Prince Bajaj and Arunima Kalra chess champions in Delhi

Amity Delhi State Chess Festival

Prince Bajaj
Winner of

Chess prodigy Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi’s School become a happy hunting ground for the former World Under-10 bronze medalist Prince Bajaj as he won the Amity Delhi State Under-15 Open Chess Championship here at Amity International School, Saket today. Rishi Thariani finished second while Rishi Sardana and Abir Sinha finished third and fourth respectively and selected to represent Delhi state in the forthcoming National Sub-Junior Chess Championship. In the final round encounters, Prince and Rishi settle for a quick draws against Anirudh Singh Negi and Abir Sinha respectively.

Meanwhile in the girls section, top seed Arunima Kalra secured her pole position with 4.5 points without much struggle while second seed Madhurima Sekhar finished second. Himani Sharma and Vanshika Agarwal secured third and fourth respectively.

Final Standings (Open)

1 Prince Bajaj (6.5)
2 Rishi Thariani (5.5)
3 Rishi Sardana (5)
4 Abir Sinha (5)
5 Anirudh Singh Negi (5)
6 Ram Gupta (5)
7 Sarthak Mahajan (5)
8 Harshal Shahi (5)
9 Pavit Singh (5)
10 Utkarsh Khaneja (5)

Important Results (Round-7 Open) :- Prince Bajaj (6.5) drew with Anirudh Singh Negi (5) ; Abir Sinha (5) drew with Rishi Thariani (5) ; Harshal Shahi (5) drew with Rishi Sardana (5) ; Ram Gupta (5) beat Rishab Garh (4) ; Aryan Chopra (4) lost to Deep Kapoor (5)

Final Standings (Girls)

1 Arunima Kalra (4.5)
2 Madhurima Shekhar (4)
3 Himani Sharma (3.5)
4 Vanshika Agarwal (3)
6 Rachita Sharma (3)
7 Priyam Chaliha (2)
8 Sharvi Goyal (2)
9 Stuti Dewan (2)
10 Sehaj Kaur (1.5)
11 Palkin Kaur (1.5)

Results (Round-5 Girls): Arunima Kalra (4.5) beat Vanshika Agarwal (3) ; Madhurima Shekhar (4) beat Kesshni Bhasiin (3) ; Priyam Chaliha (2) lost to Himani Sharma (3.5) ; Sharvi Goyal (2) lost to Rachita Sharma (3) ; Sehaj Kaur (1.5) lost to Stuti Dewan (2) ; Palkin Kaur (1.5) got bye.

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