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| Chief Guest KK Khare sahab with Prize Winners |
One of UP’s finest young players Kuldeep Shankar won the CCBW Open Chess Rapid at Classic Banquets with fantastic 6.5/7 points on Sunday. Veterans Pawan Batham, Sayeed Ahmad and Mohd Raisuddin Khan (Prayagraj) were tied for 3rd place with 5.5 points each. Saransh Srivastava and Nakshatra Srivastava were top scorers in Under 16 rated category with 5 points each.
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| Champion Kuldeep Shankar |
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| Junior Champion Aditya Kirti Srivastava |
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| Playing Hall Photo |
Chess Club Black & White (CCBW) also celebrated World’s Senior Citizens Day. Lucknow’s senior most player KK Khare was the best senior citizen (5 points) who also gave away the prizes as chief guest. Other Senior Citizens who took the top prizes were Mohd Syed Irfan, RP Gupta, Vipul Awasthi and Dwarka Nath (3 points each). Kunwar Prashant Singh was the best unrated player (4.5 points). The Under 16 Unrated section Champion was Aditya Kirti Srivastava with 6.5 points.




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