Daily Archives: November 17, 2014

Telangana gets its first International Master

M. Chakravarthy Reddy of Telangana State won the Asian youth (under-18) open category chess title. / by Special Arrangement
M. Chakravarthy Reddy of Telangana State won the Asian youth (under-18) open category chess title. / by Special Arrangement

M. Chakravarthi Reddy wins Asian Youth Chess Championship U-18 open category title in Delhi

M. Chakravarthi Reddy is all set to become the first-ever, ‘original’ International Master from the newly-formed Telangana State after winning the Asian Youth Chess Championship under-18 open category title in Delhi.

It’s a highly remarkable achievement by the first year student of CBIT in ECE, considering the fact that the first ever IM from the then united Andhra Pradesh was Lanka Ravi way back in 1987 amongst the very few from this part of the country.

It was an event, which was clearly dominated by Indians who won three gold, five silver and two bronze besides, the overall championship.

A proud father, Venkat Reddy, who is an agriculturist hailing from Halia mandal near Nagarjunasagar in Nalgonda district, says that his son started playing chess from class 6 onwards.

Coached by Shiva Kumar and C.R.G. Krishna, this happens to be the first major win for Chakravarthy as his only other big achievements were gold, silver and bronze in the last three editions of the National School Games.

New rules
Because of the change in rules in awarding the IM title, the FIDE will now confer it to the continental champion directly unlike in the past when a player has to complete three IM norms despite winning these kind of events.

The new rule clearly states that on a title gained by achieving a certain place or result in a tournament — winning or achieving with a result of 50 per cent, the respective national federation in Chakravarthi’s case, AICF, will have to send the application and confirmation by the qualification commission, the title will be awarded automatically.

Mosadeghpur Masoud of Iran and Serikbay Chingiz of Kazakhstan settled for silver and bronze respectively in the U-18 Open category.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by V.V. Subrahmanyam / Hyderabad – November 16th, 2014

KCR hails Saina’s title win

Badminton player Saina Nehwal. / PTI
Badminton player Saina Nehwal. / PTI

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has complimented ace shuttler Saina Nehwal on her winning the China Open Series women’s singles badminton title on Sunday.

In a statement, Mr. Rao said it was third title of the season for Ms. Saina, who is settled in Hyderabad, and second super series title. The sportspersons of Hyderabad are an inspiration to Telangana State which is trying to overcome all adversities to be in the forefront of progress, he said.

The success of women players in particular would inspire and infuse confidence among girls of Telangana in different walks of life, he hoped.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / Hyderabad – November 17th, 2014