Saharsha wins open title at PICA chess tournament

FIDE-rated Challa Saharsha won the open category title in the fifth PICA prize money chess tournament organised by Pratyusha International Chess Academy here by virtue of the tie-break rule, despite tying with Chidvilash Sai with 4.5 points each from five rounds

Hyderabad: FIDE-rated Challa Saharsha won the open category title in the fifth PICA prize money chess tournament organised by Pratyusha International Chess Academy here by virtue of the tie-break rule, despite tying with Chidvilash Sai with 4.5 points each from five rounds.

The winner received Rs 10,000, while the runner-up got Rs 6,000.

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Final placings:
Open category: 1. Challa Saharsha, 2. Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni, 3. Y. Sai Kiran, 4. P. Sri Sai Baswanth, 5. Keerthi Ganta, 6. Tijil Singh, 7. Kinshuk Vetcha, 8. Chetlapalli Vishnu, 9. Aamuktha Guntaka and 10. Teja Krishna Talabattula.

Veterans: 1. P.V.V. Satyanarayana Murthy, 2 .G. Satyanarayana.
Women: 1. Samhita Pungavanam, 2. Sreesha Kandi.

Age groups: Boys:
Under-7: 1. Mungi Grahith Vivaan, 2. Gantem Shouri Aryan, 3. Mohammed Sahir Ahmed, 4. Shiv Chetlapalli, 5. V. Hetansh
Varma.

Under-9: 1. Yuvan Mule, 2. Kausthubh Satyavarapu, 3. Jitin Yalavarthi, 4. Satvik Yalla, 5. Pujari Charvik Sai.
Under-11: 1. Lalith Srihaas Mendi, 2. Manas Arunsritej, 3. Viaan Surana, 4. Gupta Darsh, 5. Sree Krishna Sampathirao.

Under-15: 1. Aylore Hari Suryanarayana, 2. Padala Arav, 3. Sivakumar Govardhan, 4. Atharv Srivastava, 5. V. Srivatsav.
Girls: Under-7: 1. P. Naga Vasudha, 2. Joshvika, 3. Hanvi Peddineni ,4. Palakonda Shishira, 5. Ira Shree Katakam.

Under-9: 1. Madhu Sree Duvvala, 2. Vundyala Samiksha, 3. Banothu Humpy, 4. Anaya Sharma, 5. Rishika Janga.
Under-11: 1. T. Srivarshini Tanmayi, 2. M. Chaitra Sree, 3. Padala Roshita, 4. Gujjari Saanvika, 5. Rohi Sree Magham.

Under-15: 1. Sisika Borelli, 2. Banothu Shashirekha, 3. Gahan Gajjela, 4. Skyla Borelli, 5. U. Vaishnavi.