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| Young Ritwan lifts State Chess Championship | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 25: Young and upcoming Ritwan Sauntra clinched the men's trophy beating his senior and title holder, Sumit Grover in the deciding sixth round of the State Open Chess Championships played at Hotel Nek, here under the banner of All J&K Chess Association. Though three other competitors secured five points each, still Arvindu was declared third and Abhishek Nayal fourth considering their progressive score. Three other contestants, Ajit Singh, Chetan Gandotra and Pranav Sharma obtained four points each to secure sixth, seventh and eighth positions respectively.
In the meantime, first timer in any competition, Akriti Kotwal emerged as new women's state champion beating the former champion, Aditi Sharma in the third round today. Mehak Bakshi and Sushma Raina bagged two points each to remain at third and fourth place respectively.
In the valedictory function of the two-day championships, general secretary of the Association, Baldev Raj was chief guest, who along with president, Atul Gupta and treasurer gave away winners and runners-up trophies.
The Detailed Results:
MEN: Round fifth: Ritwan Sauntra (5) bt Sumit Grover (5); Arvindu (4) bt Chetan Gandotra (4); Maxim Singh (4) bt Dr N K Katoch (4); Abhishek Nayal (4) bt Rajinder Singh (4); Ajit Singh (3) bt Uplaksh Singh (3); Maanik (3) bt Kamal Singh (3); Abhinav (2) bt Khem Singh (3); Taara Singh (2) bt Neeraj (3);Aadesh Saraf bt Dr D J Raina (3); Pranav Sharma bt Shivender Singh; Ishan Raina bt Nirbhan Sudan; Abhay Sudan bt Kamaljeet Singh; Villas Kotwal bt Rahul Dhar; Danish Verma bt Arun Kumar; Rohit Sharma drew Sonam Dogra; Shubam Koul bt Navdeep; Munish Gupta bt Angrez Singh; Virender Singh bt Nitish Kapoor; Subash Dhar bt Aryan.
WOMEN: Round-Ist: Aditi Sharma bt Sushma Raina; Mehak Bakshi bt Heena Bhat; Arushi Kotwal bt Garima Bhat; Akriti Kotwal got bye. Round-2nd: Aditi Sharma bt Arushi Kotwal; Akriti Kotwal bt Mehak Bakshi; Sushma Raina bt Heena Bhat; Garima Bhat got bye. Round-3rd: Akriti Kotwal bt Aditi Sharma; Sushma Raina bt Garima Bhat; Mehak Bakshi bt Arushi Kotwal; Heena Bhat got bye. |
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