District Chess C’ship concludes at Nek Hotel

Players evincing keen interest during a chess game at Nek Hotel, Jammu on Monday.
Players evincing keen interest during a chess game at Nek Hotel, Jammu on Monday.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: Four days Jammu District Chess Championship, organised by District Association in association with All J&K Chess Association and J&K Sports Council, concluded at Hotel Nek, Below Gumat, here today.
In open boys category, Ashutosh Jamwal secured Gold, while Mayank Kulkarni and Aryan got Silver and Bronze medals respectively, in under-19 boys, top three medals were won by Mayank Kulkarni, Surinder Gupta and Anurag Singh respectively, in under-17 boys, Mayank Kulkarni, Surinder Gupta & Anurag Singh got top three medals respectively, in under-15 boys, first three medals were clinched by Mayank Kulkarni, Aarav Gupta and Panache Gupta respectively.
In under-13 boys, Aarav Gupta got Gold, Panache Gupta won Silver and Ishaan Choudhary secured Bronze medal, in under-11 boys, Pazhany Kohli won Gold, Ishaan Choudhary got Silver and Ishwam Kawatra got Bronze medal and in under-9 boys, Pazhany Kohli got Gold, Ishaan Choudhary got Silver and Ishwam Kawatra got Bronze medal, besides in under-7 boys, Ishaan Choudhary got Gold, Gurfateh Singh secured Silver and Deevansh Choudhary clinched Bronze medal.
In under-7 girls, Alankrita Sharma got Gold medal, in under-9 girls, Alankrita Sharma got Gold, in under-11, Alankrita Sharma won Gold, Aahana Gupta secured Silver and Anupasana Kalsi got Bronze medal, in under-13 girls, Alankrita Sharma got Gold, Srujanika Gupta won Silver and Ashwiina Raina secured Bronze medal, in under-15 girls, Alankrita Sharma clinched Gold, Manasvi Gupta got Silver and Srujanika Gupta won Bronze medal, in under-17 girls, Amrita Gupta secured Gold, Alankrita Sharma won Silver and Swastika got Bronze medal, in under-19 girls, Amrita Gupta clinched Gold, Alankrita Sharma won Silver and Ojaswani Mengi secured Bronze medal and in Open girls category, Ojaswani Mengi got Gold, Sonali Manhas clinched Silver and Amrita Gupta won Bronze medal.
All the matches were conducted by Arvindu Sharma and Vivek Bharti Gupta with Swiss software under the guidance of Atul Kumar Gupta, president All J&K Chess Association as per latest FIDE laws of Chess.