Dikshant Dash and Aditi Mohanty won open and girls titles respectively in the Odisha State Under-11 Chess Championship, which was hosted by District Chess Association of Puri, under the aegis of All Odisha Chess Association at Hotel Rumani in Puri from May 3 to 5.

Bhubaneswar boy Dikshant scored 6.5 points out of possible seven. Harshit Ranjan Sahu of Cuttack became runner-up with six points. In girls’ category, Aditi (Cuttack) retained the title with six points, while Pratyusha Priyadarshini (Bhubaneswar) settled as runner-up with 5.5 points.

Altogether 136 players, including 43 girls, participated in the three-day championship, which was conducted by FIDE Arbiter Arghya Arpan Parida. The top two finishers from both the categories will represent Odisha in the National U-11 Chess Championship, scheduled be held this year at Raipur from June 28 to July 6.

FINAL PLACINGS (Top 10):
OPEN: 1. Dikshant Dash (Khordha, 6.5), 2. Harshit Ranjan Sahu (Cuttack, 6), 3. Rudranarayan (Puri, 6), 4. Aryan Arnav Samantaray (Balasore, 5.5), 5. Prasmit Prayansu (Khordha, 5.5), 6. Mahitosh Dey (Khordha, 5.5), 7. Aditya Nayak (Puri, 5.5), 8. Priansh Das (Jajpur, 5), 9. Bibek Kumar Sahu (Khordha, 5), 10. Pratyush Mohapatra (Khordha, 5).
GIRLS: 1. Aditi Mohanty (Cuttack, 6), 2. Pratyusha Priyadarshini (Khordha, 5.5), 3. P Sairupa (Cuttack, 5.5), 4. Bijayalaxmi Barik (Khordha, 5), 5. Miracle Panda (Khordha, 5), 6. Tanya Mohanta (Khordha, 5), 7. Ananya Anamika (Khordha, 5), 8. Anoushkaa Mohanty (Puri, 5), 9. Sreejana Dash (Khordha, 4.5), 10. Prakruti Rout (Cuttack,4.5).
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PHOTO: Title winners Dikshant Dash (Left) and Aditi Mohanty with their trophy in Puri on May 5, 2016.