Mysuru-based visually-impaired chess player K.M. Shashidhar drew his 13th and final round tie against Tamil Nadu’s Marimuthu and finished 12th in the final rankings with 4 points from 13 rounds in the 12th National ‘A’ Chess for Visually-Impaired which concluded at Mumbai yesterday.
Kishan Gangolli of Karnataka with 10.5 points from 13 rounds clinched the title. He was followed by Patil Sirish (Maharashtra) with 9 points, K. Makwana Ashvin with 9 points, Aryan B. Joshi (Maharashtra) with 8.5 points, S.K. Pradhan (Odisha) with 8.5 points, who took the places from third to fifth in the rankings.
This post was published on March 12, 2017 6:43 pm