Organised by: Kendrapara District Chess Association
Venue: Gouri Shankar Hotel, Tinimuhani, Kendrapara
Date: 20 & 21 May 2023
Entree Fee: ₹ 400/- (Rupees four hundred only.)
Eligible: Only female players of Odisha are eligible.
State Qualifiers
The top (4) players will be selected to represent Odisha State in the forthcoming National Women at to be held at Gujarat from 30th June – 10th July 2023.
Contacts
IA Jyoti Shankar Nanda, 9439490922 (WhatsApp)
SNA Pinky Mohapatra, 9040107060
Emergency Contacts
Shri Narayan Das, Jt. Secretary, KDCA : 99374 66755
Shri Lalat Keshari Samal , Vice President , KDCA : 93373 95004
Shri Dharanidhar Sethy , Vice President , KDCA : 94384 12372
Shri Hadibandhu Singh, Working President, KDCA: 99371 62995
Shri Bhabesh Mohanty , Secretary, KDCA : 82490 73810
Shri Debabrata Swain , President , KDCA : 99379 09909
Odisha State Women Chess Tournament 2023 and 8th Kendrapara Dsitrict Chess Championship 2023 in the Loving memory of Suman Das is organized by Kendrapara District Chess Association under the guidance of All Odisha Chess Association. Total 34 No of participants participated in State Women Chess event including 10 Women rated players from 09 different districts of Odisha and a total of 22 Players participated in the Kendrapara District Chess Championship.
Top Seeded player ( State Women Chess Championship ) – Ms. Smaraki Mohanty of Kendrapara
Top Seeded Player ( Kendrapara District Chess Championship) – Mr. Manas Parida
Inauguration Ceremony:
Chief Guest: Mr. Biswajit Ray, Chess Coach, Odisha
Guest of Honor : –
1. Mr. Manoj Parida , Secretary, Jajpur United Chess Association
2. Mr. Bhabesh Mohanty , Secretary , Kendrapara District Chess Association
3. Mr. Jyoti Shankar Nanda , International Arbiter
4. Mr. Dharanidhar Sethy , Vice President , Kendrapara District Chess Association
5. Mr. Narayan Das , Jt. Secretary , Kendrapara District Chess Association
Total 7 No of Rounds with be played for the State Women Chess Championship and 6 rounds for Kendrapara District Chess Championship.
A total cash prize is Rs 20,000/- along with attracting trophies and Rs 10,000/- cash Prizes for District Championship.
Players from different districts of the state participated in this beautiful event with great enthusiasm.
The match is conducted by IA Jyoti Shankar Nanda as Chief Arbiter along with NA Pinky Mohapatra Nanda as Deputy Chief Arbiter. At the end of 3rd Round of Odisha State Women Chess Championship Ms. Smaraki Mohanty is leading with 3 points along with P Sairupa. Also, at the end of 3rd Round of Kendrapara District Chess Championship Mr. Manas Ranjan Parida, Mr. Chitta Ranjan Jena and Mr. Narayan Das scored 3 points each to lead the table.
Total Rated players (State Women)- 10 with top seeded rating is 1699.
Total Rated players (District)- 05 with top seeded rating is 2044.
Top 4 (after 7th Round)
| Sl | Name | Rating | Score | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smaraki Mohanty | 1699 | 6.0 | Kendrapara |
| 2 | Sandeepa Priyadarshini Sahoo | 1187 | 5.0 | Cuttack |
| 3 | Pratyasha Jena | 1299 | 5.0 | Cuttack |
| 4 | Yashita Rout | 1655 | 5.0 | Khordha |
Valedictory Ceremoney
The ODISHA STATE WOMEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 & KENDRAPARA DISTRICT CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 concluded with Valedictory-cum-Prize Distribution Ceremony, at 05:30 P.M. on 21st May 2023 at Hotel Gourisankar Hotel, Tinimuhani Square, Kendrapara.
The following guests were present on the dais gave away the prizes to all the Prize Winners.
Hon’ble Chief Guest, Sj. Sanjay Kumar Rath, Former Asst. PF Commissioner, Bhubaneswar.
Guest of Honour:
Sj Satyaranjan Pattnaik, Chess Coach, Biju Pattnaik Awardee
Mr. Ranjan Mohanty, Jt. Secretary, AICF
Mr. Kishore Kumar Panda, President, District BJP, Kendrapara
IA Bhabesh Mohanty, Secy, Kendrapara District Chess Association
Sj. S K Bisoi , Executive Member, AOCA
Sj. Jyoti Shankar Nanda, International Arbiter
Sj. Hadibandhu Singh, Working President, KDCA