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Anwesh regains State Senior Chess Title
Bhubaneswar
teenager Anwesh Upadhyaya regained the
Orissa State senior chess crown after a
gap of two years at Biju Patnaik Hockey
Stadium in Rourkela today. In the 49th
edition of the championship, he beat
local boy Utkal Ranjan Sahoo in the 11th
and final round to top the table with 10
points.
Rourkela proved to be happy hunting
ground for Anwesh, who had won his first
senior state title at Ispat Stadium in
the Steel City on April 26, 2007. Top
seed Anwesh bagged the top prize of Rs
7,000.
Second seed Swayams Mishra (Cuttack)
finished runner-up with 8.5 points
despite losing to former National ‘B’
champion Pabitra Mohan Mohanty in the
last round. Rajendra Sahu and Rakesh
Nayak (both Bhubaneswar) occupied the
third and fourth positions respectively.
The top four finishers qualified to
represent the state in the National ‘B’
Championship to be held at Kolkata from
August 11 to 24.
Important results (11th round): Anwesh
Upadhyaya (10) bt Utkal Ranjan Sahoo
(8), Pabitra Mohan Mohanty (8.5) bt
Swayams Mishra (8.5), Rajendra Sahu
(8.5) drew with Aparajita Gochhikar (8),
Rakesh Kumar Nayak (8.5) bt G C
Mohapatra (7.5), Debasish Chakrabarty
(8) bt Dasarathi Sahoo (7), Sudhir
Behera (8) bt Rabindra Ojha (7),
Biswajeet Nayak (8) bt Johnson Sahoo
(7), Sumit Banerjee (8) bt K L Bhoi (7),
Mohammad Ashraf (7.5) bt Rakesh Jena
(7).
Final standings (Top 10): 1. A Upadhyaya,
2. Swayams Mishra, 3. Rajendra Sahu, 4.
Rakesh Nayak, 5. PM Mohanty, 6. Utkal
Sahoo, 7. Aparajita Gochhikar, 8.
Biswajeet Nayak, 9. D Chakraborty, 10.
Sudhir Behera.
Courtesy :
www.orisports.com
Published on
29th July, 2009
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