City trio bags silver
   Date :21-Mar-2023

City trio bags silver
 
 
Sports Reporter :
 
Kotangale, Maras and Tiwari excel in All India Civil Services Chess Tournament 
 
REGIONAL Sports Control Board, Mumbai (RSB Mumbai) secured 1st runners-up position in All India Civil Services Chess Tournament that concluded at Bhubaneswar, Odisha on Sunday. The championship was conducted on pool basis. During championship, RSB Mumbai team defeated its counterparts — Delhi Secretariat, Odisha State, Kerala State, drew against CCSCSB, Delhi in third round, lost to RSB Bhubaneswar in fifth round and in the final round beat Andhra Pradesh to secure second position in the tournament. Gurpreet Singh Maras won all (6/6) matches and got the board prize as well. The team of RSB Mumbai consisted of six players and out of them four players were from Nagpur. Nayandeep Kotangale, Gurpreet Singh Maras and Pradeep Tiwari, belong to same department — Defence Accounts Department but are posted in different offices. The fourth player is Dilesh Chawhare who works in postal department.
 
Kotangale and Maras both are currently working as Senior Auditor in PAO (ORs) The Guards, Kamptee. They give credit for their success to Dr. Rajeev Chavan, PCDA (SC) Pune, and R Rangarajan Dy CDA/Officer In-charge of PAO. Tiwari, senior auditor, is currently working in Jt CDA (AF) Vayusena Nagar, Nagpur. He gives credit for his success to Dr Pradeep Kumar Jena, Addl. CDA Airforce. Members of RSB Mumbai team will get one increment as per the Civil Services norms. Total 32 teams participated from all over India. RSB Chennai won the championship and CCSCSB Delhi secured third position.