Bhubaneswar: Rajesh Nayak of Puri emerged champion of the Odisha State U-25 Chess Championship, which concluded here Sunday.
Rajesh took the top honours with a total of 6.5 points after the completion of the seventh and the final round. Rakesh Kumar Nayak of Khurda and Susobhit Das of Sundargarh garnered six points each, but they had to be satisfied with the second and third place finish respectively on the basis of tie-breaker. Vaibhav Mishra of Puri finished fourth with 5.5 points in his kitty.
Bhubaneswar North MLA Priyadarshi Mishra joined as the chief guest and distributed the prizes.
Important results: Rajesh Nayak bt Saswat Mallick, Rakesh Kumar Nayak bt Brajesh Bastab Bhoi, Susobhit Das bt Lochan Kumar Das, Vaibhav Mishra drew with Smaraki Mohanty, Krushna Mishra drew with Rudranarayan, Manish Kumar bt Palak Mohapatra, Harshit Ranjan Sahoo bt Vijaylaxmi Barik.
Abhijeet triumphs
Abhijeet Kumar of St. Arnold’s High School emerged champion of the 14th Schools’ Open Chess Championship, which concluded here Sunday.
Abhijeet clinched the title with 6.5 points. Tanmay Kumar of Stewart School finished runner-up with six points. Jagdish Kumar Ghadai of DAV Public School Kalinga Nagara also got six points, but he had to be satisfied with the third place finish on the basis of tie-breaker. Trideb Sahoo finished fourth with 5.5 points in his kitty.
Other prizes: (U-8) Abhijit Biswal, (U-10) Baibhav Ghose, (U-12) Harsal Nayak, (U-14) Shivangi S Mohanty, (Girls) Ananya Aparimita.
Subrat secures title
Subrat Das of Odisha emerged billiards champion in the Steve Davis Cup, which concluded in Ranchi, Saturday. In the final Subrat defeated Yash Kinger 400-201. With this victory Subrat became the first player in Odisha’s billiards and snooker history to win an open billiards title outside the state.