N. Sanjay wins State Championship

32 year old N. Sanjay (ELO 2324) won the FIDE Rated Karnataka State Chess Championship by scoring 8.5 points in the 10 rounds. In the last round he drew with Karnatka Junior Champion G.A. Stany (1971) to finish clear first ahead of Aravind Shastry (2259) and Sriram Sarja (2257) who drew their encounter. Aravind and Sriram both finished with 8 points. However, Shastry finished in second place due to a superior tiebreak.

N. Sanjay will also be going as the coach for the Indian team in the World Youth Championships to be held in Batumi, Georgia in the month of October.

The final placings were as follows - 1. N. Sanjay 8.5 points 2. Aravind Shastry 8 points 3. Sriram Sarja 8 points 4. M.S. Thejkumar 7.5 points 5. Naveen S. Hegde 7.5 points 6. Aniketh Pawshe 7.5 points.

In the age group category prizes, following were the winners :-
1) Under 8 M. Satvik
2) Under 10 Girish Kaushik
3) Under 14 P.P. Prachura
4) Best Women player Pavithra Jagtap
5) Best Veteran player Raghuraman