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Fide Master Rakesh Kumar Jena and Nilsu Pattnayak won the senior and junior titles respectively in the Cuttack District Chess Championship, which concluded at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today.
Barabati MLA Debasi Samantaray and Odisha Cricket Association secretary Asirbad Behera gave away the prizes in the presence of host Cuttack District Chess Association secretary Vivek Tibarewal.
FINAL STANDINGS (Top 10):
Senior: 1-3. Rakesh Kumar Jena, Ashirwad Swain, Amitansu Priyadarsan (each 6.5); 4. Ansuman Samal (6); 5-8. Soumya Ranjan Sahoo, Rabindra Kumar Ojha, Smaraki Mohanty, Sambit Panda (each 5.5); 9-10. Sradhanjali Jena, Rudraksh Parida (5 each).
Junior: 1-3. Nilsu Pattanayak, Animesh Patra, Amareshwar Nanda; 4-10. Soumya Sagnik Khanda, Aryan Samantaray, Baibhab Singh, Sanjkeet Jena, Shakti Prasad Nanda, Joy Anmol Rath, Mohit Kamal Rath.
