Kamya wins chess championship

Kamya Kumari won the Chandigarh State Women’s Chess Championship by scoring 2.5 points at Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education in Sector 27 here.

Aayra Singh, Shereen Makroo, and Samaira Taneja finished second, third and fourth by scoring two points each, respectively. The selected players will represent Chandigarh at the national championship to be held in West Bengal from December 4 to 14.

Precious Bansal and Dusicka Yumlembam also scored two points each, while Samriddhi Bansal scored 1.5 points and Samisha Taneja and Namanjot Kaur Khehara posted 0.5 points each. Saanvi Aggarwal ended up last.

Chandigarh