Santosh Kumar Sinha of Puri retained his title in the 6th Sundeep Mohanty Memorial Open Chess Tournament at Secretariat Recreation Club here on Tuesday. In the eight-round tournament, organised by Bhubaneswar Chess Association, Sinha scored 7.5 points to take the top prize of Rs 4,000. Sanjeevan Nayak finished runner-up with seven points. Altogether 121 players from 15 districts participated in the three-day tournament.

Final standings (Top 10): 1. Santosh Kumar Sinha (7.5), 2. Sanjeevan Nayak (7), 3. Gangadhar Panda (7), 4. Aditya Patnaik (6.5), 5. M Ranjan (6), 6. Manas Singh (6), 7. N Sundar Rajan (6), 8. Prakash Chandra Sahoo (6), 9. DSP Rao (6), 10. B Manideep (6).