Press Release

Mangalore: The Karnataka State Under -15 FIDE Rated Open and Under 15 Girls Chess Championship-2012 is being held at “Sri Subhramaniya Sabha, Karangalpady, from 18-07-2012 to 22-07-2012 organized by South Kanara District Chess Association under the Aegis of United Karnataka Chess Association.

Karnataka State Under-15 Open FIDE Rated

End of Day 2 and Round 4

In the 3rd round of the Under-15 Open Chess Championship second seed Satvik M from Bangalore beat his Bangalorean counterpart Parthasarthy R in the first board. Second board saw Andria D’Souza from Mangalore beating Amogha H A from Mysore. The Under- 13 State Champion Arjun Adappa from Mangalore lost to Sharan Rao from Mangalore in the 3rd board.

In the 4th round M Satvik from Bangalore beat with his black pieces his opponent Sharan Rao from Mangalore in a queen and rook ending ,and successfully gained a point. In board number 2, A Augustin of Kodagu lost his battle against  Andria from Mangalore.

Results at the end of Round 4

Bo.  Name              District     Pts       Res.       Pts   Name              District

1    Sharan Rao       Mangalore    3     lost to     4    Satvik M           Bangalore

2    Augustin A        Kodagu       2½  lost to     4    Andria L D`souza Mangalore

3    Amogha H A      Mysore       2½   drew with   2½ Vivekraj            Mangalore

4    Parthasarathy R  Bangalore    2½ drew with   2½ Nikhilesh M Holla  Mangalore
 
5    Nikhil R  Umesh  Shivamogga   3   Beat        2    Ananya S            Mangalore

6    Arjun Adappa    Mangalore    2½   drew with   2 Varma Shabdhik   Mangalore

Karnataka State Under-15 Girls Chess Championship--Prize Distribution

Day two started off with round 3 for the Under -15 Girls where top seeded Gangamma from Mysore beat Manasa H R from Mysore in a closely fought game. In the 2nd board Shalon Joanne Pais from Mangalore beat Vidya Moni from Bangalore. Round 3 ended with Gangamma securing sole lead with 3 points.

In the final round, the top board saw Gangamma from Mysore and Shalon Joanne Pais from Mangalore who settled for a draw. Manasa H R from Mysore beat Vani S Indrali from Hubli in the 2nd board.

At the end of the tournament Gangamma emerged as the undefeated winner with 3.5 points out of 4 rounds. Shalon Joanne Pais from Mangalore was placed second followed by Manasa HR from Mysore in 3rd place and Vani S Indrali from Hubli in 4th place.  The top four players will be representing Karnataka State in the National Under -15 (Sub-Juniors) Championship which will be held at Nagpur from Sept 17th to 27th 2012.

Results at the end of Round 4

 Bo. Name           District    Pts Result     Pts Name                District

1   Gangamma B N   Mysore      3½  drew with  3   Shalon Joanne Pais  Mangalore

2   Vani S Indrali Hubli       2½  lost to    3   Manasa H R          Mysore

3   Yogita M Naik  Mangalore   2½  drew with  2½  Swathi Bhat         Mangalore
4   Vidya Moni     Bangalore   1½  drew with  1½ Eulalia A J Pereira  Mangalore
5   Kavya M Rao    Shimoga     2   beat       1   Priyanka N          Kodagu

Final Standings:           

Rank  Name              Club      Pts  BH.  BH.  SB

1    Gangamma B N      Mysore     3½   8½   6    8.50

2   Shalon Joanne Pais Mangalore  3    8    6    6.00

3   Manasa H R         Mysore     3    8    6    5.00

4   Vani S Indrali     Hubli      2½   7½   6    4.00

5   Yogita M Naik     Mangalore   2½   7½   5½   5.25

6   Swathi Bhat       Mangalore   2½   6    5½   2.00

7   Kavya M Rao      Shimoga      2    5½   5    1.0
8   Eulalia A J Pereira Mangalore 1½   7    6    1.00

9   Vidya Moni        Bangalore   1½   7    5½   1.75

10  Ninada K C       Mangalore    1    7½   5½   0.50
11  Priyanka N       Kodagu       1    6    4½   0.50