SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, April 5: Players of Jamshedpur (East Singhbhum), while dominating in junior chess of Jharkhand, swept almost all medals, leaving Ranchi players far behind in the championship, which concluded at Hazaribagh Naman Vidyalaya recently.
Jamshedpur players bag 22 medals
In the championship, ten events for different age groups, including under-7 open, under-9, under-11, under-13, and under-15 boys and girls, were held. A total of 30 medals (1st, 2nd, 3rd) were at stake, which Jamshedpur boys and girls swept 22.
As per the official report of the championship Jamshedpur, boys and girls became champions in 8 events out of 10.
Two players of Jamshedpur, Adhiraj Mitra and Dishita Dey, bagged double titles in the tournament. Mitra won under-13 and under -15, while Dishita Dey won under -11 and under-13 and became runners-up in under-15.
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Aadvik Bhushan prevents East Singhbhum’s clean sweep
Aadvik Bhushan of Hazaribagh stopped East Singhbhum players from a clean sweep by winning the boys under-7 event, while Ranchi’s Avani Kumari annexed girls under-15. Hazaribagh’s Adarsh Raj became runners-up in under-7 while Saraikela’s Ispita Sarkar emerged as runners-up in girls under-7. Bokaro’ Adhiraj Mitra got 2nd position in boys under-15.
Besides champion in girls under-15, Ranchi players Praarabdh Singh, Rishi Raj, Prapti Munda, Ujan Mandal, and Abhiraj Dey bagged 3rd position in their respective events.
East Singhbhum’s T Nihharika, Abhigyan Singh, Anishka, RudraNil Roy, Dishita Dey, and Adhiraj Mitra, all national players playing as per their reputation, became champions.
The tournament officials
All Jharkhand Chess Association vice-president Vijay Kumar Singh was the tournament director. Vishal Kumar Minz of East Singhbhum was the chief guest, while Binod Kumar Saw (joint secretary) and Vikram Kumar of Saraikela were arbiters.
East Singhbhum Chess Association secretary NK Singh and international arbiter Jayant Bhuyan congratulated the players for their outstanding performance.
Results- following players were 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively in events
Boys under-7- Aadvik Bhushan, Adarsh Raj, Praarabdh Singh
Girls under-7– T Nihharika, Ipspita Sarkar, T Neha
Boys under-9- Abhigyan Singh, Rudra Nil Roy, Rishi Raj
Girls under-9 Aniska, Naira Aditya, Prapti Munda.
Boys under-11- Rudranil Roy, Abhigyan Singh, Ujan Mandal
Girls under-11- Dishita Dey, Eshani Choudhari, Bidushi Munshi
Boys under-13- Adhiraj Mitra, Arjit Ghosh, Nikunj Agrawal
Girls under-13 Dishita Dey, Prgya Bhardwaj, Navieka Jayswal
Boys under-15- Adhiraj Mitra, Abeer Dhingra, Sourya Dipta Sarkar, Abhiraj Dey,
Girls under-15 – Avani Kumari, Dishita Dey, Navieka Jaswal, Advika Mohanti.
