Rev Fr Devasia Inter-School Chess tournament: Pallavi, Sadhu champions

Pallavi Model School boys and Sadhu Vaswani International School girls emerged champions in the 14th Rev Fr Devasia Inter-School Chess tournament played at St Andrews School.

In the girls section, hosts St Andrews and Secunderabad Public School boys claimed the runner-up spots.

In the boys category, Kishan Koushik of St Andrews clinched the top spot by engineering brilliant strategies in the individual board prizes followed by Abhiram Promod, Krishna Kalyan and Shovik.

In the girls section, Sevitha Vujju from Sadhu Vaswani International School secured first place while her schoolmate Haritha Sree settled for the second spot followed by Sanjana Varma.

In the earlier rounds, St Andrews (A-team) and Sadhu Vaswani International School were in joint lead in the girls category while in the boys section Secunderabad Public School and Pallavi Model School were in the joint lead.

Meanwhile in the fourth round, St Andrews girls (A-team) defeated Hindu Public School while Sadhu Vaswani International School girls defeated Meridian School. In boys section, Pallavi Model School outperformed Sadhu Vaswani International School. Also Secunderabad Public School beat the hosts St Andrews (B-team).

Standings
 Boys: 1. Pallavi Model School; 2. Secunderabad Public School; 3. St Andrews (A-team).
 Girls: 1. Sadhu Vaswani International School ; 2. St Andrews (A Team); 3. Pallavi Model School (Bowenpally).

Board prizes winners
 Boys: 1st board Kishan Koushik (St Andrews); 2. Abhiram Promod (Pallavi Model School); 3. Krishna Kalyan (Hindu Public School); 4. Shovik (Meridian School). Girls: 1. Sevitha Vujju (Sadhu Vaswani International School); 2. Hartha Sree (Sadhu Vaswani); 3. Sanjana Varma (Sadhu Vaswani); 4. Sanjana (St Andrews)

 Round 4 (boys): Pallavi Model School bt Sadhu Vaswani International School; Secunderabad Public School bt St Andrews (B-team); St Andrews (A-team) bt St Patricks’ School; Hindu Public School drew with Bhavans School; Meridian bt Siddartha Public School; Future Kids School drew with St Andrews (Keesara); St Andrews (C-team ) got bye. Girls: Sadhu Vaswani International School bt Meridian; Pallavi Model School bt Bhavans School; St Andrews (A-team) bt Hindu Public School; St Andrews (B-team) bt Future Kids School; St Andrews (Keesara) bt Siddartha School.

 Round 3 (boys): Pallavi Model School drew with Secunderabad Public School; St Andrews’ (A-team) drew with Hindu Public School; Sadhu Vaswani Int School bt Meridian School; Bhavans School drew with Siddartha Public School; St Patrick’s School bt Future Kids School; St Andrews (Keesara) got bye. Girls: Sadhu Vaswani School bt Bhavans School; St Andrews (A-team) bt St Andrews (B-team); Pallavi Model School bt St Andrews' (Keesara); Meridian School bt Future Kids School; Hindu Public School bt Siddartha Public School.

 Round 2 (boys): Secunderabad Public School bt Meridian; Pallavi Model School bt St Andrews (C-team); Sadhu Vaswani drew with Bhavans School; St Andrews (A-team) bt Siddartha Public School; Hindu Public School bt St Andrews (Keesara); St Andrews (B-team) drew with St Patricks. Girls: Sadhu Vaswani bt Pallavi Model School; Bhavans School drew with Meridian School; St Andrews (A-team) bt Siddartha Public School; St Andrews (B-team) bt Hindu Public School; St Andrews (Keesara) got bye.