Vivan Kasliwal of Nashik in Open Group and Tvesha Ashish Jain of Mumbai City in Girls Group win annex the Maharashtra State Under-9 Open and Girls Selection Chess Championship. The Championship was organised by Chess Association Nagpur
Vivan scored 6.5 points out of 8 rounds in Open Group whereas Tvesha scored 7.5 points out of 8 rounds in Girls group.
Nagpur kids Chirag Lahoti and Arav Dhoot had sensational event, both also scored 6.5 points and were adjudged Second and Third respectively according to their Tie Break Score. R. Mithun of Raigad too scored 6.5 point and was placed fourth on merit list based on tie break score.
In the girls group, 2nd Seed Tvesha Jain with 7.5 points pipped Top seed Bhumika Waghale of Aurangabad to win the championship. Bhumika was placed second with 7 points. Narayani Marathe of Nandurbar, Ananya Roy of Mumbai Sub urban District and Vishwaja Deshmukh of Nagpur scored 6 points and were placed 3rd to 5th in the Girls merit list as per their progressive score.
Vivan Kasliwal and Chirag Lahoti shall represent Maharashtra in National Under-9 Chess Championship in Open Group while Tvesha Jain and Bhumika Waghale will represent Maharashtra in Girls Group.
Prizes were distributed at the hands of Adv Nishant Gandhi, Chairman of Organising Committee of the Event in presense of Shri Bhushan Shriwas, Secretary, Chess Association Nagpur. IA Deepak Chavan and FA Shiva Iyer were also seated on dias. Program was compered by Shri S.S.Soman who also proposed vote of thanks.
IA Deepak Chavan was the Chief Arbiter of the Championship who was assisted by Dy Chief Arbiter FA Shiva Iyer, FA Swati Kumbhalkar, FA Amit Tembhurne, SNA Shyam Agrawal, SNA Sagar Sakhare, SNA Prayas Ambade, Prathamesh Machave and Shirshir Indurkar.