Institute Chess Championship 2014

After the successful execution of the first ever Candidates tournament in IITB we had the last event of the year on 14th April 2014. Chirag Gandhi and Suraj Sanka from H15 battled it out in 6 rounds to decide the first ever Institute Chess Champion. The Match started at 1 pm in Som Well. Chess enthusiasts turned up in huge numbers to find out who among us is the Magnus Carlsen of IITB!!

The games began with so much excitement. Suraj started strongly with black and handed over the defeat to Chirag with white pieces.

Suraj's words about the event

Chirag's words about the event

Here is the game.

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1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Ne7 6.Bg5 O-O 7.f4 Qe8 8.Nc3 Nbc6 9.Ndb5 Na5 10.Bb3 Nxb3 11.axb3 f6 12.Nxc7 Qd8 13.Nxa8 fxg5 14.Nd5 gxf4 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Qd5+ Kh8 17.O-O Bxb2 18.Rxa7 Ba3 19.Ra5 Qb4 20.Rb5 Qc3 21.Qe5+ Qxe5 22.Rxe5 d6 23.Ra5 Bc5+ 24.Kh1 b6 25.Ra2 Bg4 26.Nc7 Be2 27.Raa1 f3 28.Ne6 fxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Rxf1 30.Rxf1 Bxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Kg8 32.Nxc5 dxc5 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.Kf3 h6 35.Kf4 Ke6 36.Ke3 Ke5 37.c4 g5 38.Kf3 h5 39.Ke3 g4 40.Kf2 Kxe4 41.Kg3 Kf5 42.Kh4 Kg6 43.Kg3 Kg5 44.Kg2 h4 45.h3 g3 

After an exciting Game 1, Suraj is leading with 1 point.

After facing a crushing defeat in round 1 Chirag has bounced back by winning the 2nd round in 33 moves. The match is tied at 1-1 after 2 rounds. Here is the game 
1. e4 e5 2. g3 Bc5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Ne2 d6 5. Nbc3 f5 6. d3 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Kh2 h6 10. f4 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 c6 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. g4 Be6 16. f5 Bf7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bg2 Qc7+ 20. Kh1 Qe5 21. f6 Bd6 22. Bf4 Qxf6 23. Bh2 Qd8 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. c3 Bg6 26. Qd4 Rae8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qb6 Be4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qe3 Rf3 31. Qxe4 Rxh3+ 32. Kg2 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh1+

With the ups and down in the game, the planning and strategy reached its zenith. Both of them wanted to score a dear 1 point.
Suraj was back in the lead after winning the 3rd round. Here is the game Match stands 1-2 after 3 rounds. Black has won all 3 games till now!!!
1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 h6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Ne2 Na5 12. Qd2 Nxb3 13. axb3 Ne4 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. Ng3 g5 16. Kh2 f5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 f4 19. Bd2 Qxd4 20. Bc3 Qc5 21. b4 Qd6 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Qd2 Rad8 24. Qe1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bf5 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Bxc3 28. bxc3 e3 29. Rd3 Re8 30. f3 Rd8 31. Kg1 Rxd3 32. cxd3 e2 33. d4 Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Qd3 35. Qa1 Qd1 36. Qa2 Kg7 37. Qe6 e1=Q 38. Qd7+ Kf8 39. Qf5+ Ke7 40. Qc5+ Ke8 41. d5 Qg3+

Suraj had it again...winning with white. Suraj just needs a draw in the last next game to clinch the title.
1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. c4 Re8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 c4 11. Nc3 Be6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ndxe4 Bg4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxg4 Nxd4 16. Bg5 Qe5 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Nb5 Qe6 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Nxd4 Rb6 24. Re1 g6 25. Rc1 Rxb2 26. Rxc4 Rb1+ 27. Bf1 Ra1 28. a4 Kg7 29. Rb4 b6 30. Nc6 a5 31. Rxb6 Rxa4 32. Ra6 Re4 33. Rxa5 h5 34. Ra7 Kf6 35. Nd8 h4 36. Rxf7+ Kg5 37. f4+ Kg4 38. Rg7 g5 39. Rxg5 Kf3 40. Bg2 Ke3 41. Bxe4 Kxe4 42. gxh4 Kf3 43. Rg3 Kxf4 44. h5 Kf5 45. h6 Kf4 46. h7 Kf5 47. h8=Q Kf4 48. Qd4 Kf5 49. Rf3 Kg5 50. Qg7 Kh4 51. Rg3 Kh5 52. Rh3 #

With just a draw needed to become the first ever Institute Chess Champion, Suraj got a comfortable draw in the end after an exciting 5th game. The final score is 1.5-3.5. Suraj Sanka is the Institute Chess Champion of IITB, 2014.

Here is the last game:
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. c5 b6 9. b4 a5 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Bb5 axb4 12. Qxb4 bxc5 13. dxc5 c6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. Rb1 Nxc5 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. Be3 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nc5 20. Nd4 Bc4 21. Rb6 Ra6 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxc5 Rxb6 24. Bxb6 Ra8 25. a4 Bf8 26. Ra1 Bb4 27. Bd3 Na5 28. Bxa5 Rxa5 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Kc2 Bc5 31. Ne4 Bd4 32. Ra2 Kg7 33. Nd6 Be3 34. g3 Bg1 35. Nxc4 Rc5 36. Kb3 Rc8 37. a5 Rb8+ 38. Ka4 Bd4 39. Rd2 Bc3 40. Rc2 Rb4+ 41. Ka3 Rxc4 42. Kb3 Rc5 43. Rxc3 Rxa5

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Triathlon GC

Triathlon GC

To extend the sport of triathlon across the student community, the council has decided to hold a Triathlon GC from this year onwards.

Format

The event would consist of the following three disciplines done in order as given:

1. Swimming
2. Cycling
3. Running

The every hostel would select a team of 6 players with two players in each discipline.

1. Swimming: First swimmer would complete 500 meters of swimming and the second player will dive into the pool as soon as the first player touches the wall. The second player would complete 300 meters. Upon completion the second swimmer will give a tap to the first cyclist.
2. Cycling: After receiving the tap from the second swimmer the cyclist will get on a bicycle kept outside the swimming pool and cover 6 rounds of SAC on it. After completing the 6 rounds the first cyclist will stop and the second cyclist with take the same cycle and cover 4 rounds of SAC. When the second cyclist completes the 4 rounds he will give a tap to the first runner.
3. Running: After receiving a tap from the cyclist the first runner will cover two rounds of SAC and give a tap to the second runner. The second runner will then have to cover one round of
   SAC. The Race ends when the second runner crosses the finish line.

Rules:

Route for Cycling and Running

Cap on Players:

A Team can have a maximum of 2 Inter IIT players (From and Aquatics and Athletics) and both cannot take part in the same discipline.

No Cap on any other sport.

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Triathlon 2k14

Triathlon

Triathlon 2014 was conducted on 22nd March 2014. Our Swimming coach Dr. P M Reddy, could not make it to the event due to other engagements and organizing the event in his absence was a real challenge. Notification for the event was sent well in advance to all the residents of the campus and posters and flexes were put up at various places. Owing to the prior publicity, the number of registrations received were very encouraging. We received a total of 45 and 20 registrations for the individual and team events respectively. Of the 45 individuals registered 19 actually participated whereas in the team event 16 teams participated. Most of the participants who did not make it to the event were from the student community of Institute. A possible reason can be the involvement of students in PAF, which was also going to be held on the same day. Overall, the response was better than the previous year.

The Results of the event are tabulated below:

Individual Event:

Rank	Name	Time(min"sec')
1	Abhishek Shende	25"45'
2	Divyang Momaya	26"31'
3	Ashwin Kanhere	26"41'

Team Event:

Rank	Team Members	Time(min"sec')
1	S Venkatesh Darwin Varghese Sakshi Kale	39"25'
2	Asmit Patil Vagish Bajre Saugandhika Kale	40"31'
3	Ayush Ankit Singh Namashya Sahoo	41"59'

Institute Aquatics Secretary

Karan Gupta

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The Swimmer’s GC

The Swimming GC this year was held on 14 Aug 2014. Because of the changes in academic time table the GC was postponed by 1 hour. Being the first GC of the year, it was important that the GC went well. The GC was scheduled at 6:30 PM and like many other participants I also had class till 6:30. Thanks to the council which took care of the initial arrangements of the opening ceremony and managed the crowd. I rushed to the pool after my class. My superiors had advised me to miss the class saying that the GC was important and I said my DR does not allow me to miss classes(Those who didn’t get this statement, sorry rahega :P). At the pool, a large no of students had gathered. My conveners were taking entries and people were waiting for me( It was like they were waiting for someone to check things and give a green signal). I was suffering from cough, cold and fever, so I came loaded with paracetamol and half a dozen other tablets. I was more like a ‘sick-aquatics-secy’. Our awesome coach Reddy Sir gave a short yet encouraging speech to the participants. My sore throat did not allow me to shout at people even when I was frustrated. I felt so helpless when I had to politely tell them to stay away from my desk. One of the hostel Cos specifically pissed me off by changing the all the entries just before every event. Somehow, amidst all this commotion the events finally started.

First one was 50M backstroke. Here we expected to see a tough contest between Suyash and Kedar and we saw one. Both were neck to neck but at the end Kedar took a big stroke and came first. At this moment something shocking happened, a foreign exchange student, Philip was also swimming neck to neck and he came 2nd, all of us were so focused on the Suyash that no one noticed him. Suyash was baffled and he had to content with bronze. Next came my event, 100M Freestyle. Let me remind you that I was sick, I was feeling fine after taking the medicines. First 50 was peaceful, then suddenly I felt as If my calves were frozen, it was so difficult to move them and then my arms, last 10 metres were more like 1000 metres. But somehow I managed to complete. And Yes I had won(I knew the whole time I was winning ;-) , this thought kept me going). In 50M Breaststroke Ashwin did not disappoint anyone with his rather convincing gold finish. He does breast stroke like a monster. Next was my favourite, 50 m butterfly, this had 3 inter IIT players, Tarun, Abhishek and Shubham. The event started and I stood there hoping some miracle happens. And then suddenly I saw Tarun leading and he eventually came first. I was delighted. I shouted at the top of my voice(only I could hear it) “Teena first aa gye!!”. My overwhelming joy was because of 2 reasons, first the more obvious-teena is from my hostel and second, the real reason- he had never beaten lalla or shende before in 50 M Butterfly. I ran towards the pool half dancing to congratulate him. After this feast we had 50M Freestyle. Here, Aniket of H9 rushed away like a bullet to take the gold. It seemed as if he had sworn not to breathe till he ends the race. We had all the results and before the relay we decided to do some number crunching. At the points table our hostle was leading at 17 points and far far behind us was H7 with 8 points. Now even if we came forth in the relay we would win the GC. Without much delay we started the relay. We expected to see a close contest between H7 and H8 for the first place. H7 ultimately won the relay with a lead of 5 seconds. But results as I mentioned before were already out. H8 had won the GC after a gap of 10 long years. Everyone seemed happy. The medal ceremony was held at the end of the GC, where Reddy Sir gave away medals to the winners. He was delighted with the performance of the students. You could guess so by the look on his face when he was giving away the medals. Suyash(H8) was given the Player of The GC Award. I was also pretty satisfied with the event. That night I got a ping from the Gsec saying it was the best GC he had seen in the last 3 years. This statement made my day. Our Gsec uses the tools of Psychology very well. Now that I have taken up a lot of your time, let me end this story with a line that is quoted very often-‘All’s well when it ends well’.

The Event wise list of medal winners is as follows:

• 50M Backstroke

1. Kedar Joshi(H6)
2. Philip Stroich(H13)
3. Suyash Abnave(H8)

• 50M Breaststroke

1. Ashwin Kanhere(H3)
2. Suyash Abnave(H8)
3. Rahul Moghe(H7)

• 50M Butterfly

1. Tarun Meena(H8)
2. Abhishek Shende(H7)
3. Shubham Lalwani(H3)

• 50M Freestyle

1. Aniket Gaikwad
2. Akhil Kumar
3. Suyash Abnave

• 100M Freestyle

1. Karan Gupta(H8)
2. Philip Stroich(H13)
3. Shashank Srivastava(H7)

• 4x50M Freestyle Relay

1. Hostel 7
2. Hostel 8
3. Hostel 9

The Overall standing of the teams after the GC is:

1. Hostel 8-12 points
2. Hostel 7-9 points
3. Hostel 3 & Hostel 9-5 points each

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Swimmathon - Push back the pain to find the glory

Swimmathon 2014

--Push back the pain to find the glory

Swimmathon is the largest Event organised by IIT Bombay Swimming Club and is held annually during the end of Spring season. Swimmathon started in 1989 and was initially supposed to be a 6 hour swimming marathon, but owing to the response and enthusiasm shown by the participants the duration was changed to 12 hours. Over the years, Swimmathon has grown exponentially and now attracts 100+ participants every year.

Swimmathon 2014 was the 25th edition of the event and it was conducted on 5th April and 6th April from 5.30 PM to 5.30 AM in the New Swimming Pool. Event saw a huge participation from both students and campusites. The event started with the arrival of Prof. U.A. Yajnik (Dean, Student Affairs). Dr. P. M. Reddy (Aquatics coach), Dr. B. B. Appaji (SAC Incharge) and Prof. Ramesh Kumar Sports(Chairman, Sports) were also present on the occasion. It was a wonderful experience seeing so many swimmers swimming together. Refreshments were also provided to the participants and officials throughout the event.

Details of the event are as follows:

• Total registrations- 160
• 113 participants appeared in the event (39 Campusites, 74 Students)
• 48 people completed the event by swimming for 12 hours
• Out of 48, 43 were students and 5 were campsites.

New Records

• In girls, Saakshi Kale (Campusite), the previous record holder in the category, bettered her own record by covering 30.6 kms and winning Swimmathon 2nd year in a row.
• In boys, Ashwin Kanhere, an Aerospace Engineering freshman, made a new freshmen record by covering 27.9 kms in 12 hours. He stood over all second in the competition.

These are the students, who have completed Swimathon by swimming 12 hours:

S.no	Full Name	Distance Covered (km)
1	Saakshi Kale	30.6
2	Ashwin Kanhere	27.9
3	Aniket Gaikwad	25.4
4	Rahul Boriwal	23.1
5	Shibani Santurkar	21.1
6	Aditya N. Deshmukh	20.3
7	Dauji Saha	18.5
8	Dikshant Agarwal	18.1
9	Shahrukh Pithawala	17.8
10	Vardhan Patankar	16.6
11	Durgesh	16.5
12	Gangula Abhinav	16.2
13	Kuldeep Singh	16
14	Pranav Prakash Srivastava	16
15	Akhil Kumar S	15.9
16	Harsh Patel	15.6
17	Utkarsh	15.5
18	Nilesh	15.3
19	Arpit Agarwal	15.2
20	Aishwarya V Iyer	15.1
21	Shailesh K Sahu	15.1
22	Snehalesh Prakash Mahale	14.6
23	Suraj Harihar Singh	14.4
24	Naman Singhal	14.1
25	Rohit	13.9
26	Piyush Arya	13.5
27	Yash Bhargava	13.3
28	Sayan Chakrabarti	12.8
29	Aniket Kundu	12.7
30	Shreyas Mangalgi	12.5
31	Rucha Walawalkar	12.3
32	Saurabh Sinha	12.3
33	Ajitesh Singh	12.3
34	Bakku Sri Harsha	12.2
35	Siddharth Jha	12.2
36	Vivekanand Thagria	12.2
37	Akshay Shetty	12.1
38	Hussain Bharmal	12.1
39	Rishabh Aggarwal	12
40	Inderdip	11.6
41	Rushina Shah	11
42	Aishwary Joshi	11
43	Rabish Kumar Singh	10.1
44	Rishabh Choudhary	10
45	Ankit Patil	9.2
46	Kitty Varghesey	9
47	Ritu Thakkar	8.7
48	Shubham Bansode	7.2

*The detailed results of all the participants are available on the swimclub website

Karan Gupta

Institute Aquatics Secretary

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