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JAMMU: Samyak Jain and Amrita won men and women titles respectively in the 2nd Under-20 Open Blitz Chess (quick chess 5-5 min game) Tournament which held under the aegis of All J&K Chess Association (AJKCA) at Vivek Chess Academy (VCA) on the Republic Day.
In men’s category, Samyak secured 6.5 points out of the seven rounds event while Surinder Gupta earned six to finished second and third place went to Ishaan Chowdhary (5.5 pts).
Similarly, the women’s title bagged by Amrita (5 pts), followed by Avni (4 pts) and Nitika Nishad (4 pts) to be declared second and third respectively.
In the prize distribution function, PA to Additional Advocate General, J&K High Court Jammu, Vasu Nischal was the chief guest, who presented medals, certificates and cash prizes worth Rs 2000 to the winners of different categories.
“The Blitz Chess, quick 5-5 minute game is the fast version of the Chess. Such events help youngsters also those matured players learn quick decision making, especially in crucial stages,” informed chief coach at VCA, Vivek Bharti.
The Details Results: Round-1: Samyak (1) beat Keshav (0); Rajyawardhan (1) beat Manushree (0); Surinder (1) beat Nitika (0); Ishaan (1) beat Pearl (0); Amrita (1) beat Prince (0); Anjali (1) beat Raesha (0); Ankush (1) beat Rithysh (0); Avni (1) walkover; Divyansh (1) beat Tejeswani (0); Gaurav (1) walkover. Round-2: Samyak (2) beat Avni (1); Rajyawardhan (2) beat Ankush (1); Surinder (2) beat Gaurav (1); Ishaan (2) Divyansh (1); Amrita (2) beat Ruby (1); Lakshya (2) beat Anjali (1); Vikas (2) beat Gunjan (0); Prince (1) beat Gulshan (0); Keshav (1) beat Pearl (0); Manushree (1) beat Rithysh (0); Nitika (1) beat Raesha (0); Tejeswani (1) bye point. Round-3: Samyak (3) beat Ishaan (2); Amrita (3) beat Rajyawardhan (2); Surinder (3) beat Vikas (2); Lakshya (3) beat Avni (2); Anjali (2) beat Manushree (1); Ankush (2) beat Nitika (1); Prince (2) beat Divyansh (1); Tejeswani (2) beat Gaurav (1); Keshav (2) beat Ruby (1); Gulshan (1) beat Pearl (0); Gunjan (1) beat Rithysh (0); Raesha (1) bye point. Round- 4: Samyak (4) beat Amrita (3); Surinder (4) beat Lakshya (3); Rajyawardhan (3) beat Keshav (2); Ishaan (3) beat Prince (2); Anjali (3) beat Tejeswani (2); Vikas (3) beat Ankush (2); Avni (2) beat Gunjan (1); Divyansh (2) beat Nitika (1); Manushree (2) beat Gaurav (1); Raesha (2) beat Gulshan (1); Pearl (1) beat Ruby (1); Rithysh (1) bye point. Round- 5: Surinder (4.5) beat Samyak (4.5); Rajyawardhan (4) beat Anjali (3); Ishaan (4) beat Lakshya (3); Amrita (4) beat Vikas (3); Ankush (3) beat Manushree (2); Avni (3) beat Prince (2); Divyansh (3) beat Raesha (2); Tejeswani (3) beat Keshav (2); Gaurav (2) beat Ruby (1); Nitika (2) beat Gulshan (1); Rithysh (2) beat Pearl (1). Round-6: Samyak (5.5) beat Rajyawardhan (4); Ishaan (4.5) drew Surinder (4.5); Amrita (5) beat Anjali (3); Ankush (4) beat Tejeswani (3); Avni (4) beat Vikas (3); Lakshya (4) beat Divyansh (3); Nitika (3) beat Gaurav (2); Prince (3) beat Gunjan (2); Keshav (3) beat Rithysh (2); Raesha (3) beat manushree (2); Gulshan (2) beat Ruby (1); Pearl (2) bye point. Round-7: Samyak (6.5) beat Laksh (4); Surinder (6) beat Amrita (5); Ishaan (5.5) beat Rajyawardhan (4); Ankush (5) beat Avni (4); Prince (4) beat Anjali (3); Vikas (4) beat Divyansh (3); Keshav (4) beat Raesha (3); Nitika (4) beat Tejeswani (3); Gaurav (3) beat Pearl (2); Gunjan (3) beat Manushree (2); Rithysh (3) beat Ruby (1); Gulshan (3) bye point.
