* Ko-dagu's Augustin A and Tulsi M of Mysore clinched the State under-17 boys' and girls' chess titles respectively at the State Youth Centre here on Saturday. *
Augustin emerged champion garnering eight points after nine rounds while Sharang MS took the second spot with 7.5 points. Vivekraj too finished with 7.5 points but lost the second spot to Sharang who had a better tie-break score.
In the girls section, Tulsi was crowned the champion on a better tie-break score after being level on 5.5 points with Manasa HR and Ananya S at the end of seven rounds.
Augustin, Sharang, Tulsi and Manasa will represent Karnataka at the National under-17 chess championship to be held in Assam from May 1-10.
Results (Round IX): Boys: U-17: Ojas Kulkarni (7) drew Augustin A (8); Naren N Kumar (6.5) lt to Sharang MS (7.5); Vivekraj (7.5) bt Amogha HA (6); Parthasarathy R (6.5) drew Vibhuv Reddy (6.5); Likhit Chilukuri (6) lt to Arjun Adappa (7); Shet Prajwal P (7) bt Ram Vishwanathan (6); Nikhil R Umesh (6.5) bt Srikanth Ranya (5.5); Kiran Vasishta TS (5.5) lt to Nithin Shetty (6.5); Andria L D'Souza (6) bt Jatin SN (5.5); Ajay SM (6) bt Jagadish P (5).
Girls (Round VII): U-17: Manasa HR (5.5) drew Ananya S (5.5); Isha Sharma (4.5) drew Tulsi M (5.5); Gangamma BN (5) bt Sreenidhi R (4.5); Priyanka S Bharadwaj (3.5) lt to Ashmitha Kiran Raju (5); Prerana S (4.5) bt Anusha T (3.5); Viola Lewis (4.5) bt Priya G (3.5); Ojasi Gopikrishna (4.5) bt Siri Sharma (3.5); Khushi M Hombal (4.5) bt Ananya Arumbakkam (3.5); Shet Pranita P (4) bt Aarabhi (3); Prachi Bharti (3.5) drew Aditi B Rao (3.5). Reported by Deccan Herald 9 hours ago.
Augustin emerged champion garnering eight points after nine rounds while Sharang MS took the second spot with 7.5 points. Vivekraj too finished with 7.5 points but lost the second spot to Sharang who had a better tie-break score.
In the girls section, Tulsi was crowned the champion on a better tie-break score after being level on 5.5 points with Manasa HR and Ananya S at the end of seven rounds.
Augustin, Sharang, Tulsi and Manasa will represent Karnataka at the National under-17 chess championship to be held in Assam from May 1-10.
Results (Round IX): Boys: U-17: Ojas Kulkarni (7) drew Augustin A (8); Naren N Kumar (6.5) lt to Sharang MS (7.5); Vivekraj (7.5) bt Amogha HA (6); Parthasarathy R (6.5) drew Vibhuv Reddy (6.5); Likhit Chilukuri (6) lt to Arjun Adappa (7); Shet Prajwal P (7) bt Ram Vishwanathan (6); Nikhil R Umesh (6.5) bt Srikanth Ranya (5.5); Kiran Vasishta TS (5.5) lt to Nithin Shetty (6.5); Andria L D'Souza (6) bt Jatin SN (5.5); Ajay SM (6) bt Jagadish P (5).
Girls (Round VII): U-17: Manasa HR (5.5) drew Ananya S (5.5); Isha Sharma (4.5) drew Tulsi M (5.5); Gangamma BN (5) bt Sreenidhi R (4.5); Priyanka S Bharadwaj (3.5) lt to Ashmitha Kiran Raju (5); Prerana S (4.5) bt Anusha T (3.5); Viola Lewis (4.5) bt Priya G (3.5); Ojasi Gopikrishna (4.5) bt Siri Sharma (3.5); Khushi M Hombal (4.5) bt Ananya Arumbakkam (3.5); Shet Pranita P (4) bt Aarabhi (3); Prachi Bharti (3.5) drew Aditi B Rao (3.5). Reported by Deccan Herald 9 hours ago.