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DIRECTORATE OF SPORTS & YOUTH
Rubik's Cube Challenge
Cubing Kenya – a community of Kenyan based Rubik's Cube enthusiasts – was honoured to have the
opportunity to give ps on how to solve the Rubik's Cube at Hindu Bhavan, Nairobi, on the 26th of June
2016. There was great interest, especially from the kids, and it was also a plus to discover other cubers
who were previously unaware of Cubing Kenya's existence.
The Rubik's Cube Challenge involved enlightening par cipants on the
basics of solving the Rubik's Cube using the layer-by-layer method. This
method involves several steps: solving a cross on the first layer; solving
the corners on the first layer; solving the second layer; and finally
solving the last layer. It was great to see par cipants grasping the
concept for the ini al steps, though with some effort, and hopefully
they will endeavour to become full fledged cubers soon.
Cubing Kenya is grea ul to the HCK Sports and Youth Directorate for the
invita on and to the brave par cipants who undertook the challenge.
HCK Open Chess Tournament
Gohil Wins With 5/5
History was made on Sunday, 26th June 2016 when Nairobi Chess Club's Mehul Gohil won the HCK (Hindu
Council of Kenya) Open chess tournament with a perfect score of 5 points in 5 rounds, staving off
compe on from tled players WCM (Woman Candidate Master) Krishi Shah and CM (Candidate
Master) Vasanth Ramesh, amongst others. The historic tournament returned with a bang a er almost
two decades (read about the 1993 edi on held at Oshwal Sports Complex here) thanks to the efforts of
Hindu Council of Kenya's newly formed Youth and Sports wing under the directorship of Kumar Sheth and Ravi Shah with technical and logis cal support from
Motochess Ventures. Joining Mehul Gohil in the prize winners bracket in the Open sec on were Joseph Kirega (Strathmore University Chess Club) in second place
with 4.5 points, Lenny Mataiga Shile (Maseno University Chess Club) in third place with 4 points, CM Vasanth Ramesh (Anchor Chess Club – Nairobi) in fourth
place with 4 points and CM Aravind Vengarai (Nairobi Gymkhana Chess Club) in fi h place also with 4 points. The top ladies' prizes in this sec on were won by:
WCM Krishi Shah (KCB Chess Club) with 3 points, Pranjal Ameetkumar Parikh (Oshwal Academy Nairobi Junior High) with 2.5 points and Sejal Jigneshkumar
Prajapa (Shree Sorathia Gna Mandal) with 2 points. The prize of Best Junior was also won by WCM Krishi Shah.
The five-round rapid tournament held at Hindu Bhavan, Kusi Lane was played in four sec ons: Open, Under 10, Under 14 and Under 18 and a racted 108 entries
of which 97 actually played, a er last-minute withdrawals and no-shows on the day.
In the Under 10 sec on, V Sharadchandra Nareddy (Premier Academy) scooped first place (boys) with 4.5 points followed by Sanjay Ramesh (Oshwal Academy
Nairobi Primary) in second place with 4 points and Reeyan Gosrani (Peponi House Preparatory School) in third place also with 4 points. First place (girls) went to
Vedhika Seshadri (Princeton Junior Academy) who finished with 4 points and in third place (overall) followed by Nakshathraa Shree Ananda (Shree Cutchi Leva
Patel Samaj School) in second place with 3 points and Janki Nipul Shah (Oshwal Academy Nairobi Primary) in third place with 2.5 points.
The Under 14 sec on saw Alvin Mbithi (Mavens Educa on & Chess Center) emerge in first place (boys) with 5 points, followed by Aguda Lwanga (Nairobi Chess
Academy & Club) in second place with 4 points and Navneeth Nareddy (Premier Academy) in third place also with 4 points. First place (girls) in this sec on was
won by Naiya Gosrani (Peponi House Preparatory School) who finished with 3 points, followed by Shreya Malihalli (Maharashtra Mandal) in second place with 2
points and Jahnavi Mayank Shah (UCMAS Kenya) in third place also with 2 points.
In the Under 18 sec on, John Milton Kihara Mwangi (Anchor Chess Club) defeated three of his fellow compe tors to win first place on a be er e-break score
with 3 points, followed by Sathya Ganesh Iyer (Nairobi Gymkhana Chess Club) in second place with 3 points and Ramya Gowri Vadrevu (Nairobi Gymkhana Chess
Club) in third place also with 3 points.
Sponsors of this tournament included Mys que Gardens (gi vouchers), Chandaria Industries (gi hampers), South Lemon (gi hampers), Savani's Book Centre
(gi vouchers), Kenafric Industries (sweets for all par cipants), Motochess Ventures (gi vouchers) and Kavit Shah (envelopes for cer ficates of par cipa on).
The high level of organisa on was boosted by a low entry fee of KES 300 and provision of refreshments and sweets to all par cipants.
The organising team was composed of Kumar Sheth, Ravi Shah, Paras Gudka, Piyush Modi, Kavit Shah and Ranjana S. Bharaj. The arbitra on team consisted of FA
Paras Gudka (Chief Arbiter), David Macharia, Maureen Njeri, Hannah Muthoni and WFM Sanjana Deshpande. All junior par cipants and the top 30 players in the
Open sec on, including those who did not win any prizes, were given gi vouchers and gi hampers from the various sponsors to mo vate them to do be er in
HCK's next tournament.