Himanesh, Srivatsa won the boys’ chess tournament | So Good News

Hyderabad: Himanesh Srivatsa of AVN Vida School, Gachibovli and S Kumara Srivatsa of Vignan Bothri School won the U-15 and U-9 categories in the boys’ chess tournament held at Nizampet Pragati Chess Foundation’s Sundarayah Bhavan, Pragati Nagar. On monday.

Himanesh, Rishi Varma, Dhruva Kumr, G Sai Srihann and AM Bavasamart scored 4.5 points from five rounds to share the top honours. Based on the better tie-break score, Himanesh was named the champion.

In the under-9 category, Kumara Srivatsa also scored five points each with Tamogna and Ahaan Mitra. With the better tie-breaker score, Srivatsa was declared the winner.

Results: Champion: U-15: Himanesh Srivatsa (5); U-9: S Kumara Srivatsa (5); Youth Winners: U-15: Boys: 1 Kopisetty Sudha Kaushik (3.5), 2 K Vishnu (3), 3 Nagaraja Payyavula (2.5); Girls: 1 S Shreya (2), 2 Alina (1); U-13: Boys: 1 R Dhruv Kumar (4.5), 2 S Rishi Varma (4.5), 3 Nihan Puchakayala (4); Girls: 1 Kolcha Hasini (4), 2 Koppula Hasini (3.5), 3 Ira Naidu (3); U-11: Boys: 1 G Sai Srihann (4.5), 2 AM Bawasmawart (4.5), 3 S Kumara Sandilya (4); Girls: 1 Nehasanvi Chitalangi (4), 2 Akshara Srehita Devulapalli (3), 3 Lahari Payyavula (3); U-9: Boys: 1 Ahaan Mitra (5), 2 Bharat (4), 3 Srivatsav Vaddepalli (4); Girls: 1 Keerthi Goriparthi (4), 2 Vaisali Garnepudi (3.5), 3 Rishitasree Chandu (3); U-7: Boys: 1 Tamogna Suhas Alawala (5), 2 Vishwat Sai S (4), 3 Mekala Pruthvi (4); Girls: 1 Swara Deepak Phasge (4), 2 Kavya Nirvana Koppolu (3), 3 M Sai Durga Devi Kavya (3).