Four players — Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Isha Sharma from Dakshina Kannada, Grand Master (GM) M.S. Thejkumar, International Master (IM) Girish A. Koushik (both from Mysuru) and IM G.A. Stany — shared the lead with 7.5 points each from eight rounds and are placed from one to four in the rankings, in the Akshayakalpa Karnataka…
Akshayakalpa State Open Chess: Thejkumar scores over Balkishan
April 17, 2018Grand Master M.S. Thejkumar of Mysuru (2493), playing with white pieces on the top board, yesterday scored a well-earned win over A. Balkishan (2026) and is in joint lead with two other players — D. Yashas and Mysuru’s IM Girish A. Koushik — with six points from six rounds in the Akshayakalpa Karnataka State Open…
MDCA Saanvi Technologies Cup District-level Chess: Mayuraditya, Sheetal bag titles
March 31, 2018Mayuraditya with seven points from seven rounds and G. Sheetal with four points from seven rounds clinched the boys and girls U-15 titles in the MDCA Saanvi Technologies Cup District-level Sub-Junior Chess Tournament held at the University Lions Hall here yesterday. The prizes to the winners were given away by Yashasvi Shankar, MD, Saanvi Technologies…
U-12 Open Chess Tourney on Apr.2
March 29, 2018Mysore Chess Club, Mysuru, has organised U-12 Open Chess Tourney for Boys and Girls under the age group of 12 years (born on or after 1.1.2006) at Gopalaswamy Shishuvihara Institutions, near Nanjumalige Circle, on Apr.2. Interested players should report at the venue at 10 am. Players should bring their Chess Set and Date of Birth…
State Sub-Junior Chess
March 19, 2018The Mysore Chess Centre will be organising the Karnataka State Sub-Juniors Chess Championship from Apr.20 to 22 at Hotel Dasaprakash Paradise Hall in Yadavagiri here. A total of Rs.60,000 cash prizes and more than 80 trophies in U-7, U-9, U-11 and U-13 Open and Girls categories are in the offing. For details, contact Ph: 0821-4288437…
26th BRDCA State Open Rapid Chess Tourney: Sriram Sarja clinches title
February 20, 2018Sriram Sarja with 6 points from seven rounds clinched the title in the 26th BRDCA State Open Rapid Chess Tourney held at Bengaluru on Feb.18. Ojas Kulkarni (5.5-26), H.G. Santhosh Kashyap (5.5-24.5), M.G. Gahan (5.5-24), Sameer Ghotane (5.5-22.5) and Sushrutha Reddy (95.5-22.5) tied with 5.5 points and secured the places from second to sixth respectively…
Winners of Inter-Collegiate Chess
February 8, 2018The women’s chess team of NIE won the Mysuru City Inter-Collegiate Chess Championships 2017-18 by scoring 9 points out of possible 12 points. The Championship was organised by Onkarmal Somani Teachers Institute, Mysuru, at St. Philomina’s College in city recently. Seen in the picture are (from left – sitting) Sindhu S. Rao (Captain), Principal Dr….
Karnataka State Open Chess Championship: Five players share lead
February 4, 2018Five players IM Ravi Gopal Hegde (B’luru), R. Hanumantha (B’luru), GM M.S. Thejkumar (Mysuru), D.Yashas (B’luru) and Naveen S. Hegde (UK) with five points each shared the lead in the Karnataka State Open Chess Championship-2018, conducted by Chikkamagalore District Chess Association at Horanadu Temple Hall yesterday. Mysuru’s M.P. Ajith is placed 10th (4 points), while…
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…
7th Natl. School Chess Championship 2018: Prasiddhi Bhat in sixth place
January 31, 2018Mysuru girl Prasiddhi Bhat, representing Karnataka in the 7th National School Chess Championships-2018 in the girls U-13 category, has secured four points from six rounds and is placed sixth in the rankings yesterday. In the girls U-9 section, Mandya’s WCM A.N. Shefali is placed fourth with 4.5 points from six rounds. Shefali had wins over…
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