Rajkumar is Bihar senior chess champion

Patna, September 2, 1010: A stiff competition was witnessed in the final round of the 42nd Bihar state senior chess championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium here.

A six-way tie for the for the top spot was the outcome at the end of the day as six players Rajkumar, Vijay Kumar, Devbrat Singh, Saurabh Roop, Rakesh Ranjan and Minhazul finished their final engagements with 7 points each.

Progressive points were taken into account to decide the top four positions and the tickets to represent Bihar in the National “B” chess championships. Rajkumar Chauhan of BSNL won the title despite losing his last round match against Minhazul Hoda . Rajkumar ended with 7 points and progressive 39.5 to emerge the champion.

Vijay Kumar got the second spot while Devbrat Singh bagged the third positions. Promising Saurabh Roop earned the fourth spot. Minhazul, however, finished sixth with 7 points and progressive score 33.

In the boys’ under-7 category, Janamejay was declared champion while Piyush got the title in the U-8 section. Garima Gaurav won the title in the girls’ under-7 category while Manya Diptam claimed the crown in the U-9 section.

All Bihar Chess Association president and principal secretary, department of planning (Government of Bihar), Vijay Prakash gave away the prizes.

Final standing: 1. Rajkumar Chauhan (7, 39.5); 2. Vijay Kumar (7, 39.5); 3. Devbrat Singh (7, 36.5); 4. Saurabh Roop (7, 35); 5. Rakesh Ranjan (7, 33); 6. Minhazul Hoda (7, 33); 7. Suman Kumar Singh (6.5, 33); 8. Abhay Kumar Sinha (6.5, 31.5); 9. Shubhan Kumar (6.5. 30.5); 10. Kumar Gaurav (6, 35.5).

U-7 boys: 1. Jananejay, 2. Tushar Sinha.

U-9 boys: 1. Piyush Pravin, 2. Saurabh Anand

U-7 girls: 1. Garima Gaurav, 2. Kumari Sakshi

U-9 girls: Manya Diptam, 2. Garima Gaurav