Patna, October 23, 2010: Rishi Shankar of Patna won the Bihar state U-17 chess championships title. At the end of the final round play Rishi emerged head with 5.5 points at the chess training centre of the Moinul Haq Stadium.
Kumar Gaurav of Purnia got the second place with five points.
Saraswati Kumari of Kishangunj clinched the girls title with 4.5 points while Aditi Aditya with four points remained in the second position.
RB Gupta, zonal manager, Central Bank of India, distributed the prizes. Arvind Kumar Sinha, secretary, All Bihar Chess Association (ABCA) welcomed the guests.
ABCA secretary Sinha, later, announced that Rishi Shankar, Kumar Gaurav, Saraswati Kumari and Aditi Aditya would represent Bihar in the National under-17 championship.
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