Shivam, Yasi win boys, girls title in chess championship

Kanpur: Shivam Srivastava (Virendra Swarup Ed Centre Kidwai Nagar) and Yasi Sachan of Chintels School won the boys and girls under-17 titles respectively of the 45th inter-school chess championship which concluded here on Saturday.
Around 88 players from 13 schools participated in this championship which was played in five rounds.
After the event, Dilip Srivastava, secretary, Kanpur Chess Association, gave trophies and certificates to the top three players of each group.
The result are: Boys-U-17-1. Shivam Srivastava (5 pts) 2, Arihan Barolia (3.5 pts), 3. Sanchay Sachdeva (3.5 pts) U-15-1. Atharva Sonwani (4.5 pts), 2.Yash Arora (4 pts), 3. Shivansh Sharma (4 pts), U- 11-1. Advya Singh (5 pts), 2. Dash Surana (4 pts) 3. Anubhav Dixit (4 pts) U-8-1. Advik Maheshwari (5 pts) 2. Aryaman Bharatia (4 pts) 3. Shivansh Rathore (4 pts).
Girls-U-17-1. Yashi Sachan (4 pts), 2. Avansi Singh (2.5 [pts), 3. Anshika Pandey (2.5 pts) U- 15-1. Anushka Gupta (5 pts), 2. Anshuka Medha (3 pts), 3. Ashana Arora (3 pts), U-11-1. Paridhi Yadav (4 pts), 2. Adriti (3 pts), 3. Vanya Singh (2 pts), U-8-1. Avaya Bhartiya (2.5 pts), 2. Sanvi Omar (2 pts).