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This is an archive article published on April 18, 2022

Phase two of Ludhiana District Chess championship Prabhnoor Singh wins in U-19, Chinmay Jagga clinches U-15 trophy

The president of LDCA, Arvinderpreet Singh, said that the top player from each category from this round will represent Ludhiana in the state championship next month.

Winners of all age categories. (Express Photo)Winners of all age categories. (Express Photo)

Ludhiana District Chess Association (LDCA) held its second phase of district tournaments for under-7, under-11, under-15, under-19 and open categories on April 16-17 at Lodhi Club.

The president of LDCA, Arvinderpreet Singh, said that the top player from each category from this round will represent Ludhiana in the state championship next month. A total of 60 players participated in the two-day championship.

In the under-19 category, Prabhnoor Singh of Greenland Public School scored a win while Shaurya Verma grabbed first place in the open category. In under-15, Chinmay Jagga of BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School Shastri Nagar was the top scorer after winning all five matches. Chinmay was the winner in the under-17 district championship organised by LDCA last week as well. In under-11, Jahaan Goel of Satpaul Mittal school grabbed first place.

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In under-15 girls, BCM’s Prisha Nano Sehgal won first place while Asmi Dhand was the winner in the under-11 group. Asmi got a prize in the under-13 category held last week as well. Kabir Ahuja of Satpaul Mittal School was the winner in under-7 boys while Hridaa Kaur of Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar was the winner in under-7 girls.

Vice president of the Lodhi club, Kawaljeet Singh Dang, was the chief guest and distributed prizes to the winners along with Lodhi club executive member Nishit Singhania.

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