Mangalore: Andria D'Souza 'Queen' of State Under-17 Chess Championship

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Mangalore, Oct 14: Derik’s Chess School prodigy 12-year-old Andria L D’Souza has made the city proud by winning the state under-17 girls' chess championship 2010.

The tournament was organised by the SKDCA under the auspices of UKCA from Tuesday October 12 to Thursday October 14 October at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan here.

Andria D’Souza, FIDE rated 1696, in her glorious path to victory, defeated higher seeded Commonwealth chess silver medalist Shristi J Shetty, FIDE rated 1958 (in 4th round), and Nisha Patkar, FIDE rated 1747 (in 5th round). She scored a clean sweep victory with 5 points in as many rounds.

Andria D’Souza is the daughter of Victor D’Souza and Avith D’Souza. She is a student of St Agnes English Primary School, studying in the 7th standard.
Her sister Vanessa D’Souza is the current state under-15 (sub-junior girls) champion. She was also an Asian qualifier.

Andria has also been selected to represent the state in the national under-17 girls chess championship to be held during November at Jammu and Kashmir.