XXIII National
Under-13 (Open & Girls) Chess
Championship 2009
Prajapati holds Shiven
23rd National Under-13 (Open &
Girls) Chess Championship got of to a surprising start
as second seed and Asian Under-14 champion Shiven Khosla
of Maharashtra held by lower seeded Prajapati Malhar of
Gujarat in the first round match here at Bapu Samaj Seva
Kendra, Panchkuian Road on Friday.
A total number of 217 players in Open and 104 in girls
section from across the country are participating in
this prestigious championships. In the open section, top
seed and local hope Vaibhav Suri started his campaign
with an easy outing against Harmeet Thurkan of Haryana
while former world Under-12 gold medalist Sayantan Das
also started his tournament campaign with a bang as he
overcame his rival Bhaskar Sri Viswaroopanand of Orissa.
Meanwhile in the girls’ category, absence of top seed
Cholleti Sahajasri of Andhra Pradesh for the first round
helped second seed Nandhidaa P V to start her tournament
campaign at the top board and she overpowered her Assam
rival Simran Ahmed in the first round encounter.
Earlier during the inauguration ceremony players were
celebrated the 40th Birthday of World Champion
Viswanathan Anand by cutting of cake.
Important Results (Round-1) Open :- Vaibhav Suri of
Delhi (1) beat Harmeet Thurkan of Haryana (0); Prajapati
Malhar of Gujarat (.5) drew with Shiven Khosla of
Maharashtra (.5); Sayantan Das of West Bengal (1) beat
Bhaskar Sri Viswaroopanand of Orissa (0);
Kalyanaraghavan of Tamilnadu (0) lost to Girish A
Koushik of Karnataka (1); Utkal Ranjan Sahoo of Orissa
(1) beat Dinesh A of Puducherry.
Important Results (Round-1) Girls :- Nandidhaa P V of
Tamilnadu (1) beat Ahmed Simran of Assam (0); Akankshya
Nayak of Orissa (0) lost to Sonakshi Rathore of
Rajasthan (1); Shweta Gole of Maharashtra (1) beat
Anigani Kavya of Andhrapradesh (0); Anigani Keerthana of
Andhrapradesh (0) lost to Bala Kannamma of Tamilnadu
(1); Akankhya Kabi of Orissa (1) beat Ankita Singh of
Chattisgarh (0).
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