Nine year old Arjun Roshik Bharat of Trio World school, Bangalore became Karnataka's newest world champion when he won the 4th World Schools Championship title in the Under 9 category. He will also be awarded the title of Candidate Master which is given to world champions and to chess players with a rating 2200 or above.

Arjun's perfect score of 9 points also allowed the Indian Under 9 trio consisting of Arjun, Anirudh Bhat and Jerome Ebenezer to take the Under 9 team gold. In all India won 11 medals including 4 golds. Among the Karnataka players, Pranav Reddy of Bangalore got the 8th position in the Under 7 category with 5 points from 9 rounds. Nihal Manjunath of Mangalore helped his team to a silver medal in the Under 13 category.

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In the 9 round swiss league tournament held in Singapore from July 22-July 30th, top seeded Arjun won all the 9 rounds securing the title. In the 4th round he defeated arch rival Derek Lim of Singapore and in the 5th round, he beat fellow Indian Anirudh Bhat from Goa. He followed that up with victories over an Indonesian player and other Singapore players.

South Kanara District Chess Association conducted Under 15 Boys and Girls State Chess Championship and selection tournaments at Subramanya Sabha, Bejai Church Road, Kodialbail, Mangalore. Under 15 Boys Championship - 12th to 16th August 2008. Under 15 Girls Championship-14th to 16th August 2008. Click here for details. Click here for the final standings Boys and Girls and also list of prize winners

C.V.Raman Chess Club is conducting a monthly Children Chess tournament at K.N.I. ART GALLERY, A/27, 27th Cross, 7th Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore on 3rd AUGUST 2008. The tournament will be held in UNDER-8, UNDER-10, UNDER-12, UNDER-14 and one more new category above 14 years of age and below 18 years with a entry fee of Rs. 100/- and cash prize will be awarded.

For further details contact :   9945190200, 9880130056

Girish A. Koushik of Karnataka won the Under 12 Boys Gold Medal at Tehran. He is the under 10 World Champion, Under 8 Asian Champion and Silver medalist in Commonwealth Championship.

See the results in chess results.com

Congratulations Girish

GM Dibyendu Barua Wins the 2nd Mangalore Fide Rated All India Open Chess Tournament 2008. Click here to see the Prize Winners List

2nd Mangalore Fide Rated All India Open Chess Tournament 2008, organized by South Kanara District Chess Association under the auspices of United Karnataka Chess Association at Radhakrishna Temple Hall, Ganapathi Temple Road, Mangalore was inaugurated on 19th July 2008. Click here to see the complete prospectus of the tournament. List of Participants

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Under-19 State Chess Championship for Boys and Girls was Organized by UDUPI DISTRICT CHESS ASSOCIATION Under the banner of UKCA from 27th June to 29th June 2008 at S.M.S P.U College, Brahmavar, Udupi District - 576213.

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Suraj M of Bangalore and Shristi J Shetty of Shimoga won the Boys and Girls Championship respectively.

Under 11 State Chess Championship was concluded at Varthur, organised by BANGALORE RURAL DISTRICT CHESS ASSOCIATION Under the banner of UKCA from 13th june 2008 to 15th june 2008 at SDV Social Welfare Association,Om Shakthi club,Varthur post Via Marathalli Bangalore:560087.

M.Satvik and Meghana T.C. won the Under 11 Boys and Girls Championships respectively. Click here for the results and standings.

Under-7 State Chess Championship for Boys and Girls was Organized by BANGALORE DISTRICT CHESS ASSOCIATION Under the banner of UKCA from 20th June to 22nd June 2008 at State Youth Center, Nrupathunga Road, Bangalore. Click here for details.

Shet Prajwal P and Viola Lewis won the Championships in the Boys and Girls Section respectively.

Thejkumar was felicitated at State Youth Center on 21.05.2008 at 12.00 PM, on occassion of his acheivement of getting the third GM Norm. Click here for the photos.

Thejkumar of Karnataka has acheived the greatest feat by getting his final norm and just awaits for the necessary rating to get his Title of Grand Master. He will be our first Grand Master and will be remembered forever for this greatest acheivement.

Congratulations Tejkumar

Under 19 age catagory District Chess Championship was won by Balakrishna and Supriya in boys and Girls Championships respectively, which concluded on 22.05.2008 at State Youth Center. Click here for the details.

Under 17 age catagory District Chess Championship was won by Balakrishna and Priyanka. in boys and Girls Championships respectively, which concluded on 22.05.2008 at State Youth Center. Click here for the details.

Under 15 age catagory District Chess Championship was won by Balakrishna and Jahnavi S. in boys and Girls Championships respectively, which concluded on 22.05.2008 at State Youth Center. Click here for the details.

Under 13 age catagory District Chess Championship was won by Augustin and Suman Ramesh in boys and Girls Championships respectively, which concluded on 20.05.2008 at State Youth Center. Click here for the details.

Under 7 Age catagory District Championship was conducted by Bangalore District Chess Association, which concluded on 18.05.2008 at State Youth Center. Under 7 Boys section was won by Pranav G.Reddy of Delhi Public School and the Girls section was won by Sai Bhavana of Dav Public School. Click here for the details.

Karnataka's M.S.Tejkumar gets the International Master Title at the end of 9th round. With the draw against Swapnil S Dhopade, Tejkumar made 5 points and got his 3rd IM norm. He will be our Third IM after D.V.Prasad and Ravi Hegde.

Arjun Roshik Bharat of Bangalore wins the boys section and Tulasi M. of Mysore wins the Girls section. See the results in the recent web page.

26-year old M.S.Thejkumar of Karnataka obtained his second Grandmaster norm. He had got his first Grandmaster norm at the Commonwealth Chess Championship two months ago at Delhi.