Jay clinches Chess960 title
   Date :05-Oct-2020

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Sports Reporter :
 
YOUNG and upcoming Jay Sawalakhe stunned a couple of better rated player to triumph in the Chess960 Format Tournament organised by Power Chess Academy. The first edition of the Chess960 OLBCT was conducted through the platform of lichess.org. Sawalakhe remained the only player to score eight points from as many matches.
 
He was followed by Sumedh Ramteke on six points with better tie-break score of 25 as compared to that of 24 by Nilay Kulkarni who finished third. Best female prizes was won by Vidhi Misrikotkar who ended the tourney with four points n her kitty. Sawalakhe defeated players with IDs Mukul_2107, SacLikeTal, vibz87, Sushritu, Arnavrock, Sanivay, powerofktincentre and akshayp9 in the first to eighth rounds. As many as 38 players participated in the tournament. In all eight rounds were played.
 
The time control given to all players was five minutes plus three seconds increment from move number one. Cash prizes were sponsored by Power Chess Academy while free entry was given to all Nagpur district players. The tournament was conducted under the supervision of IA Deepak Chavan and FA Umesh Panbude.