Akshay, Tanya win men women chess

Akshay Bansal and Tanya Verma won the men and women open titles of Kanpur Blitz online chess championship held here on Monday. Ojas Puri and Ananya Mishra stole the show in the under -10 boys and girls championship and emerged as champions.

According to secretary, Kanpur Chess Association, Dilip Srivastava as many as 46 and 56 players have participated in senior and junior groups respectively. The championship was held in 9 rounds.

The winners are:Men: 1. Akshay Bansal, 2. Alok Gupta, 3. Kamal Kumar, women-1. Tanya Verma, 2. Sakshi Verma, 3. Shreya Saxena.

Under -10 boys: 1. Atharva Goenka 2. Atharva Sionvani , girls- 1. Ananya Mishra , 2. Aradhya Pandey.


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