M Viswaksen wins 226th Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament with 5.5 points

Viswaksen won the open category title with 5.5 points from six rounds

HYDERABAD: M Viswaksen won the open category title with 5.5 points from six rounds in the 226th Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament at Brilliant Grammar School here on Sunday.

Ayaanraj Kothapally and Sarathkumar Nanda got second and third places with 5 points each out of 6 rounds.

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Ayaanraj Kothapally and Sarathkumar Nanda finished second and third respectively with five points each.

In the juniors category, Tarun Sai Thota (Government High School, Musheerabad) won the event by scoring six points from six rounds while Sayyadh Raudah was second with 5 points and V. Sai Kamal third with 4.5 points.

Final placings: Open: 1. M Viswaksen, 2. Ayaanraj Kothapally, 3. Sarathkumar Nanda, 4. Rishi Pallagani, 5. Sundar Divij, 6. Rama Anjaneyulu, 7. Kandi Ravi, 8. A Ravindranath, 9. Thota Jovenkatraman and 10. Vangala Prashanth

Juniors: 1. Tarun Sai Thota, 2. Sayyadh Raudah, 3. V. Sai Kamal

Boys:

U-10: 1. V. Sai Kamal, 2. D. Jaswanth
U-13: 1. Mohd Shabbir Ahmed, 2. B. Ritwik
U-11: 1. M. Srikrishna Vivek, 2. Mukunda Mourya
U-9: 1. Shyamak Reyansh, 2. Prasidh Ambati
U-7: 1. Ayansh Ved, 2. P. Devansh

Girls:

U-15: 1. A. Pranhavi, 2. L. Anika Reddy
U-13: 1. Sree Tanvi Kota, 2. B. Rishika
U-11: 1. Rohi Sree Magham, 2. Chaitra Sree Magham
U-9: 1. Sayyadh Raudah, 2. Harini Balina
U-7: 1. E. Aishwarya, 2. Rithanya Reddy

Best woman player: Nitya Konduri
Best veteran: Raghunadh K Bhattar