Abhijeet Gupta wins 19th Commonwealth Chess Championship

Former world junior champion and Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta won the 19th Commonwealth Chess Championship.
He won the gold medal after settling for a quick draw with his opponent Arghyadip Das in the ninth and final round played at Mumbai, Maharashtra.
In this Chess Championship, Arghyadip Das came second winning the silver medal and M R Lalith Babu won the bronze medal in men’s section.
In the women’s section, Padmini Rout won the gold medal. While S Vijayalakshmi and S Meenakshi won silver and bronze medal respectively. In this championship both Vijayalakshmi and Meenakshi had won the last six games.

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2015