Shanti Asiatic Inter School Chess Tournament 2011-12

Shanti Asiatic School and Gujarat State Chess Association jointly organized the First Shanti Asiatic Inter school Chess Tournament in the school campus of Shanti Asiatic School, Bopal. 412 participants from 55 schools of Ahmedabad, Anand and Baroda participated in this tournament.

The tournament was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Mr. Vishal Chiripal, Director of Chiripal Group. Mr. Kartikey Shukla, Vice President – GSCA and Mr. Bharat Patel witnessed the inauguration of the programme as a Special Guest. Master Fenil Shah, Ms. Dhyani Dave and Master Hetul Shah, who have represented India at various International Chess Tournaments and grabbed medals were inspiring role models, also present during the ceremony. The Chief Arbiter of the Tournament was Mr. Vimal Srivastava. All the state functionaries of the GSCA ,notably graced the occasion.

The Tournament was categorized in 5 different groups, Under 7, Under 9, Under 11, Under 13 and Under 15. In each group 5 winners were awarded the trophy. The results of the tournament are as follows:

Under 7 : Jainam Shah (Udgam School) – First, Abhay Nistala (St. Xavier’s) – Second, Khush Jain (Baroda) – Third, Sahil Samdhani (Nirman School) – Fourth and Akshat Shah – FifthUnder 9 : Ansh Shah (Baroda) – First, Naitik Mehta (K. N. School) – Second, Rutvi Shah (Udgam School) – Third, Yashit Agrawal (AIS) – Fourth, and Vansh Shah (AIS ) – Fifth.

Under 11 : Dhruv Anjaria (H.B.K.) – First, Harsh Bhatt (Nirma) – Second, Hetvi – Third, Malay Damani – Fourth and Ishdeep Singh Chhabda (Anand) – Fifth.
Under 13 : Jwalin Mehta (C. N. Vidyalaya) – First, Harsh Srivastav (DAV) – Second, Tigmanshu Dave (Sharda) – Third, Chirag Gupta (K.V.) – Fourth and Shivam Shukla (Tripada) – Fifth
Under 15 : Vishal Diduvania (SGVP) – First, Shravan Modi (Nirman) – Second, Vedant Agrawal (Eklavya) – Third, Saurabh Desai (Baroda) – Fourth and Shashin Barot (J.G. International) – Fifth.

In the closing ceremony, the Chief Guest Mr. Jyoti Prasad Chiripal, Director, Chiripal Group, Mr. Ronak Chiripal of Chiripal Group and Mr. Manek Arya, Director, All India Radio, Jaipur – Udaipur gave away the prizes to the winners of all the groups.