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Sidhant, Akankhya win State sub-junior
chess titles
Sidhant Mohapatra (Bhadrak) and Akankhya
Kabi (Bhubaneswar) won the boys and
girls titles respectively in the Orissa
State Sub-junior (under-15) Chess
Championship, which concluded at
Rajasthan Bhawan, Motiganj, Balasore
today.
Top seed Sidhant beat Mohit Sahu in the
seventh and last round to top the table
with 6.5 points. Cuttack boy Mohammad
Ashraf also finished with 6.5 points,
defeating Baivab Mishra in his last
game. Sidhant eventually claimed the
title, pipping Ashraf in the
tie-breaker.
In the girls’ category, four players
tied for the top spot with four points
each from five rounds. However, Akankhya
bagged the crown on the basis of
Buchholz rule, while Sunyasakta Satpathy,
Shradhanjali Jena and Akankshya Nayak
occupied the second, third and fourth
positions respectively.
The top four finishers in each cagetory
qualifed to represent Orissa in the
National Sub-junior Championship to be
held at Mumbai from November 1 to 9. The
three-day state championship was
conducted by Balasore District Chess
Association.
Final standings (Top 10):
Boys: 1. Sidhant Mohapatra (6.5), 2.
Mohammad Ashraf (6.5), 3. Rakesh Kumar
Nayak (5.5), 4. Baivab Mishra (5), 5.
Mohit Sahu (5), 6. Binit Binayak Pati
(5), 7. Saswat Mohanty (4.5), 8. Saswat
Khuntia (4.5), 9. Anshuman Pujari (4.5),
10. Chiranjeeb Routray (4.5).
Girls: 1. Akankhya Kabi (4), 2.
Sunyasakta Satpathy (4), 3. Shradhanjali
Jena (4), 4. Akankshya Nayak (4), 5.
Smaraki Mohanty (3), 6. Raj Rajeswaree
Dash (3), 7. Sovna Sonali Jena (3), 8.
Saina Salonika (2.5), 9. Adyasha Patnaik
(2.5), 10. Krushna Mishra (2).
Courtesy :
www.orisports.com
Published on
22nd Oct, 2009
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