Mandya’s chess player WCM A.N. Shefali representing India and taking part in the Commonwealth chess championship in the girls U-10 category won his sixth round tie against Anjistha Basak of West Bengal and is currently placed third in the ranking with 5 points from six rounds on Monday.
In the previous rounds, Shefali had wins over Akshitha Mital (Har),
Dutt Prapti (Guj), Prakash Vaishnavi (UP) and Dakare Rucha (Mah), Anupam M Sreekumar (Ker) with 5.5 points is in the lead after six rounds and is followed by Rout Yashitha (Odi) with 5 points in the second place.
Mysuru’s Sharadhi Shastry (3.5 points-25th), Mandya’s D.Jaanvi (3 points-27th), G.Spoorvika (2.5 points-41st) and Mysuru’s Yashika R Joshi (2 points) are also faring well in the U-10 girls section.
This post was published on July 3, 2018 5:13 pm