Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 23: Surinder Gupta and Amrita Gupta claimed the Under-20 Boys and Under-20 Girls titles respectively, while Pazhany Kohli secured the Best Under-15 award in the Open J&K Christmas Cup Chess Tournament organised by Vivek Chess Academy (VCA), Jammu. The event marked VCA’s first Under-20 and Under-15 championship and witnessed enthusiastic participation from young chess players.
In Round 1, Pazhany Kohli and Lakshya received walkovers, while Surinder Gupta defeated Keshav, Ishaan beat Nitika, Amrita Gupta defeated Pearl, Avni beat Prajanya, Prince beat Gunjan, Mitansh beat Raesha, Rudransh beat Aadvik, Vaibhav beat Aayansh and Aroo defeated Triyansh. In Round 2, Pazhany beat Avni, Surinder defeated Mitansh, Ishaan beat Aroo, Lakshya defeated Prince, Amrita beat Rudransh, Gunjan beat Vaibhav, Aadvik beat Pearl, Prajanya defeated Aayansh, Keshav beat Raesha and Nitika defeated Triyansh.
Round 3 saw Pazhany defeat Lakshya, Surinder beat Ishaan, Amrita defeated Avni, Nitika beat Gunjan, Mitansh defeated Prajanya, Aadvik beat Vaibhav, Prince defeated Aroo, Keshav beat Rudransh, Aayansh defeated Raesha and Pearl beat Triyansh. In Round 4, Surinder defeated Amrita, Pazhany beat Mitansh, Ishaan defeated Prince, Lakshya beat Keshav, Avni beat Vaibhav, Pearl defeated Gunjan, Rudransh beat Aayansh, Prajanya defeated Aroo and Raesha beat Triyansh.
In the final round, Pazhany and Surinder played out a draw to finish with 4.5 points each, with Surinder declared winner on the Buchholz tie-break. Amrita defeated Ishaan to finish with four points, Lakshya beat Aadvik, Avni defeated Pearl, Mitansh beat Rudransh, Keshav defeated Prince, Prajanya beat Nitika, Gunjan defeated Raesha, Aayansh beat Aroo and Vaibhav defeated Triyansh. Cash prizes of Rs 3000 along with trophies and certificates were presented by VCA coach Vivek Bharti.
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