Player-turned coach Rajendra Sahu won the title in the 1st SCS Rapid Chess Tournament, which was conducted by Orissa Chess Ad-hoc Committee at OAS Bhawan in Bhubaneswar today. The tournament, involving 35 players, was a prelude to the 2nd SCS International Open GM Tournament to be held in the capital city from May 21 to 30.

Final standings (Top 20): 1. Rajendra Kumar Sahu (6.5), 2. Soumya RanjanMishra (6), 3. Asutosh Mohapatra (5.5), 4, Vivek Kumar Tibarewal (5), 5. Manas Ranjan Parida (5), 6. Rabindra Ojha (4.5), 7. Subhasis Barik (4.5), 8. Sambat Subhankar Ray (4.5), 9. Soumen Amlan (4), 10. Sekhar Chandra Sahu (4), 11. Scankalp Baliarsingh (4), 12. Kumud Kumar Nath (4), 13. Susanta Sarangi (4), 14. Bhaskar Sri Viswaroopanand (4), 15. Dasharathi
Sahoo (4), 16. Raghunandan Sasmal (3.5), 17. Rutumbara Bidhar (3.5), 18. Rajesh Shanti (3.5), 19. B Mukherjee (3.5), 20. Ashok Kumar Satpathy (3.5).
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Prize winners and guests of the All-Orissa Open Rapid Chess Tournament in
Bhubaneswar on April 11, 2010.