The 8th Takshila Grand-Prix Chess Challenge organized by Pinnacle Chess Academy concluded on 19th Oct.,2008. It was a two-day event with lot of exciting & high quality chess.

The 8th Takshila Grand-Prix Chess Challenge, witnessed fierce action between 86 participants, out of that 18 were International Rated players, highest in any Takshila event.

The event was nicely organized at St. Joans Convent School, Lodhi Road.

It was the first time, that no entry was taken on the day of the tournament, which made easy for the event to get started on time. Pinnacle Chess Academy is always the front-runner in Time-Management & Discipline.

In this event, Top-Seed Hemant Sharma maintained his seeding & claim the first position. The Top Ten players are mentioned below,

                        Name                                                Rating

1. Hemant Sharma                           2107
2. Sandeep Singh                            2028
3. Deep Kapoor                                1804
4. Rishabh Jain                               1712
5. Meharjot Singh                           1748
6. Agamjot Singh                             -----
7. Madhurima Shekhar                      1629
8. Sarthak Kapoor                            1733
9. Ram Gupta                                  1947
10. Varun Puri                                    -----

 

Best School (Under-10 Category)    :           D.P.S, Mathura Road

Best School (Under-15 Category)    :           Modern School, Vasant Vihar

Best School (Under-19 Category)    :           Salwan Public School

Best Girl                                  :           Madhurima Shekhar (M.S.V.V)     

Arbiter’s Choice               :           Ayan Jain (Sanskriti School)

Youngest Participant        :           Simran Sabharwal (K.R. Mangalam)

Other participants were awarded the participation certificates with positions mentioned on them.

Report By:
Gagan Chitkara
(Pinnacle Chess Academy)