S Srujan Keerthan wins PICA chess tournament in Hyderabad

FIDE-rated S Srujan Keerthan won the PICA prize money chess tournament in Hyderabad with a perfect five points. Several players secured top positions across open, veterans, women and age-group categories in the competition

Hyderabad: FIDE-rated S Srujan Keerthan won the eighth PICA prize money chess tournament with five points from five rounds here on Sunday.

Sethumadhav, Saharsha and Pranav finished in that order by virtue of the tie-break rule after all three scored 4.5 points each from five rounds.

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Open category: 1. S Srujan Keerthan, 2. Y Sethumadhav, 3. Ch Saharsha, 4. A Pranav, 5. Sirram Adarsh, 6. Sri Sai Baswanth, 7. K Sanketh Reddy, 8. Chidvilash Sai, 9. N Nihal, 10. G Sathvik.

Veterans: 1. J Harender, 2. A Ravindranath, 3. P V V Satyanarayana Murthy.

Women: 1. C Niharika, 2. G Sharon Blessy.

Age groups:

Boys: Under-7: 1. G Jagrav Reddy, 2. Rehansh Turai, 3. Shetten Tanav Eeshan, 4. Nandan Chodisetti, 5. Ved Arka Rangadha.

Under-9: 1. Bhari Devansh Reddy, 2. P Aaryansh, 3. Saha Bhaswata, 4. Ishan Gandhavarapu, 5. Venkata Ram Karthikeya.

Under-11: 1. K Snithik, 2. J Sai Sathvik, 3. Adhvik Medishetty, 4. V Bhuvan Sai, 5. P Avaneesh Sairishi.

Under-15: 1. Abhiram Singamsetti, 2. Rtesh Maddukuri, 3. T Vikyaath, 4. V Srivatsav, 5. Hari Suryanarayana.

Girls: Under-7: 1. Mehreen Shaik, 2. P Dharani, 3. Shloka Sathiraju, 4. T Sri Thraya, 5. L Tejasvini.

Under-9: 1. K Sahasra, 2. Rishika Janga, 3. P Joshvika, 4. K Valli, 5. K Karinaya.

Under-11: 1. Jonna Sree Tanvi, 2. P Roshita, 3. G Saanvika, 4. Tanishi Sharma, 5. Anushka Manoj Kumar.

Under-15: 1. C Rohini Madhurya, 2. C Sreelakshmi, 3. Vaishnavi Sahasra, 4. R Sai Susheela, 5. P Sai Aaradhya.