Maharashtra's Krisha Jain and Delhi’s Arit Kapil in girls' and boys’ category share top honours
The 38th National Chess Championship was held at Anubhuti Mandapam, Jain Hills. In the girls section, Krisha Jain of Maharashtra defeated Pooja Shree of Tamil Nadu to win the title. In the boys category, Delhi's Arit Kapil won the title. Arit faced West Bengal's Narendra Agarwal in the final in which he had to accept the defeat. But Arit won the National Chess Championship with the highest score of 9.5 points. The winners were felicitated by District Collector Ayush Prasad, Ajit Kumar Verma of All India Chess Association, Advisor of All India Chess Association and Jain Irrigation System Ltd. Chairman Ashok Jain, Joint Managing Director and Chairman of Jalgaon District Chess Association Atul Jain, Grandmaster Faruk Amatov of Tajikistan and Chief Orbiter Devashish Barua gave away the prizes. On this occasion, the office bearers of Maharashtra Chess Association Farooq Shaikh, Rajendra Konde, Ankush Raktade, Yashwant Bapat of Ahilyanagar were also present.
The top 20 winners in the women's category
Krisha Jain from Maharashtra bagged the first position with 9 points. She was awarded a cash prize of Rs 70,000 and a memento. Kerala's Divi Bijesh finished second with 9 points. She was awarded Rs 60,000. In third place was bagged by Pooja Sri from Tamil Nadu. She also won a prize money of Rs 50,000. Tripura's Aradhya Das was fourth with 8.5 points while Jharkhand's Dikshita Dey was fifth with 8.5 points. They were awarded Rs 40,000 and Rs 25,000 respectively. Vanshika Rawal (Delhi) bagged the sixth prize of Rs 15,000. The winners were awarded with cash prizes of Rs. ten lakh each. Janaki S.D. (Kerala) Samhita (Telangana) Prisha Gholap (Maharashtra) Aradhya Upadhyay (Rajasthan) Rajnaya Mandal (West Bengal) Gyaneshree R (Tamil Nadu) Bhumika Waghle (Maharashtra) Deepashree Ganesh (Tamil Nadu) Nashratha (Karnataka) Rashi Varudkar (Chhattisgarh) Narayanan Rishritha (Andhra Pradesh) Ashraya Narahari (Telangana) Asavi Agarwal (Maharashtra) Dakshina R (Kerala)
Top 20 boy’s of the tournament
Arit Kapil won the first prize of Rs 70,000 in the National Chess Championship in Delhi by scoring 9.5 points. The second position was bagged by West Bengal. He scored 9 points and won a prize of 60 thousand rupees. Maharashtra's Advit Agarwal secured the third position with 8.5 points. He won prize money of Rs 50,000. Narendra Agrawal and Mani Sarbotho from West Bengal secured the fourth and fifth positions respectively. He was awarded Rs 40,000 and 5,000. Vyom Malhotra from Haryana won the sixth prize of Rs 15,000. Rupees Ten thousand was awarded to the players from the seventh to the twentieth. They are Aryan (Karnataka), Ashok Samakas (Karnataka), Arihit Chauhan (Maharashtra), Aryan Mehta (Maharashtra), Rahul Ramakrishnan (Pondicherry), Abhinav Anand (Karnataka), Ishan Kandi (Telangana), Sriram Bala (Tamil Nadu), Venkat Naga (Karnataka), Sarvesh E (Tamil Nadu), Reyansh Venkat (Maharashtra), Advik Reddy (Telangana), Nidhesh Shamal (Telangana) and Akshay Vignesh (Tamil Nadu).
The interesting eleventh round
392 boys and 177 girls from across the country participated in the National Chess Championship being held at Jain Hills. The final round of the competition was inaugurated by former MLA Madhu Jain. Mr Ravindra Naik, Rajendra Konde, Nandlal Gadiya, Arvind Deshpande and other dignitaries were present on the dais. In the boys section, Arit Kapil of Delhi and Narender Agarwal of West Bengal were locked in a hard-fought battle. The contest is between Haryana's Vyom Malhotra and Maharashtra's Advit Agrawal. In the end, both the teams decided to drew the match. In the girls' section, Pooja Sree of Tamil Nadu put up a spirited fight from the start to beat top seed Krisha Jain of Maharashtra. But Krisha Jain got the title because of her high score. In the girls section, Divi Bijesh of Kerala defeated Bhumika of Maharashtra.
An eco-friendly Rakhi stall was set up by the Gandhi Research Foundation at the venue of the award ceremony which was appreciated by all. “I always travel abroad for the competition, so all the planning of the competition here is excellent. The children and their parents enjoyed the scenic surroundings of Jain Hills. Chess is not only a sport but also a way to develop a good personality. "Ajit Kumar said.
Farouk Amanatou expressed his opinion about the competition. District Collector Ayush Prasad said that in sports, victory and defeat keep happening. But parents should not put too much pressure on their children. He is the grandmaster of tomorrow. Pragya Kharate from Dubai and Mrs. Vidya from Haryana expressed their views on behalf of the parents. The circular for the National Open Chess Tournament to be held in Ahilyanagar in November was unveiled by the dignitaries. Nandlal Gadiya compered the programme. Pravin Thackeray proposed a vote of thanks. Chief Umpire Debasish Barua presented the report of the entire tournament and declared the result. At that time, Atul Jain founded Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. For the first time in the country, this initiative was seen in Jalgaon, where cash prizes were given to all the chess players who won, lost and drew according to the assessment of the players. He said that it will encourage the players.
The results were then read out by Mangesh Gambhir. The program concluded with the singing of the national.
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