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Journalism of Courage
Siddharth Kotian in the under-8 boys and Vinay Kumar Mohandas of Abhinav Vidyalaya in under-12 won the titles respectively in the Parle-G Inter-Schools Chess Festival being organised by Bandra Chess Club and conducted by Bombay Chess Association at the St. Stanislaus school, Bandra.
Siddharth Kotian remained unbeaten in the nine-round Swiss league and finished a clear two points ahead of the rest of the field.
Vinay Kumar dropped one point on his way to the title and was half-a-point ahead of Aditya Vora (7.5).
Final positions
Under-12: 1. Vinay Kumar 8 points, 2. Aditya Vora 7.5, 3. Yashodhan Gogte 7.5, 4. R Chandrashekar 7.5, 5. Sachin Kamat 7, 6. Sanju Malaikal 7, 7. Aniruddha Unni 7, 8. Nilesh Yevle 7, 9. Imran Shaikh 7, 10. Prasad Jathar 7.
Under-8: 1. Siddharth Kotian 9, 2. Saurabh Nayak 7, 3. Vatsal Shah 7, 4. Joshua Michael 6, 5. Karan Ajinkya 6, 6. Ramesh Jagannath 6, 7. Danvin Mehta 6, 8. Aditya Udeshi 6, Varun Dhadke 6, 10. Kaustubh Thipsay 6.
