SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, March 30: After completing the 3rd round, 10 players with 3 points each joined the 13th Padmabai Rungta Memorial Chess Tournament title race, which was played at SR Rungta Recreation Hall Town Club Chaibasa.
10 players maintain unbeaten record
All 10 players who maintained their unbeaten record in the tournament until the 3rd round were Basant Raj Soe, Panigrahi Dibyakant Narendra Nath Paandey, Maniddep Mukhi, Manish Sharma, Amit Kumar Singh, Anwes Mahanta Kamal Kishore Debnath, Sayam Chakraborty, and Tanisk Kumar.
In the 2nd round, Basant Raj Soe, while playing with a black piece defeated Ashish Nandi while Panigrahi beat Saren S. Manideep Mukhi trounced Dhananjay Hansda, Kamal Kishore Debnath beat Chiranjit Sarkar, Sayam Chakraborty defeated Pawan Kumar Sharma, Amit Kumar Singh beat Abhishek Mahto, Anwes Mahanta defeated Besaddep Thakkar, Narendra nath Pandey beat Ravi Dongo and Tanisk Kumar stopped Sasmit Tripathi.
Kenith Mukhi ( 2.5) and 2nd top-rated player Rajesh Kumar ( 2.5) shared points in their 3rd round match and ran jointly in 2nd place in the title race.
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International arbiter
International arbiter (IA) Jayant Kumar Bhuyan, who is officiating the tournament, said that 20 boys and girls internationally rated players are participating in this championship. Panigrahi Dibyakant is the top-rated player (1846), followed by Rajesh Kumar (1843), Mandeep Mukhi (1798), Manish Sharma ( 1780), Kamal Kishore Debnath (1743) are other five highest rating participants.
DPRO Isha Khandelwal
Earlier, West Singhbhum DPRO Isha Khandelwal inaugurated the tournament organized by West Singhbhum District Chess Association. The general secretary of WSDCA, Basant Khandelwal, said 89 players are participating in this tournament.
While addressing the inaugural function, WSDCA president Mukund Rungta and patron Nitin Prakash discussed the chess development work being done by the West Singhbhum Chess Association.
Jayadeo Chandra Tripathi conducted the inaugural function.
Dipendra Prasad Sahu, Jahangir Alam, Narendra Nath Pandey Arpit Khirwal, Harsh Sharma, Subrat Chandra Tripathi, Nirmal Chandra Tripathi Rakesh Budhia, Anant Vishwakarma, Ladoo Khirwal were also present.
