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International Master (IM) Swayangsu Satyapragyan of Orissa won the Blitz 960 Chess tournament in Australia today.
India made a clean sweep of the top three positions with IMs Sriram Jha and K Rathnakaran finishing second and third respectively, All India Chess Federation website said.
Satyapragyan, however, finished 10th in the 47th Doebral Cup International Chess Tournament, which concluded at Canberra, Australia today.
IM Deep Sengupta won the title with seven points from nine rounds. He also gained his second GM norm in process. GM Deepan Chakravarthy who beat eventual champion Deep in the last round, finished third with seven points. Satyapragyan secured six points.
