Stany GA emerges Rapid Chess Champion

Mangalore, February 13: Mangalore Chess Academy, Mangalore and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mangalore jointly organised Karnataka State Open Rapid Chess Championship-2011 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan here on Sunday under the auspices of United Karnataka Chess Association.

In the final Round Stany GA of Shimoga won the game with Raghavendra V of Banaglore and Gahan MG of Mangalore won with Antonio Viani D'Cunha of Mangalore. Both Stany and Gahan scored eight points out of maximum nine points. Based on the better tie break score, Stany GA declared as the Karnataka State Open Rapid Chess Champion 2011.

National Under 17 Champion, Stany GA of Shimoga and Gahan MG of Mangalore will represent Karnataka State for the forthcoming National Rapid Chess Championship.

The prize distribution ceremony was held at 5:00 pm. The Chief guest Mr S Ravishankar, Patron South Kanara District chess Association, Mr Jayaram Shetty, Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mr Gururaj MS, President UKCA, Mr Raghavendra V, Gen Secretary, UKCA, Mr R Hanymantha, Vice President, UKCA were on the dais to present the prizes.

Important Results after final round.

Bo.	Name	IRtg	Club	Pts	Res.	Pts	Name	IRtg	Club
1	Antonio Viani D'cunha	2282	Mangalore	7	lost to	8	Gahan M G	2181	Mangalore
2	Stany G A	2395	Shimoga	8	bt	6½	Raghavendra V	2026	Bangalore
3	Arvind Shastry	2313	Bangalore	6½	lost to	7	Thejkumar M S	2457	Mysore
4	Arjun U Prabhu	1932	Shimogga	6	drew with	6	Krishna Udupa	2011	Shimoga
5	Durgesh K	1834	Bangalore	6	lost to	7	Manjunath J	2006	Mangalore
6	Abhishek Das	2349	Bangalore	6½	bt	6	Vivekraj	1606	Mangalore
7	Sanjay N	2310	Bangalore	6½	bt	5½	Suraj M	2066	Bangalore
8	Yashas D	2185	Shimoga	6½	bt	5½	Ravish A	1777	Bangalore
9	Vijendra Y G	2141	Mysore	6½	bt	5½	Upendra K	1915	Ramanagara
10	Nishanth H N	1620	Hassan	6½	bt	5	Hegde Naveen	2045	Sirsi

Important Results after 8th round.

Bo.	Name	IRtg	Club	Pts	Res.	Pts	Name	IRtg	Club
1	Arvind Shastry	2313	Bangalore	6½	lost to	7	Antonio Viani D'cunha	2282	Mangalore
2	Manjunath J	2006	Mangalore	6	lost to	7	Stany G A	2395	Shimoga
3	Gahan M G	2181	Mangalore	7	bt	5½	Sanjay N	2310	Bangalore
4	Raghavendra V	2026	Bangalore	6½	bt	5½	Yashas D	2185	Shimoga
5	Thejkumar M S	2457	Mysore	6	bt	5½	Suraj M	2066	Bangalore
6	Ravish A	1777	Bangalore	5½	drew with	5½	Vijendra Y G	2141	Mysore
7	Krishna Udupa	2011	Shimoga	6	bt	5	Gautam M D	1651	Hassan
8	Sharan Rao	1703	Mangalore	5	lost to	6	Arjun U Prabhu	1932	Shimogga
9	Vivekraj	1606	Mangalore	6	bt	5	Bharat Vijay	1917	Bangalore
10	Louis Kumpala	1669	Mangalore	5	lost to	6	Durgesh K	1834	Bangalore

Important Results after 7th round.

Bo.	Name	IRtg	Club	Pts	Res.	Pts	Name	IRtg	Club
1	Stany G A	2395	Shimoga	6	lost to	6½	Arvind Shastry	2313	Bangalore
2	Thejkumar M S	2457	Mysore	5	lost to	6	Gahan M G	2181	Mangalore
3	Arjun U Prabhu	1932	Shimogga	5	lost to	6	Antonio Viani D'cunha	2282	Mangalore
4	Abhishek Das	2349	Bangalore	4½	lost to	6	Manjunath J	2006	Mangalore
5	Sanjay N	2310	Bangalore	5½	bt	4½	Arjun Bharat	1913	Bangalore
6	Yashas D	2185	Shimoga	5½	bt	4½	Satvik M	1793	Bangalore
7	Suraj M	2066	Bangalore	5½	bt	4½	Pangal Gopalkrishna Nayak	1633	Mangalore
8	Raghavendra V	2026	Bangalore	5½	bt	4	Hegde Naveen	2045	Sirsi
9	Vijendra Y G	2141	Mysore	5	bt	4	Shalon Joanne Pais	1664	Mangalore
10	Neeraj S Pai	1653	Shimogga	4	lost to	5	Krishna Udupa	2011	Shimoga

Important Results after 6th round.

Bo.	Name	IRtg	Club	Pts	Res.	Pts	Name	IRtg	Club
1	Stany G A	2395	Shimoga	6	bt	5	Thejkumar M S	2457	Mysore
2	Arvind Shastry	2313	Bangalore	5½	bt	4½	Raghavendra V	2026	Bangalore
3	Arjun Bharat	1913	Bangalore	4½	drew with	4½	Abhishek Das	2349	Bangalore
4	Satvik M	1793	Bangalore	4½	drew with	4½	Sanjay N	2310	Bangalore
5	Antonio Viani D'cunha	2282	Mangalore	5	bt	4	Durgesh K	1834	Bangalore
6	Pangal Gopalkrishna Nayak	1633	Mangalore	4½	drew with	4½	Yashas D	2185	Shimoga
7	Gahan M G	2181	Mangalore	5	bt	4	Anantharam R U	1744	Mangalore
8	Manjunath J	2006	Mangalore	5	bt	4	Sharan Rao	1703	Mangalore
9	Arjun U Prabhu	1932

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Mangaluru, Nov 29: Around 12,500 healthcare students from Medical, Dental, AYUSH, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Allied Health Sciences colleges of Dakshina Kannada, affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), took part in a massive walkathon to promote awareness on Organ Donation and Nasha Mukth Bharat.

The inaugural ceremony was held at Mangala Stadium. Dr Bhagavan B C, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of RGUHS, delivered the welcome address. The walkathon was flagged off by Shri U T Khader, Hon’ble Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, and presided over by Shri Dinesh Gundu Rao, Hon’ble Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Dakshina Kannada District In-charge. Dakshina Kannada MP Shri Brijesh Chowta also addressed the students.

Music director Guru Kiran, MLA Dr Bharat Shetty (Mangalore North), Police Commissioner Shri Sudheer Kumar Reddy, Shri Manjunath Bhandary and Shri Harish Kumar were among those present.

Institution heads including Dr Haji U K Monu (Kanachur Colleges), Dr Shantharam Shetty (Tejaswini College), Dr Bhaskar Shetty (City Group of Colleges), Mr Abdul Rahiman (Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences), and the District Health Officer, Mangalore, also participated.

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