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Wajih & Bajaj triumph

NEW DELHI, JULY 15. Inter-Ministry champion Nassir Wajih of Railways, Prince Bajaj and Nitya Ahuja maintained all-win records to claim the titles in their respective sections of the Briangames chess tournament at the Chhatrasal Stadium here.

In the fifth and final round, Wajih defeated J. K. Choudhary to justify his top billing in the open section. Bajaj got the better of Adhip Arora to win the boys (under-12) title

The results (fifth and final round):

Open: Nassir Wajih (5) bt J. K. Choudhary (4); N. C. Mehra (3.5) lost to Sandeep Chitkara (4); Keshav Sharma (4) bt R. S. Rawat (3); V. Sandeep (3.5) drew with Ashutosh Sharma (3.5); Hemant Sharma (3) lost to Deepak Rai (4); Sandeep Singh (4) bt Dhara Gupta (3); Rajeev Singh (3.5) bt Sandeep Kumar (3); Ravinder (2.5) lost to M. S. Din (3.5); Antriksh (2) lost to S. Bhugra (3); Preetika Tayal (3) bt Pranav Kohli (2).

Boys (under-12): Prince Bajaj (5) bt Adhip Arora (3); Jujhar Singh (2.5) lost to Aditya Vikram (3.5); Akshat Aggarwal (3) drew with Meharjot (3); Ashish Kaushik (3.5) bt Abhishek Aggarwal (2); Aman Jakhar (2.5) bt Agamjot (2); Diwakar Joshi (0) lost to Anshuman Jha (1).

Girls (under-12): Saloni Sachdeva (2) lost to Nitya Ahuja (5); Purnima Jakhar (4) bt Kritika Sharma (0); Himansi Sharma (3) bt Srishti Mittal (2); Astha Aggarwal (3) bt Jyotsana Mahajan (2).

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