Sikkim’s Rakesh Gurung wins chess tourney in New Delhi, bags Rs. 1.5 lakh prize money

GANGTOK, 20 Jan: Rakesh Gurung has returned home as the champion of the 13th Parsvnath Delhi International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2015 held in New Delhi from 09 to 12 January. He emerged as the champion in category B [for Below 2000 FIDE Rated players] winning 9 points from 10 rounds and was awarded with cash prize of Rs 1.5 lakh. Likewise, another promising player Rahul Gurung finished fourth with 8 points from 10 rounds and won cash prize of Rs 75,000.