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Local favourite and Fide Master Soumya Ranjan Mishra won the title, securing eight points from nine rounds in the 1st Kalinga Open All-India Rating Chess Tournament, which concluded at OAS Association Bhawan in Bhubaneswar today.
Despite being held to draw in the last two rounds, top seed Soumya clinched the title, which fetched him the top prize of Rs 10,000. Krishan Soni finished runner-up with 7.5 points and became richer by Rs 7,5000. Top 30 finishers shared a total cash prize of Rs 50,000.
Film actor Mihir Das and chess IM Swayangsu Satyapragyan handed over the trophy and cash prizes at the closing function. Around 200 players from Orissa and its neighbouring states participated in the five-day tournament, which was organised by Kalinga Chess Academy.
Prize winners (Top 30): 1. Soumya Ranjan Mishra (8), 2. Krishan Soni (7.5), 3. Manas Parida (7.5), 4. Sumit Banarjee (7.5), 5. Rajendra Sahu (7), 6. Pabitra Mohan Mohanty (7), 7. Rabindra Ojha (7), 8. Rakesh Nayak (7), 9. Baivab Mishra (7), 10. Shradhanjali Jena (7), 11. Haribandhu Singh (6.5), 12. Ashutosh Kumar (6.5), 13. Subhransu Satpathy (6.5), 14. Narayan Swain (6.5), 15. Mohammad Ashraf (6.5), 16. Sudhir Behera (6.5), 17. Johnson Sahoo (6.5), 18. Vijay Kumar (6.5), 19. Madhusudan Sahu (6.5), 20. Satyabrata Kar (6.5), 21. K K Sharma (6), 22. Ashutosh Mohapatra (6), 23. Debarshi Mukherjee (6), 24. Guru Prasad Bhatta (6), 25. Hrudananda Samantaray (6), 26. Ajay Darjee (6), 27. Khitindra Pratim Dalai (6), 28. Sohini Ganguly (6), 29. Narayan Das (6), 30. Mahesh Prasad Sethi (6).
PHOTO: Kalinga Open chess tournament winner S R Mishra (1st from left) poses with (L to R) IM S Satyapragyan, third place finisher M Parida and runner-up K Soni in Bhubaneswar on Sept 28, 2009.
