Lourdes Central School in Mangalore has scripted a new episode in the history of Karnataka Chess by winning the Under-14 category championship in the National CBSE Chess Championship 2007- 08 held in Chennai from October 29 to November 3.
According to a press release, the team comprising Nihal Manjunath (Captain), Adith Jagadish, Yashas Salian, Rammohan Bhandari and Akash Harendranath, scored 19.5 points in 6 rounds.
It was a 2 way tie along with South Zone Champions and the top seeded Jawahar School of Chennai. The tie break score of 82.5 points by Lourdes against the 80 points by Jawahar helped Lourdes Central School clinch the title. Unbeaten Adith Jagadish and Yashas Salian also won the Board prizes in 3rd and 4th Board respectively with their individual scores of 6 and 5 points respectively.
This is the maiden major chess title in CBSE Chess events for a Mangalorean team. The team won the title irrespective of participation of strong teams from all over India. All the players in the team are being trained at Derik’s Chess School in Mangalore, the release added.
