For the third time in Karnataka, State Under 15 Open Chess Championship was held as a rated event and this year even the Girls category was FIDE rated! Swara Lakshmi and Jagadish P won the championship in girls and open category respectively. There was a four-way tie in the open category with 7.5/9 points each, which was won by the top seed Jagadish P with better buchholz score of 54.5. On the other hand Swara Lakshmi remained unbeaten throughout the 9 rounds to clinch her maiden title in the girls category. Mr. Nagendra Muralidhar who is the director of the Mysore Chess Centre sends us a detailed summary of what happened at the event.