Nirvaan Shah of Don Bosco International School (Matunga) and Krisha Jain of Podar International School CBSE (Powai) emerged champions in the boys and girls U-12 categories respectively at the MSSA inter-school chess tournament at St Sebastian High School, Chembur, on Thursday.

For 11-year-old Nirvaan, the triumph marked his fourth consecutive MSSA chess title. He has dominated the circuit since 2022, when he clinched his maiden MSSA crown in the U-10 category at the age of eight.