Mangalore: The closing ceremony of Karnataka State Under-15 FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2010 and Karnataka State Under-15 Girls Chess Championship 2010 was held at Karnataka Bank Employees Association Auditorium, Bejai, on August 10, Tuesday.

In the championship, Girish A Koushik, Antonio Viani D’Cunha, Nihal Manjunath, Yashas D, Anishcharith Bhandary, Shreeshan S and Augustin will represent Karnataka State for the National Sub Junior Chess Championship to be held at Delhi from 4th to 12th Sept 2010, while, Girish A Koushik and Yashas got direct entry for the National Sub Junior Championship based on the previous year’s performance.

Likewise, Vanessa D’Souza, Andria L D’Souza, Akshatha R, Panchami Shenoy K will represent Karnataka State for the National Sub Junior Chess Championship to be held at Delhi from 4th – 12th Sept 2010.

Managing Trustee, of Sharavu Maha Ganapathy Temple, Raghavendra Shastry,  Director  of Bharathiya Vidya Bhavana  Jayaram Shetty, Gen Secretary of United Karnataka Chess Association Hanumantha R,  Secretary of South Kanara District Chess Association Lydia D’Cunha, President of SKDCA M S Gururaj were present during the prize distribution ceremony.