Anish P. More, a student of SRN Mehta School in Kalaburagi, has been selected to participate in the national-level chess championship to be held in Madhya Pradesh after securing fifth place in the State-level under-14 chess competition.

The tournament was organised by the Department of Public Instruction at Gangavati in Koppal district of Karnataka from October 15 to 17 as part of the 2026-27 academic year’s sports competitions.

Anish’s achievement has brought recognition to his school and Kalaburagi district.

The school management’s trustee Chakore Mehta, Principal Preeti Mehta, Head of the Physical Education Department Basavaraj Talakeri, chess coach Pramod More, and other teachers congratulated the student on his achievement and expressed happiness over his selection for the national-level competition.