M. Shivanth and M.U. Thejas tied with 5.5 points from six rounds, but the former’s better tie-break score of 24.5 to the latter’s 22, helped him to clinch the U-17 Open Chess title in the First Move Inter-School Chess Tournament 2019, held at Kautilya Vidyalaya premises here on Sunday.

Final Placings

U-17 Open (6 rounds): 1. M. Shivanth (5.5 – 24.5),

2. M.U. Thejas (5.5 – 22), H.M. Bharath Raj (4.5), 4. V. Avinash (4 – 21.5), 5. Chandrashekara Mayuraditya (4 – 21).

U-14 (7 rounds): 1. M.G. Prameeth (6.5), 2. Prasiddhi Bhat (6 – 32.5), 3. M.D. Suryananda (6 – 31.5), 4. M.H. Akash (5 – 34), 5. M.M. Shreedha (5 – 32).

U-11 (7 rounds): 1. G. Akshay (6 – 28.5), 2. N.C. Gambhir (6 – 27.5), 3. R.P. Anurag (6 – 27), 4. K. Haripreeth Gurukar (6 – 27), 5. P. Sukruth (6 – 26).

U-9 (7 rounds): 1. R. Hruthvik (7), 2. K.P. Chowdary (6 – 32.5), 3. Shreyas K. Patil (6 – 27.5), 4. Nivaan Raghavendra (5.5 – 30.5), 5. Aarush S. Gowda (5.5 – 26.5).

U-7 (7 rounds): 1. R. Shreyas (7), 2. Y.S. Lithanyaa (6 – 30), 3. Saathvik Vishwanath (6 – 29), 4. M. Dhrithi (5.5 – 29), 5. Vivaan Gupta (5.5 – 29).