Jennitha clinch title in
Third time
Wheel chair player of India, K.Jennitha Anto won the Gold
in the Women section of the 15thIPCA World Individual Chess
Championship which was held in 18 - 27 June 2015 at Bratislava in Slovakia. She
have won this Title Third in a row.
The tournament attracted 38 physically challenged chess
players from 11 countries. Nearly 17 players use wheel chair. Jennitha being a
wheel chair player participated in Fide A category and almost all the players
are international rated players. Out of the 38 players, 9 were fide title
holders added more challenge to the championship, 4IM’s, 2FM’s and 3WIM’s. On
the whole the tournament is a tough tournament. The championship is
based on the swiss system of nine rounds with 90 minutes per game plus bonus
30seconds for each move. Of the nine round Jennitha secured 4.5 points ending
up winning three rounds, with three tie-ups and three loses.
The very first
round She faced the first seed and IM of Russia Mr.Obodchuk Andrei and putting
a maximum resistance spanning 4.5 hours, she lost. Second round she won. Third
round she lost with Russian Player. Fourth round she won with Russian WIM
Galina Melnik. Fifth round She won with Russian WIM Kaydanovich Marina. Six and
seven rounds she drew with Czech Republic FM and high rated player. Eight round
she lost. She drew Ninth round. However as per the Buchholz tie-break System,
Jennitha Anto adjudged winner for holding more points. Jennitha Anto on the
whole scored 33 points while Sataveva Lana of Russia Scored 31 points and
Galina Melnik of Russia Scored 30 points secured the Silver and Bronze Medal.
She shares her experience during prize distribution
function with pride, "when I have received my winner prize in Women
section our Indian National Anthem was sung. This is the first time they played
the song. I am very much proud of it".
Initially she is trained by
her father, G. Kanikai Iruthayaraj, the backbone of her victory. Then she was nurtured by N. Venkatraman and IM Raja Ravisekar, a renowned chess tutor in India. Now, she is training by FIDE Trainer K.Visweswaran.
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| Top 3 in women section of 15th IPCA World chess championship 2015 |
The Rest of World Team vs
Russian Team: 5.5- 3.5
After
the final round, the organizer of the 15th IPCA World Chess
Championship organized a special friendly Match between the Russian Team vs The
Rest of World Team. One Team consist of ten players. Jennitha Anto represent on behalf of Rest of World which beat Russian Team with a whopping margin 6.5 -3.5.
