Amrita Gupta won the 4thedition of the Smart Girls Open Chess Tournament for Baisakhi Cup which was organized by Vivek Chess Academy (VCA) under the aegis of All J&K Chess Association, here today.
In this six rounds rapid chess event, Amrita secured absolute six points to take away the title trophy and a cash prize. The second place went to Avni Sharma with five points while Anjali Nishad finished third with four points. With equal three points, Gunjan Nishad and Nitika Nishad were at fourth and fifth place respectively. The best under-10 title went to Raesha Thothla with three points.
The title trophy and other prizes presented to the winners of the tournament by Swati Sharma, DySP (CID)Jammu, who was chief guest in the exclusive girls event in the presence of Vivek Bharti of VCA. She gave away cash prizes worth Rs 3200 and certificates of merit to the first five position holders.
The competition held with10 minutes plus 10 seconds time duration following the Time control format under Chess Rapid Game Rule using the FIDE Swiss software for pairing.
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