26-Jul-2008 137
Seasoned campaigner Manoj Kumar Panigrahi of Puri pipped defending champion Anwesh Upadhyaya on better progressive score (58.5-55) to win the title for the third time in the State Senior Chess Championship, which concluded at OUAT Campus in Bhubaneswar today.
Progressive scores were applied in calculation after both the players tied for the top spot with nine points each from 11 rounds. In the last round, second seed Panigrahi drew with Biswajit Nayak, while Upadhyaya beat Rabindra Ojha.
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