Sports Reporter :
CHIRAG Lahoti in Open Group and Divyanshi Khandelwal in Girls Group emerged champions of the Nagpur District Under-13 Chess Championship organised by Chess Association Nagpur in association with GH Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation, MKH Sancheti Group and Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation at Vivekanand Hall, Shraddha House, Kingsway.
Chirag with 6 out of 6 wins was the clear winner in open group. Vishawaditya Awasthi, Shourya Ambone, Harsh Lahoti and Samarth Gawande scored five points each but were placed from 2nd to 5th in the merit list based on their tie-break scores.
In the girls group, Divyanshi Khandelwal with 5.5 points annexed the title.
Anushka Deshpande with five point was placed second. Chhavi Zade and Anvi Hirde scored 4.5 point and were adjudged third and fourth respectively based on their tie-break scores.
Top two finishers in open group ie; Chirag Lahoti and Vishwaditya Awasthi and top two in girls group i.e; Divyanshi Khandelwal and Anushka Deshpande were selected to represent Nagpur district in Maharashtra State Under-13 Open and Girls chess Championship to be held later this year. Prizes were distributed at the hands of CA Gaurav Jaipuria, Treasurer, MKH Sancheti Group in presence of Amit Yenurkar, Director MKH Sancheti Group, Madhur Bang, Executive Member, NVCC, and Bhushan Shriwas, Secretary, Chess Association Nagpur. Akash Rewatkar conducted the programme.