The Chess Society of The Assam Valley School successfully organized the 2nd Inter-School Shri B.M. Khaitan Memorial Chess Championship 2023 on July 18th and 19th, 2023.
Number of participating schools: 13
1. The Assam Valley School
2. Mayo College, Ajmer
3. Delhi Public School Tezpur
4. St. Joseph’s Convent Higher Secondary School, Tezpur
5. All Saints Diocesan School, Tezpur,
6. Don Bosco School, Tezpur
7. Tezpur Gurukul School 8. Army Public School, Tezpur
9. Airforce School, Tezpur
10. Sarla Birla Gyan Joyti School, Guwahati
11. Bal Bharti Public School
12. Pakshalika High School, Sivsagar
13. DPS, Numaligarh
Number of categories: Under 14, 17, and 19
The championship was supervised by Chief Chess Arbiters Mr. Biswajit Bharadwaj and Chess coaches, Mr. Swaraj Buragohain (PSS, Sivasgar) and Mr. Nandan (SBGJ, Guwahati), along with the AVS Chess team consisting of Ms. Dabjani P. Nath, Mr. Rajen Bharali, Mr. Bijan Panigarhi, Ms. Rupali Borah and Mr. Rajib Hazarik.
Results at a glance:
Category: Under 14
Bronze Medal: Aaran Dutta (Delhi Public School, Numaligarh)
Silver Medal: Archit Asomiya (Gurukul Vidya Mandir, Sivasagar)
Gold Medal: Spandan Sekhar Nath (All Saints School, Tezpur)
Category: Under 17
Bronze Medal: Nirban Das (Delhi Public School, Numaligarh)
Silver Medal: Mohit Das (Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti School, Guwahati)
Gold Medal: Averaj Goel (Mayo College, Ajmer)
Category: Under 19
Bronze Medal: Ashrik Shivam (Donbosco School, Tezpur)
Silver Medal: Jaideep Kashyap (Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti School, Guwahati)
Gold Medal: Kuvam Kr. Kashyap (Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti School, Guwahati)
Open Category (Overall Champion)
Third Position: Suhan Pati (Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti School, Guwahati)
Second Position: Barnil Bikash Borah (Don Bosco School, Tezpur)
First Position: Karnav P. Deka (Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti School, Guwahati)
Individual girls recognized for their outstanding performance:
Bronze Medal: Snigdha Chakraborty (Saint Joseph’s Convent School, Tezpur)
Silver Medal: Divyangana Borah (Pakshalika High School, Sivasagar)
Gold Medal: Aayana Kalita (Pakshalika High School, Sivasagar)
In the team events, the winners in each category are as follows:
Under 14 Category:
Pakshalika High School, Sivasagar Team A: First Position
St. Joseph’s Convent H.S. School, Tezpur: Second Position
Pakshalika High School, Sivasagar Team B: Third Position
Under 17 Category
Delhi Public School, Numaligarh: First Position
All Saints’ Diocesan School, Tezpur: Second Position
Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti School, Guwahati Third Position
Under 19 Category
Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti School, Guwahati: First Position
Don Bosco School, Tezpur: Second Position
The Assam Valley School: Third Position
In the overall standings after 5 rounds, the schools achieved the following positions:
Third Position: Pakshalika High School, Sivasagar with 18 Points
Runner-up School: The Assam Valley School, Balipara with 19.5 Points
Winner of the championship: Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti School, Guwahati, with 20.5 points
Additionally, Mayo College Ajmer was recognized as the Most Promising School of the Championship.
Heartiest congratulations!
