The ChessBase India YouTube channel aims to power chess in the country. That's the reason why when we launched the memberships on our channel in December 2020, we decided that all the amount will be given to one deserving chess player every month. We have been doing that since several months and various players have been helped until now. They include the talented 14-year-old Savitha Shri (April), Super Heroes Cup winner Karthik Venkat Krishna (May), IM Pranav V (June), the 11-year-old Ilamparthi (July) and 10-year-old Sanjay fighting Osteogenesis Imperfecta (August). The main aim of this fund is that it is utilized for the right player at the right time. Hence, sometimes there are certain delays in choosing the player and how he/she is supposed to be helped. But we ensure that the funds are used for the betterment of these chess players. This article tells you about how the funds are utilized for the month of September 2021.
The ChessBase India YouTube Memberships has 5 tiers. They are:
Membership Tier | Amount per month |
Pillar of Indian Chess | 799 |
Promoter of Indian chess | 599 |
Supporter of Indian chess | 299 |
Booster of Indian chess | 199 |
Backer of Indian chess | 89 |
In the month of September we have had 361 members. We have 75 pillars, 4 promoters, 31 supporters, 41 boosters and 210 backers of Indian chess. These are the details of all of them:
S.No | Member | Current level |
1 | Adwait Anand | Pillar of Indian Chess |
2 | Abhishek Deshpande | Pillar of Indian Chess |
3 | Ashwin S. Hebbar | Pillar of Indian Chess |
4 | Parth Shah | Pillar of Indian Chess |
5 | Nikaru | Pillar of Indian Chess |
6 | Nilay Doshi | Pillar of Indian Chess |
7 | Madhuchethan Rao | Pillar of Indian Chess |
8 | JORGE DAMASCENO | Pillar of Indian Chess |
9 | Om Prajapati | Pillar of Indian Chess |
10 | vijay khatra | Pillar of Indian Chess |
11 | Rahul Krishna | Pillar of Indian Chess |
12 | Sanket Joshi | Pillar of Indian Chess |
13 | Vishwajeet Dagar | Pillar of Indian Chess |
14 | Swapnil | Pillar of Indian Chess |
15 | bichubooty | Pillar of Indian Chess |
16 | Siddharth Nayak | Pillar of Indian Chess |
17 | Mihir Sawant | Pillar of Indian Chess |
18 | Shorya Choudhary | Pillar of Indian Chess |
19 | Mrityunjay Jalan | Pillar of Indian Chess |
20 | John Mathew | Pillar of Indian Chess |
21 | Shreyas Tawre | Pillar of Indian Chess |
22 | Vamsi Chada | Pillar of Indian Chess |
23 | Ravi Chan | Pillar of Indian Chess |
24 | Pranav Kulkarni | Pillar of Indian Chess |
25 | Rohit Bhangale | Pillar of Indian Chess |
26 | Just A Famous Guy | Pillar of Indian Chess |
27 | Mr VG | Pillar of Indian Chess |
28 | Naveen Kumar | Pillar of Indian Chess |
29 | damnit | Pillar of Indian Chess |
30 | shreyas gokhale | Pillar of Indian Chess |
31 | Manaswi Mishra | Pillar of Indian Chess |
32 | Shashank Srikant | Pillar of Indian Chess |
33 | Tanmay Sharma | Pillar of Indian Chess |
34 | Nikemen | Pillar of Indian Chess |
35 | sanket panaskar | Pillar of Indian Chess |
36 | Saurabh Dhamnaskar | Pillar of Indian Chess |
37 | nishant panigrahi | Pillar of Indian Chess |
38 | nabh choudhary | Pillar of Indian Chess |
39 | nutan dutt | Pillar of Indian Chess |
40 | Nitish | Pillar of Indian Chess |
41 | Ajin Cherian | Pillar of Indian Chess |
42 | Sriraam Ramakrishnan | Pillar of Indian Chess |
43 | Karthik Dinne | Pillar of Indian Chess |
44 | Jay Khunt | Pillar of Indian Chess |
45 | Asim Khan | Pillar of Indian Chess |
46 | Aditya Desai | Pillar of Indian Chess |
47 | Rahul Malhotra | Pillar of Indian Chess |
48 | Vivaswan Damle | Pillar of Indian Chess |
49 | Nikhil Naib | Pillar of Indian Chess |
50 | Dan Ruparel | Pillar of Indian Chess |
51 | ruchir sutaria | Pillar of Indian Chess |
52 | RahulMukerji09 | Pillar of Indian Chess |
53 | Rohit Pareek | Pillar of Indian Chess |
54 | Joy Dutta | Pillar of Indian Chess |
55 | Rohit Athalye | Pillar of Indian Chess |
56 | Vini Vedi Vici | Pillar of Indian Chess |
57 | Tony Dary | Pillar of Indian Chess |
58 | Ankita Kulkarni | Pillar of Indian Chess |
59 | Sminil Mahajan | Pillar of Indian Chess |
60 | Tejas Chitnis | Pillar of Indian Chess |
61 | Anas Edacherry | Pillar of Indian Chess |
62 | Kiran Iyer | Pillar of Indian Chess |
63 | Ashwin Jayaram | Pillar of Indian Chess |
64 | shyammsm | Pillar of Indian Chess |
65 | Dharmen Shah | Pillar of Indian Chess |
66 | Arjun N Bharadwaj | Pillar of Indian Chess |
67 | Santosh Nene | Pillar of Indian Chess |
68 | Zeus | Pillar of Indian Chess |
69 | Sujit Varghese | Pillar of Indian Chess |
70 | Sambit Ghosh | Pillar of Indian Chess |
71 | Keith Mascarenhas | Pillar of Indian Chess |
72 | Siddharth Ranadive | Pillar of Indian Chess |
73 | Sudarshan Rangan | Pillar of Indian Chess |
74 | Jaydeep Chakrabarty | Pillar of Indian Chess |
75 | Ajeet prsingh | Pillar of Indian Chess |
76 | Travel with Nikhil Roshan | Promoter of Indian chess |
77 | Harsh Gala | Promoter of Indian chess |
78 | Eesha Dutta | Promoter of Indian chess |
79 | CA Mohit Singh | Promoter of Indian chess |
80 | Spandan Ghosh | Supporter of Indian Chess |
81 | Shivam Upadhyay | Supporter of Indian Chess |
82 | Siddalinga Pillai | Supporter of Indian Chess |
83 | Sanket Khare | Supporter of Indian Chess |
84 | Pratik Shetty | Supporter of Indian Chess |
85 | Vinay Kumar | Supporter of Indian Chess |
86 | Ahsan Abbas | Supporter of Indian Chess |
87 | Keshav Singh | Supporter of Indian Chess |
88 | Aditya Mishra | Supporter of Indian Chess |
89 | Nishchay Shah | Supporter of Indian Chess |
90 | Arvind Raman | Supporter of Indian Chess |
91 | Mihir Kanani | Supporter of Indian Chess |
92 | Swaminathan S | Supporter of Indian Chess |
93 | Manu Talwar | Supporter of Indian Chess |
94 | Rikin Khanna | Supporter of Indian Chess |
95 | Indian From South | Supporter of Indian Chess |
96 | rutvij bhavsar | Supporter of Indian Chess |
97 | hellking4u | Supporter of Indian Chess |
98 | Rajeev Ranjan | Supporter of Indian Chess |
99 | Nishaad Rao | Supporter of Indian Chess |
100 | Sai Gudigundla | Supporter of Indian Chess |
101 | Gaurav Bhatt | Supporter of Indian Chess |
102 | Sanus Pillai | Supporter of Indian Chess |
103 | kshitiz lohani | Supporter of Indian Chess |
104 | Sachin Ranade | Supporter of Indian Chess |
105 | varun kamble | Supporter of Indian Chess |
106 | Gokul Ramanathan | Supporter of Indian Chess |
107 | Sivakami Subbu | Supporter of Indian Chess |
108 | Arunava Bhattacharjee | Supporter of Indian Chess |
109 | Arvind Ramnath | Supporter of Indian Chess |
110 | Suyash Swaroop | Supporter of Indian Chess |
111 | Rakshank Savadatti | Booster of Indian Chess |
112 | Vaidik Chakraborty | Booster of Indian Chess |
113 | Shyam Krishnan | Booster of Indian Chess |
114 | Madan Kumar | Booster of Indian Chess |
115 | Saket Maskara | Booster of Indian Chess |
116 | SURYA NARAYAN ACHARYA | Booster of Indian Chess |
117 | d s | Booster of Indian Chess |
118 | BHAGYASHREE KADUSKAR | Booster of Indian Chess |
119 | Diljeet Singh Narwal | Booster of Indian Chess |
120 | Sudheer Kumar | Booster of Indian Chess |
121 | SALIL. DEOGADE | Booster of Indian Chess |
122 | Mann Sareen | Booster of Indian Chess |
123 | Himanshu Bhasin | Booster of Indian Chess |
124 | Pratyush Sharma | Booster of Indian Chess |
125 | Gaurav Chandiramani | Booster of Indian Chess |
126 | Kalpak Raut | Booster of Indian Chess |
127 | Shradhey Tripathi | Booster of Indian Chess |
128 | SATHISH KUNCHIVEEDU | Booster of Indian Chess |
129 | Jai Pandit | Booster of Indian Chess |
130 | Prakhar Gupta | Booster of Indian Chess |
131 | Ankush Dhyani | Booster of Indian Chess |
132 | BunnyEatWorld | Booster of Indian Chess |
133 | Akshit Johry | Booster of Indian Chess |
134 | Ajit Gole | Booster of Indian Chess |
135 | Gaurav Mohta | Booster of Indian Chess |
136 | Tanmay Devi | Booster of Indian Chess |
137 | Murali Phani | Booster of Indian Chess |
138 | Rohit Kulkarni | Booster of Indian Chess |
139 | Yash | Booster of Indian Chess |
140 | FlashBin Gaming | Booster of Indian Chess |
141 | Radha Krishna Ayyalasomayajula | Booster of Indian Chess |
142 | Pranay Sheshak | Booster of Indian Chess |
143 | Mrinmay | Booster of Indian Chess |
144 | Akshay Shenoy | Booster of Indian Chess |
145 | Tapan Krishna | Booster of Indian Chess |
146 | Mahesh Parab | Booster of Indian Chess |
147 | Anish Raina | Booster of Indian Chess |
148 | SUDARSHAN K M | Booster of Indian Chess |
149 | avant jain | Booster of Indian Chess |
150 | Abhishek Jain | Booster of Indian Chess |
151 | Siddharth Sen | Booster of Indian Chess |
152 | Robin Mathew | Backer of Indian Chess |
153 | harish kumar | Backer of Indian Chess |
154 | Samarth Shandilya | Backer of Indian Chess |
155 | Ruchit Navlakha | Backer of Indian Chess |
156 | Aditya S | Backer of Indian Chess |
157 | Sayantan Ghosh | Backer of Indian Chess |
158 | Tejas Bode | Backer of Indian Chess |
159 | sarvesh raykar | Backer of Indian Chess |
160 | Rishikesh K | Backer of Indian Chess |
161 | Namita Krishnan | Backer of Indian Chess |
162 | Dhairya Kumar | Backer of Indian Chess |
163 | Bhuvan Garg | Backer of Indian Chess |
164 | Tamaghna Sarkar | Backer of Indian Chess |
165 | Outsider06_ | Backer of Indian Chess |
166 | Narendra Rathi | Backer of Indian Chess |
167 | abhishek bhandari | Backer of Indian Chess |
168 | Pranshav Vyas | Backer of Indian Chess |
169 | Yash Saxena | Backer of Indian Chess |
170 | SUPRIYA KAPAS | Backer of Indian Chess |
171 | Phoenix Asimov | Backer of Indian Chess |
172 | Chinmay Dhopate | Backer of Indian Chess |
173 | Devdeep Singh | Backer of Indian Chess |
174 | Sharat Goswami | Backer of Indian Chess |
175 | Aryan Ranjan | Backer of Indian Chess |
176 | Amay | Backer of Indian Chess |
177 | abeltheOG | Backer of Indian Chess |
178 | vishal venkat | Backer of Indian Chess |
179 | Manish Dhawan | Backer of Indian Chess |
180 | Chinmay Kelaskar | Backer of Indian Chess |
181 | Divyam Wason | Backer of Indian Chess |
182 | Adithya Parthasarathy | Backer of Indian Chess |
183 | Alankrit Yadav | Backer of Indian Chess |
184 | LayZee Gaming | Backer of Indian Chess |
185 | James Lester | Backer of Indian Chess |
186 | Abhinav Kumar | Backer of Indian Chess |
187 | Kimaya Virle | Backer of Indian Chess |
188 | #A2Z | Backer of Indian Chess |
189 | Bhautik Patel | Backer of Indian Chess |
190 | CHAPA | Backer of Indian Chess |
191 | Parth Gaglani | Backer of Indian Chess |
192 | Snigdho Bhattacharya | Backer of Indian Chess |
193 | Sumalya Bhattacharya | Backer of Indian Chess |
194 | Hardik Thacker | Backer of Indian Chess |
195 | Aditya Jyothilal | Backer of Indian Chess |
196 | Amit Nakod | Backer of Indian Chess |
197 | Ranjith Karanam | Backer of Indian Chess |
198 | rajat aggarwal | Backer of Indian Chess |
199 | Sharma Karthik | Backer of Indian Chess |
200 | Parth Thakkar | Backer of Indian Chess |
201 | harshit vora | Backer of Indian Chess |
202 | Aditya Chandrayan | Backer of Indian Chess |
203 | Ipw Law | Backer of Indian Chess |
204 | Krishna Pandit | Backer of Indian Chess |
205 | Turbo Sanju Gaming | Backer of Indian Chess |
206 | Lakshmana Kumar Brahmadesam | Backer of Indian Chess |
207 | Kumar Satyam | Backer of Indian Chess |
208 | Subbu Vcs | Backer of Indian Chess |
209 | J Kumar | Backer of Indian Chess |
210 | Atul Besra | Backer of Indian Chess |
211 | Spiritual Wisdom PH | Backer of Indian Chess |
212 | Prasanth G P | Backer of Indian Chess |
213 | Praveen | Backer of Indian Chess |
214 | Vinay Kumar | Backer of Indian Chess |
215 | Sharath JS | Backer of Indian Chess |
216 | Vinit Lalka | Backer of Indian Chess |
217 | Shashank Sharma | Backer of Indian Chess |
218 | Akshit Kr Nagpal | Backer of Indian Chess |
219 | Amit Soni | Backer of Indian Chess |
220 | MannatG | Backer of Indian Chess |
221 | Anirudh Srikanth | Backer of Indian Chess |
222 | Sundarraman Madhusudanan | Backer of Indian Chess |
223 | Manan Shah | Backer of Indian Chess |
224 | Vinit Mamania | Backer of Indian Chess |
225 | IT_0052_LAKSHYA BHANOT | Backer of Indian Chess |
226 | Adeel Khan | Backer of Indian Chess |
227 | v.s.sivakumar Sundrarajan | Backer of Indian Chess |
228 | Vinayak Dinesh | Backer of Indian Chess |
229 | VISHAL SAVALIYA | Backer of Indian Chess |
230 | ANIME WITH SENSEI | Backer of Indian Chess |
231 | Gourab Goswami | Backer of Indian Chess |
232 | Akhilesh Sharma | Backer of Indian Chess |
233 | Sandeep Kulkarni | Backer of Indian Chess |
234 | Vivek Raut | Backer of Indian Chess |
235 | Yash Patel | Backer of Indian Chess |
236 | Amarnath B V N | Backer of Indian Chess |
237 | Harshit Gupta | Backer of Indian Chess |
238 | Priya Singh | Backer of Indian Chess |
239 | yash doshi | Backer of Indian Chess |
240 | anmol welpulwar | Backer of Indian Chess |
241 | Akshat | Backer of Indian Chess |
242 | Arshad84 | Backer of Indian Chess |
243 | FALLEN DAGGER | Backer of Indian Chess |
244 | agam dixit | Backer of Indian Chess |
245 | Srinivasan Gopalan | Backer of Indian Chess |
246 | Radhakrishnan Gopalan | Backer of Indian Chess |
247 | sarat pavan | Backer of Indian Chess |
248 | Deepesh Kumar | Backer of Indian Chess |
249 | Soumyaranjan Mishra | Backer of Indian Chess |
250 | Anirvan Sengupta | Backer of Indian Chess |
251 | Tube or Not Tube | Backer of Indian Chess |
252 | shas k | Backer of Indian Chess |
253 | shubham kumar | Backer of Indian Chess |
254 | Gunin Khanna | Backer of Indian Chess |
255 | Rahul Arvind | Backer of Indian Chess |
256 | gobletFire | Backer of Indian Chess |
257 | Vinmay Nair | Backer of Indian Chess |
258 | Mihir Hasabnis | Backer of Indian Chess |
259 | malhar bhadbhade | Backer of Indian Chess |
260 | Nitin Desai | Backer of Indian Chess |
261 | Bhavik Makan | Backer of Indian Chess |
262 | franklin abraham | Backer of Indian Chess |
263 | Aravind Pathapati | Backer of Indian Chess |
264 | Jalaj Kumar | Backer of Indian Chess |
265 | Anand C U | Backer of Indian Chess |
266 | VS S | Backer of Indian Chess |
267 | Rahul Ghosal | Backer of Indian Chess |
268 | David James | Backer of Indian Chess |
269 | Tanmay Buwa | Backer of Indian Chess |
270 | Bhargav Srinivasan | Backer of Indian Chess |
271 | Mr. N0B0Dy | Backer of Indian Chess |
272 | Darin N. | Backer of Indian Chess |
273 | soham parkhi | Backer of Indian Chess |
274 | Kretos | Backer of Indian Chess |
275 | Sandeep Madheshiya | Backer of Indian Chess |
276 | Nagesh Anthati | Backer of Indian Chess |
277 | Purva Sawant | Backer of Indian Chess |
278 | Rajat Kamtekar | Backer of Indian Chess |
279 | Chairab Madaan | Backer of Indian Chess |
280 | devan sra | Backer of Indian Chess |
281 | Krishna Char | Backer of Indian Chess |
282 | Akshay Chordia | Backer of Indian Chess |
283 | ScaleTale | Backer of Indian Chess |
284 | Muralikrishna Gangaraju | Backer of Indian Chess |
285 | Abhishek Desai | Backer of Indian Chess |
286 | Shaurya Mathur | Backer of Indian Chess |
287 | Rohan | Backer of Indian Chess |
288 | Naveen | Backer of Indian Chess |
289 | Georgy Tsiklauri | Backer of Indian Chess |
290 | vedaant rana | Backer of Indian Chess |
291 | Gokul | Backer of Indian Chess |
292 | SANSAR RANA | Backer of Indian Chess |
293 | Shiva Kumar | Backer of Indian Chess |
294 | Rut Madgeri | Backer of Indian Chess |
295 | Jay Dave | Backer of Indian Chess |
296 | Raghava Madhwapathi | Backer of Indian Chess |
297 | Yash Tandon | Backer of Indian Chess |
298 | Pranti Bordoloi | Backer of Indian Chess |
299 | Srinath Narayanan | Backer of Indian Chess |
300 | K.V.P.Varma Kuchelapaati | Backer of Indian Chess |
301 | Abhishek Rai | Backer of Indian Chess |
302 | Dhandeep Lodaya | Backer of Indian Chess |
303 | Raunaq Vohra | Backer of Indian Chess |
304 | Kartik | Backer of Indian Chess |
305 | Akshay Natu | Backer of Indian Chess |
306 | Swapan Karmakar | Backer of Indian Chess |
307 | Smita Acharya | Backer of Indian Chess |
308 | Harshil Mittal | Backer of Indian Chess |
309 | Henal Merchant | Backer of Indian Chess |
310 | Sai Praveen Gummadi | Backer of Indian Chess |
311 | 2856Rohit | Backer of Indian Chess |
312 | Swapnil Sen | Backer of Indian Chess |
313 | thiedevil | Backer of Indian Chess |
314 | Nirvana Guha | Backer of Indian Chess |
315 | Chandrasekhar S. | Backer of Indian Chess |
316 | Heman Kundu | Backer of Indian Chess |
317 | Suraj Ranawade | Backer of Indian Chess |
318 | Hiren patel | Backer of Indian Chess |
319 | Abhishek Agarwal | Backer of Indian Chess |
320 | arun Taccode | Backer of Indian Chess |
321 | Raj Agarwal | Backer of Indian Chess |
322 | Kiran Manohar Motupalli | Backer of Indian Chess |
323 | D SANDEEP | Backer of Indian Chess |
324 | Phani Varma | Backer of Indian Chess |
325 | Raj S | Backer of Indian Chess |
326 | Pratip Rao | Backer of Indian Chess |
327 | Shubham Shah | Backer of Indian Chess |
328 | Sowmya Kumari | Backer of Indian Chess |
329 | Chetan Suresh | Backer of Indian Chess |
330 | Kajal | Backer of Indian Chess |
331 | Subodh Patil | Backer of Indian Chess |
332 | Kumar Roy | Backer of Indian Chess |
333 | Sandeep Roy | Backer of Indian Chess |
334 | Neel Patel | Backer of Indian Chess |
335 | Mansi Nawlani | Backer of Indian Chess |
336 | Harjaap Singh | Backer of Indian Chess |
337 | Lovesh Tulsija | Backer of Indian Chess |
338 | Siddhant | Backer of Indian Chess |
339 | Hardik Rudani | Backer of Indian Chess |
340 | Aseem Goel | Backer of Indian Chess |
341 | Anusheela Das | Backer of Indian Chess |
342 | Pronoy Chatterjee | Backer of Indian Chess |
343 | Snehal Pathak | Backer of Indian Chess |
344 | Arun J | Backer of Indian Chess |
345 | N M | Backer of Indian Chess |
346 | Akshay Kulkarni | Backer of Indian Chess |
347 | Suraj Shivshankar | Backer of Indian Chess |
348 | BeastStats | Backer of Indian Chess |
349 | Neo0889 | Backer of Indian Chess |
350 | GizmoGirl | Backer of Indian Chess |
351 | Aditya Bankar | Backer of Indian Chess |
352 | Mayur Gondhalekar | Backer of Indian Chess |
353 | Nikhil Goyal | Backer of Indian Chess |
354 | Anish Kumar | Backer of Indian Chess |
355 | Pratyayan DasGupta | Backer of Indian Chess |
356 | Shyamal patel | Backer of Indian Chess |
357 | Naman Sharma | Backer of Indian Chess |
358 | Suhit | Backer of Indian Chess |
359 | Poker Player | Backer of Indian Chess |
360 | Rijoy Mukherjee | Backer of Indian Chess |
361 | Gaurab | Backer of Indian Chess |
Details of Month of September:
The final amount comes to Rs.68907 after the 30% YouTube deductions. This entire amount will be contributed to one of India's top visually impaired chess players K. Marimuthu.
Marimuthu is one of India's top visually impaired chess players. He has an Elo of 1630
The story of Marimuthu
"I have two aims in chess," says 19-year-old Marimuthu. "The first one is to become an International Master and the second one is to become the World Champion in the visually impaired section." When you speak to the boy you can sense the ambitions of someone who wants to achieve something. Marimuthu is a fighter. He does not like to give up. That's the reason why in spite of facing grave financial difficulties he has always tried to keep his chess career going rather than giving it up. This is a trait he learnt from his mother.
Marimuthu with his mother Subbulakshmi
When Marimuthu was just 8 years old, his parents had been separated. Marimuthu and his brother Vigneshwaran were raised by the mother alone. Subbulakshmi faced a difficult situation. But she did not back down. She supported the family by working at a doctor's place by cooking and cleaning the house. For Marimuthu, financial instability was not the only issue that he was grappling with. Since his birth, he had a partial loss of vision. The exact reason for his vision impairment is not known even to the boy, but the doctors have mentioned that there is an issue with the nerves that innervate the eye. This is the reason why Marimuthu cannot see things clearly. He also is colour blind.
Amidst all the chaos Marimuthu found his peace on the chess board
Marimuthu and Vigneshwaran both learned the basic rules of chess at the doctor's house (where their mother was working) during their summer vacation. In sixth grade Marimuthu's PT sir in school asked him to play in a district level tournament. The boy did well and that is how it all began. In 2013 when Anand vs Carlsen match was in progress, the doctor's son allowed Marimuthu and his brother to access the internet and see those games. Looking at the games of two of two of the best players in the world fascinated Marimuthu. The boy recalls, "I got my FIDE rating quite early. However, I think I was quite lucky. I didn't know much back then. In fact I didn't even know how to write a scoresheet!". Seeing their interest in chess, the doctor introduced Marimuthu and his brother to a chess coach that he knew. That is how Marimuthu came in touch with Anantharam, one of the most well-known and respected arbiters of the country.
Marimuthu with his first trainer R. Anantharam
"Being a passionate learner of chess, Mr.Anantharam identified my ability in chess and supported me to become who I am now," says Marimuthu. Anantharam ensured that Marimuthu got the required opportunities and also sponsored his entry fees in many of the tournaments that he participated. Whenever he came back from his arbitership visits abroad, he would invite Marimuthu and his brother to his place and give them positions to solve.
This picture was taken at the Sivakasi Chess Club. On the extreme right is Vigneshwaran, Marimuthu's younger brother
How has Marimuthu managed to balance his chess and academics? "Though I was affected by visual disability from birth, I did my studies till Class 8 at SHNV Higher Secondary School, Sivakasi. Since, the intensity of disability rapidly increased to 75%, I moved to CSI Blind School, Tirunelveli to continue my studies from Class 9." As Marimuthu had to change his base for his education, Ananthram introduced him to another trainer Selva Manikandan, with whom Marimuthu worked for a year. When Marimuthu was in 10th grade, he had an important decision to make. Should he choose playing at the Asian International Championship or should he give his 10th grade examinations? The boy chose the former and finished 8th in the tournament. That was a very encouraging result. Subsequently, Marimuthu finished his 10th grade exams as well as 12th grade and cleared them with good marks. Currently, the 19-year-old is studying in Loyala College and pursuing his third year in BA with history.
Selva Manikandan was Marimuthu's coach when he won the National Schools title
In 2020, Marimuthu was chosen as the captain of Indian D team at the Online Para Olympiad. At this point the president of the Tamil Nadu Braille Chess Association (TNBCA) introduced him to one of India's finest chess trainer K. Visweswaran. Just to give you an idea of how good Visweswaran is here are few of his students: Adhiban Baskaran, Deepan Chakkravarthy, Iniyan Panneerselvam, Vishnu Prasanna, Karthikeyan Murali, Raghunandan KS, G. Akash, Shyam Nikhil, Raghavi Vishnu Prasanna, Lakshmi C and many more. Sitting together with Marimuthu he drew a plan for the youngster for his chess improvement. "I want to thank TNBCA for introducing me to Visweswaran sir", says Marimuthu. "He meticulously works with me on chess and I am improving my strength."
K.Visweswaran is Marimuthu's current trainer
Although Marimuthu harbours the ambition of winning the Blind World Chess Championship, also becoming an IM, he would like to give all his time to chess training and playing tournaments. However, the reality is different. The boy does not have enough finances to peacefully focus on chess. That's the reason why he teaches chess to young kids. With the money he earns from there, he plans his own tournaments. One day he hopes to fulfill both the dreams.
We at ChessBase India recognize the struggle that Marimuthu is going through and with our YouTube community of members would like to support him with the September fund of Rs.68,907. We are sure that this amount will help him in his chess career.
Marimuthu's story is an inspiring one and one that echoes the spirit of "Never Give Up!"
Achievements of Marimuthu
Marimuthu has a FIDE rating of 1630 and is quickly improving. Currently, as we speak the youngster is performing well at the 4th FIDE World Championship for people with Disabilities with a score of 4.5/7.
International Level
8th place in Asian Championship 2017 at Manipal
Captain of Indian D Team in online Para-Olympiad 2020
National Level:
3rd place at Hyderabad national open 2016,
1st place in National School Championship 2017
1st Place at Hyderabad national open 2018
1st place in National open Championship 2018 at Wardha
2nd Place in Goal National open at 2019
State Level Championship
5 times Champion in State level Championship during 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020.
Marimuthu's playing style
Marimuthu's playing style is very active and he likes to play creatively. You will often see him engaging himself in tactical fistfights as well inspired rook pawn pushes. Here is one of his games I liked very much. Mind you, his opponent was a former Blind World Champion.
Marimuthu meeting GM Vidit Gujrathi at the National Championships in Andheri
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