Factum’s first weekly open tournament

Factum Chess academy organized its first weekly open tournaments last Sunday, 10th January. 34 players from many districts and age groups participated in the event, which was won by Pondicherry under-25 state champion Farhaan, who scored 5.5 from the six rounds. The competition included 11 rated players, spearheaded by Cuddalore Anand Sivasankar, followed by former Pondicherry state champions Subburayan and Raman. Many promising youngests also participated in the event.

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The Winner! M. Farhaan

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The venue: Factum Chess Academy, Anna Nagar, Pondicherry.

Final ranking:

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Gallery:

We just posted all our photos — including the ones of the prize winners — on facebook, so please check out this facebook link to the tournament gallery.

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Future tournaments:

As our next step forward, we’re planning to organize a 9-player round robin league tournament on 17th January, so that promising youngsters from Pondicherry will get a chance to play in a strong field of players. So far, the confirmed list of entries include:

Kathiravan, M  — 1902

Prasannaa, S  — 2115

Arun J   —  2066

Srihari L — 1470

We’re in the process of inviting the other players, so if you have any suggestion, drop a comment below. Or use this contact form. 

Factum students sizzle in national level events

It was a great start to this new year for Factum Chess Academy, with a new centre being opened at Anna Nagar, Pondicherry, followed by good tournament performance by our students in rating and national level events. Here are the details.

1st Melmaruvathur All India below 1600 rating tournament. 

  1. L.srihari finished 10th in main list scoring 6.5/8 and increases 27 rating points for his hardwork.
  2. A.Agilan scored 5/8 and increased 94 (!) rating pts
  3. A.Thrayambhakesh scored 4.5/8 with a performance  rating of 1258. He is expected to get his rating in the next list.
  4. V.Pranav scored 3/8 in his very first rating tournament! Factum wishes him more success in the years to come.

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National Schools Chess Championship, Nagpur. 

Under- 7 category, girls.

Our little champion, Dhaaniya T scored 6.0 out of 9 rounds nearly missing an opportunity to finish in the top three of the list. On the last round, Dhaaniya faced the 2015 Asian U-7 silver medalist CM Shefali A N. The game ended in favor of Shefali, who finished third in the event. Congratulation to Dhaaniya for the wonderful performance.

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A sweet start for Factum

It was a day of excitement for team Factum on New Year’s eve as the new Chess centre was inaugurated at Anna Nagar, Pondicherry. The scene on the first day was motivating, with Chess pieces jumping here and there as players rushed to make their moves, children with their eager faces, parents busy filling up forms and coaches busy with organizing all this. The inauguration was simple, and happened in the presence of players, coaches, students and parents of Factum Chess Academy.

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Sweet start! (literally?)

Here are a few pictures from the event.

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We also had a group of special guests!

 

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Classes started on January 2 with about 22 students enrolled in the first two days. For any inquiry head to our contact page.