Abhimaan Deshpande won the juniors category and P. Karyasheel clinched the open title at the 241st Brilliant Trophy chess tournament in Hyderabad. The event saw strong performances across age groups, with category winners recognised in boys, girls, and special awards
Published Date – 14 June 2026, 07:04 PM
Hyderabad: Abhimaan Deshpande of Sri Gayatri e-Techno School (Manikonda) and P. Karyasheel won the junior and open category titles, respectively, in the 241st Brilliant Trophy chess tournament held at Brilliant Grammar School, Dilsukhnagar, here.
In the junior category, Abhimaan Deshpande won the event by scoring six points out of six rounds, while Sreecharan and Ivaan Jain secured second and third places with five points each out of six rounds.
In the open category, P. Karyasheel won the event by scoring six points out of six rounds, while Sai Prudhvi finished second with 5.5 points and Dinesh Sai took third place with five points out of six rounds.
Final placings
Open category: 1. P. Karyasheel, 2. Sai Prudhvi Eati, 3. Kurella Dinesh Sai, 4. JV Srikar, 5. Hemanth Seera, 6. Shaik Mohammed Irfan, 7. Seshum Dhanush, 8. Lella Devaansh, 9. Erukulla Anish, 10. M. Thriaansh Sai.
Boys:
Under-15: 1. Y. Bharath, 2. Mithil Amor.
Under-13: 1. Ch. Sree Charan, 2. G. Ritish.
Under-11: 1. Ivaan Jain, 2. Avaneesh Gadipelli.
Under-9: 1. Gowtham Manchukonda, 2. Mohammed Sahir Ahmed.
Under-7: 1. Rehansh Turai, 2. Sulaniya Utkarsh.
Girls:
Under-15: 1. Karthika Ganji, 2. Ch. Sanvitha.
Under-13: 1. Vedasruthi Chetla, 2. K. Abhinandana.
Under-11: 1. Tanishi Sharma, 2. Rushika Bhaskar.
Under-9: 1. Advaitha Gadipelli, 2. Ch. Shadgati.
Under-7: 1. Bhuvi Sreshta, 2. Riddi Jaiswal.
Special awards: Nigama Sree was named best woman player, while C.S. Rao was adjudged best veteran player.
