times.

9. Sivakasi Chess Club/Ramco Institute of Technology will take

all the measures for safe tournament environment.

Tournament Committee
1. P. Stephen Balasamy, General Secretary, TNSCA
2. M. Ephrame, TNSCA, Joint Secretary
3. A. Gopalsamy, President, VDCA
4. Dr. L. Ganesan, Principal, Ramco Institute of Technology
5. G. Ramamoorthy, President, Sivakasi Chess Club
6. R. Anantharam, Secretary, Sivakasi Chess Club

For details contact (Shri)

R. Anantharam, Secretary, Sivakasi Chess Club – 94431 55852

M. Sundar Rajan, Secretary, Virudhunagar District Chess Assn. - 94870 51730

AT Ganesh Pandi (accommodation) – 98437 57767

R Inba Rajalingam (accommodation) – 70106 56213

AC Ganesh Hariharan – 94433 60629

P Arumugam – 81221 63268 (local coordinator)

G. Veeramani MPEd., College Coordinator, RIT – 90950 30856 & 04563 233400

Chief Arbiter: S. Ganesh Babu IA

PREVIOUS WINNERS
No Year Place Boys Girls
1 1989 Coimbatore T. K. Chandrasekar A. Chithra Selvi
2 1990 Pollachi Y. Syed Anwar Shazuli S. Sujatha
3 1991 Salem G. Vinod A.Vidhya
4 1992 Madurai N. Kedar S. Cynthia
5 1993 Madurai K. Sasikaran S. Sasirekha
6 1994 Madurai R.R. Laxman S. Sasirekha
7 1995 Madurai S. Karthik P. Sumathi
8 1996 Selaiyur S. Karthik C. Delphin
9 1997 Coimbatore M.R. Venkatesh K. Charanya
10 1998 Chennai J. Deepan Chakravarthy M. Kasthuri
11 1999 Sivakasi R. Siddarth P. Priya
12 2000 Chennai B.R. Kidambi Ishwarya Shobana
13 2001 Salem T. Abbay G. Sowmiya
14 2002 Thiruvallur Aswin Jayaram Anjanaa N Sowjanyaa
15 2002 Madurai S.P. Sethuraman Pon N Krithika
16 2003 Karaikudi B. Adhiban Pon N Krithika
17 2004 Chennai N. Srinath C. Savetha
18 2005 Trichy Ajay Srikanth J. Vaishnavi
19 2006 Tirupur Ajay Srikanth J. Vaishnavi
20 2007 Madurai S. Koushik Se. Meenupriya
21 2008 Hosur Karthikeyan Murali G.K. Monnisha
22 2009 Salem B. Kumaran U. Ashwini
23 2010 Karaikudi Karthikeyan Murali R. Vaishali
24 2011 Madurai M. Arvind R. Vaishali
25 2012 Mannargudi M. Arvind R. Vaishali
26 2013 Chennai R. Prajesh C. Lakshmi
27 2014 Trichy Harshavardhan GB Lakshmi C
28 2015 Nagapattinam Balasubramanian H Jyothsna L
29 2016 Namakkal Srihari L R Meenatchi Rajam V
30 2017 Erode Nikhil Magizhnan Yashavishree N
31 2018 Kanchipuram Harsh Suresh Ratnapriya K
32 2019 Neyveli Midilesh Ms Mridulashree R
33 2022 Rajapalayam It could be you It could be you

A. Gopalsamy G Ramamoorthy Dr.L. Ganesan M. Sundar Rajan R. Anantharam

President, VDCA President, SCC Principal, RIT Secretary, VDCA Secretary, SCC
 Sri Kaliswari College (Autonomous), Sivakasi

Sri Kaliswari College started in 2000 A.D. with a

modest number of three courses. Now, it offers 27
courses with student strength of more than 2500. It
is 7 kilometres away from Sivakasi on
Virudhunagar Road.
Courses Offered
B.A. (Tamil) B.A. (English) B.Com B.Com.(CA)

B.B.A. B.B.A. (CA) B.C.A. B.Sc.

(CS)

B.Sc. (Mats) B.Sc. (Maths & CA) B.Sc. (Phy)

B.Sc. (IT) B.Sc. (Chemistry) B.Sc. (Bot) B.Sc.

(Biotech) B.Sc. (Tourism & Hotel Admin.) B.Com. (CS)

M.A. (Tamil) M.A. (English) M.Com M.Com. (CA)

M.Sc. (C. Sci.) M.Sc. (Maths) M.Sc. (Che) M.Sc.

(Bot) M.Sc. (Biotech)

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