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Soumya wins Kalinga Open chess title
Local favourite
and Fide Master Soumya Ranjan Mishra won
the title, securing eight points from
nine rounds in the 1st Kalinga Open
All-India Rating Chess Tournament, which
concluded at OAS Association Bhawan in
Bhubaneswar today.
Despite being held to draw in the last
two rounds, top seed Soumya clinched the
title, which fetched him the top prize
of Rs 10,000. Krishan Soni finished
runner-up with 7.5 points and became
richer by Rs 7,5000. Top 30 finishers
shared a total cash prize of Rs 50,000.
Film actor Mihir Das and chess IM
Swayangsu Satyapragyan handed over the
trophy and cash prizes at the closing
function. Around 200 players from Orissa
and its neighbouring states participated
in the five-day tournament, which was
organised by Kalinga Chess Academy.
Prize winners (Top 30): 1. Soumya Ranjan
Mishra (8), 2. Krishan Soni (7.5), 3.
Manas Parida (7.5), 4. Sumit Banarjee
(7.5), 5. Rajendra Sahu (7), 6. Pabitra
Mohan Mohanty (7), 7. Rabindra Ojha (7),
8. Rakesh Nayak (7), 9. Baivab Mishra
(7), 10. Shradhanjali Jena (7), 11.
Haribandhu Singh (6.5), 12. Ashutosh
Kumar (6.5), 13. Subhransu Satpathy
(6.5), 14. Narayan Swain (6.5), 15.
Mohammad Ashraf (6.5), 16. Sudhir Behera
(6.5), 17. Johnson Sahoo (6.5), 18.
Vijay Kumar (6.5), 19. Madhusudan Sahu
(6.5), 20. Satyabrata Kar (6.5), 21. K K
Sharma (6), 22. Ashutosh Mohapatra (6),
23. Debarshi Mukherjee (6), 24. Guru
Prasad Bhatta (6), 25. Hrudananda
Samantaray (6), 26. Ajay Darjee (6), 27.
Khitindra Pratim Dalai (6), 28. Sohini
Ganguly (6), 29. Narayan Das (6), 30.
Mahesh Prasad Sethi (6).
Courtesy :
www.orisports.com
Published on
03rd Oct, 2009
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