Nagpur: Budding Om Vitalkar remained unbeaten to win 11th edition of Weekend Chess Tournament organised by Nagpur District Chess Association (NDCA) at Neighboorhood Recreation Centre, Surendra Nagar on Sunday.
Vitalkar earned highest seven points out of possible seven. He was followed by Prasad Aurangabadkar for second place with six points. Yah Ingolikar achieved third place securing 5.5 points whereas Yash Dhoke finished fourth with (5, 30.5). The fifth place went to Vaibhav Raut (5, 29).
In the last round, Vitalkar got the better of Vaibhav Raut on top board. On second board, Prasad Aurangabadka recorded the victory over Yash Dhoke while Raunak sadhwani defeated Shrishti Pandey. NDCA secretary KK Barat, Umesh Panbude and others distributed the prizes.
Final standings: 1. Om Vitalkar (7, 27.5), 2. Prasad Aurangabadkar (6, 29.5), 3.Yash Ingolikar (5.5, 25), 4. Yash Dhoke (5, 30.5), 5. Vaibhav Raut (5,29), 6. Divya Deshmukh (5, 26.5), 7. YM Shamkuwar (5, 26.5), 8. Tanya Pandey (5, 26.5), 9. Raunak Sadhwani (5, 25), 10. Harsh Kanoje (5, 24).
Results (round 7): Om Vinay Vitalkar (7) bt Vaibhav Jayant Raut (5), Yash Dhoke (5) lost to Prasad Aurangabadkar (6), Raunak Sadhwani (5) bt Srishti Pandey (4.5), Shubham Lakudkar (4) lost to Yash Ingolikar (5.5), Gayatri Panbude (4) lost to Omprakash Soni (5), Harsh Kanoje (5) bt Vinay Barhanpure (4), Dilesh Chawhare (4) lost to Tanya Pandey (5), DS Mukharjee (4) lost to YM Shamkuwar (5), Divya Deshmukh (5) bt MK Jain M.K. (4), Devansh Ratti (4.5) bt T Chandran (3.5). Prize winners of Rapid Chess Tournament with guests.
