CHANDIGARH: Swastik Singhal with five points in the under-17 Open category, Vivaan Mittal with four points in under – 13 Open category and Adhiraj Singh Khehar with four points in under 9 Open categories emerged as champions in their respective categories at the Chandigarh Chess Championship at Chandigarh Baptist School Sector 45-D, Chandigarh.
The following players have been selected for the Nationals:
U-17 Boys : Swastik Singhal, Ayaan Garg,
U-17 Girls: Shereen Makroo, Prisha.
U 13 Boys : Vivaan Mittal, Ekaaksha Partap Singh Negi,
U -13 Girls : Anvi Gupta, Aayra Singh.
U-9 Boys: Adhiraj Singh Khehar, Sambhav Garg.
U-9 Girls: Hajel Goel, Tanureet Kaur Arora.
Points position and final standings
Under 17 Open and Girls: 1 Swastik Singhal 5 pts, 2 Ayaan Garg 4 pts, 3 Vedant Garg 4 pts, Bhavay Mahajan 4 pts, 5 Shereen Makroo 3.5 pts, 6 Prisha 3.5 pts, 7 Aaditya Singla 3 pts, 8 Abeer Manchanda 3 pts, 9 Aaryan Gupta 3 pts, 10 Atharav Singh Naruka 3 pts.
Under 13 Open and girls: 1 Vivaan Mittal 4.5 pts, 2 Ekaaksha Partap Singh Negi 4 pts, 3 Aaditya Bhargav 4 pts, 4 Sidharth Bhargav 4 pts, 5 Atharv Singh Negi 4 pts, 6 Anvi Gupta 4 pts. 7 Aaditya Pajni 3.5 pts, 8 Aayra Singh 3.5 pts, 9 Madhav Verma 3 pts, 10 Anuj Bhatt 3 pts.
U-9 Open and Girls: 1 Adhiraj Singh Khehar 3.5 pts, 2 Sambhav Garg 3.5 pts, 3 Yajur Nayyar 3.5 pts, 4 Shouryaveer Singh 3 pts, 5 Prabhav Atwal 2.4 pts, 6 Hajel Goel 2 pts, 7 Tanureet Kaur Arora 2 pts, 8 Asankh Singh Kamboj 2 pts, 9 Kritarth Kumar 2 pts, 10 Udyaansh Goyal 2 pts.