Divith Reddy, Prishita Gupta win National Sub-junior Chess Championship titles

Divith Reddy Adulla and Prishita Gupta, both from Delhi, won the open and girls’ titles at the National Sub-junior Chess Championship. Divith prevailed on tiebreak after scoring 9.5 points, while Prishita secured the girls’ title with 10 points.

Hyderabad: Divith Reddy Adulla and Prishita Gupta of Delhi won the National sub-junior titles in the open and the girls categories respectively of the Sub-junior national chess championship here on Tuesday.

S. Madhesh Kumar of Pudhucherry and Divith scored 9.5 points each but the latter had

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a superior tiebreak data to be declared as the winner. Niladri Banerjee of West Bengal and Madhvendra Pratap Sharma of Madhya Pradesh collected nine points each and Niladri finished third based on Buchholz Cut 1.

Prishita conceded two draws in the entire eleven round tournament to score ten points to clinch the first place. VC Nivedita of Tamil Nadu is the only player to have scored nine points to finish runner up.

Four players had a score of 8.5 points, among whom Maitreyi Mondal of Maharashtra had a consistent performance to finish third. Both winners received a cash prize of Rs.90,000/-each.

Mr. Nitin Narang, President All India Chess Federation and Mr.i Ajeet Kumar Verma Head of Operations, AICF, gave away the prizes.

Final placings: Open category: 1. A. Divith Reddy, 2. S. Madheesh Kumar, 3. Niladri Banerjee, 4. Madhvendra Pratap Sharma, 5. Badole Shaunak, 6. Advik Amit Agrawal, 7. Jval Saurin Patel, 8. Aarit Kapil, 9. Krishay Jain and 10. RS Pranav Sai Ram.

Girls: 1. Prishita Gupta, 2. NC Nivedita, 3. Maitreyi Mondal, 4. Mysha Perwez, 5. R. Pooja Shree, 6. Pal Vedika, 7. S. Shanmathi Sree, 8. Archita Agrawal, 9. Saranya Devi Narahari, 10. Sunetra Dey.