Saharsa girl Akasha is Bihar sub-jr chess champ

Patna, August 22, 2010: Saharsa girl Akasha won the 35^th Bihar sub-junior chess championships title at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday. Akasha got four points at the end of fifth and final round.

In the final round match, Akasha beat Shurti Priya of Kishanganj.

Shubham of Bhagalpur took sole lead with five points after the end of fifth round play in the boys’ section.

Results: Boys’ (after fifth round): Shubham (5) bt Rahul Raj (4); Rishi Shankar (4.5) bt Gaurav Kumar (4); Kumar Gaurav (4) bt Anurag Kumar (3); Ayush Anand (4) bt Himanshu Harsh (3); Saurav Anand (4) bt K Divyam (3); Saurav Kumar (4) bt Shivam Verma (3); Samir Sengar (4) bt Utkarsh Dev (3); Vikas Kumar Dwivedi (4) bt Vivekanand (3); Ashish Raj (3.5) bt Kumar Mayank (2.5); Manish Kumar (3.5) bt Alok Priyadarshi (2.5); Piyush Praveen (3.5) bt Aditya Devputra (2); Sidhant Gautam (3.5) drew with Anirvan Choudhary (3.5); Dilshad Ashraf (3) bt Aditya Singh Raja (2); Ishan Tarunesh (3) bt Ajit Kumar (2) and Ishan Archit (3) bt Akash Anand (2).

Girls’ (standing): 1: Akasha (4). 2: Shurti Priya (3). 3: Surbhi Kumari (3). 4: Surishti Gautam (3). 5: Soumya (2). 6: Tanuja Bharti (2). 7: Macha (2).