Shet Prajwal of Tumkur emerged champion in the State Under-13 Open FIDE-rated (below 2200) and girls chess championship here on Sunday.
Prajwal defeated Shreyas Kulkarni of Belgaum in 46 moves in the final round. Aditya B Kalyani of Hubli finished second.
In the girls’ section, Sharanya Iyengar won the title defeating Shalmika Jain in the final round.
Swathi Bhat, Nidhi Shenoy and Bhagyashree G Patil finished with seven points each, but based on better tie-break score, Swathi was named runner-up.
Prajwal, Aditya, Sharanya and Swathi will represent Karnataka in the upcoming National Under-13 Championship at Jamshedpur from October 25 to November 2.
(Published 10 August 2014, 16:10 IST)