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Bhubaneswar, Feb 1: IM Swayams Mishra of Orissa secured the third position in the recently concluded Siddha Chess Youth Championship at Kolkata, Sunday. Swayams drew against his state mate top seed GM Debashis Das to take the third spot with 5.5 points, while the latter who also scored 5.5 points was placed fourth.
Deborshi Mukherjee edged out IM Diptayan Ghosh in tie break to emerge champion. Both Deborshi and Diptayan were tied on six points, but the former was declared winner on account of his better Buchholz score. Diptayan who earlier beat overnight leader Swayams outplayed his school mate Mitrabha Guha in the final round and had to be content with second place.
Anil bags gold
Anil Gochhikar became the first bodybuilder from the state to emerge champion in the International Bodybuilding Championships at Dubai, Sunday. Earlier he had bagged a bronze medal in the World Bodybuilding Championships in 2014.
Official appointed
Prabodh Kumar Mohanty of Orissa Athletic Association (OAA) has been appointed as the South Asian Games committee technical officer Monday. The mega event will be played at Guwahati and Shillong, February 5-16.
