Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (EP)
Bantwal, Jul 20: A differently-abled girl, an emerging chess champion from Bantwal, has brought laurels to India by representing the country in the recently concluded international chess tournament in England and winning bronze medal.
Yashaswi, a resident of Kudumanu, Kedila, is speech and hearing impaired. She represented India in the tournament held for hearing impaired at Manchester, England recently.
Yashaswi achieved 1300 rating in chess. Yashaswi is the second child of Thimmappa Moolya, a lab assistant at SVS College, Bantwal and Yashoda, a government school teacher. She was trained by Puttur Genius chess school director Satyaprasad Kote and Ashakaveri couple.
Yashaswi had also won prizes in state level chess competition in Mysuru in November and national level chess competition held in Madhya Pradesh in December last year.
Yashaswi is a class 10 student at Bantwal Kadeshivalaya high school.
Bantwal MLA Rajesh Naik Ulipady and several others have commended her achievement.
Yashaswi was welcomed by her Kadeshivalaya high school in procession on Thursday July 19 for her unique feat.
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