SHARATH GORE WINS 29TH MONSOON CHESS TITLE

Sharath Gore of S.D. M College, Ujire has won the title in the 29^th Monsoon Chess Tournament organized by Vivekananda College, Puttur from 2^nd to 4^th August 2008.

He scored 7 points winning in all 7 rounds. Second place was bagged by another unbeaten player Kaushik R of Canara College, Mangalore (6 points) and third place was bagged by Mohammed Nizam of St Philomena College (6 points).

In all 97 players of Degree, Engineering and Medical Colleges from the D.K, Udupi and Coorg districts had taken part in this prestigious event. 19 women players also had taken part in this 7 round swiss tournament. Gayathri K.N of Vivekananda College won the Best Women player prize.

List of others among top ten: Ganesh Kumar ( Canara College, Mangalore- 5.5 points), C.H.Birbal ( Alva’s College, Moodbidri-5.5 points), Gayatrhi ( Vivekananda College-5.5 points), Vijesh ( Vivekananda College-5.5 points), Keerthi Shetty ( Milagres College, Kallianpur- 5.5 points), Delvin ( SMS College, Brahmavar-5.5 points), Adarsh Kote (Vivekananda Engineering College-5 points).

Prof. M.U Prabhakar, Vice Principal, Vivekananda College distributed cash prize and trophies to the winners. The event was coordinated by Ravishankar V.S, Physical Director, Vivekananda College. Prasanna Rao, Mangalore was the chief arbiter of the tournament.

Kaushik wins title in " Blitz Chess Festival"

Kaushik R of Canara College has claimed title in the first Blitz Chess Festival organised at Tagore Park, Lighthouse Hill, Mangalore on Sunday.

He scored against Ganesh Kumar of Ramakrishna College in the final round to win the honour. Ganesh Kumar was placed runner up. 3rd place was jointly shared by Suraj Prabhu and Kiran A, both from Canara Boys High School. Krupa Jain of SVS, Bantwal won the Best Girl prize. Chisel Pais, Ladyhill english medium school was placed 2nd. Nearly hundred players had taken part in the event amidst the heavy rain. The event was organised under the auspices of D.K District Administration.

Earlier the event was inaugurated by Sri Balakrishna, RTO Officer, Chitradurga. Smt Archana Nayak, Smt Jyothi Rao and Sri Deric Pinto were also present on the occasion.

Prizes were distributed by Sri Ganesh Rao, Chairman, Karavali Group of Colleges; D.K Deputy Commissioner Sri Maheshwara Rao; Smt Pragna Maheshwara Rao; Sri Anand Shetty, President, Mangalore Press Club; Smt Chaya Kamath, Entrepreneur.

Sri Maheshwara Rao congratulated the winners and briefed future plans about developing 'Mini Chess Park' with Permanent Chess structures. Sri Ganesh Rao, in his address praised the efforts of the Chess Park which is first of its kind in India. Tournament coordinators Sri Deric Pinto and Sri Srinivas Nayak Indaje were also present on the dais.

"Mini Chess Park" in Mangalore

Honorable Chief Minister Sri Kumaraswami and Honorable Deputy Chief Minister Sri Yadiyurappa played symbolic chess moves on the board to inaugurate 'Mini Chess Park' in City's Tagore Park.

After the inauguration Chief Minister in his address praised the efforts to start Chess Park to popularize the intellectual game among public and wished all the success. District In charge Minister Sri Nagaraja Shetty; D.K District Deputy Commissioner Sri Maheshwara Rao; Sri Srinivas Nayak Indaje, Vice President, CADK; Sri Prasanna Rao, Secretary, CADK; Sri Deric Pinto, Administrator, Derik's Chess School were also present on the occasion.

After the inauguration young upcoming talents of the district- Adith jagadish, Nihal Manjunath, Anantharam R U, Sharan rao, Andrea D'souza and other players played chess games to enthrall the public.

D.K District Administration in association with Combined D.K District Chess Association (CADK) and Derik's Chess School has planned to arrange for the Mini Chess Park in Tagore Park to encourage public to learn and play this intellectual game and also planned to provide opportunities to talented players to display their skills.

As per the vision of Deputy Commissioner concrete chess boards will be constructed for the public to play chess. Also there will be weekend training sessions by Derik's Chess School exclusively for the public. The 'Mini Chess Park' will be first of its kind in India.

Top Juniors of Combined Dakshina Kannada District (January Rating List)

Top Juniors (Under 19- Born on or after 1/1/1988)
1. Vikram Saralaya- 2152

2. Adith Jagadish- 2111

3. Nihal Manjunath- 2085

4. Gahan M G- 2015

5. Prakash V Rao- 2010

6. Vishwas Saralaya- 2001

7. Prajwal D'silva- 1998

8. Pallavi Maiya- 1984

9.Viani D'cunha- 1946

10.Saiprashanth K- 1919

Top 3 Junior Girls:

1. Pallavi Maiya- 1984

2. Manasa K- 1896

3. Pratheeka G- 1862

Chess moods

Motivations....( Adith in Asian School Chess, Singapore)

Here we come..... Proud IndianWe are ready...Begin with black...In top board...Its time to start!

Profile:

Adith Jagadish Boloor:

FIDE (International) Rating- 2162

Age-12

Father- Jagadish Boloor; Mother- Bharathi Jagadish

Started Playing-at the age of 10yr

School- 7^th Std, Lourdes Central School

Skills- Karate, swimming

ADITH is a rarest flowering of Mangalorean chess. He is uncompromising in style and very aggressive on the board. It’s a treat to watch him on the board. His Rating of 2162 is a testimony of his strength in chess beyond in Karnataka as the nearest rating in his category will be at least 60 points down. Securing international acclaims in 2 years is almost nearly impossible task, that too in category like Under 12 where the players will have started chess at the age of 5, with 7 years amassed experience!

Master Adith Jagadish has won 1^st in Boys’ Under 12 Category in the prestigious ‘Celebrating 10’ Chess Challenge 2006 organized by INTCHESS and Singapore Chess Federation on 24^th December 2006. ‘Celebrating 10’ was an International Open Rapid event which was participated by a Grandmaster, many strong International Masters, FIDE Masters and players from different countries.He also secured very impressive 5^th position in the Under 13 Open category in the 2^nd Asian School Chess Championship organized from 17^th to 23^rd December 2006 by Singapore Chess Federation at ASEAN Chess Academy, Singapore.