“Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions.”      

                                                                                                   –Garry Kasparov

 5^th January and 6^th January 2019 marked another dimension in Excellia School when the school organized 2 nd Smt.A.D.Pathak memorial open Excellia Chess Championship 2019..

Chess Enthusiasts from all corners of the city participated in the two day tournament. Participants from various age categories presented their best moves. The conclusion of the event was done on 6^th January evening and the winners were declared.

First 15 Winners for Open Category

1^st-Prithvi Singh

2^nd-Pawan Batham

3^rd-Ravi Shankar

4^th-Kuldeep

5^th-Shahi Kumar Soni

6^th-Medhansh Saxena

7^th-David yung

8^th-A Vamsi Krishna

9^th-Arjun Singh

10^th-Sunil Kumar

11^th-Prem Singh Mehta

12^th-Mayank Pandey

13^th-Sudhir Kumar Verma

14^th-Tanishq Gupta

15^th-Aman Agarwal

   Winners for age group Under 7 Girls

1^st– Lekhya Kishore Singh

   Winners for age group Under 7 Boys

1^st-Aryan Sadhwani

2^nd-Shaurya Pratap Singh

3^rd– Kushagra Kishore Singh

   Winners for age group Under 9 Girls

1^st-Saanvi Agarwal

  Winners for age group Under 9 Boys

1^st-Sanyam Srivastava

2^nd-Meetansh Dixit

3^rd– Adhyansh Saxena

  Winners for age group Under 11 Girls

1^st-Riddhima Nigam

2^nd-Prisha Garg

  Winners for age group Under 11 Boys

1^st-Tejasva Singh

2^nd-Divyansh Pandey

3^rd-Lakshya Srivastava

  Winners for age group Under 15 Girls

1^st-Maitreyi Gupta

2^nd-Simran Sadhwani

 Winners for age group Under 15 Boys

1^st-Aditya Pant

2^nd-Anshuman Nanda

3^rd-Adarsh Pal

 Winners for the age group under 19 Girls

1^st-Laavanya Yadav

2^nd-Smriti Singh

 Winners for age group Under 19 Boys

1^st-Shivansh Pandey

2^nd-Bhaumik Pandey

3^rd-Ayush Sahu

                                                 SCHOOL TEAM:-

1^st– D.P.S Eldeco (A Vamsi Krishna, Aditya Pant, Anshuman Nanda, Adarsh Pal)

2^nd– Excellia School (Medhansh Saxena, Tanishq Gupta, Divyansh Pandey, Adhyansh Saxena)

3^rd-Stella Maris School(Saxena Aniket, Saksham Shukla, Mohit Raj Wadhwani, Vallabh Srivastava)

The Chairman of the School Mr.D.S.Pathak vice Chairperson Mrs.Manju Pathak felicitated the winners along with chief arbiter Mr.Raizada the Director Me. Asheesh Pathak overwhelmingly thanked the participants, their coaches, parents who patiently cooperated for the smooth conduction of the event.