Praggnanandhaa, Divya Wins U-7 National championship

Asian Under-8 champion R Praggnanandhaa of Chennai won the National Under-7 Chess Championship with a sweeping score of 11/11 score at Puducherry on July 24, 2012. He had won the title with a round to spare making it a one horse race for the title. Finally, he ended 2-points ahead of the field

The Girls section saw Divya Deshmukh of Maharashtra win with a 9.5/11 score. Here all players were defeated in atleast one game. Unrated Divya won by a one point margin.

The top three players will represent India in the Asian and World Under-8 Championships of 2013.

The Pondicherry State Chess Association organised the event smoothly. Chennai's R Srivatsan was the Chief Arbiter. The Chief Minister visited the event and inaugurated one of the rounds. The Sports Minister inaugurated the event. V Sabapathy, Speaker, Puducherry Legislative Assembly and Bharat Singh Chauhan, Honorary Secretary, AICF distributed the prizes. Trophies and cash prizes totalling Rs.1.50 lakhs were distributed.

Final placings (tie-break order):

Boys: 1 R. Praggnanandhaa (TN) 11/11; 2 Mahitosh Dey (Odi) 9; 3-4. Manthan Datta (Asm), G. Gnanasabesan (TN) 8.5 each; 5-11. Rishabh Anand (Odi), Rishabh Gokhale (Mah), B. Sriram (TN), Arka Bhakta (WB), Sudhanshu Nikam (Mah), Sathya Roopan (TN), Nikhil Mohanty (Odi) 8 each...139 players.

Girls: 1 Divya Deshmukh (Mah) 9.5/11; 2-3. Rakshitta Ravi (TN), Aditi Mohanty (Odi) 8.5 each; 4-7. Chinnam Vyshnavi (AP), Bhagyashree Patil (Mah), Jesica (Del), R. Mohana (TN) 8 each; 8 Ayantika Das (WB) 7.5...70 players.

Source:http://www.indianchessfed.org

Praggnanandhaa & Rakshitta Ravi clinched title

R. Praggnanandhaa & Rakshitta Ravi of Chennai clinched title at the U-7 State chess championship held at Tirupur from 22 Jan to 28 Jan 2012. Event organised by Tirupur District Chess Association (TDCA).


U-7 Girls Final Top 10 standings

Rk.		Name
1		Rakshitta Ravi
2		Mohana R (CCA)
3		Darsana M S
4		Sandhya
5		Riduvarshini J S
6		Srinidhi M
7		Aishwarya S
8		Kalpita P N (CCA)
9		Poorrnisha K S
10		Nivedhitha S R

U-7 Boys Final Top 12 standings

Rk.		Name
1		Praggnanandhaa R
2		Abinandhan R
3		Satvik V
4		Sriram B
5		Sathya Roopan M
6		Rakesh P V
7		Prawin Kumar S
8		Gnana Sabesan G
9		Evan Sanjoe
10		Gowtham T S (CCA)
11		Tharun P K
12		Bharath A (CCA)

(left) Rakshitta Ravi and Kalpitha. P.N 

Right: Praggnanadha

 Top 2 Player's of each category will represent Tamilnadu in the upcoming U-7 National Chess Championship, Pondicherry.

Congrats to all the Prize winners!

R. Mohana

Chromepet Chess Academy really proud of R. Mohana(CCA) for her good performance in the State Championship & Wishes to other prize winners of CCA as well. Keep up the flags high and all the best for the future tournaments.