P M Mohanty sufferes upset in first round

Two times National `B` champion Pabitra Mohan Mohanty suffered a major upset when when down to Cuttack boy Saswat Khuntia in the opening round of the 1st Kalinga Open All-India Rating Chess Tournament at OAS Association Bhawan in Bhubaneswar today. Eighty-five players, including top seed and Fide Master Soumya Ranjan Mishra posted wins in the first round, which featured a total of 191 entries, including 50 rated and 13 from outside Orissa. The nine-round tournament, offering a total cash prize of Rs 50,000 is being hosted by Kalinga Chess Academy, under the aegis of Orissa Chess Ad-hoc Committee. Important results (1st round): Soumya Ranjan Mishra bt Guru Prasad Bhatta, Saswat Khuntia bt Pabitra Mohan Mohanty, Rajendra Sahu bt Sarat Kund, Krishan Soni bt GM Mahanta, Subhransu Satpathy bt Hemant Mahanta, Manas Parida bt Sanjay Maharana, GC Mohapatra bt Sidhant Maharathy, Ashutosh Kumar bt Debarpita Majhi, Rabindra Ojha bt Pravat Martha, Rakesh Nayak bt Ananta Mishra, Ashraf Mohammad bt Basneya Mishra, Dasarathi Sahoo bt Srinibas Mishra, Sumit Banarjee bt Dhabaleswar Mohanty, Narayan Swain bt Jagadananda Mohanty, Johnson Sahoo bt Satyajit Mohanty, Ashutosh Mohapatra bt Adyasha Mohapatra, Krishna Mishra bt Laxminarayan Panda, Nishit Mohanty bt Rahul Patel, Sourav Mohanty bt Lohitakshya Parid, Soumen Amlan bt Rudrasksh Parida.