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New Branch opened at Poona
club
Kunte’s Chees Academy
opened a branch in collaboration with the Poona Club in their
premise at 6, Bund Garden Road, Pune - 411001
Classes are scheduled on each Saturday and Sunday between 10.30 to 11.30
AM
Interested person may contact Mr. Reddy on 9011036924 (between 1
to 7 PM) for further details.
Pruthu Excels In The Rapid Event
Pruthu Deshpande of our Academy won the Best U – 10 category of the LATE
PROF. WAMANRAO DATTATRAY ALURKAR MEMORIAL OPEN RAPID CHESS
TOURNAMENT organized by Bddhibal Kreeda Trust at Satish Chhatre
Sabhagruh, Karve Road on 12th and 13th February
2011.
Pruthu scored 5.5 points from possible 9,
out of which, he had to concede two rounds on Sunday due to Academic
engagement.
Prize winners of kunte's Chess Academy Aundh
Branch
Prize winners of
kunte’s Chess Academy Aundh Branch with coaches after winning medals and
trophies at V K Mirashi Trophy held at Pimpri-Chinchwad.
Internal U-8
Championship 2011
Internal tournament among
the students below 8 years of age from all our branches were conducted
at Mayur colony branch on 30th January 2011. There were 24
participants, having four girls and 20 boys.
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K. Praneeth Surya of AP win the championship
K. Praneeth Surya, of Andhra Pradesh a 14
year old boy won the 11th Maheshwaranand Saraswati memorial All India
Open U-2200 rating Chess tournament. He scored 8.5/9 games. Total 172
participants 82 rated players, from 8 states are participating in this 9
rounds swiss, 4 days event. This tournament has a total prize money of
Rs. 60,000/- Read more
K. Praneeth Surya of AP leads.
After the Sixth round of 11th
Maheshwaranand Saraswati memorial All India Open U-2200 rating Chess
tournament K. Praneeth Surya rating 1930 of AP leads with a perfect
score of 6/6. Total 172 participants from 8 states are participating in
this 9 rounds swiss, 4 days event. This tournament has a total prize
money of Rs. 60,000/- Read more
Day2 report -11th Shree Maheshwaranand Saraswati Memorial All India Open FIDE Rating
Chess Tournament.
After the fourth round of 11th
Maheshwaranand Saraswati memorial All India Open U-2200 rating Chess
tournament 4 players share the lead with aperfect score. Total 172
participants from 8 states are participating in this 9 rounds swiss, 4
days event. This tournament has a total prize money of Rs. 60,000/- with
a 1st prize of Rs. 60000. Read more
Soumya Qualifies for National Premier Championship
WGM Soumya Swaminathan of Pune Won the
final round against highly rated IM K. Rathnakaran of railways in
National Challengers championship being held at Gurgaon. Soumya scored 9
points/ 13 games and finished 10th in the championship. With this
performance she also made it to the National premier Championship
scheduled to be held at Delhi from December 8.
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SHARDUL INTO THE
INDIAN TEAM FOR WORLD YOUTH OLYMPIAD
Shardul Gagre of Maharashtra (Rahuri),
a trainee of Kunte Chess Academy, Pune, got selected into the National
Under 15 team by securing the 4th place in the National Sub Junior Chess
Championship 2010, held at New Delhi from 4th to 12th September 2010.
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Vladimirov chess camp
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 Buddhibal
Kreeda Trust sponsored Junior Team for 30th National Team Chess
Championship
30th National Team Championship to be held at
Gurgaon from 21st to 27th February 2010. Today Mr. Prakash Kunte,
Managing Trustee of Buddibal Kreeda Trust announced and sponsored junior
team comprising Atharva Godbole, Mohit Shenvi, Shantanu Mirashi and Isha
Bhave players from Pune having international rating.
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 International
master Vikramaditya Kamble won the late Prof. WD Alurkar memorial rapid
chess tournament 2010
International master Vikramaditya
Kamble Bagged the championship of the tournament “late Prof. WD Alurkar
memorial rapid chess tournament 2010” organised by Buddhibal Kreeda
Trust at Manohar Mangal Karyalaya, Pune.
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MRUNALINI KUNTE GUIDES
“GRAM MANGAL” STUDENTS
“Gram Mangal” is a Thane based educational
Institution engaged in providing education to tribal students. This
year, six students of Gram Mangal, participated in the Buddhibal
Jallosh, an event organized in Pune’s Haripriya Hall and each one of
them earned 4-5 points. Talk of the event was Sikkin Karmoda who played
29 games with Compute, surprising everyone.
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World Youth Chess
Championship 2009 Training Camp starting at Pune.
The training camp for the World Youth
Chess Championship 2009 is starting from 18th to 27th October at Pune.
Symbiosis
Vishwabhavan Guest House
Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411004
Players are requested
to report to the guest house, and also to inform their arrival schedule
in advance.
Accompanying persons
will be accommodated in the same room of the players, with the charges
of Rs. 300 per person per day towards Lodging.
Symbiosis SPA
15th Lane Prabhat Road
Pune 411004
Arrival –
18th October 2008
Camp – 19th October to 26th October
Departure – 27th October 2009
Prakash Kunte
Managing Trustee
Buddhibal Kreeda Trust
Cell – 9881077293
Dr. S.S.Thigale
Symbiosis SPA
Office Phone (020) 25652258
spathigale@rediffmail.com
Dr. Sanjay Karvade
Cell – 9822597687
karavadesanjay@hotmail.com
Moreshwar Bhagwat
Cell - 9881137706
mdbhwt@yahoo.co.in
Devangi completes 3 IWM
norms at Spain
Devangi Patankar, made her 2 IWM norms at
Spain. Devangi made her Second norm at Benasque and the third and final
at Balaguer, both are 9 round norms, she had made her first norm last
year.
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Devangi Patankar at Spain |
In benasque her rating performance was
2278 and in Balaguer it was 2397. She won with 2 FM, 1 IM and 1 GM and
also drew with 2 IM's. Her biggest upset was GM in the last round of
Balaguer Westerinen Heikki of Finalnd. She has also received best women
prize and trophy for her performance.
Devangi is being trained at Kunte’s Chess Academy, under the guidance of
GM Abhijit kunte.
 ROSHAN
RANGARAJAN ACHIEVES WORLD RECORD
Roshan Rangarajan of Pune achieved the rare distinction of
scoring 267.9 Elo Points in Chess for the quarter April to June 2009. In
the process, he achieved the distinction of being the Highest point
gainer in the World well ahead of his competitors mostly from the
European Countries.
Roshan Played in International FIDE Rating Tournaments held at Thrissur,
Palghat, Hyderabad, Sangli and Bangalore.
A communication received from FIDE Headquarters mentions that Roshan is
not only the highest gainer of points in this quarter, but the points
scored by him is the Highest for any quarter by any player in the world
since January 2008.
Roshan is presently being trained at the Kunte Chess Academy, Pune. The
support and guidance of experienced seniors like Grand Master Abhijit
Kunte, WGM Swati Ghate, WIM Mrunalini Kunte and International Master
Prathamesh Mokal has been the driving force behind the success story.
Roshan, a ninth standard student of Bishops School, Pune started playing
chess at the age of 10 years. The interest showed by Roshan towards the
game combined with effort and determination saw him winning several
tournaments in a very short period.
Roshan aims at representing India in the major events. He also aims to
achieve the Grand Master Title at the earliest. Roshan, Winner of Pune
District age group championships for the year 2008 (in Under-13
Category) and for the year 2009 (in Under-15 Category) is at present
guided by the Kunte’s Chess Academy.
Roshan Played 52 rated games in the period April to June 2009. Almost
half of the opponents had a rating of over 350 points higher than him.
The good games lost against senior and experienced players like Ram S
Krishan, O.T Anil Kumar, B.T Murali Krishnan, B.S Shivananda, Vikramjit
Singh etc. were eye openers. The drawn games against tough opponents
were encouraging. The wins against Stalwarts K Vijaya Kanth at
Hyderabad, Rakesh Kulkarni at Sangli, R Kaushik at Idukki, P G
Muraleedharan at Palghat were haily satisfactory and rewarding, said
Roshan.
AT A GLANCE :
2006 – Started Playing Chess, Pune Schools Champion
2007 - Player – Pune Zone Team, Reserve Player – Maharashtra Team (Under
13)
2008 – Pune District Champion (Under-13), Initial Published Rating
obtained
2009 – World record of 267.9 Elo points, Pune District Champion
(Under-15)
(till June)
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