Avni Sharma won the 3rd Smart Girl Open Khelo Jammu Chess Tournament which held at Vivek Chess Academy(VCA) under the aegis of all J&K Chess Association (AJKCA), here today.
Avni secured 5.5 points out of the six round to emerge new champion of the event. The second place went to Amrita Gupta with five points while Nitika Nishad (4.5 pts) finished third. Gunjan Nishad (3 pts) and Peral Thothla (3 pts) remained fourth and fifth respectively.
Manushree Nischal bagged the under-10 category prize, securing two points. The competition held with 10 minutes plus 10 seconds time control under Chess Rapid Game Rule whereas the FIDE Swiss software was used for pairing.
President AJKCA, Meenal Gupta, former J&K Chess champion and a trainee of the VCA for seven years was the chief guest. She presented the cash prizes worth Rs 3200 and title trophies to the winners in the presence of owner of the VCA, Vivek Bharti.
The Detailed Results: Round-1: Amrita (1) bt Manushree (0); Nitika (1) btAmina (0); Pearl (1) bt Anjali (0); Avni (1) bt Raesha (0); Gunjan (1) bt Ruby(0). Round-2: Amrita (2) bt Pearl (1); Avni (2) bt Gunjan (1); Nitika (2) bt Manushree (0); Amina (1) bt Raesha (0); Anjali (1) bt Ruby (0). Round-3: Avni (2.5) drew Nitika (2.5); Amrita (3) bt Amina (1); Gunjan (2) bt Pearl (1); Anjali(2) bt Manushree (0); Ruby (1) bt Raesha (0).
Round-4: Avni (3.5) bt Amrita(3); Nitika (3.5) bt Anjali (2); Amina (2) bt Gunjan (2); Pearl (2) bt Ruby (1);Manushree (1) bt Raesha (0).
Round-5: Amrita (4) bt Nitika(3.5); Avni (4.5) bt Amina (2); Gunjan (3) bt Anjali (2); Pearl (3) bt Raesha(0); Manushree (2) bt Ruby (1).
Round-6: Avni (5.5) bt Pearl(3); Amrita (5) bt Gunjan (3); Nitika (4.5) bt Ruby (1); Amina (3) bt Manushree (2); Raesha (1) bt Anjali (2).
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