16th Lucknow District Chess Tournament at Excellia School

“Life is a game of chess and chess is a game of brain…….. not heart”

Excellia School organised 1day 16th Lucknow District under 09 & under 13 Open and Girls Chess Championship on 29th November 2022 respectively under the aegis of Lucknow District Chess sports Association and was conducted by Precision Chess Academy. The Championship witnessed throng of participants from all across the district to participate in the tournament.

As beautifully quoted by Albert Einstein that “Life is a game of Chess, To win you have to make a move”, so were the players who kept challenging their own limits so as to pave their way into UP State Under 09 and Under 13 Chess Championship where only top 2 players can only get through.

In Under-13 Boys category the last round on the first board had a tie between Divyansh Pandey and Pranav Rastogi while Anirudh Dwivedi defeated Atharv Rastogi on the second board whilst Atharv Thapliyal defeated Shubh Srivastava and gained an entire point.

The last round was a tie break between Divyansh Pandey and Anirudhh Dwivedi wherein Divyansh was declared the winner due to tie breaker score while Anirudh Dwivedi had to satisfy himself with second position.

In Under 13 Girls Category Sanvi Agarwal grabbed all the 5 points and was declared the winner whereas Purnika Gupta was declared the runner up with 3.5 points. In Under-9 Boys Category Pranav Rastogi was declared the winner while Aja Thapliyal was the winner in Under-9 Girls Category.

Divyansh Pandey and Anirudh Dwivedi will participate in in Under 13 UP State Chess Championship in Under-13 Boys Category and Sanvi Agarwal and Purnika Gupta in Girls Category that will be held on 2nd December in Agra.