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| Chief guest renowned Ophthalmologist with the winners of the Digital Detox Chess Tournament hosted by Chess Club Black & White (CCBW) in Lucknow. | |
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| Rated section champion Vishal Bharti from Azamgarh |
English teacher from Azamgarh, Vishal Bharti, won the Digital Detox Rapid chess tournament (5.5/7 points) hosted by Chess Club Black & White (CCBW). He beat Arif Ali, Pawan Batham, KK Khare and Aarav Garg who were all seeded above him. Bharti lost to Sayeed Ahmad who won the Senior Citizens section with 5 points.
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| Dr Vinit Sah addressing the gathering |
Chief guest, renowned opthalmalogist, Dr Vinit Sah, spoke to all the players about the importance of seeking medical help at the earliest to save vision. All chess players have to practice online and train with computers for long hours.
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| Dr Vinit Sah interacting with children |
Dr Sah explained the importance of simple eye rotation exercises,
palming and meditation. He spoke about the 20:20:20 rule – Every 20
minutes, look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds. He said Chess
kids must cut back on high screen usage and check the dry eye syndrome.
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| RK Gupta from Jhansi |
Octogenarians RK Gupta from Jhansi and KK Khare from Lucknow — a huge inspiration for all players — were second and third in the senior citizens category respectively.
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| Unrated section champion Nikhar Saxena |
The unrated section champion was Nikhar Saxena with 6/7 points.
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| Playing hall at Charans Plaza, Hazratganj |
Harsh Upadhyay (Azamgarh) and Krishna Agarwal (Lucknow) were joint second in the unrated section with 5.5 points. Mohd Irfan was Best Senior Citizen in the unrated section with 4 points.
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| Junior Champion Shubh Srivastava |
The under 16 section champion was Shubh Srivastava (6.5 points) and runner-up was Aakarshak Singh (5.5 points).
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| SR Global School chess team |
The best school trophy went to SR Global School Lucknow.
Kunwar Prashant Singh, Pranav Singh and Abhyudaya Singh bagged the best family trophy
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