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Anwesh, Aparajita win State u-17 chess
titles
August 29,
2009
Anwesh Upadhyaya (Bhubaneswar) and
Aparajita Gochhikar (Puri) annexed the
boys and girls titles respectively in
the State Under-17 Chess Championship at
Chaturbhuj Dharmasala in Berhampur
today.
Anwewesh, who qualified for National ‘A’
by finishing 14th in the recent National
‘B’ Championship at Kolkata, topped the
table with 6.5 points from seven rounds.
Biswajeet Nayak, also from Bhubaneswar,
finished runner-up in the boys’
category, securing six points.
In the girls’ category, Aparajita
garnered 4.5 points from five rounds,
while Smaraki Mohanty (Cuttack) emerged
runner-up with four points. Top two
finishers in both the categories
qualified to represent Orissa in the
National u-17 championship to be held at
Chakradharpur from October 6 to 14.
Sana Khemundi MLA Ramesh Jena gave away
the prizes at the closing function. The
three-day state championship was
organised by Ganjam District Chess
Association, under the aegis of Orissa
Chess Ad-hoc Committee.
Final standings:
Boys: 1. Anwesh Upadhyaya (6.5), 2.
Biswajjeet Nayak (6), 3. Sourav Mohanty
(6), 4. Rakesh Kumar Nayak (5.5), 5.
Rakesh Jena (5.5), 6. Sumit Kumar
Banerjee (5.5), 7. Johnson Sahu (5), 8.
Baibhab Mishra (5), 9. Bhaskar Sree
Biswaroopanand (5), 10. Rajesh Kumar
Nayak (5).
Girls: 1. Aparajita Gochhikar (4.5), 2.
Smaraki Mohanty (4), 3. Akankhya Kabi
(3.5), 4. Sovna Sonali Jena (3), 5.
Sradhanjali Jena (3), 6. Anwesha Mishra
(2.5), 7. D Patnaik (2), 8. Banita
Biswasray (2), 9. Raj Rajeswari Das (2),
10. Adyasa Patnaik (1.5).
Courtesy :
www.orisports.com
Published on
01st Sep, 2009
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