Karnataka State Amateur Chess Championship : Raghavendra wins title

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City’s Tulsi finishes 12th

Raghavendra seen receiving the winner’s trophy from FIDE Vice-President D.V. Sundar as Woodlands Hotel Director Ramakrishna, Director, AICF Joint Secretary Hotel Woodlands Proprietor Geeta Rao, UKCA Vice-President Nagendra Muralidhar and Secretary Aravind Shastry look on.
Raghavendra seen receiving the winner’s trophy from FIDE Vice-President D.V. Sundar as Woodlands Hotel Director Ramakrishna, Director, AICF Joint Secretary Hotel Woodlands Proprietor Geeta Rao, UKCA Vice-President Nagendra Muralidhar and Secretary Aravind Shastry look on.

Mysuru :

Raghavendra of Bengaluru with 8 points from nine rounds clinched the title in the Karnataka State Amateur Chess Championship 2016,conducted by the United Karnataka Chess Association (UKCA) at Hotel Woodlands in Bengaluru recently.

Sameer Ghotane (Belagavi), Chincholimath Halsagar (Belagavi), M.Raju (B’luru) and Kedar Umesh Vaze (Shivamogga) with 7.5 points from 9 rounds secured the places from second to fifth places respectively.

Mysuru girl, M. Tulsi with 7 points from 9 rounds secured the 12th place. Other Mysuru players, Chaitanya Ganesh (6 pts-37th place), K.S. Chiranjan Kumarr (5.5 pts-59th place), R. Ashuthosh Srivatsa (5 pts-85th place), Ananya R. Patel (4.5 pts-114th place) fared well in the tournament.

Final Placings: V. Raghavendra (B’luru-8), Sameer Ghotane (Belagavi- 7.5-44.25), Chincholimath Halsagar (Belagavi- 7.5-41.75), M. Raju (B’luru-7.5-41.00), Kedar Umesh Vaze (Shivamogga- 7.5-40.75), Varma Shabdik (DK-7), J.K. Goutham (Shivamogga-7), P.Jagadish (B’luru-7 pts), Bharadwaj Akshay (B’luru-7), Ansuman Mohanty (B’luru-7) and M. Tulsi (Mysuru-7).

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / July 08th, 2016

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