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Laxman the King of Indian Blitz Chess

| | Aug 04, 2017, at 11:35 pm
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IBNS): GM R. R. Laxman clinched the National Blitz Chess Championship 2017 title with an unbeaten 10 out of 11 scorecard.

Both Laxman and IM P. Karthikeyan was fighting for the championship and both of them won the last round.

But, Laxman claimed the top spot as he was 0.5 points ahead of Karthikeyan. Being the top seed of the event he was upset by a lower seeded player in the beginning round but kept his nerves cool and emerged as champion after winning nerve-wracking fights against experts of Blitz format of Chess.

Bengal's new sunshine and National Under-25 Runner-up FM Mitrabha Guha continued his brilliant form and booked the Second Runner-up berth after defeating 3 IMs.

To mention again, IM Anwesh Upadhyay claimed the Rapid Championship title earlier in the National Rapid-Chess which was finished on Thursday.

Both the tournament were organized by Bengal Chess Association under the aegis of AICF in Kolkata.

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