Rakesh Kumar Jena of Jajpur and
Bhubaneswar Akankhya Kabi of
Bbhubaneswar won the boys and
girls titles respectively in the
State Under-13 Chess Championship,
which concluded at Venkateswar
School, Jarka, Jajpur today. Jena
beat Subhasish Barik in the eighth
and final round to top the table
with seven points, while Rakesh
Kumar Nayak (Bhubaneswar) finished
runner-up with 6.5 points.
In
the five-round girls’ competition,
Akankhya defeated Payal Das in the
last round to take the title with
4.5 points, half a point ahead of
Sradhanjali Jena (Jajpur), who
became runner-up with four points.
Dharmasala Tahasildar Dilip Kumar
Bala gave away the prizes in the
presence of host Knight Chess Club
secretary Tapan Kishore Sarangi
and Jajpur United Chess
Association secretary Manoj Kumar
Parida. The top two finishers in
both the categories qualified to
represent Orissa in the National
under-13 championship to be held
at Puducherry from June 26 to July
5.
FINAL STANDINGS (Top 10):
Boys:
1. Rakesh Kumar Jena (7), 2.
Rakesh Kumar Nayak (6.5), 3.
Baibhab Mishra (6.5), 4.
Bhaskarshree Biswaroopanand (6),
5. Subhasis Barik (6), 6. Sambat
Subhankar Ray (6), 7. Saswat
Khuntia (6), 8. Sourav Mohanty
(6), 9. Nishit Mohanty (6), 10.
Rudrakshya Parida (5.5).
Girls:
1. Akankhya Kabi (4.5), 2.
Sradhanjali Jena (4), 3. Smaraki
Mohanty (3.5), 4. Adyasha Patnaik
(3.5), 5. Sulagna Sarangi (3.5),
6. Payal Das (3), 7. Sovna Sonali
Jena (3), 8. Adyasha Mahapatra
(2.5), 9. Biswaroopa Chol (2), 10.
Swayamdarshani Supakar (2).
