Swapnil bags Keshabananda Chess titles
Bhubaneswar: Overnight solo leader IM Swapnil S Dhopada maintain his supremacy throughout the tournament and scored 8.5 points by the end of 10th and final round and claimed the title of the 4th Keshabananda Das Memorial All India FIDE Open Rating Chess Championship, which concluded here on Thursday, being organised by Khordha District Chess Association (KDCA) under the aegis of All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA) and under the guidance of All India Chess Federation. IM Nitin S of Railway and IM Narayanan Srinath of Tamil Nadu scored 7.5 points each and finished second and third respectively. Only local boy Utkal Ranjan Sahu of KIIT gathered seven points and finished seventh.
The champion Swapnil received trophy along with cash award `1.5 lakhs. Nitin and Narayanan got `1 lakhs and `50,000 respectively. Arjun Adappa (1800-1899), Bose Sayan (1900-1999), FM Rakesh Kumar Jena (2000-2099), Srinath Rao SV (2100-2199), Karthik V AP (2200-2299) and Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad (best u-19) received award in their respective catagories and received cash award of `5250. Altogether 108 players including 29 from Odisha were participated in 10 rounds seven day long meet. Two Grandmasters, 15 International Masters, one Women Grand Master, 15 FIDE Masters, one Women FIDE Master, one Candidate Masters and one Women Candidate Master from 13 State and five organizations were played in the meet. The tournament eatured total cash award of `5.25 lakhs and distributed among 29 winners. Top 20 players received cash award.WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty bagged the best women player of the meet. National U-13 silver medalist Anwesha Mishra best player among the rating difference between 1000-1799. Former chief secretary of the State SB Mishra gave away the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, , AOCA Sceretary Vivek Kumar Tibarewal, vice president Ranjan Kumar Mohanty and KDCA secretary Subhasis Patnaik were present as the guest.
4 Odisha players in Kalinga lancers team for HIl
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar-based franchisee Kalinga lancers purchased nine Indian and six overseas players in the Hockey India league (HIl) auction held at Delhi on Thursday. Dipsan Tirkey, Ananda lakra, Amit Rohi Das and Stalin Victor Minz are four Odisha players were conformed their place in the team. Kalinga lancers has retained young Indian players lalit Upadhyay , Devindar Sunil Walimiki (both forward) and Gurjinder Singh (defender). Along with them, the franchisee has also retained young Australian talents striker Aran Zalewski and goalkeeper Andrew Charter for upcoming two seasons. Altogether 135 Indian and 141 foreign players from 20 countries were part of the HIl auction. A team composition is 12 national players and eight overseas players. Mentor of Kalinga lancers Dilip Tirkey said that host HIl franchise spent a whopping $105,000 to purchase German defender Moritz Fuerste because they want to reverse the trend."We have not fared well in the last two sessions, and are eager to firmly establish as a winning outfit. Besides Fuerste, Kalinga has purchased forward Dharamveer , Amit Rohidoss , Stanli Minz and forward lalit Upadhyaya is also in the squad. Anand lakra, Abhinav Pandey, Stalin Minz are others in the team, I believe this time the results will be different, added Dillip. Overseas Players: Moritz furste is also much sought after, he goes for $105,000, Matthew Dawson $21000 , Glenn Turner $30,000, Mathew Willis $15000, Adam Dixon $15000 and Matthew Dawson $21000. Indian Players: Anand lakra $8000, Dharamvir Singh $60,000, Defender Amit Rohidas $31,000, goal keeper Abhinab Kumar Pandey $2600, Stalin Victor Minz $8,500, S K Uthappa $54000, Pardeep Mor $37,000, Dipsan Tirkey $31,000, forward Malak Singh $24000.
Dutee clinches gold, Srabani silver
Bhubaneswar: Odia sprinter Dutee Chanda and Srabani Nanda representing from Railway bagged gold and silver medals respectively in the women 100 meter event of the 55th National Open Athletics Championship at SAI East Stadium in Kolkata on Thursday. Dutee bounced back in the track again with gold by clocking 11.68 seconds. Srabani claimed the silver medal with 11.70 seconds. Jyoti HM of Karnataka won the bronze medal with a timing of 11.96 seconds. In the heats Dutee and Srabani placed in the top in their respective heats with a timing of 11.68 and 11.74 seconds respectively.
Another athletes Sarita P Singh of Bhubaneswar Railway bagged gold medal in the hammer throw event by throwing 58.97 meter on the inaugural day on Wednesday.
Rutuparna in medal race of Tennis Super Series
Bhubaneswar: local girl second seed Rutuparna Choudhury defeated fifth seed Prema V Vichare by 6-0, 6-3 in the semifinal and entered the semifinal of the AITA OTA Super Series Tennis Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Thursday. Third seed Trisha P Vinod edged out top seed Mubashira A Shaik by 6-2,7-5. In the U-14 girls final, Rutuparna would meet Trisha on Friday. Similarly in boys U-14 final, Jaishvin Sidana would meet Hasith S Gummuluru. In the semifinals, Jaishvin and Hasith edged out Nikhil Niranjan and Tezabwala respectively. Semifinals: Girls U-14; Trisha P Vinod [3] Kl Bt Mubashira A Shaik [1] AP 6-2,7-5, Rutuparna Choudhury [2] OD Bt Prerna V Vichare [5] MH 6-0,6-3. Boys U-14: Hasith S Gummuluru AP Bt Amaan A Tezabwala [6] MH 6-0,6-3, Jaishvin Sidana [2] PB Bt Nikhil Niranjan [7] KA 6-3,6-1.
lakhi wins first international golf trophy
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s women golfer lakhi Swain added another feather in her cap by winning the international golf title in her first appearance in 6th Ballantine’s Team-Am Golf Challenge at Jakarta in Indonesia from September 8 to 10. lakhi bagged champion title in the women category, by scoring 97 points highest individual Gross Stableford score aggregated over three rounds in three day. Encho Dukuna scored 73 points and received the runner up trophy. Altogether 220 golfers were participated in the meet. I never played in any international meet, though I am bit nerves in the beginning of the meet, but day by day with my hard work and confidence I got the title. My past experience in the various place in Mumbai, Kolkata, Jamshedpur, Ranchi and Delhi golf course helped me in this tournament, said lakhi Swain.