Obituary- Cdr R.Ganapathi
On 12th August 2022 Cdr Ganapathi, a pillar of all aspects of chess, including correspondence chess and chess problems, a proficient bridge player, and retired naval officer, passed away in the early hours of the morning. He was 93.
Cdr Ganapathi's begun playing correspondence chess in Correspondence Chess Federation of India (CCAI) in the post-card era and I recall a game I played against him.
Cdr Ganapathi came 3rd in the first Engine Forbidden AIWCF Championship in 2020. In the AIWCF Bulletin 2002 Second Issue, we published his Auto-Chess-O-Graphy.
From the AIWCF WhatsApp Group:
Good evening,
This is Sriram, Cdr Ganapathi's son.
With great sadness I wish to inform you that my father passed away early in the morning on 12 August. He was 93.
Chess was a life-long passion for my father. I thank you for all the support and friendship you offered to him. I request you to please intimate everyone in the chess fraternity about his demise.
Warmest regards
Sriram Ganapathi
Ambar Chatterjee (President AIWCF):
With sadness in my heart I convey to the group the passing away of Cdr Ganapathi at age 93.
Pervez Mandviwala:
My Condolence
S.M.Modak:
Rip
Tanmay Srinath:
My sincere condolences. I played him in one of the AA tournaments and didn't know that he was such a senior stalwart of Indian CC chess. My prayers for the family.
Om Prakash:
My condolences... π
Sunil Somani:
My condolences πππ
Sumeet Bhattacharjee:
My Condolences ππ
Anil Anand (Editor AIWCF Bulletin):
So sad to hear this..π’
Hrishikesh Chavan:
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Lalit Kapoor:
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Devangshu Datta:
My condolences
T.Pavan Kumar:
May God give strength to his family members, during these tough times. ποΈ Shanti. ππ»ππ»ππ»
Nilesh Vyas
May divine soul rest in eternal peace π
Mohan Turaga:
ππΌOm Shanti....
Om Prakash:
Brave man. Om Shanti...
Saurabh Das:
Om Shanti π
Amit Kumar Sharma:
Ye jaankar bahut afsos hua. Bhagwan unki aatma ko shanti or unke pariwar ko ye dukh sehen krne ki shakti de. Om shanti ! Om shanti!! Om shanti!! Shanti!! Shanti!! Very saddened to know. May God give peace to his soul and strength to his family to bear the loss. Om shanti ! Om shanti!! Om shanti!! Shanti!! Shanti!! Cdr Ganapati was a very good player. RIP
Anil Anand (Editor AIWCF Bulletin):
10 years back, I too played a tmt with him. I used to be the Games Editor in those days & after seeing my analysis of his game, he wrote to me asking why I didn't play in the AIWCF championship. So I decided to participate in my debut championship, 1508. Always wearing a cheerful smile, hope you are still smiling from above. RIP great soul..π
Rakesh Agrawal:
My sincere condolences.
Valsan K:
Really a very sad news to the chess lovers. Deepest condolences to the bereaved family. May the departed soul rest in peaceπππ»
Sailesh Chandra (Secretary AIWCF):
Very sad to hear π. Cdr Ganapathi was active in CC even till most recently.
Sgt P.Bhowmick:
I had seen his games immediately after joining AICCF in the year 1997-98. I have deep respect for him (and his games).
May his soul rest in eternal peace.
A collection of games played by Cdr Ganapathi are to be found in his Auto-Chess-O-Graphy. Here, Games Editor, Mohan Turaga has put together Cdr Ganapathi's ICCF Statistics and some of his recent memorable games.
His openings with White: French Advance, Ruy Lopez Closed, Sicilian- Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, Queen's Indian, Sicilian defence, Robatsch deence, Sicilian Najdorf-Opocensky, Scotch Game, Sicilian Taimanov.
Openings with Black: Queen's Indian, Sicilian Najdorf, Queen's Gambit declined, English, Benko Gambit, French-Tarrasch.