Mangalore:

Augustin A of Kodagu has won the Karnataka State under -15 FIDE rated open chess championship that concluded here on Sunday. Overnight leader Augustin scored against local boy Sharan Rao in the ninth and final round to take his tournament tally to 7.5 points. Andria L D’Souza of Mangalore, Satvik M of Bangalore, and Amoga HA of Mysore, who all finished with 6.5 points apiece, were ranked second to fourth based on the tie-break scores.

In the final round, Augustin gained full point at the expense of Sharan in very short game. In the second board Satvik won the battle against local lad Shabdhik Varma in a game with Queens gambit orthodox variation. In the third board Amogha broke the black French defence in a typical middle game against Nikhil R Umesh Shimoga. Andria L D’souza with her black pieces employing the Caro Kann defence against local boy Vivekraj won in 54 moves.

Results : U-15 open: Ninth and final round: Augustin A (Kod) 7.5 bt Sharan Rao (Mlr) 6; M Satvik (Blr) 6.5 bt Shabdhik Varma (Mlr) 5; Amogha HA (Mys) 6.5 bt Nikhil R Umesh (Shi) 5; Vivekraj (Mlr) 5 lost to Andria L D’Souza (Mlr) 6.5; R Parthasarathy (Blr) 5.5 drew with Pangal Gopalakrishna Nayak (Mlr) 5; Ojas Kulkarni (Blr) 5 drew with Ananya S (Mlr) 5; Aditya Pai K (Mlr) 5 bt Sachin TV (Blr) 4; Sharan R Setty (Mys) 4 lost to Arjun Adappa (Mlr) 5; Ajay SM (Shi) 5 bt Chandan A (Put) 4; and Shreyash BS (Put) 3.5 lost to Shashwath S Mudenagudi (Hbl) 5.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / by Jaideep Shenoy, TNN / July 22nd, 2012