Anwesh clinches double crown

Bhubaneswar boy Anwesh Upadhyaya clinched a double by adding State junior (under-19) chess crown to the State youth (under-25) title at Baliapanda in Puri today. Anwesh beat Sanket Parida in the sixth and final round to top the table with six points. The girls`` title in the State junior meet went to Aparajita Gochhikar (Puri), who finished with 4.5 points after being held to a draw in the fifth and final round by Ava Pradhan. The three-day championship witnessed low turn out as only 22 boys and seven girls entered the fray. Among them, the top four finishers in boys`` category and top two in girls`` section qualified to represent Orissa in the Junior National Championship to be held at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, from November 3 to 11. Final standings: Boys (Top 10): 1. Anwesh Upadhyaya (6), 2. Sanjay Mishra (4.5), 3. Biswajit Nayak (4.5), 4. Sanket Parida (4), 5. Khitindra Pratim Dalei (4), 6. Rajat Kumar Sahu (4), 7. Baibhab Mishra (3.5), 8. Mahesh Prasad Sethi (3.5), 9. Priyabrat Behera (3.5), 10. Seikh Istaq (3). Girls (Top 7): 1. Aparajita Gochhikar (4.5), 2. Ava Pradhan (3.5), 3. Krushna Mishra (3), 4. Raj Rajeswari Dash (3), 5. Adyasha Patnaik (3), 6. Sagarika Pratihari (2), 7. Sankha Shrabani Dash (1).