Devansh, Tanya reign supreme in Nagpur district chess selection tournament

NAGPUR: Devansh Ratti in the open category and Tanya Pandey in the girls group emerged triumphant in the Narhar Parkhi Memorial Nagpur District Open and Girls Chess Selection tournament which concluded here on Sunday.
Devansh and Saurabh Lokhande both captured six points each. However, on the basis of Buchholz, Devansh was adjudged champion, while Saurabh had to be satisfied with the second spot.
Top seed Shweta Gole had a forgettable tourney as she finished third.
In the girls section, overnight leader Tanya notched up maximum 5.5 points to clinch the title. R Nagalakshmi and Shalaka Balpande placed second and third respectively.
Four players each from open and girls category were selected to represent Nagpur district team in the State selection tournament which will get underway in the city on Tuesday.
RESULTS
Open (Round 7): Saurabh Lokhande (6) bt Om Vinay Vitalkar (5), Devansh Ratti (6) bt Yashwant Shamkuwar (4.5), Pramod Dhamgaye (4.5) lost to TS Patil (5), Shweta Gole (5) bt Priyanshu Patil (4), Yash Ingolikar (5) bt Swayam Aalewad (4). Girls (Round 6): Tanya Pandey (5.5) bt Shalaka Belpande (4.5), Dnynadha Vitalkar (4) lost to R Nagalakshmi (4.5), Saloni Patel (4) bt Anannya Menkudle (3.5), Gayatri Panbude (4) bt Krishna Maheswari (3), Vaishnavi Gole (3) bt Rashi Wairagade (3).
Final Rankings
Open: 1. Devansh Ratti (6, 29), 2. Saurabh Lokhande (6, 27), 3. Shweta Gole (5, 30), 4. Om Vitalkar (5, 30), 5. Yash Ingolikar (5, 26.5), 6. TS Patil (5, 24), 7. R Sivasubramanian (5, 23), 8. Yashwant Shamkuwar (4.5, 26), 9. Pramod Dhamgaye (4.5, 24), 10. Dipesh Kohad (4.5, 23).
Girls: 1. Tanya Pandey (5.5, 18.5), 2. R Nagalakshmi (4.5, 20), 3. Shalaka Belpande (4.5, 18), 4. Saloni Patel (4, 19), 5. Gayatri Panbude (4, 18), 6. Dnynadha Vitalkar (4, 17 ), 7. Anannya Menkudle (3.5, 21), 8. Vaishnavi Gole (3, 19), 9. Rashi Wairagade (3, 17).