Its the first GM tournament to be held in the State since its formation.

The unbeaten Harsha recorded five victories and four draws to amass seven points at the end of the ninth and final round.

The second place was won by Abhiram Pramod and Ankitha Goud Palle in boys and girls categories respectively.

Hyderabad: Young prodigies from Telangana, Adireddy Arjun and Akula Suhaas impressed by winning silver and bronze medals respectively in the National under-9 open chess championship held at Ahmedabad recently. Arjun lost to Goutham Krishna of Kerala in the ninth round and came back strongly to win the next three rounds to bag the silver medal. W

Hyderabad: A Kovidh Kushal Reddy from Bolton Brigade School, Secunderabad and P Satyanarayana bagged the top honours in junior and senior categories in the 159th Brilliant Trophy Open Chess Tournament held at Brilliant Grammar High School, Dilsukhnagar on Sunday. Kovidh won the event by scoring six points out of six rounds while Amruthavarshini

Hyderabad: Surya Alakanti and Pole Pravalika bagged the under-17 boys and girls titles respectively in the 21st Telangana State Ranking Chess Tournament held at Lal Bahadur Stadium. In the under-15 boys and girls category, Ravuri Sainath and Malkapuram Manogna emerged champions. Winners: Boys: U-7: 1. Havish Kovidh, 2. Modith Aaroh Mutyalapati,

Srithan scored six points from seven rounds to win the medal. With this bronze, Srithan also achieved FIDE rating points of 1975. 

DPS’s B Dhruvan Reddy and Phoenix Green’s Aditya Sai took second and third places respectively in the junior category. In the senior category

The players - Praneeth Surya, Praneeth Vuppala, Karthik Sai Ch, Satyanarayana P, Varun V, Aditya Varun Gampa, Kumar A, Suresh Duvvala, Sibi Srinivas Einstein, Shaik Sumer Arsh, Sarath Chandra K

Sahajasri is the first woman from Telangana to achieve the same.

Shiva was adjudged the winner in a tie-break against V Varun after the completion of five rounds.

At 13 years, five months and ten days, he is the youngest International Master from Telangana

Rithvik, a tenth 10th class student of Orchids International School, Jubilee Hills,  secured  the National title by scoring 9.5 points out of 11 rounds in the prestigious National games

In the Open category, Suresh, Shanmukha, P Satyanarayana and Subhash Kumar were initially tied with five points and Suresh won the event in a tie-break

Meanwhile, a total of nine players with five points are sharing the second position

Hyderabad: B Sai Atchyut won the Telangana State Youth Under-25 Chess Championship held at TSCA Office on Sunday. He won the title with a total of 6.5 points from seven rounds. The top four winners will represent the State in the National Youth Chess Championship. Top four winners: 1, B Sai Atchyut (6.5), 2. Pavan Teja Medam (6),3. Sibi Srinivas