Final Standings - Freelance Talents Chess Challenge #FTC2020

Winner: Sanjay Singh (4-0)

First Runner-up: Akash Kumar (3-1)

Second Runner-up: Brijesh Verma (3-1)

Semi-Finalist: Himanshu Mishra (2-2)

5) - Rahul Ranjan and Jayesh Kumar [Tie] (2.5-1.5)

7) - Sushant Grover (2-2)

8) - Ankur Singh (1-3)

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Other rankings based on Match Duration and Number of Moves in Round 1

9) - Pranav Shashank (53)

10) - Adamya Amogh (41)

11) - Tanmay Sharma (32)

12) - Saurabh Pal (30)

13) - Karan Virk (26)

14) - Sandeep Kumar (22)

15) -Akshit Gupta (21)

16) - Mandaar Gangele (6)

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*Cash and Certificates for Top 3

Final Match - Best of 3: Sanjay Singh vs. Akash Kumar #FTC2020

It was best of 3 matches with decending time limit of 10, 5 and 3. Sanjay won first two games by time. Since, both matches were close so on my request finalists played the last 3-minute game to conclude Freelance Talents Chess Challenge 2020.

 Game #01

 Game #02

Game #03

Sanjay Singh def Akash Kumar (3-0) and wins Freelance Talents Chess Challenge 2020

Bronze Medal Match: Brijesh Verma vs. Himanshu Mishra #FTC2020

#FTC2020 Bronze Medal Match: Brijesh Verma def. Himanshu Mishra (Time ran out), victory by time out similar to Himanshu's win over Rahul in Quarter final match. Congrats to both semi-finalists!

https://chess24.com/en/game/lSYYxQalQYqCbzcIBjp0Tw

#freelancetalents #freelance_talents

Rahul Ranjan vs. Jayesh Kumar - 5th Place Playoff Match #FTC2020

Match Drawn

#FTC2020 First draw - 5th Place playoff between Rahul Ranjan and Jayesh Kumar. 2.8 seconds remaining for Jayesh and 4.3 for Rahul. Players agreed to share 5th spot with 2 wins, 1 Loss and 1 Draw each.

Sushant Grover vs. Ankur Singh - 7th Place Playoff Match #FTC2020

Sushant Grover def. Ankur Singh (Time ran out)

In 7th Place playoff, Sushant Grover ends his Freelance Talents Chess Challenge 2020 #FTC2020 campaign with a score of (2-2) and consolation victory over Ankur Singh

Final and Other Playoff Matches Info - Freelance Talents Chess Challenge 2020

Final - Sanjay Singh vs. Akash Kumar [Best of 3 Games]

Bronze Medal Match - Himanshu Mishra vs. Brijesh Verma

5th Place Match - Jayesh Kumar vs. Rahul Ranjan

7th Place Match - Ankur Singh vs. Sushant Grover 

Final is Best of 3 Games (10 Minute Blitz, 5 Minute Blitz and 3 Minute Blitz). All other Playoff matches are 5 Minute Blitz. In case of draw 1 Minute bullet tie breaker. Prizes for Top 3. #FTC2020 #freelancetalents #freelance_talents

Playoff Matches for Rank 5 to 8 (R1) - Freelance Talents Chess Challenge #FTC2020

Winners of both matches will play in Fifth place playoff match. Losers in both matches will play in seventh place playoff match.

Match #01 - Rahul Ranjan def. Sushant Grover (Checkmate)

Match #02 - Jayesh Kumar def. Ankur Singh (Checkmate)

Semi Final Matches - Freelance Talents Chess Challenge #FTC2020

Semi Final #01

Akash Kumar def. Brijesh Verma (Checkmate)

Semi Final #02 

Sanjay Singh def. Himanshu Mishra (Checkmate)

Freelance Talents Chess Challenge #FTC2020 Semi-finalists and Matches info

Quarter Finals Results:

1) - Akash Kumar def. Ankur Singh (Checkmate)

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2) - Brijesh Verma def. Jayesh Kumar (Player resigned)

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3) - Sanjay Singh def. Sushant Grover (Checkmate)

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4) -  Himanshu Mishra def. Rahul Ranjan (Time ran out)

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Semi Finals 

1) - आकाश अक्की vs. Brijesh Verma

2) - Sanjay Singh vs. Himanshu Mishra

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5th Place Playoffs:

1) - Ankur Singh vs. Jayesh Kumar 

2) - Sushant Grover vs. Rahul Ranjan

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7th Place Match - Loser of Match 1 vs. Loser of Match 2

5th Place Match - Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2

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Match format - Blitz Match (10 Minutes Time limit for each Player) for Round 3. In case of draw 1 Minute Bullet Match tie breaker. #FTC #Freelance_Talents #freelancetalents

Schedule: Freelance Talents Chess Challenge #FTC2020 Quarter Finals

FT Chess Challenge 2020 Quarter Finals Schedule 

1) - Ankur Singh vs. Akash Kumar 

2) - Jayesh Kumar vs. Brijesh Verma 

3) - Sushant Grover vs. Sanjay Singh 

4) - Rahul Ranjan vs. Himanshu Mishra 

Deadline - 8 PM IST, 26 March 2020.

Match format - Classical Match (15 Minutes Time limit for each Player) for Round 2. In case of draw 1 Minute Bullet Match tie breaker. #FTC2020 #FTC #Freelance_Talents #freelancetalents

Freelance Talents Chess Challenge #FTC2020 Quarter Finalists

After Round 1

Brijesh Verma 

Himanshu Mishra 

Rahul Ranjan 

Akash Kumar 

Sushant Grover

Sanjay Singh 

Ankur Singh 

Jayesh Kumar

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Matches:

1) - Brijesh Verma def. Pranav Shashank (Checkmate)

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2) - Himanshu Mishra def. Karan Virk (Checkmate)

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3) - Rahul Ranjan def. Mandaar Gangele (Checkmate)

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4) - Akash Kumar def. Adamya Amogh (Checkmate)

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5) - Sushant Grover def. Akshit Gupta (Checkmate)

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6) - Sanjay Singh def. Saurabh Pal (Checkmate)

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7) - Ankur Singh def. Sandeep Kumar (Player failed to Reconnect in Time with better winning probability for Ankur Singh)

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8) - Jayesh Kumar def. Tanmay Sharma (Player resigned)

Round 1 - Freelance Talents Chess Challenge 2020 #FTC2020

Round 1 Matches

1) - Mandaar Gangele vs. Rahul Ranjan

2) - Adamya Amogh vs. Akash Kumar 

3) - Ankur Singh vs. Sandeep Kumar

4) - Himanshu Mishra vs. Karan Virk

5) - Tanmay Sharma vs. Jayesh Kumar

6) - Brijesh Verma vs. Pranav Shashank

7) - Sanjay Singh vs. Saurabh Pal 

8) - Akshit Gupta vs. Sushant Grover  

Rules and Contest Info:

1. Create your profile here - https://chess24.com/ and message me your profile link.

2. Match format - Classical Match (30 Minutes Time limit for each Player) for Round 1 (15 Minute Time Limit Classical Matches after this Round).

3. In case of draw 1 Minute Bullet Match tie breaker.

4. Round 1 slots (22 March 2020) - Morning (9 AM - 11 AM), Afternoon (1 PM - 3PM), Evening (6 PM - 8PM)

5. Message/mail me your preferred slots and I will try to match these timings with your opponents.

6. Make sure your internet connection is okay or lost/very weak connection can cause "Player unable to reconnect in Time" defeat.

List of Players - Freelance Talents Chess Challenge 2020 #FTC2020

1. Rahul Ranjan 

2. Akash Kumar

3. Sanjay Singh  

4. Himanshu Mishra

5. Tanmay Sharma 

6. Akshit Gupta

7. Ankur Singh 

8. Brijesh Verma (replaced Shahab Khan)

9. Pranav Shashank

10. Sandeep Kumar  

11. Sushant Grover 

12. Jayesh Kumar

13. Karan Virk

14. Saurabh Pal

15. Mandaar Gangele

16. Adamya Amogh 

*Get the latest information from the Ministry of Health &Family Welfare about Covid-19 - https://www.mohfw.gov.in/

#Freelance_Talents #FreelanceTalents #FTC2020 #covid19 #coronavirus

Freelance Talents Championship 2018 Winners

Himanshu Mishra (FTC 2018 Winner)

Chandresh Kumar Chhatlani (Runner-up: Silver)

Dhruv Singh (Runner-up: Bronze)

Details - Nazariya Now Website

Top 10 - FTC 2018

Top 10 stories (Freelance Talents Championship 2018)

1. परित्यक्ता

2. आत्मा का वस्त्र

3. मौन विलाप

4. मौत का घर

5. तोता-मैना की नयी कहानी

6.  इंतज़ार

7. निकिता

8. हट जा रे खड़ूस

9.  बड़ी चप्पल है

10. पहचान

FTC 2018

Promotion Banner #1 - Freelance Talents Championship 2018 (Season 4) in association with Nazariya Now

Check details here - NN Website

Freelance Talents Championship 2016-17 #update

Vacant Freelance Talents Championship 2016-17 title goes to ICFA 2017 Best Fanfic Writer Ankit Nigam

Congratulations! :)

Team Standings - Freelance Talents Championship 2015-16 #FTC1516

Freelance Talents Championship 2015-16

Final Team Standings

CHAMPIONS

Team # 20 (Behnam Balali & Karan Virk) - 442/600 (73.67%) 

2) - Team # 12 (Frank Heiner & Mark Trump) - 440/600 (73.33%)

3) - Team # 10 (Eric Vasquez & Joseph Andrews) - 431/600 (71.83%)

4) - Team # 14 (Ajitesh Bohra & Siddhant Shekhar) -  424/600 (70.67 %) 

5) - Team # 01 (Giorgio Baroni & Dharmesh Talwar) - 415/600 (69.17%)

6) - Team # 24 (Kapil Chandak & Soumendra Majumder) - 410/600 (68.33%)

7) - Team # 23 (Vibhuti Dabral & Manan Sharma) - 409/600 (68.17%)

8) - Team # 02 (Amit Kumar & Avijit Misra) - 391/600 (65.16%)

9) - Team # 07 (Tadam Gyadu & Ranjana Sharma) - 390/600 (65%)

10) - Team # 06 (Manabendra Majumder and Rahul Ranjan) - 385/600 (64.17%)*

11) - Team # 27 (Deepjoy & Rishav Adarsh) - 385/600 (64.17%)*

12) - Team # 19 (Dheeraj Kumar & Anurag Singh) - 383/600 (63.83%)

13) - Team # 16 (Akash Kumar & Ayush Jha) - 349/600 (58.17%)

14) - Team # 15 (Amit Albert & Rishi Sri) - 348/600 (58%)

15) - Team # 25 (Navneet Singh & Vaibhav Singh) - 335/600 (55.83%)

16) - Team # 26 (Abhilash Panda & Ashutosh S. Rajput) -  323/600 (53.84%)

17) - Team # 13 (Harendra Saini & Ankur Singh) - 321/600 (53.50%)

18) - Team # 05 (Dominik Gutzeit & Kuldeep Gupta) - 299/600 (49.83%)

19) - Team # 03 (Handika Taurus & Vyom Dayal) - 275/600 (45.83%)

20) - Team # 17 (Jorge N. & Ren Taylor) - 243/600 (40.5%)

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Participatory / Forfeit Teams

21) - Team # 22 - (Piyush & Neel) (122 Points)**

22) - Team # 11 - (Yohan & Jen) (55 Points)**

23) - Team # 18 – (Andrey & Jenny) (53 Points)** 

24) - Team # 09 - (Rory & Evans) (45 Points)**

25) - Team # 04 - (Jan & Moinac) (40 Points)** 

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Team 8) - Ana Rocio Jimenez Zepeda – Amend Aeson

Team 21) - Anand Singh - Yogesh Amana Yogi

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I would like to thank all the artists, authors and judges (Pankaj V., Mayank Sharma) for their efforts in this event! :) 

Prizes, Trophies will be dispatched soon!

Best Ranked Indian Artist Mr. Ajitesh Bohra wins a free website.

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*In case of tie team ahead in 2 out of 3 rounds gets higher overall ranking.

** Participatory teams forfeit after 1 or 2 Rounds

Round 3 - Team # 10 (Eric & Joseph) #ftc1516

Parasitic Prison

Team # 10 (Eric & Joseph) #ftc1516

I remember when I was six that everything was very confusing. Now that I look at it, I was so oblivious to what was really going on in the world and worst of all my own home.

It all started a few days after Christmas. It was one of the biggest and whitest snows that the United States had in a very long time. It was me, my brother Andrew who was eight at the time and understood a lot more than I ever did and my mom, Susan. My dad died before I was born and my mom refused to tell my brother and I anything. Apparently his death was so gruesome that not even my own mom would tell us anything. I mean, I get that much, but whenever anyone mentioned our dad, she would stare at me with this loving but very scared look on her face like I was... Some kind of monster.

When I was six, I didn't know that my mom was sick. She always acted normal around my brother and I. We never thought anything of it until the day that she passed away. We had cats at the time who were sick as well, but when my mom got sick, one of the cats felt better and the other one died outside. My mom tried to tell us that the cat died a painless death, but the cruel truth is that it's body couldn't handle the sheer weight of a car tire. That night, she went to tuck me in bed and all of a sudden she fell over and started to convulse. I tried to wake her up, hoping she would, but she was dead. I went to get andrew and he told me to call 911. 

After being on the phone for an hour and a half trying to describe where my house is, I hear a scream. A blood curdling scream that I will never be able to get out of my ears or even perceive. I dropped the phone and noticed that our dead cat had never been dead at all. Quite alive. Instead of the normal, loving tabby cat that we came to love with its brown eyes and brown and tan fur, it was dark like an abysmal black that you only hear about in fairy tales and scary stories. Instead of the small mouth that a cat usually has, this... organism had a very big jawline from the snout to the chest with rows of thick and knife like teeth. Instead of the brown eyes that looked at us lovingly, they were a bright white, a white as bright as the snow that fell outside of our house. The four legged being standing before me had no legs, but a spiny, grotesque tail with a bone colored and shaped barb.

Frozen with fear, I couldn't move. As the cat I once knew and loved was this... Deformed, crippled, terrifying monster that was slowly slithering it's way to me was surprisingly not aggressive toward me at all. In fact, it wanted me to follow it. Although fear was anchoring my legs, my curiosity made me move again. First we went to Andrew and looking upon his dead body, I saw signs of constriction. As I looked ever so closely, I heard a voice in my head. It told me to not be afraid and to look to my left. I looked and the monster that distilled fear in me was staring right at me. I realized that there's more to this monster than meets the eye. The monster told me to follow it again. This time to my room, where my mother collapsed. The monster, using its body wanted me to look at her. What I saw horrified me: laying on her stomach, I noticed a stab wound that was circular, like a spear went through her. Observing it more, the monster drew my attention to the knife in her hand. The monster said that it was intended for me. I asked the monster why she tried to kill me. The monster said it was because of what I was. 

To explain what the monster said, he said that my dad was a very bad, but very brilliant man. A parasitologist to be precise. My mom didn't know about his job or what he did or where he worked at. When Andrew was born, he took interest in him and after a year, he didn't want anything to with him because he wasn't "compatible". Well, when my mom was pregnant with me, my dad would do all sorts of experiments on her while she was asleep. After a while she caught on to what he was doing and found his laboratory in the basement. She found all of these progress reports about me. She was so disgusted that she lit the basement on fire with some detergent and a lighter. The monster also explained that my father was burnt to death, but he survived through all of the experiments he did on himself. Turning him into a advanced parasitoid that can adapt to any environment, society, and theoretically space and time itself. And finally the monster explained that I am his legacy and that the monster was of my own doing.

I was stunned... I didnt know what to say or even begin to think of all this. Before I knew it, everythin went black. I woke up and I tried to speak but nothing came out. I saw what I became, I was in a parasitic prison.

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Rating - 129/200

Total Rating (3 Rounds) - 431/600 (71.83%)

Judges - Mohit Trendster, Mayank Sharma and Pankaj V.

Round 3 - Team # 17 (Jorge & Ren) #ftc1516

Rating - 41/200

*Story not submitted

Total Rating (3 Rounds) - 243/600 (40.5%)