Mangalore International Chess: Thipsay held to a draw by A P player

July 18, 2011

Mangalore, July 18: Ten players are in joint lead with four points at the end of the fourth round on the third day of 5th Indian Overseas Bank Mangalore FIDE rated open chess tournament 2011 here on Monday.

Defending champion GM Thipsay was held to a draw by C R G Krishna of AP in 67 moves. In the fianchetto variation of the Kings Indian game the grandmaster held some initiative in the middle game, the minor piece endgame was insufficient to score over.

Stany of Karnataka won convincingly against Chinmay Kulkarni of Maharashtra in 39 moves from white side of the Sicilian. IM Swapnil Dhopade lost to Maheswaran of TN after blundering a pawn in 55th move of the bishop endgame. GM Laxman continued his bad form losing to 11 year old Rathanvel of TN in 90 moves. The youngster conducted the endgame part to win a bishop for the pawn and converted in successfully.

Important Results of Round 4

Bo.	Title	Name	Club	Pts	Res.	Pts	Title	Name	Club
1		Krishna C R G	AP	3½	drew	3½	GM	Thipsay Praveen M	MAH
2		Stany G A	KAR	4	beat	3		Kulkarni Chinmay	MAH
3		Praveen Prasad P	AP	3	lost to	4	IM	Anwesh Upadhyaya	ORI
4	IM	Himanshu Sharma	HAR	3½	drew	3½	IM	Deshmukh Anup	MAH
5	FM	Maheswaran P	TN	4	beat	3	IM	Swapnil S Dhopade	MAH
6	FM	Ramakrishna J	Andra Bank	3½	drew	3½	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	TN
7	IM	Shyam Nikil P	TN	3	lost to	4		Premnath R	TN
8		Natarajan C	TN	3½	drew	3½	IM	Shivananda B S	KAR
9	IM	Saptarshi Roy	Rly	4	beat	3		Antonio Viani D'cunha	KAR-Mng
10		Sriram Sarja	KAR	3½	drew	3½	IM	Karthikeyan P	TN
11	IM	Nitin S	TN	4	beat	3		Aravindh Chithambaram Vr	TN
12		Dusthageer Ibrahim M	TN	3	lost to	4	IM	Suvrajit Saha	WB
13	IM	Sangma Rahul	DEL	4	beat	3		Chattarjee Laltu	WB
14		Navin Kanna T U	TN	4	beat	3		Santu Mondal	W B
15	IM	Lahiri Atanu	LIC	3	lost to	4		Surendran N	T N
16		Suresh Kumar T J	ICF	3½	drew	3½		Phoobalan P	ICF
17		Snehal Bhosale	MAH	3	lost to	3½	IM	Thejkumar M S	SWRly
18		Ramesh Shanmugasundaram	T N	2½	lost to	3½	IM	Ramnath Bhuvanesh R	TN
19	GM	Sriram Jha	DEL	3½	beat	2½

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Saffron wave sweeps Udupi during PM Modi’s roadshow

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November 28,2025

Udupi district transformed into a sea of saffron and celebration on Friday, November 28, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow swept through the coastal temple town. Thousands of residents lined the streets, turning the event into a vibrant public spectacle filled with cheers, flags, and festive energy.

The procession route—from the helipad to the historic Sri Krishna Math—was decked with buntings, saffron flags, and multilayered security barricades. One of the district’s largest-ever security deployments was put in place for the high-profile visit, with over 3,000 police personnel on duty. The arrangement included ten SPs, 27 DSPs, 49 inspectors, 127 sub-inspectors, 232 assistant sub-inspectors, 1,608 constables, and 39 women staff.

Six platoons of the Karnataka State Reserve Police, six Quick Response Teams, bomb detection units, and dog squads were stationed across Udupi. Enhanced surveillance covered Adi Udupi, Bannanje bus stand, and the Sri Krishna Math parking zone, with combing operations carried out along the roadshow corridor.

At the 800-year-old Sri Krishna Math, preparations reached a ceremonial peak. Paryaya Puttige Math seer Sugunendra Teertha Swamiji said the Prime Minister would take part in the Laksha Kantha Geetha Parayana, a mass chanting of the Bhagavad Gita by one lakh devotees, and inaugurate the new Suvarna Teertha Mantapa.

“He will first offer floral tributes to saint-poet Kanakadasa and then unveil the golden covering over the Kanakana Kindi,” the seer said.

The Prime Minister will also receive a Poorna Kumbha welcome and have darshan of Lord Sri Krishna, Mukhyaprana Devaru, and the Suvarna Paduke. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister Bairathi Suresh, Dharmadhikari D. Veerendra Heggade, and seers from the Ashta Maths are expected to join the ceremony.

Ahead of his arrival, the Prime Minister posted on X that he felt “honoured” to attend the spiritually significant gathering. “This is a special occasion that brings together people from different sections of society for a recital of the Gita. This Matha has a very special significance in our cultural life,” he wrote, noting the institution’s long-standing legacy rooted in the teachings of Sri Madhvacharya.

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