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DASARA SPECIAL CHESS COACHING CAMPS

1) Beginners Level Coaching Camp from 22^nd September to 1^st October 2009:

Eligibility: For Children between age of 6 to 10 only.

Timing: 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 noon..

2) Intermediate Level Coaching Camp from 22^nd September to 1^st October 2009:

for Intermediate Group and Advanced Beginners Group.

(DCS Level 2 & 3)

Eligibility: For Children having attended formal training previously.

Timing: 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 noon.

SPECIAL COACHING CAMP ONLY FOR BELOW 7 CHILDREN FROM 21^ST SEPTEMBER TO 4^TH OCTOBER 2009:

for Under 7 Children. Must be a Regular Batch student.

Eligibility: Born on or after 01/01/2002

Timing: 3.00p.m. to 5.00p.m.

Contact details:

Tel: 0824 4277273 Email: dcs.chess@gmail.com

Asian Youth Chess: DCS Report

In Under 14 Girls, Vanessa D'souza scored a win over 2nd seeded Atabayeva Gozel of Turkmenistan. So far she has made a strong come back with 3 wins in a row.

In Under 14 Boys, Nihal manjunath lost to FM Vuong Trung Hieuof Vietnam.

Asian Youth DCS report:

In Under 14 Boys, Nihal manjunath lost his 3rd round game against Igambergenov Alibek of Kazakstan. It was surprising to see both players overlooking a mistake in the opening. Igambergenov played a blunder which would cost him a piece, Nihal just overlooked and the game went on for further middle game battle. However Nihal secured draw against Vietnam's Pham Hoai Naam in 4th round and scored a win in a miniature game against Munasinghe of Srilanka in 5th Round. In 5th Round, he played rook sacrifice which demolished all possible defences of the opponent.

In Under 14 Girls, Vanessa lost to Premnath Dinushki in 3rd Round. However she bounced back strongly by notching wins in 4th and 5th round against WCM Nguyen Ngoc Thuy Trang of Vietnam and Kahramonova Mohinur of Uzbekstan.

Asian Youth Chess Rd 2- DCS Report

In Boys Under 14 Nihal Manjunath had a walk over against Vuong Trung Hieu of Vietnam. He takes up his tally to 1.5 points in 2 rounds.

In Under 14 Girls, Vanessa failed to retain initiative and lost to WFM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat of Iran. Vanessa has scored 1 point in 2 rounds.

4th August i.e tomorrow only one round is scheduled.

Asian Youth Chess- Vanessa wins, Nihal holds Sahoo

In the on going Asian Youth Chess Championship at Delhi, Vanessa D'souza of India kick started her campaign with win over Sydykova Myrzagyl of Kyrgyzstan in Under 14 girls category.

In Boys Under 14, Nihal Manjunath of India upstaged an upset by holding 2nd seeded Utkal Ranjan Sahoo for draw.

2nd Round also will be played today.

Links for Viewers are given in indianchessfed.org

delhichess.com

DCS talents Nihal, Vanessa for Asian Youth Chess

DCS prodigies Nihal Manjunath and Vanessa D’souza are among the selected by the All India Chess Federation to represent India in the “Asian Youth Chess Championship 2009” being organized by All India Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation from 2^nd to 9^th August 2009 at New Delhi.

Nihal will take part in the Under 14 Boys category and Vanessa will participate in the Under 14 Girls category. Both of their performance in the National Under 13 Chess Championship held in 2008 at Vellore where Nihal stood 3^rd and Vanessa secured 5^th has won them the selection for Asian Youth.

Nihal is studying in 10^th standard in Lourdes Central School and son of Dr.Manjunath and Dr. Veena Manjunath. Apart from National Bronze, he has also won Silver Medal in Asian School Chess, State Under 13 title, has led Lourdes Central School team which won National CBSE Championship and many more laurels.

Vanessa is studying in 9^th standard in St Agnes Girls High School and daughter of Victor D’souza and Avith D’souza. Vanessa has also won many State Championship titles and Gold and Bronze Medals in National School Games. Her younger sister Andrea D’souza is also well known chess prodigy who has won many laurels for the institute.

DCS ARCHIVES: DCS talents excel in State Championshipship

DCS talents have performed well in the recent held State Under 11 and 9 Boys and Girls Chess Championships and have brought laurels to the city. In State Under 11 Boys and Girls Chess Championship held in Bangalore from 5th to 7th June 2009 organised by United Karnataka Chess Association, DCS prodigy Pangal Gopalakrishna Nayak secured Runner Up by scoring 7.5 points in 9 rounds.


Another DCS talent Andrea D'souza scored 5.5 points in 7 rounds and was placed Runner Up in Girls category. Both have qualified to represent Karnataka in the upcoming National Under 11 Chess Championship to be held in Shimoga from 9th to 18th July 2009.

DCS ARCHIVES: DCS Chess Prodigy Sharan Rao wins State Under 9 Chess Championship

DCS Chess prodigy and also former State Under 7 Champion Sharan Rao has expectedly won the title in the State under 9 chess championship organized by Udupi District Chess Association under the auspices of United Karnataka Chess Association organised at Sri Siddivinayaka Residential School, Hattiangadi from 15th to 17th May 2009. Top seeded Sharan Rao secured first with unbeaten score of 6.5 points with 6 wins and a draw in 7 rounds.

Another DCS talent Swathi Bhat K M won the ruuner up place in Under 9 Girls chess championship. She scored 5 points in 7 rounds and her higher progressive points helped her to secure 2nd place.

Both the players will represent Karnataka in the National Under 9 Chess Championship to be held in Chennai during June.

Sharan Rao is studying in 4th standard in St Theresa Convent School. He is son of Shubhananda Rao and Jyothi Rao.

Swathi Bhat is studying in 3rd standard in Ladyhill English primary School. She is daughter of Dr Mari Bhat and Preethi Bhat.

DCS talents Rajath Rao(Sharada Vidyalaya) and Daniel Marc D'souza(Presidency School) and Nikhilesh Holla(St Aloysius) also delivered impressive performances.

DCS ARCHIVES: Nihal Manjunath wins Inter District Open Rapid Chess Tournament

Nihal Manjunath has won the Inter District Open Rapid Chess Tournament organised by Derik's Chess School on 31st May 2009 at Lourdes High School Hall, Mangalore. Nihal scored unbeaten 5.5 points in 6 rounds to claim the honour.

The tournament witnessed particpation of more than 140 players from D.K, udupi, Kasargod, Chikkmagalur and Hassan.

The event was inaugurated by young entrepreneur Amith Pinto with a symbolic move. State Under 9 champion Sharan Rao played the answer move. Smt.Preethi Pinto; Deric Pinto, Administrator, DCS and Rathnavarama Bunnu, Advocate were also present on the dais.

In the valedictory ceremony, prizes wew distributed by chess promoter Srinivas Nayak Indaje; Azfar Razak, Treasurer, JDS Mangalore South; Radhesh Shenoy, Chartered Accountant; Rathnavarma Bunnu, Advocate. Deric Pinto and Prasanna Rao, Administrators, DCS were also present on the dais.

National Arbiter Prasanna Rao was the Tournament Director. He was assisted by Umanath Kaup, Vijayaraj, Sabitha, Suma Shetty and Karunakar Shetty.

Final Standings of Inter District Open Rapid Chess Tournament

(Placing, Name, place, Points in 6 rounds, Progressive score)

Open category

1 Nihal Manjunath, Lourdes Central School 5.5 - 20.5
2 Ganesh Kumar, Canara College 5-17.0
3 Anantharam R U, Sharada Vidyalaya 4-16.0
4 Vishwas Saralaya, Udupi 4-16.0
5 Prakash V Rao, Mangalore 4-16.0

Open- Womens'
1 Vanessa D'souza, St Agnes High School 4.5-15.5
2 Andrea D'souza, St Agnes Pry School 3-14.0
3 Bhargavi Alva, St Agnes high School 2-5.0

Under 8 Boys

1 Murali mukunda,Sharada Vidyalaya 5.5- 18.5
2 Rajath Rao,Sharada VIdyalaya 5 - 16.0
3 Chirag baliga,Canara Eng Pry 4.5 - 16.5
4 Siddarth beedu, Vidyodaya, Udupi 4 - 17.0
5 Pranjal adappa,Lordes Central 4 - 13.0

Under 8 Girls

1 Swathi bhat,Ladyhill Eng Pry 5 - 20.0
2 Vaishnavi Bhat,Canara Eng Pry 4- 13.0
3 Viola lewis,Holy Rosary 3.5- 12.5

Under 10 Boys

1 Arjun adappa,Lourdes Central School 6 - 21.0
2 Vishruth, Kendriya Vidyalaua 4 - 16.0
3 Dhrikshu, Lourdes Central School 4- 13.5
4 Vathan P H,Sudana School, Puttur 4- 12.0
Special Prize: Rajath Kumar,SSCS, Kundapur

Under 10 Girls

1 Panchami Shenoy, St Agnes Eng Pry 5 - 17.0
2 Reesha Shenoy, Carmel Eng School 4 - 17.0
3 Rashmi kamath, Canra Girls 4 - 13.0
4 Lavanya, Ladyhill Eng Pry 4 - 12.0

Under 12 Boys

1 Sharan rao,St.Theresa Convent School 5.5 - 20.0
2 Adithya pai,St.Theresa Convent School 5.5- 20.0
3 Akash K shetty,PPS-Aldur 4.5 - 17.0

4 Anishcharith,SVS Bantwal 4.5 - 16.0
5 Dheeraj H,Canara Urwa 4 - 17.0

Under 12 Girls

1 Eulalia,Lourdes Central School 4 - 15.0
2 Prithvi,Kendriya Vidyalaya 4 - 13.0
3 Athmiya Gowda,PPS-Aldur 3 - 11.0

Under 16 Boys

1 Pangal Goaplkrishna,Canara Urwa 6 - 21.0
2 Megharaj P,Milagres Kallianpur 5 - 19.0
3 Vivek raj,Kendriya Vidyalaya- Hassan 5 - 18.0
4 Pampa Peraje,Sri Ramakrishna School 4.5 - 13.0
5 Vivek joshi,SDM-Ujire 4 - 16.0

Under 16 Girls

1 Mahima Khandige,St Agnes Pry School 4 - 15.0
2 Krupa jain,SVS Bantwal 3 - 12.0
3 Seema Crasta,SVS Bantwal 3 - 11.0

DCS ARCHIVES: DCS 1st Circuit Chess 2009- Vikram Saralaya clinches title after 3 way tie

Udupi District's top player Vikram Saralaya emerged winner in the Derik's Chess School's 1st Circuit Chess Tournament of 2009 organised on 8th February at DCS, Mangalore.

After 6 rounds, Vikram Saralaya (Udupi), Koushik R (M'lore) and Ganesh Kumar (M'lore) all FIDE Rated, were in a 3 way tie for the 1st place with 5 points each. However, tiebreak points favoured Vikram Saralaya to bag the honour. Koushik and Ganesh were placed 2nd and 3rd respectively. Another FIDE Rated player Prakash V Rao was placed 4th with 4.5 points. Young prodigies Anantharam R U(Sharada Vidyalaya) and Shabdik Varma (SDM, Ujire), who staged many upsets in the tournament were placed 5th and 6th respectively.


Among the Girls, Vanessa D'souza (St.Agnes Girls High School) won the 1st place again with her better progressive score over Andrea D'souza (St.Agnes Eng Pry) and Chrisel Pais (Ladyhill Eng Pry) who were also on 4 points each. Andrea and Chrisel were placed 2nd and 3rd in the order.

Edgar Pereira (Lourdes Central) won the 'Best unrated Player' prize. Abhijith Kamath (Sharada Vidyalaya) and Amoga Vigram (St. Theresa's Convent School) were awarded as 'Promising talents'.

In the valedictory ceremony, Sudhakar Kudva, Founder, Oregaon Scholastic Chess Federation, US distributed prizes to the winners. In his address, he praised the quality of the game displayed by the juniors and asked them to continue with determined efforts to achieve higher goals. Deric Pinto and Prasanna Rao, both Administrators of DCS were present on the occassion.

The event had witnessed participation of 34 invited players including 12 FIDE rated players.

Chess Tournament for Kids

Nihal, Krupa win Rapid Chess Tournament

Nihal Manjunath of Lourdes Central School (Mangalore) and Krupa Jain of SVS English High School (Bantwal) won the titles in the Under 16 boys and girls categories respectively in the "Inter District Level Children's Rapid Chess Tournament" organised by Ashokanagar Yuvaka Sangha (Regd) in Ashokanagar Higher Primary School, Ashokanagar, Mangalore.

Top seeded Nihal Manjunath scored 5 points in as many rounds to clinch the title.Megharaj of Milagres, Brahmavar won the 2nd place with 3.5 points. Akash H of Lourdes Central won the 3rd place with 3.5 points.

In Girls, Krupa scored 3.5 points to win the honour. Raksha K of Canara Girls High School and Arpitha Rai of Nettanigmudnoor School, Puttur were placed 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Important Placings:

Under 13 Boys: 1st Place- Pangal Gopalakrishna Nayak (Canara High
School, Urwa)- 5 points in 6 rounds
2nd Place- Abhijith Kamath (Sharada Vidyalaya)- 5
3rd Place- Akash Shetty (P.P.S, Chikkamagaloor)- 5
4th Place- Sourav Shetty (Canara High School)- 5
5th Place- Adithya Pai (St. Theresa's )- 4.5

Under 13 Girls: 1st Place- Athmiya Gowda(P.P.S, Chikkamagaloor)- 4.5
points in 5 rounds
2nd Place-Suparna Holla ( Sri Mahalingeshwara)- 4
3rd Place-Mahima Khandige(St.Agnes)- 3.5

Under 9 Boys: 1st Place- Rajath Rao K.N( Sharada Vidyalaya)- 5
points in 5 rounds
2nd Place-Dhruva (S.S.P, Uppunda)- 4
3rd Place- Amogha Vigram ( St. Theresa's)- 4

Under 9 Girls: 1st Place- Panchami Shenoy (St.Agnes)- 4.5 points in 5 rounds
2nd Place- Swathi Bhat K.M(Ladyhill Eng Pry)- 4.5
3rd Place- Lavanya Rao (Ladyhill Eng Pry)- 4


Overall Winners- Sharada Vidyalaya

In the prize distribution ceremony, Amithakala, Corporator, Ashokanagar; B.P Harishkumar; Derc Pinto, Administrator, DCS distributed prizes to the winners. Jayaram, President, AYS (Ashokanagar Yuvaka Sangha); Dayananda Shetty, Sports Secretary, AYS; Shankar Punja, Secreatary, AYS and Chandrashekhar Bhandary, Deputy Arbiter were also present on the dais.


Earlier, the event was inaugurated by Henry D'souza, Patron AYS by lighting the lamp. Ashwin Kumar, Corporator, Urwa and Henry D'souza played symbolic chess moves on the board. Narayan Suvarna, Hon.President, Ays; Jayaram, President, AYS and Deric Pinto, Administrator, DCS were also present on the occassion.

The event was conducted on the occassion of 48th Anniversary of Ashokanagar Yuvaka Sangha (Regd). It attracted 135 players across from the ditricts of D.K, Udupi, Kasargod, North Canara and Chikkamagaloor.

Chess Tournament for children on 28th December 2008

Does Karnataka Chess belong to few?

The point in discussion here is whether Karnatakachess belongs to the small group of Parents and coaches who run affairs according to their wishes and their motifs.

*When one sees www.karnatakachess.com may think that only few names dominates in karnataka chess. But in reality many good performances by talents are either not showcased or being downplayed. This bad trend has been running since the new association overtook official status.

*They have been forming parallel association in districts where chess was already active.....have ignored the districts where there was a need for development.

*They have failed to take action on SKDCA like associations which haven't conducted any district championship.

* The official website and official blogs have been a great farce......a mockery of the system itself.

Go through them.....write your opinion.......your solution......

Nihal Manjunath wins 3rd place in National under 13 Chess Championship

Derik's Chess school prodigy Master Nihal Manjunath has secured 3rd place in the National Under 13 Chess Championship organised by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association under the auspices of All India Chess Federation from 14th to 22nd november 2008 at VIT University, Vellore.

He scored 9 points in 11 rounds with 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. He was initially seeded 28th in the field of 280 players across from India. With this performance he is selected to represent India in Under 14 category in the Asian youth Chess championship in 2009.

Another DCS talent Vanessa D'souza scored 8 points in 11 rounds and was placed 5th in the Under 13 Girls Chess Championship comprising 131 players across from India.

Nihal is studying in 9th standard in Lourdes Central school, Mangalore and is son of Dr. Manjunath Shetty and Dr. Veena Manjunath.

Vanessa D'souza is studying in 8th standard in St. Agnes Girls High School, Mangalore and is daughter of Victor D'souza and Avith D'souza.

Another notable performance by mangalorean was 9th place in boys section bagged by Viani Antonio D'cunha.

SKDCA misleading Chess fraternity and Media

SKDCA ( South Kanara District Chess Association ) has once again indulged in misleading chess fraternity and media.

In recent press release, it stated that Vanessa D'souza and Andrea D'souza will attend the Free Chess Coaching Camp being organised for 3 days. In conversation with the SKDCA secretary Lydia D'cunha, the parent of the D'souza sisters had clearly infomed her that due to academic and coaching constraints both will not take part in the said coaching camp. Inspite of this SKDCA has gone ahead with names in press release.

This case of misleading chess fraternity and the media has become the custom of SKDCA. We just wonder when these people will mature?......

Be a choosy when you play

Derik's Chess School students are guided to be choosy when you pick a tournament/ championship. This has to be done assessing one's grade i.e Level in DCS and the Tournament / Championship standards.

Some organisers campaign vigorously to attract more entries. Beginner/ intermediate player should not end up playing a National directly and loose all confidence.

Here is a way to choose:

If you are in Level one- Don't play any! You are in process...need little more basics learning.

If you are in Level 2- You can play DCS Events if stipulated for your batch. You can also play at local events if there are age groups.

If you are in Level 3- You are ready for age group events upto State Level. Local Open events also can be good choice for a valuable exposure. Avoid FIDE Rating Events and Higher age group Championships of National level.

If you are in Level 4- You are now ready for Age Group level National Tournament / Championship. Accumulating strength gradually for rating achievement. Gradually can be exposed to FIDE Rating events.

If you are in Level 5 and above - It's high time look for a Tournament/ Championship of higher levels. Always give preference to Open group.

ALL THE BEST!

SKDCA and their Hypocrisy

SKDCA ( South Kanara District Chess association) is a parallel organisation to the pre existing Chess Association, Dakshina Kannada which was acting as the official chess body for the combined Districts of D.K and Udupi.

The Office Bearers of the SKDCA comprises most the parents of the chess players. Therefore thier interest in chess can be easily accredited to the known fact. The Secretary of the recent formed UKCA had his own hidden agenda to run the State. Formation of SKDCA is one of such sly measures for which some of the ambitious parents easily fell prey for.

It must have been more than two years after the formation of SKDCA, they have failed to cater the need of chess at grassroot level. There has been no District Level Selection tournaments/ Championship either for Open Level or for Age groups. Of course, there has been few State Championships, ironically the category Under 13 in 2007, Under 15 ( Sub junior) in 2008 were the categories belonging to the children of the office beareres ( to mention-Working President).

Chess in D.K being rejuvenated since 2001, we have are proud to claim that DCS has produced many State Champions, national and international level talents and a big list of FIDE Rated players.

Inspite of Mangalorean kids performance, SKDCA honored Bangalorean kids with motif of playing down the local talents ( Although Andrea Dsouza of Mangalore was State Champion in U-9 Girls and Shabdik Varma of Dharmastala was the State Runner Up, in National under 9 Chess Championship held at bangalore in 2007 Bangalorean Children were falicitated by SKDCA at Bangalore. ).

few things important to be discussed:

* Without any local tournaments how can the chess at grassroot level flourish?

* Where have gone the District Championships in Age Group and Open Group?

* Why there are conduction of some selective State Championships? Why not Under 7? Why not under 19? Why not Under 25?.....

* The one and only selection tournament conducted by SKDCA was for National city Championship. Was it so important?

* Why the SKDCA failed to protect the interest of the players when they were victimised for asking justice?

* How the National A chess Championship is going to help Dakshina kannada when there is nobody still at that level from the ditsrict? Remember the same budget can be used for 50 local level tournaments which can help development in a better way.

* Why the UKCA is not conducting Championships in pure classical format? SKDCA doesn't dare to question?

We await your comments...

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DCS students dominates State Inter School Level Chess Championship

Vanessa D'souza

A chess enthusiast visiting "State Selection trials in Chess organised by Karnataka Public Education Department in Nippani (also known as Nipani, Belgaum) from 22nd to 24th October 2008" would have found that the event was evidently dominated by the students from Derik's Chess School.

Among the 4 titles, 3 titles were bagged by either DCS Students or formerly DCS trained players. Out of the 20 qualifying berths 11 berths have been clinched by Dakshina kannada players.

In Under 14 Girls DCS Chess prodigy Vanessa D'souza of St. Agnes Eng High School, Mangalore won the title comfortably scoring 8 points in 9 rounds with unbeaten performance. She won 7 rounds and drew against her sister Andrea D'souza and Chrisel Pais. Andrea D'souza of St agnes Eng Primary School and Chrisel Pais of Ladyhill Eng Primary School were tied for 2nd place and were placed 2nd and 3rd respectively after the tiebreaker. 4th place was won by Shalon pais of St Agnes Eng Primary School.

In Under 17 Girls, although the title was bagged by Pavithra Jagthap of Bangalore, all other qualifying berths were bagged by D.K players. Riola D'souza of SVS Vidyagiri, bantwal secured Runner Up. Bhargavi Alva of St. Agnes High School won the third place. Pooja Shekhar and Raksha K of Canara Girls High School won 4th and 5th place respectively.

In Under 14 boys, DCS produced chess prodigy Viani D'cunha of St Aloysius High School won the title. In Under 17 boys, another DCS former student Gahan MG of Canara boys High SChool claimed title and Sumith Bhat of the same School won 5th position.

Congratulations! All the best for the Nationals.

Prakash V Rao wins Open Rapid Chess

FIDE Rated Prakash V Rao of Canara College has bagged the top honour in the Open Rapid Chess tournament organised by United Friends, Bejai in association with Derik's Chess School, Mangalore on 18th October 2008 at Bejai church Hall.

Prakash V rao scored 7 points by notching up wins in all the rounds. Vishwas saralaya of udupi scored 6 points to secure 2nd place. Vanessa D'souza of st Agnes Eng High School won the top honour among the womens scoring 4.5 points.

Important placings:

Open:
1 Prakash V Rao, ( canara college)- 7
2 Vishwas saralaya,(Udupi)- 6
3 Ganesh Kumar, (Canara collge)- 5.5
4 Nihal manjunath, (Lourdes central School)- 5
5 Shabdik Varma, (SDM, Ujire)- 5
6 Adith Jagadish, (Lourdes central School)- 5
7 Akash harendranath, (Lourdes central School)- 5
8 Pravin Kamath, (Mangalore)- 5
9 Madhusoodan Bhat, ( Mangalore)- 5
10 Prajwal salian, (Basrikatte, Chikkamagalur)- 5
Best Veteran Player- V P Ashirwad , (NMPT)

Womens:
1 Vanessa Dsouza, ( St Agnes High School)-4.5
2 Andrea dsouza, (St Agnes Eng Pry)- 4
3 Sahana, (SDM, Ujire)-3

Under 16 Boys:
1 Shashank, ( Canara high School, Mangalore)- 5 Points in 5 Rounds
2 Govind Prabhu, (SVS Bantwal)-4
3 Edgar A J Pereira,(Lourdes Central, Mangalore)-4

Under 16 Girls:
1 Pooja S, (Canara Girls high school, Mangalore)-3.5
2 Kripa Jain, (SVS Bantwal)- 3.5
3 Bhargavi Alva, (St agnes High School, mangalore)-3.5

Under 12 Boys:
1 Gopalakrishna Nayak,( Canara Eng Pry, mangalore)- 7 in 7 rounds
2 Akash K, (PPS Aldur, Chikkamagalur)- 6
3 Vivek Joshi,(SDM Primary, Ujire)- 6

Under 12 Girls:
1 Chrisel Ann Pais, (Ladyhill Eng Pry, Mangalore)- 5.5
2 Mahima Khandige, (St Agnes Eng Pry, Mangalore)- 5
3 Suparna K Holla, (Sri Mahalingeshwara, Surathkal)- 4

Under 8 Boys:
1 Sharan Rao ( St Theresa Eng Convent School, Mangalore)- 5 in 5 rounds
2 Amoga Vigram (St Theresa Eng Convent School-Mangalore)-4
3 Chinmaya H N ( B.G.S, Kavoor)- 3.5

Under 8 Girls:
1 Swathi Bhat (Ladyhill Eng Pry School, Mangalore)- 4
2 Reesha Shenoy ( Carmel Eng School, Mangalore)- 4
3 Lavanya Rao, (Ladyhill Eng Pry School, Mangalore)- 3.5

180 players including 18 FIDE rated players participated in this one day event.

Inauguration: The event was inaugurated by lighting the lamp by Nagaraja shetty, President, Karavali Abhivruddhi Pradhikara. Suresh Ballal, President North Block Congress (I) Committee and Lancelot Pinto, Corporator/ Ex Deputy Mayor, MCC played symbolic moves over the board on the inaugural. Rev. Fr. J P tauro, Parish priest Bejai Church blessed the player all the success. Deric Pinto, Administrator, Derik's chess School; C.J Lobo, President, United Friends and Prem Salian, Secretary, United Friends were also on the dais.

Prize distribution: The grand valedictory ceremony of the Tournament was held in the evening. Chief Guests of the ceremony Harsha, President, Dakshina kannada Working Journalists association and Sudhir Bajal, Secretary, Janata Dal (S), D.K distributed prizes to the winners. Event sponsors Prakash Lobo, Mrs Joyce Lobo and Sylvester Saldanha were also present on the dais. On the occasion veteran chess player and promoter Padmanabha Aithal of Siddapura was falicitated.

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