Mysore :

Karnataka’s top ranked chess player from city, IM M.S. Thejkumar of South Western Railways, won Chaturya 1st Satara FIDE Rating Open Rapid Chess Tournament 2014 held at Satara on June 28 and 29.

Thejkumar, sponsored by M/S.Saanvi Technologies, USA and www.mysoresport.com had an unbeaten record in the tournament and with his performance in this tournament has added 6.3 points to his present rating of 2446.

Thejkumar won his last round match against Soham Dattar of Pune and won a cash prize of Rs.15,000 along with a trophy.

He had wins over Dalal Ambar Abhay of Goa, Mokashi Rohit of Sangli, L. Saurabh of Nagpur, Gopal Rathod of Sholapur, Bhambhure Shantanu of Pune, S. Bartakke Amardeep, Kulkarni Rakesh and Soham Dattar. He drew his lone game against WFM Pujari Rucha of Kholapur.

Bhambure Shantanu of Pune finished second with 7.5 points and was followed by Kulkarni Rakesh (7.5 pts), WHM Pujari Rucha and B. Amardeep of Railways with 7 points each.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com/ Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News /  July 01st, 2014