Aryaman, Sanvi win titles in chess championship

Kanpur: Aryaman Bharatia and Sanvi Omar won the boys and girls (under-8 years) titles in chess championship organized by Billabong High School in the under 8, 11, 15 and 17 years age group on Sunday.The District Chess Association conducted another championship for the under-7 and under-11 years age group (Boys and girls) at Vedic Dharam Sabha Govind Nagar. As many as 28 players participated in the event. The winners of the two events are: Under-8 years (Boys)-1, Aryaman Bharatia (GD Goenka) 2, Advik Maheshwari (VSEC), 3. Shivansh Rathore (Allen House Panki), girls-1. Sanvi Omar 2. Avya Bharatiya.Under-11 years (Boys)-1. Adyansh Singh (Chintel School), 2. Krishav Santvani (Billabong) 3. Nakshatra Mishra (KV), 1. Armapur) U-15 (Boys)-1. Atharva Sonwani (VSEC), 2. Siddharth Rathore (KV Cantt.) 3. Arav Barelia (DPS Kalyanpur), girls-1, Avani Singh (Chintel School), 2. Anika Goyal (DPS Kalyanpur), 3. Parisha Awasthi (Chintel School), U-17 (girls) 1. Muskan Talreja (Chintel School), 2. Ankit Goyal (Dr Soney Lal Patel), 3. Yashi Sachan (Chintel School), Boys-1. Arihan Barolia (DPS Kalyanpur), 2. Lakshyaa Agarwal (DPS Kalyanpur), 3. Pranav Bhateja (Chintel School). Open chess result: U-11 (Boys)-1. Advik Maheshwari (VSEC), 2. Arnav Shukla (KVIIT), 3. Shreyansh Sharma (Sriram Education Panki), Daksh Surana (VSEC), girls-1. Adriti (VSEC), 2. Ananya Awasthi (VSE), 3. Ritika Singh (DPS Barra), 4. Divyanshi Goyal (DPS Kalyanpur).According to Dilip Srivastava, secretary, District Chess Association, Kushagra Srivastava (Sheiling House), 2. Divyansh Surana (VSEC), Avya Bhartiya (GD Goenka) will represent Kanpur team in the state championship to be held in Noida.