IM Ravi Hegde of Bengaluru with 6.5 points from seven rounds clinched the title in the Open Section in the Blitzkrieg 1st State-level Open Chess Tournament conducted by Knight Riders Chess Club of VVCE at the College premises here on Sunday. Ananya Suresh of Mysuru with 6 points finished second while A. Augustin of Kushalnagar secured third place with 5.5 points.

The winner took home a cash prize of Rs.7,000 and a trophy while the runner-up and third place winners secured Rs.5,000 & Rs.3,000 with trophies. The top 15 players in the Open Section were given cash prizes.

Final Placings

Open: 1. IM Ravi Hegde (6,5), 2. Ananya Suresh (6), 3. A. Augustin (5.5), 4. Sharan R. Setty (5.5), 5. M.D. Chiranth (5.5), 6. V.P.S. Darshan (5), 7. Nitinpal (5), 8. M.P. Ajith (5), 9. C. Pavan (5), 10. Prasiddhi Bhat (5); Below 1600: 1. M. Shivanth (4.5), 2. V. Avinash (4.5); Below 1300: 1. M.G. Prameeth (4.5), 2. C. Abhishek (4.5); Best Unrated: 1. L. Jitendra Kashyap (3.5), 2. N. Pranav (3.5); Best veteran: L. Seshadri (4).

Boys — U-15: 1. Rajath Gururaj (4.5), 2. Manu Keerthi (4.5), 3. Siddanth P. Vasisht (4), 4. Fiero Jain (3), 5. G.S. Suhas 93); U-13: 1. C. Vayu Singh (4), 2. S. Krishna (4), 3. M.H. Akash (4), 4. R. Ashvath Ram (4), 5. B. Nimish Raj (4); U-11:  1. R.D. Anurag (5), 2. P. Sukruth (4), 3. Atharva Kale (3), 4. G. Akshay (3), 5. Vipul Hebbar (3); U-9: 1. Vihaan Venugopal (6), 2. Nivaan Raghavendra (5), 3. R. Hruthvik (5), 4. Hitharth Umesh (4.5), 5. Ashwin Kumar Gowda (4).

Girls — U-15: 1. S. Meghana (4), 2. Nesha Kavya Gowda (4), 3. Diya Sailal (2), 4. R. Sanjana (2), 5. K.S. Samdyatha (1); U-13: 1. Dhatri Umesh (5), 2. V. Deeksha (4), 3. Sanjana G. Rao (3.5), 4. Nityashree Lokesha (3), 5. Anuja Anand (3); U-11: 1. Yashika R. Joshi (4), 2. R. Ashvitha (4), 3. Akshara Kishore (3.5), 4. Sinchana S.P. Jain (3), 5. A.K. Sinchana Rao (3); U-9: 1. L. Vaishnavi (5), 2. K.R. Ghanashree (5), 3. V. Vaishnavi (4), 4. S.G. Vishmitha (4), 5. S.K. Deeksha (4); U-7: 1. Diya Umesh (6), 2. Dhrithi Madhusudhan (5), 3. Y.S. Lithayaa (5), 4. M. Yadharsha (5), 5. A. Aadya (4).