NITK Chess Club

30/08/2020

A very big congratulations to the Indian Chess team for winning their first ever gold medal in the Chess Olympiads! The games were breathtaking to say the least but under the captaincy of we pulled through to a well deserved win!!

20/07/2020

Our first bullet train recently departed it's station and we had some great passengers too! Congrats to the winners and we hope to see you all again in the next tournament!!

The winners:
#1: Jwalin Mehta , BITS Pilani
#2: Sharan Rao, NITK
#3: Krishna Karthik Nerella, NIT Warangal
#4: Samvid Kane, NITK
#5: Pranjal Adappa, Karwar Institute of Medical Sciences

17/07/2020

Hello everyone,
Meet Sharan Rao, one of the strongest members of our team. If you ever get him as an opponent...just resign. Why waste your time?

10/07/2020

Hello everyone!
Meet our captain, Samvid Kane in Pokémon card form. You better not find this man in a tournament sitting opposite to you arranging his pieces😂

04/06/2020

26/05/2020

White is lacking in pieces but can checkmate black with the given ammunition. Can you find the combination? Make sure you check all variations!

19/05/2020

Every sacrifice is another colour in your rainbow.

Black to play and mate in 2

13/05/2020

A Queen's sacrifice even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover.

Can you find the best move here?

10/05/2020

In this game, black is cornered both literally and figuratively.
Can white open the door to victory at the sound of opportunity knocking?
White to move and checkmate in 4

05/01/2020

Super Sunday for the team!!

Sharan Rao,Samvid Kane,Swarnangshu Ghosh and Praveen Iyer secured 1st,2nd,3rd and 6th places respectively in the Sri Siddivinayaka Trophy Inter District Open Rapid Chess Tournament 2020.The top 3 finished with 5 points out of 6 and hence secured a clean sweep of podium finishes by the NITK chess team.

We wish to witness more such dominant performances in the future!

09/12/2019

We are happy to announce that Sharan Rao and Swarnangshu Ghosh secured 2nd and 6th places respectively in the 2nd KIOCL rapid tournament held at Mangalore with Sharan bagging a whopping Rs 20000 and Swarnangshu walking away with Rs 6000.

A really commendable achievement, in a tournament which saw more than 300 players participate!

We wish them the very best for their future endeavours.