BHUBANESWAR 10-Jun-2018
Cuttack boy Shreyash Shuvam Patnaik and Khordha girl Arushi Srichandan captured titles in Odisha State U-11 Chess Championship, held at Shree Gundicha Bhakta Niwas in Puri from June 8 to 10, 2018. District Chess Association of Puri (DCAP) organised the tournament, under the aegis of All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA).
Shreyash won the title in the open category, scoring six points out of a possible seven. This was the second state title for Shreyash, who had secured his first in the U-9 open category two years ago. Sriansh Das of Jajpur finished runner-up with 5.5 points. Arushi logged 6.5 points from seven rounds to pocket her maiden state title in girls category. Anishka Pandey became runner-up with 5.5 points.
