Ramakrishna bags chess double

J Ramakrishna of Andhra Bank bagged a double in the RV Avaneendra Open Rapid Chess TMT tournament conducted by not-for-profit player-backed Simply Chess Foundation at RV Avaneendra Apartments inMiyapur.

He won the Rapid title after winning all his five rounds. P Sri Sai Baswanth (5 ) and P Satyanarayana (4.5) finished second and third. K Trisha, K Tarun, C Rajineesh, K Ramu, Kalyan Srinivas, S Khan and S Ravi took the next seven sports respectively.

Later, with an aggregate of 6.5 points, Ramakrishna took the top spot in Blitz category. P Saketh, Amithpal Singh, P Sri Sai Baswanth and S Raghav were placed in the nest four spots respectively. Later, KS Prasad, Secretary of Telangana State Chess Association distributed the prizes in the presence of Surya Kotha, Chairman of Simply Chess Foundtion and members of the Organising Committee.

Winners: Age-group-Boys Under-15: 1. Dhanala Abhinav, 2.Prem Prasad, 3.Kapil Surya; U-13: 1. Aahlad Karthik, 2. Manish Shekar, 3.Dheeraj B; U-11: 1. Praneeth KSSRA, 2. C Jeswanth, 3. Ajay Darshasn TR; U-9: 1. K Nithik, 2. Sai Rithvik M, 3. Rishi Vardhan; U-7: 1. Surya Krishna Kotha, 2. C Vinesh, 3.Aryan T; Girls-U-15: 1.Nitya Kadiri, 2.Saritha Lakshmi; U-13: 1. Sriha Joga, 2. Shruthika; U-11: 1. Advitha Sharma, 2. J Hari Chandana, 3. Srikari Chopperla; U-9: 1. Naga Sai Kruthi, 2. B Amulya, 3. N Varshitha; U-7: 1. Sathvika M, 2. Lasya P, 3. M Jasmitha; Youngest participants: Vishwa Mukeed, Akshaya Lakshmi.