Udupi :  Nearly eight young chess players from Dakshina Kannada  have bagged the top five ranks in various categories at the  state level chess tourney for primary and secondary school students held at Mount Rosary English Medium School at Santhekatte Kalianpur. The event concluded on November 20, Tuesday.

 The winners from DK include Shabdik Varma and Pangal Gopalkrishna Nayak Reesha Shenoy, Panchami Shenoy K, Swathi K Bhat Chirag Hirinja, Shalon Joanne Pais,

 K Raghupathi Bhat, MLA gave away prizes to the winners. Gowri Poojary, President of Udupi Taluk Panchayat, Jayanthi B Suvarna, Member of Taluk panchayat,  Nagesh Shanbhag, BEO Brahmavar, S Nagendra Madhystha, Joint Director, Education Department and others were present as chief guests.

Those who secured top five places in under 14 girls category include Ananya S of Kodagu, Tulsi M of Mysore, and Reesha Shenoy, Panchami Shenoy K and Swathi K Bhat all from Dakshina kannada. These have a chance to represent their state in the School Game Federation of India’s National Chess Tournament 2012-13 to be held in Maharashtra  in December.

The top five places in the under 14 boys category went to Nikhilesh Holla of Dakshina Kannada, Shashwat S Mudenagudi of Dharwad, Dhyaan S Nayak of Karwar, Chirag Hirinja of Dakshina Kannada, Chiranth M D of Shimoga.The winners in the under 17 girls and boys category are :  Shalon Joanne Pais of Dakshina Kannada, Gangamma BN of Mysore, Vani S Indrali of Dharwad, Sumathi of Mysore and Sanjana of Shimoga ; Augustin A of Kodagu, Pangal Gopalkrishna Nayak of Dakshina Kannada, Nikhil R Umesh of Shimoga, Shabdik Varma of Dakshina Kannada and Satvik M of Bangalore.