NAGPUR’S seasoned chess player Suhan Deshpande won the Jayhind 8th One Day Open Rapid Chess Tournament held at Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj Mandir Parisar, Balaji Nagar. The event was organised by Jayhind Chess Association under the aegis of Chess Association Nagpur. Dayashankar Tiwari, City BJP President was the chief guest of the inauguration function, Bharti Vikas Bunde ex-Corporator and Senior BJP leader, Vikas Bunde were also present. Deshpande, on his way to title, scored 7½ points from eight rounds to emerge clear winner. Sai Sharma, Adnan Sabir and Shourya Ambone scored seven points each and were placed 2nd to 4th respectively based on their tie-break scores. Paris Kubde and Arav Moon scored 6½ points to finish 5th and 6th after applying tie-breaks. Suhan got Rs 2000 as winner prize and a glittering trophy.

 

Sai Sharma got Rs 1500 as runner-up prize and a trophy. Sabir Adnan got a cash prize of Rs 1000 and a trophy. Apart from prizes to top nine main prize list winners, prizes were also distributed to top finishers from Veteran Group and Under-7, 9, 11, 13 and Under-15 age group. The tournament was organised under the valuable guidance of Bhushan Shriwas and SS Soman of Chess Association Nagpur. Prizes were distributed by Jagdish Choudhari, President, Vaibhav Choudhari, General Secretary, Sandesh Shahu, Treasurer, Nishant Shahu, Joint Secretary, Rohit Shahu, Executive Member and Abhijeet Choudhari, of Jayhind Chess Association. FA Shiva Iyer was the Chief Arbiter and was assisted by FA Amit Tembhurne, SNA Prayas Ambade, SNA Shyam Agrawal and Amit Jaunjal.