Shivananda shocks Ravi Hegde

MYSORE, JULY 30. In the biggest upset of the tournament, FIDE- rated player B.S.Shivananda (ELO 2230) of Sagar registered an upset win over topseeded IM Ravi Hegde (UBI, B'lore) in the fifth round and shared the lead with M.S.Tej Kumar (Mys) with five points in the second-day of the State Open rapid chess tournament conducted by the Mysore District Chess Association at Hotel Goverdhan complex here on Sunday.

The leaders are followed by 10 players with four points.

The results: Fifth round: B.S.Shivananda (Sagar) 5 bt Ravi Hegde (UBI) 4; Aravind Shastry (Bng) 4 lost to Tej Kumar (Mys) 5; Sri Ram Sarja(Konandur) 3.5 lost to N.Sanjay (I.Tax.Mys) 4; J.K.Goutham(Bng) 3 lost to Sydney Lewis(Bng) 4; Dr.D.S.Hegde (3) lost to Vinay Kumar Hiremath(Sirsi)4; Ramachandra Bhat (Sirsi)3 lost to S.S.Mahendra (Bng)4; Rajashekar (Bng) 3 lost to P.R.Rashmi (Mys) 4; Sathyanarayana Murthy (3) lost to Vijendra (Mys) 4;K.Vijaykeerthi (Mys) 3 lost to Samuel Jaykumar(4); P.R.Rekha (Mys)4 bt P.K.Srikara (Bng)3; A.Ravish (Mys) 3 lost to Manjunath Jain (Mandya) 3.5; H.D.Jagadish (Mys) 3.5 bt Oinam Bimoy (2.5).

Fourth Round: Ravi hegde (UBI) 4 bt Ramachandra Bhat 3 (Sirsi); Aravind Shastry (Bng) 4 bt N.Sanjay (I.Tax,Mys) 3; M.S.tej Kumar (Mys) 4 bt K.Vijaykeerthi (Mys) 3; Vijendra (Mys) 3 lost to B.S.Shivananda (Sirsi) 4; S.S.Mahendra (3) lost to Sri Ram Sarja (3); M.P.Ajith (Mys) bt J.K.Goutham (Bng) 3; Vinay Kumar Hiremath (Sirsi) 3 bt A.N.Bheemesh (Mys) 2.

Third round: P.R.Rekha (Mys) 2 lost to Ravi Hegde (UBI) 3; N.Sanjay (I.Tax,Mys) 3 bt Sydney Lewis (Bng) 2; H.D.Jagadish (Mys) 2 lost to M.S.Tej Kumar (Mys) 3; B.S.Shivananda (Sagar) 3 bt M.Suraj (Bng) 2; V.Raghavendra (Bng) 2 lost to Aravind Shastry (B'lore) 3; J.K.Gowtham (Bng) 2 lost to S.S.Mahendra (Bng) 3; Ramachandra Bhat (Sirsi) 3 bt B.S.Santhosh Kumar (Mys) 2; Kristian Aura (Finland) 2 lost to Vijendra (Mys) 3; K.Vijaykeerthi (Mys) 3 bt P.K.Srikara (Bng) 2; R.Hanumantha (LIC) 1.5 lost to Sri ram Sarja (Bng) 2.5; T.S.Pradeep (Mys) 1.5 lost to Vijay Kumar Hiremath (Sirsi) 2; Rajashaker (Bng) 2 bt G.Lalitha (Bng) 1.

Second Round: Ravi Hegde(UBI) 2 bt S.M.Raviprakash (LIC) 1; T.R.Chandrashaker(SBM) lost to N.Sanjay (I.Tax,Mys) 2; Tej Kumar (Mys) 2 bt P.R.Rashmi (Mys) 1; Samuel Jaykumar (Bng) 1 lost to B.S.Shivananda (sagar) 2; Aravind Shastry (Bng) 2 bt M.P.Ajith (Mys) 1; Manjunath Jain (Mandya) 1 lost to J.K.Gowtham (Bng) 2; Vinay Kumar Hiremath (Sirsi) 1 lost to Kristian Aura (Finland) 2; P.B.Santhosh Kumar (Mys) 1 lost to Ramachandra Bhat (Sirsi) 2; Sri Ram Sarja (Konandur) 1.5 drew with T.S.Pradeep (Mys) 1.5; B.S.Santhosh Kumar (Mys) 2 bt Rajashaker (Bng) 1; Vijendra (mys) 2 bt A.N.Bheemesh (Mys) 1; Vishnu Ramnath (B'lore) 1 lost to K. Vijaykeerthi (Mys) 2.

First Round: (Important results): Omkar Padke lost to Ravi Hegde (UBI); N.Sanjay (I.Tax,Mys) bt Muniraju; M.D.Devanand lost to Tej Kumar; B.S.Shivananda bt G.Lalitha; Chandrakanth sarja lost to Aravind Shastry; J.K.Gowtham bt G.V.Sridhar; A.Raghavendra lost to Vinay Kumar Hiremath; Ramachandra Bhat bt B.C.Harish.

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