Double crown for Orissa in National Under-7 Chess

Adyasha Mohapatra and Rudraskhya Parida gave Orissa a double delight by winning the girls and boys titles in the 23rd National under-7 Chess Championship, which concluded at Ahmedabad today. In the 11-round competition, Bhubaneswar girl Adyasha and Cuttack boy Rudrakshya secured 10.5 points with 10 wins and one draw. The title wins enabled the two Orissa youngster qualify for next year`s related Asian and World championships. This is the first time that Orissa players bagged a double in any National chess championship. Performance statistics: Adyasha Mohapatra: Beat Priyanka Nutakki (AP), bt Rajashree Rajeev (Mah), bt Ojasi Gopikrishna (Kar), bt CR Reshma (TN), bt Saina Salonika (Ori), drew with Riddhi Zantye (Goa), bt M Tejasvi (TN), bt Sanjana Gangavarapu (AP), bt Pranali Ganapati Desai (Goa), V Keerthi (TN), bt G Lydia (Pon). Rudraskhya Parida: Beat Manoj B Kulkarni (Kar), bt Mridul Agarwal (Del), bt Harish Babu (TN), bt Bhavik Bharambe (Mah), bt Adithya Sadhu, bt Saurabh Anand (bih), bt Subhasis Barik (Ori), bt Muthu Hareeswaran (TN), bt Ansuman Samal (Ori), drew with P Iniyan (TN), bt Sampath Cheela Naga (AP).