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SHAUNAK Badole emergedchampion in the NagpurDistrict Chess Association(NDCA) organised 71stWeekend Open Rapid ChessTournament at DNC SportsComplex. The tournamentwas organised in associationwith Dhanwate NationalCollege.Bodele garnered 8.5 pointsto emerge clear winner. KunalWahane finished second with7.5 points. He was followed byChetan Deodhagle who collected seven points from thenine-round competition.Sahejveer Singh Maras andKushagra Paliwal securedfourth and fifth spots respectively with seven points eachin their kitty.Bodele won a cash prize ofRs 2,500 while Wahane got Rs2,000 and Deodhagle 1,500 fortheir performance.

The tournament was playedin Swiss League pattern in ninerounds. Total cash prizes of Rs10,000 for first 10 players andmementoes to age categoryplayers of Under-7, 9, 11 and13, best female and best veteran players were given.TM Kawadkar won the bestveteran player award whileAparneeta Jagtap was declaredas best female player of thetournament.KK Barat, Secretary of NDCAwas chief guest of prize distribution function. Other guestspresent were SN Parkhi,Treasurer, NDCA and SheetalPanbude, Assistant Arbiter.The prizes were announcedby the chief arbiter PravinPantawane.

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