CHESS TEAM
The St Stephen’s College Chess Team took part in the Inter College Competition organized by the University of Delhi. The following students took part in the same:
| 1 | Henry Gomes Captain | III Chemistry (H) |
| 2 | Nirbhay Nitya Nanda Secretary | II B.A.(Prog) |
| 3 | Ashleesh Koganti | I Mathematics (H) |
| 4 | Anubodh Yadav | I Physics (H) |
| 5 | Vyomjit Kapoor | III History (H) |
Chess Workshop
A Chess Workshop was organized in college from 24th August – 5th September, 2015 in the Sports Complex. There was a good response to the workshop. During the Workshop, practice sessions were conducted where interested students were introduced to various concepts of the game. After a week, all participants were made to play matches against each other. This was finally followed by the Trials for College Chess Team which were held in the form a league and the Top Five students were inducted to the college team.
Inter-College
Ashleesh Koganti, of I Mathematics, scored 6 points out of a total of 6, winning all his matches.
Nirbhay Nitya Nanda, of II B.A.(P), scored 5 points out of a total of 6.
Henry and Anubodh scored about 2.5 points on 6.
College Team record of results:
After a total of 6 matches, the team sheet of the college team are as given below:
Wins: 2
Draws: 2
Loses: 2
Achievements
Nirbhay Nitya Nanda and Ashleesh Koganti are FIDE rated players with ratings of 1834 and 1797 respectively. Both players have participated in state, national and international chess tournaments.