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New Delhi

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10 - 18 Dec

Last date of Entry 26 Nov 2022. Thereafter, a late fee of ₹ 250/- up to 5 Dec 2022. No entry will be entertained after 5 PM on 5th Dec 2022.

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22 Dec - 3 Jan

Last date of Entry 07 Dec 2022. Thereafter a late fee of ₹ 250/- up to 14 Dec 2022. No entry will be entertained after 05 PM on 14 Dec 2022.

New Delhi

National U-09
25 Dec - 2Jan

Last date of Entry 10 Dec 2022. Thereafter, a late fee of ₹ 250/- per player will be levied. No entry will be entertained after 19 Dec 2022.

Indore, M.P.

National Women
26 Dec - 5 Jan

Last date of Entry 11th Dec 2022, with a late fee of ₹ 250/- up to 21 Dec 2022. No entry will be entertained after 5 PM on 21 Dec 2022.

Kolhapur, Maharashtra

"Chess is a war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent’s mind."

- Bobby Fischer

Congratulations !

Champion: Birendra Raita, Gajapati

Runner-up: Ashok Kumar Jaju, Balasore

Third: Kamal Lochan Padhi, Balasore

1st Bishnu Sethi Memorial Open Chess Championship

The 1st Bishnu Sethi Memorial OPEN Chess Championship was inaugurated by Chief Guest Dr Pradip Nayak, at Nehru Stadium, Bhadrak on 26 November 2022 at 10:00 A.M. Other dignitaries were Shri Pawan Sharma, Advocate, Social Activist ; Shri Tusharkant Dash, Advocate, Social Activist; Jyoti Prakash Mohanty, Youth leader, Shri Bhabesh Mohanty, Treasurer, AOCA; Shri Suvendu Mohapatra, EC Member AOCA & General Secretary Shri Ashok Kumar Parija, Bhadrak District Chess Association.

Total prize fund attracts only 81 participants from 7 districts (Balasore, Bhadrak, Gajapati, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Khordha) are participating including 18 International Rated & 9 Women. The Organiser has made beautiful arrangements with free lunch.

Important Results: In 3rd round Board no.1 Birendra Raita (10th seed) beat top seed Debasis Chakraborty in 31 moves. Second seed Subhendu Kumar Patra was lost from Suraj Kumar Moharana (13 seed) in 44 moves.

Round 4 : 3rd seed Tapan Badamundi lost from Amarendra Khamari, (8th seed)

3rd board 5th seed Debi Prasad Nayak lost from Birendra Raita.

Round 5: Bo.1 Kamal Lochan Padhi lost from Ashok Kumar Jaju. Bo.3 Birendra Raita lost from Subhendu Kumar Patra.

Round 6: Tapan Badamundi lost from 10th seed Birendra Raita of Gajapti .

Round 7: Bo.2 Top seed Debasis Chakraborty lost from Jyotsnav Talukdar.

Smaraki Champion & Yashita Runner up in Women Championship.

The Odisha State WOMEN Chess Championship 2022 concluded with Valedictory ceremony-cum-Prize Distribution, at 05:00 P.M. on 16 November 2022 at RMD Degree College, Patia, Bhubaneswar. Top 4 players will represent Odisha in forthcoming National MPL 48th National Women Chess Championship 2022, starting from 26 December to 05 January 2022 at Kolhapur, Maharashtra.

The Chief Guest Mrs Adisha Mohanty, Convenor, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao; Guest of Honour Debabrata Bhatta, Hony. Secretary, All Odisha Chess Association; Sri Basudev Bhatta, Social Activist; Prashant Rout, Principal, Raja Madhusudan Dev Degree College gave away the prizes.

National Participants (Girls)

Smaraki Mohanty

Congratulations !

National Participants (Girls)

Sradha Smaranika Nanda, Cuttack
Arushi Srichandan, Khordha
Anishka Pandey, Khordha
Dristi Pradhan, Sundargarh

National Participants (Open)

Shrihan Sabat, Ganjam
Sai Shakti Panda, Cuttack

Shrihan & Shradha clinched State Under 13 Open / Girls Championship.

The Odisha State (U-13) OPEN & GIRLS Chess Championships 2022 concluded with Valedictory ceremony-cum-Prize Distribution, at 05:30 P.M. on 14 November 2022 at RMD Degree College, Patia, Bhubaneswar. Top 2 players from both categories (OPEN & GIRLS) will represent Odisha in forthcoming National Under 13 Chess Championship 2022, starting from 10 to 18 December 2022 at Puducherry.

GIRLS Category:

The 3rd seed Shradha Smaranika Nanda, 1203 from Cuttack, drew with 2nd seed Arushi Srichandan and clinched the Championship trophy with 5.5 / 6.0 points (5 win 1 draw with no loss). The 2nd seed Arushi Srichandan of Khordha became Runners up.

OPEN Category:

Open category was really hard for all top players. The top seed Shrihan Sabat, Ganjam beat 14th seed Pratik Kushal of Cuttack and clinched the Championship trophy. The 13th seed Sai Shakti Panda beat the 6th seed Pratyush Nayak, Cuttack and became the Runner-up.

The Chief Guest Shri Satyabrat Minaketan, Founder-cum-Chairman ODM Public School, BBSR, Guest of Honour Shri Prasant Rout, Principal, Raja Madhusudan Dev Degree College, gave away the prizes.

Priansh & Yashita clinched State Sub Junior Open / Girls Championship.

The Odisha State Sub Junior (U-15) OPEN & GIRLS Chess Championships 2022 concluded with Valedictory ceremony-cum-Prize Distribution, at 05:30 P.M. on 12 November 2022 at RMD Degree College, Patia, Bhubaneswar. Top 4 players from both categories (OPEN & GIRLS) will represent Odisha in Forthcoming National Sub Junior Chess Championship 2022, starting from 27 November to 6 December 2022 at New Delhi.

GIRLS Category:

The top seed Yashita Rout, 1780 from Khordha, clinched the Championship trophy with 5.5 / 6.0 points (5 win 1 draw with no loss). The 3rd seed Jayalakshmi Sahoo of Cuttack beat Sahana Lenka of Khordha, becoming Runner-up with 5 points (5 win & 1 loss) . Krishna Arpita, Khordha beat Rutushree Rutuprava, Dhenkanal secured 3rd position.

OPEN Category:

Open category was really hard for all top players. The 3rd seed Priansh Das, Jajpur drew with Arin Anwesh Swain of Khordha & clinched the Championship trophy. Arin Anwesh Swain became the Runner-up. On 2nd board top seed Koustuv Dash, Khordha drew Anubrata Priyadarshan Sahu, Mayurbhanj & became 2nd Runner-up.

The Chief Guest Dr Satyabrat Minaketan, Founder-cum-Chairman ODM Public School, BBSR, Guest of Honour Shri Prasanta Rout, Principal, Raja Madhusudan Dev Degree College, gave away the prizes.

Congratulations !

National Participants (Girls)

Yashita Rout, Khordha
Krishna Arpita, Khordha
Sahana Lenka, Khordha

National Participants (Open)

Arin Anwesh Swain, Khordha
Koustuv Dash, Khordha

Congratulations !

National Participants

Utkal Ranjan Sahoo
Rajesh Nayak
Koustuv Dash
Tapan Kumar Badamundi

Utkal, Rajesh, Koustuv & Tapan

The top seeded Utkal Ranjan Sahoo, 2332 of Puri stayed unbeaten in the entire championship & scored 7.5 out of 8, beat Tapan Badamundi, clinched the Championship trophy with a cash prize of ₹ 10,000/-. The third seed Rajesh Nayak, 2183, Puri drew with the 2nd seed FIDE Master Soumyaranjan Mishra scored 6.5 with 5 wins & 3 draws with tiebreak positioned Runner-up & awarded ₹ 7,000/- . The 8^th seed Koustuv Dash, 1873 of Khordha, became 2nd Runner-up & bagged ₹5,000 with Trophy 6 wins, 1 draw. Finally, the top four players will represent Odisha in forthcoming National Senior Chess Championship 2022, which will be held at New Delhi on 22 December 2022 for the prize amount of ₹ 30,00,000/- (Thirty lacs).

The Championship concluded with Valedictory ceremony-cum-Prize Distribution, at 08:00 P.M. on 08 November 2022. The Chief Guest was Shri Ranjan Mohanty, Joint Secretary, All India Chess Federation; Guest of Honour Sj. Debabrata Bhatta, Hony. Secretary, All Odisha Chess Association; Other dignitaries who graced the occasion on the last day were Sj. Sarosh Bodhanwal, Secretary, Balasore Club; Sj. Arun Khandelwal, Sports Secretary, Balasore Club; Sj. Prakash Kumar Mohanty, Vice President, Balasore Club; Sj. Sashi Bhusan Mishra, President, LIONS Club of Balasore Sand City; Sj. Pradipta Kumar Panda, Working President, BDCA, Sj Manoranjan Panda, Hon. Secretary, BDCA.Sj Sandeep Samantaray, E.C. Member, AOCA; Sj. Debasis Chakrabarty, President, BDCA; Sj. Pradipta Kumar Panda, C.A., Working President, BDCA; Sj. Manoranjan Panda, Secretary, BDCA; Sj. Aiswarya Kumar Senapati, Treasurer, BDCA; Sj. Prabal Kanti Maity, BDCA.

Pratyasha Jena!

Pratyasha Jena of Cuttack secured 14th Rank in 35th National U-11 Girls Chess Championship – 2022 at Haryana with a score of 7.5 out of 11 rounds and received a cash award of ₹ 6,000.