Jairaj, Kowal claim top honours

NEW DELHI, August 18: Anoop Jairaj of DTEA and Awin Kowal of Kendriya Vidaylaya claimed the top honour in the medallist and non-medallist...

NEW DELHI, August 18: Anoop Jairaj of DTEA and Awin Kowal of Kendriya Vidaylaya claimed the top honour in the medallist and non-medallist section, in the chess championship organised by 64 Squares Chess Academy at the GHPS, India Gate.

In the last round, Jairaj defeated Parimarjan Negi of Amity and Kowal defeated Shipra Aggarwal of Convent of Jesus and Mary.

Kabil Punde of Mother’s International and Shipra got the second place in the medallist and non-medallist sectiond, respectively.

Results
Medallist: Parimarjan Negi (Amity) 4 lost to Anoop Jairaj (DTEA) 6; Kabir Punde (Mother’s International) 4.5 drew with Manish Uniyal (Arvachin) 4.5; R Srinivasan (Rai School) 4.5 bt Akshat Kshatra Pal (Sardar Patel) 3; Sanklap Modwal (DPS) 3 lost to Himanshu Bhatia (DAV) 4; Kunnal Gupta (JD Tytler) 4 bt Samarth Modwal (DPS) 3; Avijit Mishra (NPS) 3 lost to Manu Madan (Modern) 4; Varun Sharma (Ramjas) 3.5 bt Virat Satyam (NPS) 2.5; Navneet Sharma (Ryan International) 2 lost to Anirudh Aggarwal (DPS) 3.5; Nivanthee Jairaj (DTEA) 3 bt Sanchit Aggarwal (Manav Sthali) 2; Anirudh Maniyan (Sardar Patel) 1.5 lost to Ashutosh Sharma (Ryan) 3. Non-medallist: Awain Kowal (KV) 5.5 bt Shipra Aggarwal 4.5; Shyam Subramaniun (Sardar Patel) 4.5 bt Achint Gupta (CCDS) 4; Hemant Sharma (Ramjas) 4.5 drew with Akshya Kowal (KV) 4.5; Ashwain Purshottam (Sardar Patel) 4.5 bt Vivek Juneja (Open School) 3; Jay Deep Sharma (Ramjas) 3.5 lost to Kanika Gupta (Modern) 4; Jaspinder Singh (APS) 4 bt Dhara Gupta (Salwan) 3; Vijay Laxmi(Sarvodaya) 3 lost to Neha Sharma (NPS) 4.