Panaji :

City’s IM M. S. Thejkumar of South Western Railways, Mysuru, taking part in the Ist TTCA All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2015 at Panaji, Goa, won his final round tie against Goa’s Audi Ameya (Rating 1924) and clinched the title with 8.5 points from nine rounds yesterday.

IM M S Thejkumar won a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/- along with a trophy.

With this performance, Thejkumar earned 11.4 points to his present rating points of 2450.

M.S. Thejkumar was followed by Akshat Khamparia (MP) with 7.5 points, Navalgund Niranjan (TN) with 7.5 points, M. Vijay Anand (TN) with 7.5 points and J. Ramakrishna (Andhra Bank) with 7 points in second to fifth place respectively.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports  News / Saturday – May 23rd, 2015