RUTHVIK - ANDHRA PRADESH U12 CHAMPION-2021.
BOY FROM VISAKHAPATNAM BAGGED U12 OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP-2021. Venkata Ruthvik Mummana of Visakhapatnam won the U12 Open championship of Andhra Pradesh with 8.5 points out of 9 rounds in a open competition where 109 players from all 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh have contested. The boy from Steel city studying 6th in Kids Create ( EM) Upper primary School. He thanked his parents Mr & Mrs Venkata Rajesh & Chandrakala for providing tournament environment in their house for the present online tournament and their hardwork in bringing him upto this level. He expressed his unhappiness for the lack of offline Rating tournaments due to carona pandamic at his growth level which stucked him at Elo rating of 1543. He was happy with the present online / tornelo events in the State and National level which brings him the effect of regular offline tournaments. Even though the Elo Rating is not effective for present State and National level competitions he felt that the present competitions at State and National competitions are curtain raisers for offline tournament. According to his the practice tournaments and higher age group participation made him comfortable in his age group tournament. With the present championship Rithvik got selected as normal entry to represent Andhra Pradesh in the coming U12 National Chess Championship. He thanked his coach Mr B. Ramanababu who helped him in his professional growth.
Greetings to Ruthvik from Adhoc Committee, Andhra Chess.