Port Blair, April 28: R Kashthuri Bhai, a class IX student of GDMS Middle Point, Port Blair makes the Islanders proud yet again by securing First position in the women category of Cademic International Open FIDE Rated Classical Chess Tournament 2023 held in Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala from 24.04.2023 to 28.04.2023.

She played pretty well in the tournament and scored 6 points out of 9 Rounds and secured First Position in the women category. She has been awarded with cash prize & certificate.

Meanwhile Cademic Chess Carnival Below 1600 FIDE Rated Chess Tournament will begin from tomorrow (29.04.2023) in which around ten chess players from A&N Islands viz. Shailender Singh, M A Dinakar, V Yashwant, Yuvan Singh, M Tanish, Rohan Singh, SPM Darshan, SPM Tarun & M A Mahalakshmi are participating.