G.H. Raisoni National Sub junior Open Chess Championship got under way today.

Seeded players had a smooth sailing in the G.H. Raisoni National Sub Junior (U15) Open Chess Championship here at Nagpur. The 11 round swiss format is conducted in 10 days and is being organized by Vidarbha Chess Association. The event is held at Naivedhyam Recreation Center from 16^th to 25^thNovember.

Gold Rate

Thursday 09 Jan. 2025

Gold 24 KT 77,900 /-

Gold 22 KT 72,500 /-

Silver / Kg 90,600 /-

Platinum 44,000/-

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A total number of 118 participants from 19 states are vying for the top honours in this prestigious championship which is a qualifying event for the World Youth Chess Championships.An amazing statistics of 101 rated players out of 118 participants shows the magnitude of the event. Cash prize of around Rs.1,00,000/- is awarded for the top 18 placings with winner getting richer by Rs.22,000/-.

Barring the upset loss of Akash PC Iyer to lesser rated Eshan Lawaniya on the 15^th table , all the other seeds had it ease.A terrific blunder from Akash on the 21^st move cost him dearly who had to give a piece to save his queen. Akash, a member of the Bronze Medal winning team, recently at Turkey in World U16 chp, overlooked a simple Knight move threatening to trap his queen had to concede a knight with no compensation and resigned three moves later.

Top seed FM Diptayan Ghosh of West Bengal powered his way in the center files with pawns against T Dhiren of AP, from the black side of London system in 34 moves. 2^nd Seeded FM Shardul Gagare of Maharashtra took his time before outplaying Ishaan Bansal of Punjab. Shardul won a piece on the 31^stmove when his clock was ticking down heavily and his opponent enjoying some advantage with heavy pieces.

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