Chidvilas Sai, Siddhartha Karthik win Brilliant Trophy chess titles

Chidvilas Sai Surapaneni won the Open category and Siddhartha Karthik triumphed in the Junior section of the 240th Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament in Hyderabad. The event, sponsored for 20 years, showcased strong performances across age groups, including special awards

Hyderabad: Chidvilas Sai Surapaneni and Siddhartha Karthik emerged champions in the Open and Junior categories of the 240th Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament held at Brilliant Grammar School, Dilsukhnagar, here on Sunday.

In the Junior section, Siddhartha Karthik, Khadeeja Fatima, and Vikyath Thallapally tied for first place with 7.5 points each out of nine rounds. In the tie-break, Siddhartha clinched the title, Khadeeja finished second, and Vikyath secured third place.

---

In the Open category, Chidvilas Sai Surapaneni won the event by scoring eight points out of nine rounds. Sri Sai Baswanth finished second with 7.5 points, while Vikramjit Singh took third place with seven points.

Mr. Kasireddy Narayan Reddy, Kalwakurthy MLA and Correspondent of Brilliant Grammar High School, the sponsor of the event for the last 20 years, gave away the prizes.

Final Placings:

Open: 1. Chidvilas Sai, 2. Sri Sai Baswanth, 3. Vikramjit Singh, 4. Challa Saharsha, 5. Sathwik, 6. Sundar Divij, 7. Sricharan Sandipagu, 8. Srujan Keerthan, 9. Kandi Santosh Sai Karthik, 10. M.Y. Aditya.

Juniors: 1. Siddhartha Karthik, 2. Khadeeja Fatima, 3. Vikyath Thallapally, 4. Jatin Sai Vuppala, 5. Saatwik Panuganti, 6. Peri Saikrishna, 7. Gajji Rushikesh, 8. Sushanth Ramuni, 9. Eshwar Cheekati, 10. Shourya Konduri.

Boys: U-15: 1. K. Sai Prashul, 2. Mohammed Shabbir Ahmed.
U-13: 1. Hema Chandra, 2. Likhith Krishna.
U-11: 1. Sathya Karthikeya Bhattiprolu, 2. Gautham Malladi.
U-9: 1. Ashrit Padhy, 2. Mohammed Sahir Ahmed.
U-7: 1. Rehansh Turai, 2. Sulaniya Utkarsh.

Girls: U-13: 1. Anika Reddy, 2. Hari Chandana.
U-11: 1. Tejasvi Korrawat, 2. Riya Thakur.
U-9: 1. Shivanya Singanamalla, 2. Saanvika Pallamreddy.
U-7: 1. Riddi Jaiswal, 2. Sreeniti Tunki.

Special Awards:

Best Woman Player: Lasya Korrawat

Best Veteran Player: G.V. Srinivas Rao