Siddhant retains online blitz title
   Date :22-Jul-2020

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Principal Correspondent :
 
SIDDHANT Gawai continued from where he left as he retained the top spot in the 9th edition of the Online Blitz Chess Championship, the other day. The online tournament was organised by Nagpur District Chess Association through the platform of lichess.org. Gawai garnered 8.5 points to remain unbeaten in the nine rounds competition. His only draw came against Arush Chitre who finished second with 7.5 points.
 
On his way to winning his third title of the weekly competition, Gawai defeated Savinay Meshram, Krishna Taori, Lakshya Hirani, Aditya Bodkhe, Sumedh Ramteke, Harsh Nachankar, Nitish Rathi and Saksham Singh. Sumedh Ramteke finished third with 6.5 points. Total 29 players participated in the tournament which had a time control of five minutes each to finish the game.
 
This tournament was conducted under the supervision of IA Swapnil Bansod, IA Pravin Pantawane and FA Umesh Panbude. Top Ten: Siddhant Gawai, Arush Chitre, Sumedh Ramteke, Krishna Taori, Aditya Bodkhe, Saksham Singh, Lakshya Hirani, Kaustav Barat, Harsh Nachankar, Savinay Meshram. Siddhant Gawai playing the online meet on laptop from his residence.