Nitesh, Sameer champs

NOVEMBER 16: Nitesh Bhat of Manjunath Vidyalaya (Dombivli) won the boys under-8 title of the Bournvita Inter-School chess tournament, org...

NOVEMBER 16: Nitesh Bhat of Manjunath Vidyalaya (Dombivli) won the boys under-8 title of the Bournvita Inter-School chess tournament, organised by the Kalina Recreation and Sports Club and the Bombay Chess Association at the Vile Parle Prabodhankar Thackeray Krida Sankul, today.

Sameer Thakkar crowned himself as the boys under-12 champion when he finished the final round as a clear leader with 9.5 points. Earlier in the competition, his sister had won the under-12 girls title to make it a memorable day for the Thakkar family.

Results of top five boards:

Boys u-8 (10th and final round): Kashi Sah 8.5 pts drew with Nitesh Bhat 8.5 pts; Siddharth Kotian 7.5 pts lost to Karan Ajinkya 8.5 pts; Aditya Udeshi 7pts lost to Akshat Pandya 7 pts; Abhishek Ravi 8 pts bt Ashit Pandya 7 pts; Amogh Wajandar 7 pts lost to Dhanvin Mehta 7.5 pts.

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U-8 Prize winners (progressive score in bracket): 1 Nitesh Bhat of Manjunath Vidyalaya 8.5 pts (50); 2 Kashi Kishore Sah of Fr Agnel 8.5 pts (47.5); 3 Karan Ajinkya of Yashodham 8.5 pts (46); 4 Akshat Kundalia of PG Garodia 8 pts (48.5); 5 Abhishek Ravi of Swami Vivekananda 8 pts (43).

Boys u-12 (11th and final round): Ashwin Ganapathy 9 pts drew with Sameer Thakkar 9.5 pts; Nikhil Kamat 8.5 pts drew with Aniruddha Unni 8.5 pts; Ninad Puranik 8.5 pts drew with Sachin Kamat 8.5 pts; R Chandrashekhar 8 pts drew with Nilesh Yevle 8 pts; Prerak Chowdhary 8pts drew with Vinaykumar M 8 pts.

U-12 Prize winners: 1 Sameer Thakkar of Jankidevi Public 9.5 pts; 2 Ashwin Ganapathy of Fr Agnel 9 pts; 3 Aditya Vora of Don Bosco, Matunga 8.5 pts (56.5); 4 Ninad Puranik of St John the Baptist 8.5 pts (54); 5 Nikhil Kamat of IES English, Dadar 8.5 (53.5).

Youngest boy participant: Omkar Sanjay Davate of Chandrakant Patkar born on 26-12-95.