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Odisha teenager Soundarya Pradhan qualified for the Visually Challenged Chess Olympiad by finishing fifth in the 12th National `A’ Chess Championship for Visually Challenged, which was organised by All-India Chess Federation for the Blind at Dharavi, Mumbai from March 3 to 11, 2017.
Kishan Gangolli of Karnataka successfully defended the title for the fourth time consecutively, scoring 10.5 points out of a possible 13. Top five finishers will represent India in the Visually Challenged Olympiad to be held in Macedonia in the month of June, 2017. Other three qualifiers are: Patil Shirish (Maharashtra), Ashvin Makwana (Gujarat), Arayan Joshi (Maharashtra).
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Soundarya finished with 8.5 points, wining six games, drawing five and losing two. Subhendu Kumar Patra was another Odisha player in the fray. He ended seventh with and 7.5 points, which included five wins, five draws and three defeats.
FINAL PLACINGS: 1. Kishan Gangolli (Kar, 10.5), 2. Shirish Patil (Mah, 9), 3. Ashwin K Makwana (Guj, 9), 4. Aryan B Joshi (Mah, 8.5), 5. Soundarya Kumar Pradhan (Odi, 8.5), 6. Yudhajeet De (WB, 7.5), 7. Subhendu Kumar Patra (Odi, 7.5), 8. K Marimuthu (TN, 6.5), 9. Milind Samant (Mah, 6.5), 10. Swapnil Shah (Mah, 5), 11. Krishna Udupa (Kar, 4.5), 12. Shashidhar KM (Kar, 4), 13. Amit Deshpande (Mah, 3), 14. Akhil Sharma (Del, 1).
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TOP: Odisha competitor Soundarya Pradhan (Right) in action at the National `A’ Chess Championship for Visually Challenged in Mumbai.
RIGHT: Champion Kishan Gangolli receives the trophy in Mumbai on March 11, 2017.
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