Chennai Sports & Sports Infrastructure

[TShyam]

Gr8!!

[chennaidesi]

Cool. Chennai is the host and Chennaite is World Number 1.

[ferrari_fan]

Originally Posted by dineshderick

CHENNAI

I'm pretty sure he was asking where in Chennai..

[dineshderick]

Originally Posted by ferrari_fan

I'm pretty sure he was asking where in Chennai..

Most probably at SAI (Sports Authority Of India) Complex......

[kannan infratech]

Last time it was in Hotel Trident, I think. Anand won hands down.

I hope that he repeats the same magic this time also.

Now the crowd must be much more than before. It will be good, if they have many CCTVs for them to watch.

Anand has not got his due from either the SG or CG. If he had been in Philippines or Russia, he would be considered as GOD. My friends who are into Chess vouch that he is the fastest chess player so far in the world and his brain leaps & jumps several notches ahead of the rivals.

[dineshderick]

Chennai, Jul 17 : Big time cue sports come to this city after a gap of a few years, when the national billiards and snooker championships for men, women, junior and sub junior sections begin here tomorrow.

The nearly three-week long green baize extravaganza would kick of with the Sub-junior Boys and Girls Billiards and Snooker championships from July 18 to 21. This would be followed by Junior Girls event from July 20 to 22 and the 20th Ladies Nationals from July 20 to 25.

The Junior boys event would be held from July 26 to 30. However, the big action will commence on July 24 when senior billiards and snooker championships are held. This event will conclude on August 9. Some of the renowned cueists like Pankaj Advani, Geet Sethi, Alok Kumar, Asian gold winners Yasin Merchant and Rafath Habib, Siddarth Rao, Dhruv Sitwala, Ashol Shandilya, Manan Chandran, five times national snooker title winner S Vidya Pillai, Two time World Billiards champion Chitra Magimairaj would be seen in action, Tamil Nadu Billiards and Snooker Association President Arun Pandian told reporters today.

The tournament, to be sponsored by mobile handset retailer Hash 10 - World SIM", would serve as a qualifying event for selecting the Indian team for the Asian and World Championships

[satishanu]

More: https://picasaweb.google.com/sureshe...46317212901570

[ceeznic pirate]

World junior chess starts in Chennai on Sunday

CHENNAI: Times have changed and with that the focus too. The world junior chess championships used to be a stage that helped young talents acquire GM norms two decades ago and a straight GM title in the last 10 years. But today, if you go by the ratings and grades of the top competitors in the recent championships, it is clear that they are no longer there to pocket the norms or a GM title, they want to win the championship and get noticed at the highest level for invitations from elite tournaments.

In the 50th world junior and 29th world junior girls championships that get underway for the first time in Chennai on Monday, there are 19 Grandmasters in the open section and so is the case with the girls section where the top four are Women GMs.

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TOI

[vinodgopal]

Originally Posted by kannan infratech

Last time it was in Hotel Trident, I think. Anand won hands down.

I hope that he repeats the same magic this time also.

Now the crowd must be much more than before. It will be good, if they have many CCTVs for them to watch.

Anand has not got his due from either the SG or CG. If he had been in Philippines or Russia, he would be considered as GOD. My friends who are into Chess vouch that he is the fastest chess player so far in the world and his brain leaps & jumps several notches ahead of the rivals.

he is fast because he prepares heavily. He has several "seconds" who assist him in preparation including Surya Sekar Ganguly. Even in those days he had Ubilava to assist him.

I think in Trident he once lost to Gata Kamsky after a two point lead over him initially in the candidates match - it was heart breaking i must say. Anand is the only world champion in the world who has won the world championship in three formats of Chess - Winning a tournament to become the world champion, Fide world championship and a combined world championship compromising of Fide and professional chess association.

When he beat Topolov in Europe, it was during the time when there was a huge volcano and he had to come to the venue after a 17 hour tiresome car drive as flights were cancelled. He infact lost the first round as a result of it but was gracious enough not to give excuse. He equalled the score in the next round or third round and then took a two point lead in subsequent rounds. Thats the level of fighting spirit and bouncebackability he shows.

Anand has a poor record after becoming a grand master playing in India since 1987. He has never convincingly won a national A after becoming a grand master and has faltered a few times to lesser known players in Goodrick international in Calcutta and has lost to Barua, DV Prasad, Sasikiran etc... in India where as he would never be able to meet them out of India because of their low ranks compared to him. Even the match against Kamsky in Trident was a shocker - he falters in India for some strange reasons and so it is better for him to play in their conditions. He wont feel the pressure having to play in India.

[bonoslack7]

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chann...redesigned-145

The Madras Motor Sports Club track in Irungattukottai is all set for a makeover.

With a string of international championships keen to run their events at the motorsport capital of the country, the MMSC has decided to revamp the track to meet the standards required for the high-profile events.

With New Delhi getting the country’s first Grade-1 track, it looks Chennai is not ready to lose its tag in a hurry.

Amit Arora, the general manager of the MMSC operations, said the track would be redesigned to be upgraded from a Grade-4 to a Grade-2 certificate.

“Our main goal is to organise the MotoGP, the pinnacle of two-wheeler racing, in Chennai. The promoters of MotoGP, Dorna, are already in talks with us. Once we get Grade-2, we can also host up to Formula 2 in four-wheelers,” said Arora.

Work has already begun with famous UK-based circuit designers Apex being roped in to sketch the master plan. Apex, which has been involved in numerous projects, is known for its work at Silverstone, the Singapore Street Circuit and the Dubai Autodrome.

Arora said Apex is known for developing commercially viable motorsport and entertainment projects.

“The plan is to create a multi-use venue for motorsport, alongside an entertainment area. It will have shopping malls, hotels and restaurants. The length of the main straight will be increased and corners will be worked to improve speed.”

“There will be new paddock buildings and garages. The construction will be completed in different phases and the project is expected to be over within three years. We have planned the renovation in such a way that it will not affect our regular operations,” Arora added.

Irungattukottai track, which was inaugurated in 1990, has been a home for national championships.

[satishanu]

One thing I noted is that our people are mostly interested/shine lucarative sports
such as Tennis/Cricket/Motorsports & involves high cost for training/specialize.

[ceeznic pirate]

Moto-Rev gears up for road racing Championship

CHENNAI: Moto-Rev India will be the sole team from India to field bikers in the PETRONAS Asia Ro*ad Racing Championship (ARRC), one of Asia’s most prestigious events for two-wheeler racing, scheduled at the Sriperumbudur track from August 4 to 7. Their th*ree-pronged attack comprises Toshiyuki Hamaguchi, Krishnan Rajini, Gautham Mayilvagnan.

Overall, 22 riders would feature in the Supersports 600cc category, which has seen participation from leading bike manufacturers – Kawasaki, Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki. Hamaguchi, Rajini and Gautham will mount Yamaha YZF-R6 bikes.

Local lad Rajini is pumped up for the race. “I know this circuit like the back of my hand, but the quality of the riders in the ARRC is such that their learning time is next to zero. This is the third cons*ecutive year that Chennai will host the event. Event promoter, Two Wheels Motor Racing (TWMR) Promotions director Ron Hogg is hopeful of the race’s successful conduct in the city.

Source

[bonoslack7]

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7433

[murlee]

India gears up for i1 Super Series

A consortium led by batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh will be part of the Indian version of new car racing championship called the i1 Super Series launched by Bangalore-based Machdar Motorsports in Mumbai on Friday.

The first season of the series will begin on December 18 this year. The company has sought approval from Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for the schedule as well as approval from the track owners in Greater Noida, Chennai and overseas.

"Cricket and Bollywood stars and a few top industrialists have already shown a keen interest to own the nine Indian city-based franchise teams. Cricketers Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh have been approached," Darshan M, chief executive officer, i1 Super Series told reporters in Mumbai.

"The cricketers are expected to own the franchise team through a consortium,” Vinod Menon, chief financial officer, Machdar Motorsports, said.

i1 Super Series will have nine teams from nine different metropolitan cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad, among others. “The nine franchisees will be sold at a base price of $5 million and it is available only by invitation and not auction,” Anjana Reddy, director, Machdar Motorsports, said. The closely-held company is expected to announce the franchise owners along with the broadcast partners soon.

Each team will have two drivers, one of which will be an international driver and the other shall be an Indian driver with national and international experience. The payment to the drivers will be finalised by Machdar Motorsports soon.

“We are in talks with former as well as current formula one drivers to be part of this competition,” Andrea Gamberini of Movie and Sport Management told Financial Chronicle.

The series will take place across seven cities including New Delhi, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Pataya and Chennai .

The cars for the competition are being sourced from London-based sports car manufacturing company - Radical Sportscars. Lex Akehurst, managing director, x-sport motorsports management, said, “The car will have 1.5 litre 1500 cc engine which can reach top speed of 60 kilometer per hour in three seconds.” The price of the car is 35,000 pounds (around Rs 25.58 lakh), which the franchise owner will have to pay. A franchise owner is expected to have three such cars – two for the race and one as reserve.

The winner of the competition at the end of the 14 races (first season of i1 Super Car Championship) will get price money of $2 million.

[satishanu]

CR: Vishnu Reddy, picasa

[bonoslack7]

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Anand-...e1-731440.aspx

For the first time in the history of Indian sports, a sponsor was ready to put in Rs 20 crore for a chess event. The Tamil Nadu government pledged that amount and also promised to provide other facilities. But, in the end, that was not enough to get Chennai the right to host the World Chess Championship final match between its favourite son, Viswanathan Anand, and Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in May 2012. At the current exchange rate, Chennai's bid works out to around $4 million. However, FIDE, the sport's world governing body, on Tuesday announced that it had accepted the bid by the Russian Chess Federation to host the event at Skolkovo, near Moscow. The Russians have pledged a total prize fund of $2.55 million (R 11.52 crore approx).

Though the Indian bid would also work out to the same prize fund after deducting FIDE's fee and other expenses, one reason why the Russians got the nod was that the Israeli Grandmaster wanted to avoid taking on Anand in India.

"It could be a reason that Gelfand wanted to play the match on neutral territory and that's why FIDE favoured the Russian bid," said Bharat Singh, honorary secretary, All India Chess Federation (AICF). The AICF had high hopes of hosting the biggest chess event in the country after FIDE president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, had met Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and expressed support for the Indian bid.

"It's a big shock for us. For the first time a sponsor was ready to put in R 20 crore but we still failed to get the match. It would have been a great opportunity to promote chess in the country," said Bharat Singh.

[satishanu]

Anyways Anand gonna kick Gelfand's B***

[chennaidesi]

True and his next World Cup match will be in Chennai if his opp. is ready for that.

[vinodgopal]

Originally Posted by bonoslack7

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Anand-...e1-731440.aspx

For the first time in the history of Indian sports, a sponsor was ready to put in Rs 20 crore for a chess event. The Tamil Nadu government pledged that amount and also promised to provide other facilities. But, in the end, that was not enough to get Chennai the right to host the World Chess Championship final match between its favourite son, Viswanathan Anand, and Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in May 2012. At the current exchange rate, Chennai's bid works out to around $4 million. However, FIDE, the sport's world governing body, on Tuesday announced that it had accepted the bid by the Russian Chess Federation to host the event at Skolkovo, near Moscow. The Russians have pledged a total prize fund of $2.55 million (R 11.52 crore approx).

Though the Indian bid would also work out to the same prize fund after deducting FIDE's fee and other expenses, one reason why the Russians got the nod was that the Israeli Grandmaster wanted to avoid taking on Anand in India.

"It could be a reason that Gelfand wanted to play the match on neutral territory and that's why FIDE favoured the Russian bid," said Bharat Singh, honorary secretary, All India Chess Federation (AICF). The AICF had high hopes of hosting the biggest chess event in the country after FIDE president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, had met Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and expressed support for the Indian bid.

"It's a big shock for us. For the first time a sponsor was ready to put in R 20 crore but we still failed to get the match. It would have been a great opportunity to promote chess in the country," said Bharat Singh.

Anand has not done well in India(he lost to Kamsky in a candidates match after going up two games up, he did not do well in Goodricke international tourneys in India) if i remember it right. Once a player goes to world level he should not be asked to contest in India. It is a psychological burden and pressure. So it is a blunder Gelfand has opted for. Gelfand is not even the right challenger for Anand. Going by the player strength I was hoping to see Magnus Carlson take on Anand and I am sure it would have been a real spin off. That kiddie Magnus Carlson surprises the entire chess world with non contemporary openings and really takes a path less taken to win and his ELO rating is pretty solid and probably is the highest rated player in the world if i am not wrong.

Anand is weak in endgames from what i observed against Topolov and he needs to finish of Gelfand in the opening or middlegame. Gelfand has a 5:14 head to head with Anand not counting the draws and surprisingly the first three decisive games they played (not including the draws) Gelfand had won back in the early 1990's. After that Anand was clinical in his performances and losing only twice. They have drawn 43 times according to chessbase database which has 5 million recorded chess games in its database.

[vinodgopal]

World Junior which is being held in Vijaya park in 6th and 7th floors is really exciting to watch. 19 grand masters have turned up for the event. I saw some Indian players with low rating beating some highly rated grandmasters. Today a kiddie called Girish Kaushik with a low rating of around 2350 beat a grand master who was rated about 2650!!!

Thats like our Rohan Bopanna beating a player like Mikhael Youzny.

The ambiance is just perfect. You guys must visit Vijaya Park in. Its all happening.