Odisha Open School Chess from August 28
Bhubaneswar: District Chess Association of Puri is all set to host the IMT All Odisha Open School Chess Championship 2015 is scheduled to held at IMT Pharmacy College, Puri from August 28 to 30.
The students up to class-10 would participate in the three day long meet. The tournament is featuring total cash award of Rs 25,000 and 51 trophies. The interested players can contact in the numbers 9040344087, 9777410134.
Odisha bag 9 medal in National Kickboxing meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha bagged two gold , seven silver total nine medals in the IAKO National Kick Boxing Championship held at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, in Maharashtra from August 19 to 23. 11 number of kick boxer of Bal Bhavan of Bhubaneswar represented the State in the meet. Asif Anwar and Sitam Sahoo bagged the gold medal. Sattvic Shubhoday, Trinath Bhol, Kailash Behera, Satyanarayan Maharana, Sitam Sahoo, Siddharth Sahoo and Rajbir Patra received silver medal each in their respective events. Khurda District Kick-Boxing Association general secretary and chief coach Subhendu Samantaray led the State team.
Priansh, Yashita bags runner up in U-7 chess
Bhubaneswar: Overnight joint leader seventh seed Priansh Das suffered defeat from Arnav Nanal of Maharashtra in the 11th and final round and remain unchanged with nine points and bagged the runner up trophy in the open category of the 29th National Under-7 Open Chess Championship at Chennai on Tuesday. Midilesh Ms of Tamil Nadu emerged champion with 10 points. Priansh registered eight win, two draw and one defeat in the 11 round meet and gathered nine points. He gained total 48 elo rating. Priansh’s twin brother Sriansh Das defeated Bagwe Gaurang of Maharashtra and scored eight points and finished 11th. Sriansh gained 90 elo rating.
Other Odisha boys, Rajveer P Pal, Kaustuv Das registered win in their respective matches and scored 7.5 each and finished 14th and 18th respectively. Annirudha Sahoo (7 points, 23rd), Abhinav Pal (6 points, 63rd), D Sabat laxmidatt (4.5 points, 105th) and Durgesh Mohanty (5 points, 88th). Odisha girl, Yashita Rout pipped Rajanya Datta of West Bengal in the final round and scored nine points and grabbed the runner up trophy in the girls category. Yashita started the meet with 68th rank and registered eight win, two draw and one defeat in the 11 round meet. Anagha KGR emerged champion.
Other girls from Odisha, Sardha Suman Jena (6.5 points, 26th), Dibyashrita Swain (6.5 point, 29th), Amrusha Mohanty (5 points, 57th) and Aria Routray (4.5 points, 67th).