Sunday, October 14, 2012


1st Bahrain Junior Chess Grand Prix





Girl Power!

The 1st Bahrain Junior Chess Grand Prix took place in Juffair (Bahrain Society of Engineers) the 13th of October 2012 .




This was the first Grand Prix of a series of 6 Events that will be organized by the Bahrain Chess Academy in collaboration with the Bahrain Chess Club who will sponsor the prizes for the season 2012-2013 (October, November, December 2012 and March, April, May 2013).




The Grand Prix attracted 56 players from 7 countries! Bahrain, France, England, Algeria, South Korea, India, Philippines and the United States of America.

The Opening of the tournament was done at 10.30 AM by Mr Hamid Rahma President of the Bahrain Mind Sport Association who played the first move on the Board 1.


Speech of the President of The Bahrain Mind Sport Association

Mr Hamid Rahma at the Opening Ceremony



International Chess Master Ismail Karim  (Bahrain Chess Academy ) 

Master of Ceremony


The Grand Winner of this first GP with a perfect score of

 9 out of 9 !

 Ishwaryaa Laxminarayan from India



International Chess Master Mohamed Tissir (Bahrain Chess Academy ) 

giving the trophy to Ishwaryaa : Winner of Grand Prix !

Ishwaryaa showed a very good capacity of concentration and a lot of determination on the board, we are sure that we aren't mistaken by predicting for her a wonderful chess career full of success!

The Best Bahraini Price was won by another girl ! Safaa Rahma 


Mr Ali Al Sulaiti ( representing the Bahrain Chess Club who sponsored the Prizes ) 

giving the prize to the Best Bahraini : Safaa Rahma 

The tournament started slowly for Safaa but she managed to find the necessary energy in the last part of the tournament to finish in the TOP 10 and win the race for the Best Bahraini Prize!


Congratulation to all the winners!



General Prizes

1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Best Bahraini
I.Laxminarayan
S.Ragavan
P.Sridhar
S.Rahma


Special Prizes



Under 8
Under 10
Under 12
Under 14
1st Place
S.AlMahmood
O.Palled
D.Murali
  Abishek.NG
2nd Place
A.Feroz Khan
D.James
S.Rahma
A.Ganesan
3rd Place
A.Kelekar
A.Prasad
P.Shuresh
A.Ramesh

Final Ranking :


Pl

Name
Rating
 Fed
Pts
NV
SB
TPR
1

ISHWARYAA
1600
IND
9
9
52.5
2162
2

RAGAVAN Sidharth
1600
IND
8
8
44.5
1837
3

SRIDHAR Pranav
1800
IND
7
7
36.5

4

N.G Abishek
1400
IND
6.5
6
30.25
1490
5

GANESAN Abishek
1650
IND
6
6
32

6

RAMESH Adyuith
1400
IND
6
6
31
1440
7

MURALI Devishree
1700
IND
6
6
30

8

RAHMA Safaa
1300
BRN
6
6
30
1432
9

ARJUN
1300
IND
6
6
27.5
1341
10

SHURESH Prasanth
1220
IND
6
6
26
1379
11

PALLED Ojas
1299
IND
6
6
26
1617
12

RAHUL
1200
IND
6
6
23.5
1260
13

JAMES David
1300
PHI
5.5
5
28.25
1392
14

PRASAD Abhinav
1300
IND
5.5
5
26.75
1425
15

KRISHNA Gokul
1200
IND
5.5
5
26.75
1412
16

R.K Rishikesh
1210
IND
5.5
5
23.25
1295
17

ALJOWDER Isa
1250
BRN
5.5
5
22.75
1347
18

AARTI
1290
IND
5
5
23
1407
19

BADER Saleh
1299
BRN
5
5
22
1277
20

KANNAN Nakul
1199
IND
5
5
21.5
1268
21

ALMAHMOOD Salman
1300
BRN
5
5
20.5
1203
22

BARANWAL Ishaan
1199
IND
5
5
19.5
1169
23

BADER Abdulrahman
1100
BRN
5
5
19
1241
24

JENSEN David
1180
IND
5
5
18.5
1169
25

FEROZ KHAN Abdulkhader
1009
IND
5
5
18
1222
26

ADVIKA
1190
IND
5
5
17.5
1096
27

KELEKAR Anvay
1205
IND
5
5
16
1228
28

MOHAMED Salman
1000
BRN
4.5
4
13.75
1112
29

MEHTA Devansh
1200
IND
4.5
4
12.75
1082
30

JAMAL Mohamed
1030
BRN
4
4
16
1142
31

SAEED Abdulaziz
1000
BRN
4
4
15.5
1124
32

GUSAIBI Khalifa
1100
BRN
4
4
15
1147
33

KRISHNA Gautham
1210
IND
4
4
15
1070
34

GUNARAJAH Easan
1300
ENG
4
4
14.5
1162
35

ALBINFALAH Maryam
1000
FRA
4
4
14
1043
36

BAHZAD Zayed
1009
BRN
4
4
13.5
1091
37

YANG Jihyeok
1010
KOR
4
4
11
1083
38

HASSAN Abdullah
1000
BRN
4
4
10.5
1035
39

RAHMA Mazen
1040
BRN
4
4
9.5
1043
40

ABDULNASER Ali
1000
BRN
4
4
9
1074
41

AL ARAYEDH Yasser
1009
BRN
3.5
3
14.25
1042
42

ABDULKARIM Yousif
1099
BRN
3.5
3
10.25
1017
43

ALKHAWAJA Talal
1000
BRN
3.5
3
8.75
1007
44

KASHFI Khaled
1000
BRN
3.5
3
7.75
1008
45

ALSADA Shaikha
1000
BRN
3
3
9
1000
46

ZUWAYED Faisal
1100
BRN
3
3
9
1011
47

ZUBAIDI Zaina
1010
BRN
3
3
5
1000
48

AROWOJOLU Dapo
1000
USA
3
2
5
1000
49

ZAINAL Maria
1000
BRN
3
2
4
1000
50

BUKHAMAS Khalifa
1100
BRN
2
2
4
1000
51

ALBINFALAH Israa
1000
FRA
2
2
3
1000
52

AKNOUCH Safia
1020
ALG
2
1
2
1000
53

SAADOUI Bilel
1009
FRA
2
1
1
1000
54

THOMAS James
1000
IND
1
1
5
1000
55

ZACHARIA Joel
1099
IND
1
1
3
1000
56

ALKOOHEJI Mustapha
1000
BRN
0
0
0