Jharkhand girl bags 18th position in national U-7 chess championship

SUBHASH MISHRA

Dhanbad, Oct 11: Despite winning the last two rounds of the match, Anishka of Jamshedpur got 18^th position in  MPL national under-7  girls and boys open chess championship which concluded at  Ahmadabad today.

In 10 rounds, Anishka earned 7 points and got 18^th position. A total of eight girls and boys from Jharkhand had participated in the championship but barring Anishka, no other players came among the top 50.

Vedika of Ranchi also won in her last round but she got the 69^th position with a total of five points. Laisha and Zaira of Jamshedpur got 74^th and 82nd positions respectively with four points each.

In the boys’ championship, the state players failed to display their potential. Only Rishi Raj of Ranchi came among the top 100. He got the 93^rd position with 6 points in 10 rounds. Abhigyan of Jamshedpur was left in the 138^th position with five points while Avinash of  Saraikela-Kharsawan got the 141st position with five points.

Adrij of Jamshedpur earned 4.5 points in 10 rounds and got 151st position.

International Arbiter Jayant Bhuiya giving this information said that the performance of state players in the under-7 open national championship was not what they had expected.