Under 7 Boys & Girls Chess Tournament

Under 7 Boys & Girls Chess Tournament

DCS will host Under 7 Boys and Girls Chess Tournament on Monday- 19th October 2009.

Rounds: 5 Rounds.

Time Control: 45 minutes each.

Reporting Time: 9.30 a.m.

Categories: Boys, Girls.

Eligibility: Born on or after 01/01/2002

For details contact: Tel 0824 42772373

Email info@chessschool.in

Interesting Sacrifice in Opening

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Canara College wins Mangalore University Chess Championship

Watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKTVdoonX0M

Congratulations.

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

DCS talent Vanessa D'souza wins Runner Up in State Women Chess Championship

DCS talent Vanessa D'souza has secured Runner Up place in the State Women Chess Championship 2009 held in Bangalore organised by United Karnataka Chess Association from 28th to 30th August 2009.

She scored 4 points in 5 round with 13 tiebreak points which placed her in second position ahead of Rekha Sagar who also scored 4 points. Rekha and defending champion and another Mangalore talent Manasa had to be content for 3rd and 4th place respectively. K Shruthi of Shimoga bagged title. Another DCS prodigy Andrea D'souza secured 5th position and narrowly missed the national berth.

Vanessa will represent Karnataka in the Upcoming National Challengers Womens Championship to be held in Nagpur from September 7th to 15th, 2009.

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.

SKDCA detrimental to growth of chess

We had recently conducted Press Conference to share the pride moments of our chess talents being selected for "Asian Youth Chess Championship-2009" to be held in August in New Delhi. Players securing Top 3 berths in the various age group National Championships are normally selected to represent India in the Asian Youth Chess Championship. This time, since the event is in India, AICF can field one additional player as host entry. Nihal Manjunath ( 3rd place in National u-13), Manasa K (3rd place in National U-17 Girls) and Vanessa D'souza (5th place in Natioanl U-13 Girls) are the Dakshina Kannada players within the selction bracket.

It is a very proud moment for our coastal belt. Although Anantharam R U (7th place in National U-9), Viani d'cunha (9th place in National U-13), Gahan M.G (9th place in National U-15) have narrowly missed the selection, its is for the first time 3 players have come in Selection from our District.

It is at this juncture, South Kanara District Chess Association has issued press releases, stating the selection of two players merely as donor entries is misleading the media and it mirrors their hypocrisy. This step-motherly attitude of the association is poisonous for the growth of chess.

Being the official association..... they have failed to conduct events for the grass root level. SKDCA also has failed to support the needy players like Vanessa who is selected to represent India in Asian Youth. The whole organization has been functioning like a pocket organization. It is just being a bad example of how the sports organizations can turn into if few vested interested parents take over the administration.

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

Chess Tournament in Moodbidri

Bhimsen Joshi wins title

Bhimsena Joshi of Alva's PU College has won the title in the Open section with unbeaten score of 4 points in 5 rounds ( 3 wins, 2 draws) in the " Moodbidri Zonal Rapid Chess Tournament" organised by Sri Dhavala College Old Students' Association, Moodbidri in association with Derik's Chess School, Mangalore at Auditorium, Sri Dhavala College on 21st December 2008.

Nikhil Kamkar and Giridhar Bhat of Alva's Degree College won the 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

Sumana of Sri Dhavala College won the 1st place in womens' category. Chanchala S of Mastikatte won 2nd and Vibha Jain of Sri Dhavala College won 3rd place.

In the Juniors' Section ( Under 21), Birbal Sing Alva's degree College won the top honour with 4.5 points in 5 rounds. Arjun S and Dheemanth of Alva's PU College were placed 2nd and 3rd respectively.

In the Sub Juniors ( Under 15) category, Anekanth of Rotary English Medium School dominated with 4 wins in as many rounds to bag the 1st place. Kiran of BRP High School and Karthik of Rotary English Medium School won 2nd and 3rd respectively.

In Under 11 category, G Gautham of Rotary English Medium School won 1st place with 3 points in 3 rounds. S S Sagar of Rotary English Medium School won 2nd place and Kshamith of D J English Medium School won 3rd place.

In Under 8 category, Ashwin of Rotary English Medium School bagged 1st place. Sakshath Jain of D J English Medium school won 2nd place. Sathvika Jain of Rotary english Medium School was awarded 'Best Under 8 Girl player'.

In the Valedictory Ceremony, prizes were distributed by Subhashchandra Cowta, President, Sri Dhavala College Old Students' Association and veteran chess player Dr Vidyananda of Moodbidri. Prof. Raveeshkumar presided the function. Deric Pinto, Administrator, DCS; Prasanna Rao, Tournament Director and Shanthiraja Kambli, Physical Director, Srio dhavala College were also present on the dais.
Earlier, the event was inaugurated by Prof. Raveesh Kumar, Principal, Sri Dhavala college by lighting the lamp. Abhijith M, Old student and patron of Sri Dhavala college was the chief Guest of the Inaugural ceremony. Deric Pinto, Administrator, DCS presided the function.

Chess Tournament for Moodbidri Zonal Level on 21st 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?......