Shivam Kumar of DAV School has been declared district under-17 chess champion. The championship organised by district chess association concluded today. Shivam, Rupesh, Yash and Pratyush were at top with 6 points after the conclusion of round 7.
The organizer then took the way of progression and median base of counting and declared Shivam the winner, rest three bagged 2nd to 4th position. In the auditorium of DVC retired IG Deepak Verma handed over the trophies and medals to the winner and the rank holders. Verma said that Chess is a game which costs less but makes the brain healthy. He advised the officials of chess association to organize tournaments of different categories by making yearly calendar. Ravi Kant, Nitish, Ankit Sharma, Saket, Ankit, Mukesh, Pankaj, Abhinav, Rishabh, Harsh Raj, Aashish, Himanshu, Saurav, Ritik, Sambhav and Anurag bagged 5th to 20th rank and were honored. President of the district chess association DK Sinha, Secretary Dr KK Akhouri, Dr BK Jha, Niraj Kumar of HDFC Bank were also present. Ajay Singh anchored the prize distribution ceremony.