Grand Master (GM) Girsh A. Koushik of Mysuru emerged as the sole leader with 7 points from 8 rounds on the penultimate day of the SDM Roto Lawyers’ Cup International FIDE rated open chess tournament at Belthangady on Sunday. In the eighth round, GM Girish Kosuhik and GM Vishnu Prasanna of Tamil Nadu were involved…
Bangalore Open 3 – FIDE Rating Chess Tourney: Girish Koushik wins title
April 25, 2019Mysuru lad IM Girish A. Koushik (Rating 2437), taking part in Bangalore Open 3 – FIDE Rating Chess Tourney held at Silicon City Academy of Secondary Education, Konakunte, Bengaluru, from Apr.17 to 21, won the title by securing 9.5 points from ten rounds. IM M. Chakravarthi Reddy and FM Niranjan Navalgund tied with 8.5 points…
Akshayakalpa Karnataka State Open Chess: Girish Koushik triumphs
April 19, 2018Mysuru lad IM Girish A. Koushik (Rating 2401) playing with white pieces on the top board held GM M. S. Thejkumar of Mysuru in the 10th round, and tied with the latter with 9 points from 10 rounds, but clinched the title on the basis of his better progressive tie-break score of 74.5 to the…
Akshayakalpa 46th Open ICA Monthly Chess Tournament: City’s Girish triumphs
January 30, 2018Mysuru lad Girish A. Koushik (2374 Rating), taking part in Akshayakalpa 46th ICA Monthly Open Chess Tournament held at Silicon City Academy Secondary School premises, Bengaluru, won the title with 7 points from 8 rounds. Girish Koushik tied with Md.Dilshad (Rating 1930) who also secured 7 points from 8 rounds but Girish Koushik’s better progressive-tie-break…
City’s Girish held by Manush Shah
January 5, 2018Mysuru lad IM Girish A. Koushik was held to a draw by Manush Shah in the fifth round of IIFL Wealth 3rd Mumbai International Chess tournament being held at Mount Litera School, Bandra (E), Mumbai from Dec. 30 to Jan. 7. Girish Koushik, after five rounds, has secured 3.5 points and is placed 66th in…
Bhopal International GM Chess Tournament: Girish fares well
January 3, 2018IM Girish A. Koushik taking part in the Bhopal International GM Chess Tournament 2017 organised by Sports Youth Welfare Department and Academy of Chess Education, Bhopal, from Dec. 21-28 fared well by securing 7.5 points from ten rounds and secured 11th place in the tournament. GM Nguyen Duc Hoa of Vietnam with 8.5 points won…
ChessMine Open FIDE Rated Rapid Chess Tournament: City lad IM Girish Koushik finishes third
August 8, 2017Mysuru lad IM Girish Koushik (Rating 2319) taking part in the ChessMine Open Rated Rapid Chess Tournament 2017 conducted by ChessMine Ltd at SG Convention hall, Bengaluru from Aug. 5-7 finished third by securing 8.5 points from 10 rounds. GM Abhijeet Gupta won the title after winning the playoffs by beating GM Gopal and IM…
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