Former National U-8 girls champion, A.N. Shefali from Mandya, representing Karnataka in the 32nd National U-9 Girls Chess Championship-2018 at Ranchi recently, secured sixth place with 8.5 points from 9 rounds. Sneha Halder (WB-9 points) won the title, while WCM Suhaani Lohia (Mah-9 points) finished runner-up. Indira Priyadarshini Subbu (TN-8.5 points) secured the third place….
Commonwealth Chess: Shefali finishes sixth
July 5, 2018Delhi: WCM A.N. Shefali of Mandya, representing India in the Commonwealth Girls U-10 Chess Championship in Delhi, finished sixth with five points from seven rounds in the Tournament which concluded on Tuesday. In the final round, Shefali lost to Sneha Halder of West Bengal. Anupam M. Sreekumar of Kerala won the title with 6.5 points…
Commonwealth Chess 2018: Mandya’s Shefali scores over Anjistha Basak
July 3, 2018Mandya’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…
Karnataka State U-9 girls chess championship: Shefali triumphs
June 11, 2018Bengaluru: Mandya’s A.N. Shefali and Mysuru’s Vaishnavi S. Rao tied with 8 points from nine rounds, but on the basis of her better tie-break score of 47 to the latter’s 45, Shefali won the title in the Karnataka State U-9 girls chess championship which concluded in Bengaluru on Sunday. Mysuru’s Vaishnavi Rao finished second and…
7th National School Chess: Mandya’s Shefali wins U-9 girls title
February 2, 2018Mandya’s WCM A.N. Shefali (1195 rating) representing Karnataka and taking part in the National U-9 chess championships 2017-18, held at Odisha on Thursday won the U-9 girls title with 7.5 points from nine rounds. A.N.Shefali and WCM Suhaani Lohia secured 7.5 points each and tied. Shefali’s better progressive tie-break score of 44.75 over her rival’s…
Talented Chess Player: A.N. Shefali
November 12, 2017Chess is a traditional sport and has been patronised in our country for a long time. Mysuru and Mandya districts have been producing talented players from time to time who have gone on to represent the country on various occasions. One such extraordinary talent is upcoming chess player in the U-9 girls section A.N. Shefali,…
31st National U-9 Open Chess: Mandya’s Shefali wins second place
November 11, 2017A.N. Shefali of Karnataka, tied with Anupam Sreekumar (Kerala) and Rajanya Datta (WB), with 9 points from 11 rounds and finished a creditable second in the 31st National U-9 girls Chess Championship-2017 held at Gurgaon from Nov. 2 to 10, on the basis of her better tie-break score of 61 to Rajanya Datta’s 57.50. Anupam…
Chess Whiz Kid: A.N. Shefali
July 16, 2017Chess is a traditional sport and has been patronised in our country for a long time. Mandya’s fourth standard student of Santhome Public School, A.N. Shefali, representing India, did everyone proud by winning the Commonwealth Girls U-8 Chess Championship-2017. She is our ‘Star This Week.’ This is Shefali’s second successive gold in the Commonwealth Chess…
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