Bengaluru :

Last year’s National Amateur Chess Champion and top seeded M.P. Ajith of Mysuru, taking part in the Karnataka State Amateur Chess Championship-2016 conducted by United Karnataka Chess Association at Hotel Woodlands, Bengaluru, on Sunday, won his fourth round tie and with four points from four rounds, is in the lead with six other players in the tournament.

In the fourth round, M.P. Ajith scored a creditable win over Mysuru girl M. Tulsi (3 points).

Six other players — Varma Shabdhik, Anshuman Mohanty, K. Durgesh, P. Jagadish, S. Svatejas and M.Satvik — have also secured four points from four rounds and are placed from second to seventh in the rankings.

Other Mysuru players — M. Tulsi (3 points – 25th), Chaitanya Ganesh (3 points – 51st), S. Asuthosh (2 points – 90th), Ananya R. Patel (2 points – 105th), K.S. Chiranjan Kumar (2 points – 132nd) and Dhatri Umesh (1.5 points – 144th) are also faring well in the tournament.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / July 04th, 2016