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Time of India
27-04-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Arun Kataria reigns supreme as Rajasthan players dominate second Jaipur Open Classical Fide Rated Chess tournament
Jaipur: Arun Kataria reigned supreme as Rajasthan players dominated the second edition of the five-day Jaipur Open Classical Fide Rated Chess tournament which concluded here on Sunday. The national-level tourney was organised at the Jaipur Club under the aegis of Waves and Jaipur Health and Wellness. The aim of this meet was to promote mental health among all age groups and ancient sports like chess in Rajasthan. Arun Kataria (2353) of Udaipur remained undefeated in the competition and emerged as the champion and received Rs 1,00,000 as well as trophy. There was a fierce fight among many players for second place till the last moment and at the end three players were tied up with 7.5 points each. As per the rules of the competition, a tie-breaker round was played in which Rahul Sangma (2121) won and clinched the second position with a cash prize of Rs 75,000, while the third spot went to Shrayan Majumdar (2110) from Maharashtra, who got a prize money of Rs 50,000. In the women's category, Vedika Pal from Jaipur won the title of best female competitor by scoring six points, while in senior player category, GB Joshi from Delhi won the prize of Rs. 8,000 with 6.5 points. Raj Kapoor was the best player among Rajasthan's players and senior player Milind Gawade got the honour of being the best player from Jaipur. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 10 Mysterious Photos That Cannot Be Explained True Edition Undo Apart from this, separate awards were also given in the handicapped category in which 6 players including senior national level player SK Rathore from Madhya Pradesh won the first prize of Rs 8,000. A blitz championship was also held during the main competition which was claimed by Gopal Rathore and he won the first prize of Rs. 25,000. The prize distribution ceremony was attended by chief guest National Health Mission additional director T Shubhmangala. Jaipur Club president Manoj Birla, Narayana Hospital marketing head Vikas Sharma, Jaipur Club sports secretary Saket Mathur, Ashok Bhargava, Ravi Bajaj, Sanjay Sharma, organizer and JHW founder Himmat Singh, co-founders Bhupendra Singh and RK Vyas, Waves founders Jayendra Chaturvedi and Amrish Joshi were the guests of the honour on the occasion.
Time of India
25-04-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Second Jaipur Open Fide Rated Chess: Rahul Sangma, Shreyan Majumdar share lead with 5 points
Jaipur: After the completion of the fifth round of the 2nd Jaipur Open Fide Rated Chess tournament, organised jointly by Waves and JHW, Railways' International Master and second seed Rahul Sangma (2121) and third seed Shreyan Majumdar (2110) of Maharashtra have gone ahead of the rest of the players by scoring 5 points each. Both Rahul and Shreyan notched up five successive victories so far in the tournament. Four more rounds will be played in the next couple of days. On the other hand, Rajasthan's Manav Kumar (1892) created a sensation by playing a draw with the top seed Arun Kataria (2353) and disrupting his title bid. National Junior Championship bronze medallist Arun is jointly in second place with 4.5 points. GB Joshi from Delhi, Gopal Maheshwari from UP, Kumar Gaurav from Bihar, Nimay Agarwal from Haryana, Tanna Krishna Alpeshbhai from Gujarat, Raghavan Samarth Rajesh from USA and YP Srivastava from Bihar have kept themselves in the title race with 4.5 points each to their credit.
