Diya Umesh (U-7) and Dhatri Umesh (U-13) of Mysuru bagged top prizes in their respective category in the Karnataka State Rapid Chess Championship held in Bengaluru on Saturday and Sunday. The Championship was organised by Widia Poornaprajna School at Bengaluru. The tournament saw participation from more than 140 chess players from across the State. There…
Wins National Chess Championship
December 5, 2018K.M. Shashidhar of Income-Tax Department, Mysuru (centre), who won the title in the National Chess Championship of the Deaf held in Rajasthan from Dec.1 to 4, is seen receiving the trophy from the guests.
Karnataka State Women’s Chess Championship: Two players share lead
October 2, 2018Top-seed WCM Isha Sharma and second seed Andria L. D’souza (both from Dakshina Kannada) shared the lead with 4.5 points from five rounds at the end of the second day of the three-day Karnataka State Women’s Chess Championship-2018, conducted by Mysore Chess Centre under the aegis of the UKCA jointly with Roatry Club of Mysore…
State Women’s Chess Championship: Facile win for Isha Sharma of DK
October 1, 2018Top-seed WCM Isha Sharma of Dakshina Kannada (DK) (Rating 2012), playing with white pieces on the top board, scored a well-earned win over WCM A.N. Shefali (1) of Mandya, and with two points from two rounds, shared the lead with eleven other players at the end of the second round on the inaugural day of…
State Women’s Chess Championship from Sept. 30
September 24, 2018The Mysore Chess Centre, under the aegis of the United Karnataka Chess Association (UKCA) and in association with the Rotary Club of Mysore East, will be conducting the Karnataka State Women’s Chess Championship-2018 from Sept.30 to Oct.2, at the Ursu Gymkhana Club, Race Course Road, Mysuru. Age category trophies (five in each category) will be…
Chess Tourney on Aug. 19
August 17, 2018An U-15 Open Unrated Chess Tournament will be conducted on Aug.19 at Aaryan Kids School, SBM Colony, Srirampura 2nd Stage here. Swiss league format will be followed. Decision of the arbiter is final and binding. Entry fees of Rs.150 will be accepted at the venue on Aug.18 from 5 pm to 7 pm. Players have…
Karnataka State Open U-17 Chess Championship: Two players share lead
August 5, 2018Jagadish of Bengaluru and Shree Krishna Pranama of Dakshina Kannada with 5.5 points from six rounds share the lead in the Karnataka State U-17 Open Chess Championship 2018, conducted by the Mysore Chess Centre at Raghavendraswamy Mutt premises in Krishnamurthypuram here yesterday. Five players — N. Rakesh (Mandya), Shreyash A. Kulkarni (Bengaluru), Chirag Mudraje (DK),…
Karnataka State U-17 Open & Girls Chess: Nine players share lead in Open boys section
August 4, 2018Nine players — Kalki Eshwar (Bengaluru), Chirag Mudraje (Dakshina Kannada), I. Samith Reddy (Bengaluru), Arnav Muralidhar (Mysuru), Abhay S. Bhandarkar (Bengaluru), P. Jagadish (Bengaluru), N. Rakesh (Mandya), S. Rakshith (Bengaluru) and Shreyansh A. Kulkarni (Bengaluru) — shared the lead with three points each with three rounds on the inaugural day of the Karnataka State Open…
National U-7 Girls Chess Championship: City’s Sara finishes fifth
July 26, 2018Chess player from Mysuru, K.R. Sara, representing Karnataka in the 32nd National U-7 Girls Chess Championships-2018 which concluded at Tumakuru on Tuesday, drew her 11th and last round game against Daksha Rudra of West Bengal and with 8 points from 11 rounds, secured the fifth place. Two players Lakshana Subramanian (TN) and K.A. Meenakshi (AP)…
32nd National U-7 Girls Chess Championship: Mysuru’s Sara scores over AP’s Sharanya
July 23, 2018Top-seed K.R. Sara of Mysuru, representing Karnataka in the 32nd National U-7 Girls Chess Championship-2018 at Tumakuru, on Sunday scored a creditable win over Andhra Pradesh’s Gulshan Sharanya Potluri in the ninth round and after nine rounds, has secured 7.5 points and is placed fourth in the rankings. After nine rounds, three players A. Anjana…
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