Chess: St Louis Open tournament |19 March 2020
Young and experienced players took part in the competition
44 players battle in pre-lock down tournament
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The St Louis community centre welcomed 44 players on Saturday, precisely two days prior to the total lockdown of all sports activities in the country, where they battled in the St Louis Open chess tournament which featured three categories.
The annual event was open for players of 12 years old and under, 18 years old and under and an open category for players aged from 18 years old and above.
The junior category featured 10 young players, while the under-18 group attracted 23 players.
For the open category, 11 players registered and battled for the top prize.
For all three categories, the competition was played on a seven-round Swiss system which is a non-eliminating tournament format and features a set number of rounds of competition, but considerably fewer than in a round-robin tournament.
In a Swiss tournament, each competitor (team or individual) does not play each other. Competitors meet one-on-one in each round and are paired using a set of rules designed to ensure that each competitor plays opponents with a similar running score, but not the same opponent more than once. The winner is the competitor with the highest aggregate points earned in all rounds.
For the juniors, Selvesh Sentil was the grand winner, finishing ahead of Tharun Balaji and Anush Kumar Velmurugan who were the runner-up and third-place finisher.
In the under-18 category, Darian Dupres finished first ahead of Roysha Mougal and Mohamed Ali-Jina Mohamed Arfan who were second and third respectively.听听听听听听听听
Zacharia Kafuko was the grand winner in the open category, surpassing second-placed Viswarajan Pillay. Reigning chess player of the year Ragul Pillay finished third overall in the group.
The St Louis Chess Club and the 91香蕉视频 Chess Federation (SCF) wish to thank the district administration, the sponsors, volunteers and everyone who contributed in any way to make the annual event a success.
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Under-12 years old
1. Senthil Selvesh
2. Balaji Tharun
3. Anush Kumar Velmurugan
4. Farrel Commetant 听听听听听听听听听听听听
5. Akim Jean-Baptise 听听听听听听听听听听听听
6. Elnathan Melon 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
7. Pandu Rangan Ranesh听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
8. Regina Pandian Anand Narayan听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
9. Velmurugan Pavithra听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
10. Michael Dodin
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Under-18 years old
1. Darian Dupres 听听听听听听听
2. Roysha Mougal听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
3. Mohamed Ali-Jina Mohamed Arfan听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
4. Ellisha Dufrene听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
5. Angelo Bistoe 听听听听听听听听
6. Navin Pillay听听听听听听听听听听听听
7. Bastienne Rishon听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
8. Jean-Philip Servina 听听听听听听听听听听听听
9. Alvin Simon听听听听听听听听听听听听
10. Alexander Shakkiguhan听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
11. Bratia Miguel听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
12. Noah Camille听听听听听听听
13. Caleb Chilinda听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
14. Mario Choppy听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
15. Jhugroo Rai听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
16. Muna Ammar听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
17. Pandu Rangan Ruhi Sree听听听听听听听听听听听听听
18. Senthil Vargunan听听听听听听听听听听听听听
19. Tamby Stravens听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
20. Ashwin Chetty听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
21. Hemanth Kumar Prathiksha听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
22. Jeyaseelan Jason Andrew听听听听听听听听听听听听
23. Sekar Aakash
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Open Senior
1. Kafuko Zacharia听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
2. Pillay Viswarajan听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
3. Ragul Pillay听听听听听听听听听听听听
4. Prokopyev Sergey听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
5. Timothy Kate听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
6. Robin Bonne听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
7. Dania Dupres听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
8. Darc Abel Jeanne听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
9. Onkar Pasalkar听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
10. Raja Ganesan听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
11. Rachelle Hoareau
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Roland Duval
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