Karnataka Chess Prodigies Shine at 14th National Schools Chess Championship 2025

Karnataka’s young chess stars delivered an exceptional performance at the 14th National Schools Chess Championship 2025, held in Guwahati, Assam (27–31 December 2025), bringing home top honours across multiple age categories ♟️🏆

🔹 Under-7 Open Champion
Nimalan Dharanipathy (Chrysalis High, Varthur, Bengaluru) – 8/9 points, unbeaten

🔹 Under-13 Girls Champion
Pratitee Bordoloi (Shishya BEML Public School, Bengaluru) – 7.5/9 points

🔹 Under-17 Girls – Second Place
Aradhya S Shetty7/9 points

These outstanding results highlight the growing strength and depth of scholastic chess talent in Karnataka. Congratulations to the players, parents, coaches, and schools for this remarkable achievement 👏♟️

Tournament Results Link:

Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 14th NATIONAL SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP-2025 Category U07 Open

(Prize distribution photographs attached)

Karnataka Team winners - Karnataka State Chess Association
Nimalan U07 National schools Open Champion - Karnataka State Chess Association