BHUBANESWAR 04-Nov-2017
Host KIIT University won the women’s title in the East Zone Inter-University Chess Tournament, which was held at KIIT University here from November 1 to 4, 2017. The five-member KIIT team, comprising of Smaraki Mohanty, Akankhya Kabi, Sribrinda Rout, Saumyashree Sahoo and Krushna Mishra garnered 22.5 points from four matches (28 games) to finish at the top of the table.
University of Calcutta (19.5 points), Patna University (17 points) and Surguja University (16.5 points) secured the second, third and fourth positions respectively. In the men’s section, University of Calcutta emerged champions with 25.5 points. Jadavpur University (22 points), Utkal University (19.5 points) and Manipur University (18.5 points) finished second, third and fourth respectively. Utkal University was represented by Baivab Mishra, Sumit Kumar Banerjee, Ashis Pattnaik and Sourav Mohanty.
