Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Vishwas claims ELITE Title; Adith, Shabdik honoured

Kannada Report
Vishwas Saralaya of MGM, Udupi took the limelight by lifting 'Elite Club' Trophy in Rapid Chess Challenge organised by Derik's Chess School, Mangalore. He scored 4.5 points in 5 rounds in Elite group participated by many FIDE rated players and strong senior and junior players. Prakash Rao of Canara College scored 3.5 points and was placed second on his better progressive points over Nihal Manjunath of Lourdes Central School who had to content for 3rd place.

Other Important placings:

Under 15:
1st Place: Yashas Salian- Lourdes Central School- 4 pts

2nd place: Suraj Prabhu- Canara School- 4pts
3rd Place: Siddhanth- MRPL- 2 pts

Under 15 Girls:
1st Place: Bhargavi Alva-St Agnes H S- 4pts

2nd Place:Riola D'souza-SVS, Bantwal-3pts
3rd Place:Rachana K- Sharada Vidyalaya-2pts

Under 13:
1st Place: Avinash R U-Sharada Vidyalaya- 4.5 pts

2nd Place:Govind- SVS, Bantwal- 4 pts
3rd Place: Pampa Peraje- Vidyodaya, Konaje- 4 pts

Under 13 Girls:
1st Place: Kripa Jain- SVS, Bantwal-4pts

2nd Place:Pooja Shekar- Canara H.S-3pts
3rd Place: Seema Crasta- SVS, Bantwal- 2.5pts

Under 11:
1st Place: Denzil Cutinho- Holy Family, Suratkal-4pts

2nd Place: Arun S- D.K.Z.P.K.M.Hr.Pry, Keyyor-4pts
3rd Place: Anekanth- Rotary, Moodubidre-4pts

Under 11 Girls:
1st Place: Mahima Khandige-St Agnes Hr Pry-4.5 Pts

2nd Place: Chrisel Pais- Ladyhill Eng Pry-4pts
3rd Place: Christeena - St Agnes- 3.5pts

Under 9:
1st Place:Gopalakrishna Nayak- Canara Pry-5pts

2nd Place:Utkarsh Salian- Lourdes Central School-4pts
3rd Place: Allama S- Presidency- 4 pts

Under 9 Girls:
1st Place: Andrea D'souza- St Agnes Eng Pry- 5pts

2nd Place:Rashmi Kamath- Canara Eng Pry- 4pts
3rd Place: Archana Baliga- Canara Eng Pry- 3pts

Under 7:
1st Place: Vivek K M- K V- 4 points

2nd Place: Sharan Rao- St Theresa- 4 pts
3rd Place: S N Ravi- Canara Eng Pry- 4 pts

Under 7 Girls:
1st Place: Reesha Shenoy- St Mary's Eng Pry- 4.5 pts

2nd Place: Soumya G Pai- Canara Eng Pry- 3.5 pts
3rd Place: Princia D'souza- Holy Family- 3.5 pts

Adith, Shabdik honored:

Prizes to the winners were distributed by Sri.M Maheshwara Rao, Deputy Commissioner, D.K; Sri. B.Dayanada, Superintendent of Police, D.K; Sri Ganesh Rao, Chairman, Karavali Group of Colleges; chess promoter Srinivas Nayak Indaje ; Sister Leena Rodrigues, Headmistress, Lourdes High School.
Deric Pinto and Prasanna Rao, Administrators, DCS; Guruprasad K, DCS Cordinator were also present on the dais.

On the occassion, Gold Medalist in World School Chess Championship Adith Jagadish and Shabdik Varma who recently was a joint winner in Under 10 in Sangli Chess Festival were honored by the eminent guests.
Speaking on the occassion, Sri.M Maheshwara Rao, Deputy Commissioner congratulated the players and also wished that pool of Grand Masters shall emerge in future from DCS.

Sri Dayananda, SP opined that the game of Chess has lots of potential in D.K coastal belt as this place is rich in intellect.

Sri Ganesh Rao stressed the need of chess education for children which will help them to excel in their academic studies.

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