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The traditional Sri Mappillai Vinayagar Chess tournament for this year, the 36th of its chapter conducted at the spacious Muthu Thangam Thirumana Kalyana Mandapam  and held during July 19 to 23 had its own turns and twists. This year, though devoid of a single International Master even from Tamil Nadu, it was a hectic tournament. Scheduled for 114 players it included 29 FIDE-rated and lasted only 5 days but with 9 rounds. There were three days in between having two rounds a day. With tricky 30 moves in the first 1 hr and 30 mts, 30 minutes each for a quick play finish, the tournament was indeed a free for all and fought well even at the rear rows of the tables.

B.T.Muralikrishnan of Southern Railway, with an unblemished record of 7 wins and 2 draws, regained the tournament title with a round to spare! For Murali, the 1993 event was as unforgettable as this one. With a FIDE rating of 2287 and seeded third in the tournament, Murali is bound to increase his tally to 2300 and more.

The top seed M.B.Muralidharan (2321) of Kerala presumably was not in good speed having managed to win over young S. Ravichandran of Neyveli from the jaws of defeat. Though a consistent performer, Muralidharan's crucial loss to another player from Madurai, A.Syed Anwar Shazuli (now working for ICF, Chennai) cost him much to prove his top billing. Shazuli's consistence performance of scoring 7 points, ignoring his fifth round loss against A.Shankar (S.Rly), fetched him not only higher progressive but also a creditable second place.

Besides Shazuli , the other three to score valuable 7 points to finish third to fifth were former National 'A' player S.Mari Arul (S.Rly), Tamil Nadu State’s twin title holder (Under-14 and 18) S.Poobesh Anand (Dolphin HS, Madurai) and former National'B' champion R.Balasubramanian (ICF) .

The unbeatable players, including the winner Badhe Tulasiram Muralikrishna, were S.Mari Arul, S.Poobesh Anand, Asian Sub-Junior Girls Champion Aarthie Ramasamy and National Deaf and Dumb Champion M.K.Alagurajan

This tournament also the paved the way for the Rex schoolboy M.Nirmal Chandran of Coimbatore to find his name in the FIDE rating list as on Jan 01, 2000! It was also a good FIDE rated beginning for youngsters like the Asian Under-12 Bronze Medallist Deepan Chakravarthy, M.Priyadarshini (Both Dolphin HS, Madurai), R.Narayanan (Madurai) and V.K.V.Sudan (Madurai).

Attached to the main bogie was the non-medallist section that was won by V.Motilal of Sivakasi scoring 6 points in 7 rounds among 44 participants.

Prizes to the "Open" winners were distributed by Mr P.Kulandaivelu, Mayor of Madurai, and to the non-medallists by Mr V.Sambasivam, Regional Manager, Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank Ltd., Madurai. Earlier, Mr K.Kathirvel, Secretary, Sri Mappillai Vinayagar Chess Club welcomed the gathering in the presence of Mr. K. Balamuruganandam (Arjuna Awardee, Weightlifting,'76), Vice-President of the host Club. Mr V .Kameswaran, Vice-President of the Tamil Nadu Chess Association delivered the keynote address. Madurai ‘s veteran International Arbiter read the tournament report.

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Nh6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 f6 8. Bf1 Nf7
9.c3 Nd7 10. Nb3 Re8 11. Be3 e5 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. g3 Be6 15.Bg2 b6
16. Bc1 Rac8 17. Nbd2 Nd6 18. b3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nd7 20. c4 a5 21. Nb1 Nc5 22. Nc3
Na6 23. Be3 Bf8 24. Qb2 Nb7 25. Bf1 Bb4 26. a3 Bg4 27. Be2 Bc5 28. Bc1 Rcd8 29. Kg2
Qc8 30. Ng1 Be6 31. Qc2 Nd6 32. Na4 b5 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. f3 a4 35.b4 Nb3 36. c5 Nc4
37. Bxc4 Bxc4 38. Ne2 Bxe2 39. Qxe2 Nxc1 40. Rxc1 Rd4 41.Qa2+ Kg7 42. Rc2 Red8
43. Ree2 Qd7 44. g4 Rd1 45. Rf2 Rd3 46. Rce2 Qf7 47.Qxf7+ Kxf7 48. Ra2 Rb3 49. f4
exf4 50. Rxf4 Ke6 51. Raf2 Rf8 52. g5 f5 53. R2f3 Rxf3 54. Rxf3 Ke5 55. exf5 Rxf5
56. Re3+ Kd4 57. h4 Kc4 58. Re6 Kb3 59. Rxc6 Kxa3 60. Rf6 Rd5 61. c6 Rd2+ 62. Kf3 Rc2 63. Ke4 Kxb4 64. Kd5 a3 65. Kd6 a2 66. Rf1 Ka3 67. c7 b4 68. Kd7 b3 69. c8=Q Rxc8
70. Kxc8 b2

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. d5 a6 7. Ng3 O-O 8. Be2 cxd5
9.cxd5 b5 10. a3 Ne8 11. O-O Bg5 12. Bg4 Nd7 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Bxg5
Qxg5 16. Na2 Nb3 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Rxd4 exd4 19. Nb4 Rc1 20. Nc6 Nf6 21. Nxd4 Re8
22. Nb3 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qh4 24. Nd2 Qxh2 25. Qe3 Nh5 26. Nf5 Nf4 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qe2 Bd6 16. g3 O-O-O 17. c4 c5 18. Bc3 Rhe8 19. Rh4 b6 20. Kb1 Qc6 21.Rd2 Re7
22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bxe5 Ne8 26. Bc3 Rd7 27.Rf4 f6 28. Rf3
e5 29. Rd3 Nd6 30. Ba5+ Kc8 31. Rd5 Nb7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Bc3 Nd6 34. b3 Qf5+
35. Kb2 Qe4 36. Qxe4 Nxe4 37. Be1 Kd7 38. Kc2 f5 39. a3 Nf6 40.Bc3 Ke6 41. b4 cxb4
42. axb4 Nxh5 43. b5 Nf6 44. c5 Kd5 45. b6 axb6 46. cxb6 Nd7 47. b7 g5 48. Kd2 h5
49. Ke2 Kc6 50. Bxe5 Kxb7 51. Bd4 Kc6 52. Be3 g4 53.Bg5 Kd5 54. Bf4 Ke4 55. Bg5 Ne5
56. Bf6 Nf3 57. Kf1 f4 58. Kg2 Ne1+ 59. Kf1 Nd3 60. Kg2 f3+ 61. Kf1 Kd5 62. Bh4 Kc4
63. Bg5 Kc3 64. Be3 Kc2 65. Bg5 Kd1 66. Be3 Nb2 67. Bg5 Nc4 68. Bf4 Nd2+ 69. Kg1 Ke2
70. Be3 Ne4 71. Bb6 Nc3 72. Bd4 Ne4 73. Be3 Nxg3 0-1

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Qc7 4. Bd3 g6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. f4 O-O 8. Kh1 Bg4
9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. a3 Nd7 12. Nbc3 Qd8 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Rc8 15. b4 a6
16. Rb1 b5 17. d5 Ncb8 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qxa4 Nb6 20. Qa2 Re8 21. Rfc1 e6 22. dxe6
fxe6 23. Bxa6 d5 24. Bb5 Rf8 25. e5 N8d7 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. c3 Qc7
9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ng3 Nf8 12. h3 Ng6 13. Nh2 d5 14. Qf3 Be6 15. Be3 Rad8
16. Qe2 c5 17. Ba4 Rf8 18. Bc2 d4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Bc1 Rc8 21. Bd1 Qb6 22. Nf5 Rc7
23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. f4 Rfc8 25. fxe5 Nd7 26. Bf4 Ng6 27. Bg3 Ndxe5 28. Rf1 Rc5 29. Qd2 Qb5 30. Bf2 Qxd3 31. Qxd3 Nxd3 32. Bxd4 Rc4 33. Bxa7 Nxb2 34. Bb3 Rxe4 35. Bxe6 Rxe6 36. Rab1 Rc2 37. Rf2 Ree2 38. Rxe2 Rxe2 39. Kf1 Nf4 40. Bb8 Nbd3 41. Bxf4 Nxf4 42. Rxb7 Rxg2 43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. Rb4 Rxh2 45. Rxf4 f6 46. a4 Rxh3 47. Ke2 Ra3 48. Kd2 h5 49. Kc2 g5 50. Rb4 h4 51. Kb2 Rd3 52. a5 Rd7 53. a6 Kg6 54. Rb7 Rd8 55. a7 Ra8
56. Kc3 h3 57. Kd4 h2 0-1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 f5
9. Nh3 O-O 10. c4 Nc7 11. Bg5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nca6 13. Nf2 Nc6 14. e4 Nxc5 15. Be3
Nd7 16. f4 e5 17. exf5 exf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf5 19. g3 Nf8 20. Bd3 Ra5 21. Bd6 Be6 22. O-O
Ne5 23. Bb4 Ra4 24. Bc2 Ra6 25. Be4 Nc6 26. Nd3 Bxc4 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7
29. Rxf8 Rxa3 30. Nf4 Ra2 31. Rf5 Ra5 32. Rxa5 Nxa5 33. Rd7 Kh6 34. h4 1-0

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