Stany is the state champion !

Stany GA State Chess Champion

The Karnataka State FIDE Rated Chess Championship was concluded today at 3:00 pm in PES Institute of Technology and Management, N.H 206, Sagar Road, Shivamogga 577204. The program started with the Invocation by Smt Ashwini EM. Sri K N Ural, Asst Prof, PESITM welcomed and introduced the Chief Guest to the players. Sri S Murugan, Superintendent of Police, Shimoga. Sri Krishna Udupa, was facilitated by the Chief guest. The guest distributed the prizes to the winners.

Stany GA of Shimoga played white side with Vijay Keerthi of Mysore. Vijaykeerthi opted irregular variation in Paulson opening. Stany being a sole leader for last two days needed only half point to become the Champion. They played a short game and agreed for a draw.

In the second board Panindra TS played white with Arvind Shastri. Shastri played Dutch defense and till the middle game was equal. Shastri made a inaqurate move h5, after that white got slight advantage. Panindra offered a draw and Shastri accepted it.

Aniket Pawashe of Belgaum played from white side with Gahan MG of Mangalore. Gahan played Grunfeld defense. Aniket was played better but due to time pressure overlooked Rook c7 move after which he lost by force 42 moves

Shruthi K of Shimoga played London system with Vijendra YG of Mysore. Equal long game turned in favor of Shruthi and won the game in 40 moves.

On sixth board Gautham JK of Shimoga played white side with Yashas D of Shimoga.

Yashas opted Scandinavian defense and got strong position on board. Gautam blundered exchange of piece and lost on 35 moves.

Important results of final round

Bo.	Name	IRtg	Pts	Result	Pts	Name	IRtg
1	Stany G A	2250	9	drew with	8½	Vijay Keerthi K	2199
2	Panindra T S	1996	7½	drew with	7½	Arvind Shastry	2275
3	Antonio Viani D'cunha	2095	7½	drew with	7½	Sriram Sarja	2256
4	Pawashe Aniket R	2039	7	lost	8	Gahan M G	2161
5	Shruthi K	1979	8	Bt	7	Vijendra Y G	2098
6	Gautam J K	2016	6½	lost	8	Yashas D	2068
7	Sushrutha Reddy	1920	7	drew with	7	Sridhar R	1874
8	P.V.Srinivas,	1911	7½	Bt	6½	Sachin P S	1854
9	Kedar Umesh Vaze	1901	7½	Bt	6½	Rakshith R Umesh	1546
10	Pavan P	1901	7	drew with	7	Shivashankar B C	0
11	Raviprakash S M	2028	6	lost	7½	Abhijit Devaraj	0
12	Shripad K V	1972	7	Bt	6	Anand Swarup S N	1805
13	Chandrashekar T R	0	7	Bt	6	Upendra K	1969
14	Nagaraj B V	0	7	Bt	6	Arjun U Prabhu	1929
15	Hariharan Subramony	1927	6½	drew with	6½	Augustin A	1797
16	Bharadwaj Akshay	1903	7	Bt	6	Nisha N Patkar	1789
17	Sangharsh Gone	0	6	lost	7	Sameer Ghotane	1894
18	Benadikar Shashank D	1878	7	Bt	6	Vivekananda L	1787
19	Walvekar Praveen	0	6	lost	7	Karthik H S	1878
20	Kishan Gangolli	1839	7	Bt	6	Deshik K J	1767

MAIN PRIZES Winners
Rank	Name	District	Pts
1	Stany G A	Shimoga	9
2	Vijay Keerthi K	Mysore	8½
3	Gahan M G	Mangalore	8
4	Yashas D	Shimoga	8
5	Shruthi K	Shimoga	8
6	Arvind Shastry	Bangalore	7½
7	Antonio Viani D'cunha	Mangalore	7½
8	Sriram Sarja	Shimoga	7½
9	Kedar Umesh Vaze	Shimoga	7½
10	Panindra T S	Tumkur	7½
11	P.V.Srinivas,	Hassan	7½
12	Abhijit Devaraj	Hassan	7½
13	Pawashe Aniket R	Belgaum	7
14	Vijendra Y G	Mysore	7
15	Bharadwaj Akshay	Bangalore	7
16	Sameer Ghotane	Belgaum	7
17	Sushrutha Reddy	Bangalore	7
18	Benadikar Shashank D	Belgaum	7
19	Karthik H S	Bangalore	7
20	Shripad K V	Bangalore	7
21	Pavan P	Bangalore	7
22	Shivashankar B C	Dharwad	7
23	Kishan Gangolli	Shimoga	7
24	Shreeshan S	Shimoga	7
25	Sridhar R	Shimoga	7
26	Nagaraj B V	Dharwad	7

Category Prizes

Category U-8 Boys
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	85	Ashwin J	Mysore	5½
Category U-8 Girls
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	207	Smirithi Suresh	Bangalore	1
Category U-10 Boys
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	63	Vishnu Ram	Bangalore	6
Category U-10 Girls
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	80	Tulsi M	Mysore	5½
Category U-12 Boys
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	33	Augustin A	Bangalore	6½
Category U-12 Girls
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	49	Gangamma B N	Mysore	6
Category U-14 Boys
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	32	Rakshith R Umesh	Shimoga	6½
Category U-14 Girls
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	38	Nisha N Patkar	Shimoga	6
Women Player (Above 14 yrs)
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	79	Supriya H B	Bangalore	5½
Veteran Player (Above 50 yrs)
Place	Rank	Name	District	Pts
	35	Bhagwat S M	Dharwad	6½