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Sept 13 - Mega Chess Sponsored event - Standard entry ends today
—————————————— Sliver Sponsors
500$ by https://legalfocus.ca/
500$ by https://www.adaps.com/
—————————————— 31 finalists selected so far 27 slots to fill on Sept 13th
—————————————— Big Prizes Await!
Score a perfect 5/5 and win:
♟️ A Premium Chess Clock
♟️ An International Chess Set A $25 Planet Laser Coupon
️ Free Entry to one of the EM Grandpri
——————————————
✅ Register now and secure your spot!
Mega Challenge Tournament Summary – 13 more enter Super Finals. All those played in the Mega event have reached the Finals to play on Nov 22nd
Corp-50Plus Section: Surender Kumar with a 2100+ FIDE rating was untouchable with 5/5
Surender Kumar Sharma won the Open with some tough fights
The Open Section was tough and was very competitive. The Game between Surender Kumar and Gennadiy in the final round after both scored 4/4 in their opening matches was more of a decider. Surender Kumar showed his experience although Gennadiy was resilient but eventually had to cave in.
Champion: Surender Kumar Sharma (5/5)
Surender Kumar was experience personified throughout, utilized his experience to the fore to be the winner. Scoring 5/5 points he won apart from prize money, a personalized Chess Clock, a 25$ Planet Laser Coupon and a 50% discount for one EM Tournament Runner-up: Gennadiy Pasko (4/5)
Gennadiy had a last Round challenging encounter with Surender Kumar. It was a close encounter but Surender showed his experience during crunch position to come out the winner
Third Place: Ryan Were (3/5)
It was a fight for 3rd place between Ryan and Shiva. In the last round, Shiva misplayed the middle game and lost a piece but came back strongly towards the end to win the material back but with pawns down. Ryan handled it well to come deserving Bronze
Students Open Section: Tejas Avyan Garikapati after an initial loss to Moksh played the remaining well to win Gold
Champion: Champion: Tejas Avyan Garikapati (5/6)
Students 0-4 Section: LCS student Rudra Singh makes merry with 6/6!
Special Mention
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31 finalists selected so far
27 slots to fill on Sept 13th
Big Prizes Await!
Free Entry to one of the EM Grandpri
Sept 13 - Mega Chess Sponsored event - Standard entry ends today
Champion: Surender Kumar Sharma (5/5)
Runner-up: Gennadiy Pasko (4/5)
Third Place: Ryan Were (3/5)
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