“AlJabal consultancy” Chess Cup a success

Manama : Bahrain Chess Academy held the 2nd “AlJabal consultancy” Chess Cup for kids under 16 years old at St Christopher’s School - Saar yesterday. 

Vishal Ramvelu from India was the overall winner with the perfect score of 9 points out of 9, Jaya Surya from India ¬was the winner in the under-14 section, Yakov Cherian Thomas was the winner in the under-12 section, Barath Ramvelu won in the under-10 and Anish Vaman in the under-8 category.

The tournament was played according to the Swiss system from 9 rounds and each player had 10 minutes to end the game, the rounds started at 10 am in the morning till 4 in the evening in a tense but friendly atmosphere. All the players fighted fiercely over the magic board of 64 squares, supervised by Mohamed Tissir, International Chess Master.

In special prizes, Amrutha Lakshmi topped in the girls section, William Osbourn best player from  St Christopher’s School, Jassem Al Jowder best Bahraini player and a special prize was given to the youngest participant Alhanoof Showaitershe’s  just 4 years and 11 months. 

Information & eGovernment Authority Chief Executive Mohammed  AlQaed, Ed Goodwin OBE, Principal of St Christopher’s School and Wendy Bataineh, Head of Junior School were present at the closing ceremony.