Under 14 Boys & Girls Chess Championship

Press Release
Bellevision Media Network

Mangalore, 05 October 2011: In Boys, Top seeded Arjun Adappa  scored all wins in 7 rounds to win the honour in the  Karnataka state under 14chess championship organized by King’s Academy, Mangalore on behalf of Karnataka State Chess Association (affiliated to Chess Association of India, Lucknow) held at Derik’s Chess School, Mangalore.
 
Athul Shetty, Yashas Smaga, Under 10 champion Anutthama A and Akhil R M were in a 4 way tie with 5 points each after 7 rounds. Favorable tiebreak points helped Athul to secure runner up. Others were placed 3rd to 5th in the order. Shreyas Pandith, Abhishek Bhat, Dhrikshu Vasanth and Shashanka Katta were placed 6th to 9th with 4.5 points.

 

 
 
In Girls, game between top seeded Reesha Shenoy and second seeded Prerna Rai played a well fought game in 4th round which ended with the draw. However, both scored victories in the final round to end with two way tie. Better tiebreak points favoured Prerna Rai to win the title. Reesha Shenoy had to be content for Runner-up.
 
Yogitha Mohan Naik, Manasa karanth, Ishani Rai, Adithi Surana and Shreya Bhat were placed 3rd to 7th place with 3 points each.
 
Prizes were distributed by John Fernandes, entrepreneur and Deric Pinto, President, Karnataka State Chess Association. CA Radesh Shenoy, Secretary, King’s Academy; Praveen Kamath, Coordinator; Sabitha Kunder, Chief Arbiter were also present on the dais.
 
Top two players in each category are selected to represent Karnataka in the CAI’s National Under 14 chess championship.