Tuhin lifts Bhubaneswar FIDE Open Chess titles
Bhubaneswar: After a strong battle spanning four days among 273 players drawn from 18 states of India, Tuhin Dutta, 1599 from West Bengal seeded 74th of the tournament scored eight by the end of ninth rounds and emerged champion of the 4th Bhubaneswar All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Championship (1800 and Below), which concluded at Kalinga Stadium here on Monday.
Tuhin registered seven win and two draw in the nine round meet and scored eight points and gained 67 elo ratings. local girl Sradhanjali Jena, 1734 and Souradip Deb, 1736 of Tripura became 1st runner up and 2nd runner up respectively with 7.5 points each.
Sradhanjali started with 10 seed and registered seven win, one draw and a defeat scored 7.5 points and finished second. The champion received trophy along with cash award of Rs 60,000, while first runner up and second runners up took home Rs 50,000 and 40,000 respectively. The tournament featured total cash prize of Rs. 5. lacs and distributed among 101 winners including 35 merit holders, 18 winners in rating categories, 10 unrated winners, best women player, best veteran and 36 age group winners.Former Director General of Police Sarat Chandra Mishra gave away the prices as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, All Odisha Chess Association executive member GC Mohapatra and Khordha District Chess Association secretary and Executive Member of All Odisha Chess Association Subhasis Patnaik were present.
Mukteswar win in Gati Krushna Football
Bhubaneswar: A double goal haul by Sailesh Mohanty of Mukteswar Football team guided the team to beat Xaviour Football team by 4-0 goals in the 12th Gati Krushna Memorial Div-II Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Monday, being organized by Bhubaneswar Athletic Association.
Kedar Nath Samal draw the first blood in the 17th minute. After the lemon breaks, Sailesh netted double goals in the 62nd and 66th minutes and Somesh Mohanty joined the party and nailed the final goal in the 69th minutes. Sekhawat Khan, Durga Routray, Pradeepta Kumar Nayak and Chandrakanta Barik were conducted the match as referees. In the league round match on Tuesday, Neel Kamal Football Team would meet Regional Football Team.
Varsity teams leave for Zonal meet
Bhubaneswar: Ravenshaw University men football and women basketball teams left from Cuttack to participate in the Inter University East Zone Tournament.
The football team proceeding to MG Kashi Vidyapitha, Varanasi and in the first match Ravenshaw would meet BR Ambedkar University, Bihar on October 14. The basketball team would participate in the meet at PT. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, and in the first match Ravenshaw would meet VBS Purbanchal University, Jaunpur on October 14. The tournament will be held on the format of knockout cum league basis. Men football team: Sonaram laguri (captain), Bajinath Hembram, Swadeep Josh Tete, Damodar Murmu, Babula Behera, Sk. Ashif Raja, Rakesh Kumar Kahali, Narayan Tudu, Sukanta Singh, Abubakar Khan, Swadhin Kumar Rout, Satyaki Bose, Anana Paswan, Bhagabat Soren, Bismaya Kumar Nayak, Thakur Hansdah, Yash Savadia, Suvendu Behera, Ajit Kumar Sahu (manager).Women Basketball team: Sunena Priyadarsini, Dulari Majhi, Situbala Baral, Rojia Jalli, Subasini Behera, Anupama Dalai, Rani Patra, Shreyosi Dhar, laxmi Majhi, Priyanka, Subhashree Sahoo (captain), Bhagyashree Routray, Gyanaranjan Biswal (manager).
Pramila bags gold in Commonwealth Weightlifting
Bhubaneswar: Pramila Kirsani bagged gold and silver medals in the junior and senior women events respectively in the Commonwealth Weightlifting competition held at Belwadi Shivaji Stadium at Pune from October 11 to 15. Pramila lifted 80 kg in snatch, 109 kg in clean and jerk and total of 189kg in the women 53kg weight categories, informed Odisha Weightlifting Association’s secretary Narayan Sahu, who is present in the meet as officials.
CVO-XI win MCl Inter Director Day and Night Cricket
Bhubaneswar: CVO-XI emerged champion of the five day long 4th MCl Inter Director Day and Night Cricket Tournament by defeating DT (P&P) by 27 runs at Anand Bihar Ground in Burla on Sunday.
Winning the toss, CVO scored 164 runs in 15 overs for the loss of three wickets. Bijaya Masi scored highest 97 runs. In reply, DT (P&P) scored 138 runs in 15 overs by losing four wickets. Bijaya of the winning team bagged the man of the series award.