27th Anou Singh Memorial Chess Five players start title campaign
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 27 2017:
Five players have started their title campaign with three points each after round 3 in the 27th Kh Anou Singh Memorial State Level Chess Tournament 2017 which is currently underway at Kwakeithel Boy's Junior High School under the supervision of National arbiter, Dr RK Sanajaoba.
Altogether 96 chess players (78 players -open, 18 players- U-15 ) are taking part in the tournament.
Intensifying their title campaign, RK Apollosana, Th Sanjoy, N Bankim, L Koireng Meitei and Kh Premchand continued their winning run today to earn 3 points aggregate after three rounds in the open category .
Th Govind Luwang, N Herojit, O Ningthem, T Manikanta, S Premjit, a Chakritombi, Naorem Yohenba, S Somokanta, Kh Bishwajit are closely following with 2.5 points after round 3 .
Y Shankar, Th Nabachandra, S Saheb, H Jacky, H Ibochou, A Jiban, RK Sudhirsana, H Maniton, Th Samson, N Brojen, N Pari Meitei, A Vineet, E Jackson, K Ngouba, Angom Chalamba, A Harimohan, S Dhanachandra, K Poireikhomba, A Sarat have so far secured 2 points after round 3 .
S Lawrence, M Pishak, Y Pritamkumar, L Abungo, H Amuba and M Omerendro, Ph Surjakanta and RK Lenin are lagging behind with 1.5 points each in the open category.
In the U-15 category, Y Yaisana has earned 3 points in three rounds to take the lead while Nungshithoi Ng and GA Arosemit are following him with 2.5 points each in their names.
Alex Khundongbam, Melson Yumnam, Elina Kh, Konalika Yumnam, Ksh Aimson have earned 2 points after round 3 while Lanchenbi Ng, Jalesh Thoudam, K Geetchandra Sharma, Chingtamnganba W, Lanheiba Loitongbam and W Nounganbi are at the bottom of the list with one points each.