Celestial Minds, that aims at promoting Sports and Arts in the area run by Kavyashree Mallanna and team, is growing in leaps and bounds. In a short span of two years, the school has produced many young chess players in the area who are winning at various competitions. At the recently held NH Team Scholastic Chess event at Epping High School, NH, on April 13, 2013, twenty players forming five teams led by Kavyashree, won top honours. There were total Eighty Participants representing different cities of NH school districts and Chess clubs playing this uscf rated event.

The highest rated Team1 from Celestial Minds, Suhas Katikaneni, Akhil Kammila, Anish Kammila defended their 2012 Championship in style and made the community proud by winning the Championship Title in the Elementary category.  

Team2 from Celestial Minds, Kaival Shah, Samarth Shah, Sadhvi Raghav and Shreyas Pedda won the Championship Title in the Primary category.

Team3 comprised of Sanjana Kunnikuru, Srinath Rangan, Anirudh Bachiraju and Sibi Ravi and they contributed to the victory tally by claiming the Third Place in the Elementary category.

Not to be left behind, Team4 made up of Saanvi Tiruveedhula, Aarush Sathu, Saranya Sri Balaharan and Aryan Mitta won the Third Place in Primary Category.

Team5 had first time players Neil Kachappilly, Rushi Girish, Adhithi Venkatesan and Shreyas Sinha and they went down fighting but secured the Fifth Place in the Elementary category.

Kavyashree is hopeful that Chess is taken up by more and more children at a young age because Team Chess creates bonding amongst the chess players even when they compete against each other. It also helps build the much needed sportsman spirit and children learn to take the results, even when not in their favor, positively. Although the results encourage players and schools , Kavya believes this kind of engagement with Chess helps holistic approach. So here’s wishing many more Chess events and many more little champions.

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