SR Chess Centre felicitates Debasis Das
Bhubaneswar: SR Chess Centre, the leading chess training institute of the State, felicitated International Master Debasis Das on Saturday. Das who bagged third GM norms in the Czech Republic Grand Master Open Chess Tournament, which concluded at Pardubice in Czech Republic on July 27. In the tournament, Debashis (2478) beat Slovakia Grand Master Piter Michalik (2579) in 9th and final round to finish with 6.5 points. Earlier, he drew with GMs Dmitri Kononenko (Ukraine) and Philipp Schlosser (Germany) and beat IMs Bures Jaroslav and Chos Alexey (both of Czech Republic) to brighten his chance for the GM norms.
Debasis gain 16 Elo points from this tournament and needs another six points to reach 2,500 and become the first Grand Master from Odisha. Debashis had achieved his first GM norm in the World Junior Chess Championship at Athens in August 2012 and the second in the 15th Dubai Open Ches Championship at Dubai in April 2013. Satya Ranjan Patnaik, Odisha State Karate Association secretary Hari Prasad Pattnaik and many young players were present in the felicitation function.
District basketball selection trials on Aug 4
Bhubaneswar: A combined selection trails for the composition of boys and girls teams of Khurda District Basketball Association (KDTA) and Bhubaneswar Basketball Association (BBA) for the State Junior Basketball Championship will be held at Unit-1 Basketball Ground on Monday. The State championship, schedule to take place at SOA University here from August 8 to 11, presumes added importance as Odisha Basketball Association is gearing up to host the 64th Junior National Basketball Championship to be held at Cuttack from September 1 to 8. For detail information can be obtained from KDBA secretary Prasant Kumar Nayak (9861048978).