The four chess players, who will be playing tournament at the U.S.A., are with coach V..R. Bobba in Vijayawada on Thursday.
Four young chess players are on a mission to the United
States of America. They are all set to play two tournaments in two
different cities of America in the next two months. For these budding
players, these highly competitive encounters will help them enhance
their ratings and skills.
Vijayawada’s Potluri
Supreetha, Nutakki Priyanka, M. Teja Suresh and Rajahmundry’s Guddanti
Harshitha along with coach and mentor V.R. Bobba are leaving on Friday.
Incidentally,
they are having lots of experience and have won several medals for
Andhra Pradesh and India in different international tournaments. They
will participate in Chicago Open from May 26 to 30, World Open from June
30- July 4, Philadelphia International from July 5 -10.
Says
V.R. Bobba: “Women FIDE Master and Class IX student of Viswa Bharathi
Vidyaniketan Potluri Supreetha is taking part in the Asian School event
at Iran in July and World School championship at Russia in December.
Priyanka (2073), a Class IX student of Delhi Public School, is keen to
do well in World youth under-14 girls championship going to be held at
Moscow in September 2016. These tournaments will provide them a platform
to master new openings and other strategies”.
Harshita
Guddanti (2181), a Class X student of Tripura English Medium School at
Rajahmundry, began this year on a positive note by winning a silver
medal in Asian Youth under-16 tournament held at Mongolia. She also won
medals at Asian and Commonwealth championships last year. “The next
major tournament for her will be the World junior championship to be
held at Bhubaneswar from August 7,” says Mr. Bobba. Teja Suresh, who is
performing consistently in the Andhra Pradesh domestic circuit, this
sojourn is the first major international trip. “He gave up chess as he
was busy preparing for Intermediate exams. His aim is to become an
International Master (IM) in chess. He got a free seat from Koneru
Lakshmaiah University and he is keen to improve his skills in these two
high rated events,” says Mr. Bobba.
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