Jaiswar wins Sunday Rapid Chess Tournament

Shailash Jaiswar won the 40th edition of the Sunday Rapid Chess Championship organised jointly by the Pune District Chess Association and the Global Mind Sports Foundation on Sunday. Shailesh has a total of 95 points now and is leading the race for the overall championship. Kiran Panditrao is close behind with 91 points.

Jaiswar earned six-and-a-half points and won himself Rs 1,500 and a trophy while Kapil Kohana came in second after notching up 5.5 points/23.5 Buch. Pushkaraj Bedekar came in third with 5.5 points and 21 Buch. The Under-10 trophy was awarded to Harshit Raja of Symbiosis School; the Under-14 trophy went to Nikhil Dixit of Ramanbaug New English School; the ladies’ trophy was given to Akanksha Hagawane of DES School and the best veteran’s trophy was bagged by Prakash Karmarkar.

Some last round results: 1. Shailesh Jaiswar (6.5) drew with Pushkaraj Bedekar (5.5),2. Shrikant Muchandikar (4.5) lost to Kapil Lohana (5.5),3. Sachin Salam (4) lost to Kiran Panditrao (5),4. Abhimanyu Puranik (5) beat Prakash Karmarkar (4).