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Elite category was the highest of this three-category tournament, which was organised by All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA) with KIIT University as the title sponsor. Overall 677 players took part in the eight-day tournament, which offered a total cash prize of Rs 19 lakh. Other two categories were: Platinum (1999 & below rating) and Premium (1550 & below rating), carrying prize fund of Rs 4.5 lakh each.
Odisha youngsters Sanjeeban Nayak, Subhasis Barik and Pranab Kumar Patra made a clean sweep of top three positions in the Platinum category. In the nine-round competition, the trio tied for the title with 7.5 points each. But on the basis of Buchholz tie-break method, Sanjeeban captured the title and the top prize of Rs 50,000.
Subhasis and Pranab settled with second and third prizes of Rs 40,000 and Rs 30,000 respectively. Altogether 188 players participated in the Platinum category, which concluded earlier on May 26.
Himanshu Ranjan of Bihar captured the title in the nine-round Premier category, logging eight points. He pocketed the top prize of Rs 50,000. Odisha duo Sarthak Debata and Aditya Ranjan Samal settled as first and second runner-up, garnering eight and 7.5 points respectively. As many as 288 players vied for honours in Premium category.
KIIT & KISS Founder Achyuta Samanta handed over the trophy and prizes in the closing function. Retired IAS officer S Srinivasan, AOCA president Sekhar Chandra Sahu, vice-president Ranjan Mohanty and secretary K K Sarma were present on the occasion.
FINAL PLACINGS:
ELITE CATEGORY (Top 20): 1. GM Boris Grachev (RUS, 8.5), 2. GM Ivan Popov (RUS, 7.5), 3. CM V S Rathanvel (IND, TN, 7.5), 4. IM Diptayan Ghosh (IND, WB, 7), 5. GM Ziaur Rahman (BAN, 7.5), 6. GM Mikhail Mozharov (RUS, 7.5), 7. GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK, 7.5), 8. GM Shardul Gagare (IND, Mah, 7.5), 9. Sidhant Mohapatra (IND, Odi, 7.5), 10. GM Evgeny Gleizerov (RUS, 7), 11. FM Kaumandur Srihari Raghunandan (IND, Kar, 7), 12. FM R Praggnanandhaa (IND, TN, 7), 13. GM RR Laxman (IND, ICF, 7), 14. Himal Gusain (IND, Chnd, 7), 15. GM Karen H Grigoryan (ARM, 7), 16. IM S Ravi Teja (IND, Rlys, 7), 17. IM Dinesh K Sharma (IND, UP, 7), 18. Swayams Mishra (IND, Air India, 7), 19. IM N Krishna Teja (IND, AP, 7), 20. Arjun Erigaisi (Ind, Tel, 7).
PLATIUM CATEGORY (Top 10): 1. Sanjeeban Nayak (Odisha, 7.5), 2. Subhasis Barik (Odisha, 7.5), 3. Pranab Kumar Patra (Odisha, 7.5), 4. Rakshitta Ravi (TN, 7), 5. Arya Bhakta (WB, 7), 6. Diptanshu Ranjan Swain (Odisha, 7. Ambarish Sharma (WB, 6.5), 8. Smaraki Mohanty (KIIT, 6.5), 9. Mayank Pal (Delhi, 6.5), 10. Rahul Bharadwaj (TN, 6.5).
PREMIER CATEGORY (Top 10): 1. Himanshu Ranjan (Bih, 8), 2. Sarthak Debata (Odi, 8), 3. Aditya Ranjan Samal (Odi, 7.5), 4. G Raveendra Narasimha (AP, 7.5), 5. B Saketh (AP, 7.5), 6. Bishal Pattnaik (Odi, 7.5), 7. K Shriman (TN, 7), 8. Garima Gaurav (Bih, 7), 9. Ranjith Kaliyarasan (Pon, 7), 10. S Sathya Naarayanan (TN, 7).
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TOP: Top three prize winners in Elite category (L to R) Ivan Popov, Boris Grachev and V S Rathanvel with KIIT founder Achyuta Samanta in Bhubaneswar on May 30, 2016.
RIGHT: Top three prize winners of Platinum category (L to R) Subhasis Barik, Sanjeeban Nayak and Pranab Kumar Patra with guests in Bhubaneswar on May 26, 2016.
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