The NIE women’s chess team won the VTU Inter-collegiate Inter Zone Chess Championships 2017-18 organised by Sri Jagadguru Murugarajendra Institute of Technology in Chitradugra recently. Seen in the picture are (sitting from left) Physical Education Director H.N. Shankaranarayana, Team Captain Pooja V. Kadam, Principal Dr. G.L. Shekar and Assistant Physical Education Director R. Kavya. (Standing…
Karnataka State U-13 Girls & Open Chess Tourney: Bhagyashree, Keshav triumph
April 24, 2017City’s Prasiddhi Bhat, Shivanth finish fifth Hassan : Bhagyashree Patil of Bengaluru with 8 points from 9 rounds and Keshav Kothari with 9 points from 9 rounds won the U-13 girls and U-13 Open titles in the Karnataka State U-13 girls & Open Chess Championships held at Hassan from Apr. 21-23. Mysuru’s Prasiddhi Bhat secured…
Karnataka State U-13 Girls & Open Chess Tourney: City’s Prasiddhi Bhatin 6th place
April 22, 2017Mysuru girl Prasiddhi Bhat, taking part in the Karnataka State U-13 Girls Chess Championships 2017 being held at Rajeev Educational Arcade, Hassan, from Apr. 21-23, has secured 2 points from two rounds and is placed sixth in the rankings on Friday. In all, 17 players are tied with 2 points each at the end of…
MDCA Open Rapid Chess Tournament: Rakesh of Mandya triumphs
April 20, 2017Rakesh of Mandya with 7.5 points from eight rounds clinched the title in the Open section in the Mysore District Open Monthly Rapid Chess Tournament-2017 conducted by MDCA at the University Lions Hall premises here yesterday. Pavan (6.5 points) and Krishna Murthy (6 points) (both from Mysuru) secured the second and third places respectively in…
Karnataka State U-7 Girls & Open Chess Tournament: Shriyana Mallya emerges victorious
April 6, 2017Shriyana S. Mallya of Dakshina Kannada with 8 points from nine rounds clinched the Karnataka State U-7 girls chess title in the championships held at Bengaluru from Apr. 2-4. Jeshyln Jinisha and Bhoomika Singh (both Bengaluru), Tanishka Jain (Mandya) and L. Vaishnavi (B’luru) secured 6 points from nine rounds and took the places from second…
3rd Karnataka State Open Rapid Chess Tournament: Aravind Shastry triumphs
April 6, 2017Aravind Shastry of Bengaluru with 8.5 points from nine rounds clinched the title in the 3rd Karnataka State Open Rapid Chess Tournament held at Bengaluru on Apr. 2. Gavi Siddayya finished second with 8 points, while Nikhil C. Joshi (8 points) secured the third place. A. Balkishan (7.5 points) and Mysuru lad M.P. Ajith (7.5…
12th National ‘A’ Chess for Visually-Impaired: Kishan Gangolli wins City’s Shashidhar fares well
March 12, 2017Mysuru-based visually-impaired chess player K.M. Shashidhar drew his 13th and final round tie against Tamil Nadu’s Marimuthu and finished 12th in the final rankings with 4 points from 13 rounds in the 12th National ‘A’ Chess for Visually-Impaired which concluded at Mumbai yesterday. Kishan Gangolli of Karnataka with 10.5 points from 13 rounds clinched the…
12th National ‘A’ Chess for Visually-Challenged: Shashidhar goes down to Akhil
March 9, 2017Mysuru-based K.M. Shashidhar, taking part in the 12th National ‘A’ Chess Championship for Visually Challenged being held at Mumbai, lost his ninth round against Delhi’s Akhil Sharma on yesterday. After nine rounds, K.M. Shashidhar has secured 2.5 points and is placed 12th in the rankings. Karnataka’s Kishan Gangolli is in the lead with 7.5 points…
City’s Shashidhar loses to Pradhan
March 8, 2017K.M. Shashidhar representing Karnataka in the 12th National ‘A’ chess for Visually Challenged at Mumbai lost his seventh round tie on yesterday. Shashidhar lost to Odisha’s Soundarya Kumar Pradhan. After seven rounds, Shashidhar has secured 2.5 points and is placed 10th in the rankings. K. Makwana Ashvin of Gujarat is in the lead with 6…
Ajith wins State Open Chess Tournament
February 11, 2017Mysuru lad M.P. Ajith successfully defended Bagalkot Open Chess Tournament by winning this year’s tournament which concluded in Bagalkot on February last. He took home a cash prize of Rs.10,000 along with a trophy.
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