Press release
Mangalore, Jul 21: Adith Jagadish of Lourdes Central School stole the limelight with clean sweep score of 5 points in 5 rounds to bag the Under 13 District Champion title in the District Under 13 Boys and Girls Championship.
He ensure his title in the penultimate round itself by scoring against experienced Sumith Bhat of Canra Boys High School. In final round he scored against Pampa Peraje of Vidyodaya School. Sumith Bhat was placed Runner Up with 4 points.
Shalon and Adith
Nihal Manjunath of Lourdes Central School encashed the blunder by Shabdik Varma of SDM, Ujire to bag 3rd place with 4 points. Shabdik was placed 4th with his better progressive points over Pampa Peraje.
In Girls category, 8-year-old Shalon Pais scored unbeaten 4.5 points in 5 rounds to bag the title. In final round, she played safe against State Under 7 Girls Champion Andrea D'souza for a draw to secure title.
Winners
Vanessa D'Souza of St Agnes defeated her school mate Lenita Mathias to take her tally to 4 points and was placed Runner Up. Lenita Mathias and Seema Crasta (SVS, Bantwal) were placed 3rd and 4th respectively with 3 points.
Prizes were distributed by Derik's Chess School administrator Deric Pinto, CADK president Vaman Kunjoor, DCS coordinator Guruprasad and advocate Ratnavarma Bunnu.
Boys top placings:
Score Progr.
1 Adith Jagadish Lourdes Central 5 15.0
2 Sumith Bhat Canara Boys H S 4 13.0
3 Nihal Manjunath Lourdes Central 4 11.0
4 Shabdik Varma SDM,Ujire 3 11.0
5 Pampa Peraje Vidyodaya 3 10.0
6 Yashas Salian Lourdes Central 3 9.0
Girls top placings:
Score Progr.
1 Shalon Pais St Agnes 4.5 14.5
2 Vanessa D'Souza St Agnes 4 13.0
3 Lenita Mathias St Agnes 3 11.0
4 Seema SVS, Bantwal 3 10.0
5 Mythili Ranjan St Mary's 3 8.0
6 Andrea D'souza St Agnes 2.5 7.5