26.10.2017, The Vivacious Chess champion Vaishali STD XII of Velammal Main School, Participated in open category Chigorina Memorial 2017, Blitz Tournament at St. Peters burg, Russia on 23rd October 2017 defeated the parallel opponent with a score of (9-11) Uzbekistan player yakubbar Nodirken in the final round and bagged third Prize with a cash prize of twenty thousand Russian rubles.