Aniket, Swarnika emerge champs in Bihar School Chess

Patna, June 29, 2022: Aniket Ranjan of Begusarai won the AICF-Bihar School Chess Championships title with 8 points in the boys section while Ryan Mohammad of Patna, Devraj and Nirav Vishal of Bhojpur finished second, third and fourth respectively in the decision on the basis of tie-break points between the three players who were with the same 7.5 points.

The tournament that was organized under the aegis of All Bihar Chess Association concluded at the Indoor Stadium of Patliputra Sports Complex here on Wednesday.

At the same time, the decision for the first position in the girls' category also had to be done on the basis of tie-break marks. The tie between Adiba Ulla and Swarnika Thakur of Patna with 7.5 points was declared on the basis of Buchholz’s points where Swarnika was declared the winner and Adiba was declared the runner-up. The three players with 7 points were also decided on the basis of tie break points in which Sweta Kumari of Purnia, Aadya Shree of Muzaffarpur and Pari Sinha of Gaya got 3rd, 4th and 5th position respectively.

Bandana Preyshi, secretary, Department of Arts, Culture and Youth, was the chief guest in the prize distribution ceremony.  Raveendra Sankaran, Director General of Sports Development Authority of Bihar and Vinod Singh Gunjiyal, director of Art, Culture and Youth affairs department and the Sports Development Authority of Bihar director, Pankaj Kumar gave away the prizes to top 25 players of each category. On this occasion All Bihar Chess Association president Diljit Khanna, secretary Dharmendra Kumar, senior vice president Rajendra Kumar, Patna District Chess Association Adhoc Committee's convenor Ajit Kumar Singh, Chief arbiter Arvind Kumar Singh, deputy chief arbiter Suraj Gupta, All Bihar Chess Association vice president Jai Prakash Sinha, treasurer Manish Kumar, joint secretary Vipal Subhashi, Himanshu Kumar, Shashi Nandkumar and many other dignitaries were present on the occasion.