Hyderabad: G Pavan Karthikeya Varma of Sanghamitra School, Nizampet and S Kumara Srivatsa of Vignan Botree School, Nizampet bagged the top honours in U-15 and U-9 categories respectively in the Children Chess Tournaments held at the Sundaraiah Bhavan, Pragathi Nagar, Hyderabad on Monday.
Kumara Srivatsa clinched the title with five points from as many rounds while Pavan Karthikeya and P Nagaraju tied with five points each in the U-15 category. In the tie breaker, Pavan defeated Nagaraju to emerge champion.