Ishaan Chowdhary and Avni Sharma won VCA 2nd Open Jammu Under-17 (Boys and Girls) Chess Tournament, which held under the aegis of All J&K Chess Association, following FIDE Law of Chess.
Ishaan remained unbeaten in the tournament securing six points out of seven rounds in boys section. Avni bagged the girls title with five points.
Triyansh Verma and Manushree Nischal won Under-11 boys and girls titles respectively with four points each.
The prizes were given awayby Sports Journalist and chess enthusiast, Sanjeev Sharma in the presence of former J&K champion and prominent chess coach, Vivek Bharti. Both presented title trophies and cash prizes worth Rs 3,000 to the young winners.
The Detailed Results: Round-1: Mitansh (1) beat Gulshan (0); Lakshya (1)beat Keshav (0); Ishaan (1) beat Manushree (0); Aadvik (1) beat Prajanya (0);Aarav (1) beat Rithysh (0); Ruby (1) got bye; Avni (1) beat Rudraksh (0);Ayansh (1) got bye; Divyansh (1) got byepoint; Gaurav (1) beat Hriday (0); Haardik (1) got bye.
Round-2: Mitansh (2) beatAvni (1); Lakshya (2) beat Divyansh (1); Ishaan (2) beat Ayansh (1); Aadvik (2)beat Ruby (1); Aarav (2) beat Gaurav (1); Gulshan (1) beat Hriday (0); Keshav(1) beat Rithysh (0); Haardhik (2) beat Manushree (0); Prajanya (1) beatRudraksh (0).
Round -3: Ishaan (3) beatMitansh (2); Aadvik (2.5) draw with Haardik (2.5); Lakshya (3) beat Aarav (2);Avni (2) beat Keshav (1); Ayansh (2) beat Prajanya (1); Gulshan (2) beat Divyansh(1); Gaurav (2) beat Ruby (1); Hriday (1) beat Rithysh (0); Triyansh (1) beatManushree (0).
Round -4: Lakshya (3.5)draw with Ishaan (3.5); Haardik (3) draw with Ayansh (2.5); Mitansh (3) beatAadvik (2.5); Aarav (3) beat Gulshan (2); Avni (3) beat Gaurav (2); Prajanya(2) beat Divyansh (1); Hriday (2) beat Rudraksh (1); Triyansh (2) beat Keshav(1); Rithysh (1) beat Ruby (1).
Round-5: Mitansh (4) beatLakshya (3.5); Ishaan (4) draw with Haardik (3.5) Aarav (4) beat Avni (3);Aadvik (3.5) beat Ayansh (2.5); Gaurav (2.5) draw with Gulshan (2.5); Prajanya(3) beat Hriday (2); Triyansh (3) beat Divyansh (1) Keshav (2) beat Rudraksh(1).
Round-6: Ishaan (5) beatAarav (4); Haardik (4.5) beat Mitansh (4); Lakshya (4.5) beat Aadvik (3.5);Avni (4) beat Triyansh (3); Prajanya (4) beat Gulshan (3); Ayansh (3) draw withGaurav (3); Keshav (3) beat Hriday (2); Manushree (3) beat Rithysh (2); Ruby(2) beat Rudraksh (1).
Round -7: Ishaan (6) beatPrajanya (4); Haardik (5.5) beat Lakshya (4.5); Mitansh (5) beat Aarav (4);Avni (5) beat Aadvik (4); Ayansh (4) beat Keshav (3); Manushree (4) beatGulshan (2.5); Divyansh (3) beat Hriday (2); Rithysh (2.5) draw with Rudraksh(1.5).
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