Rithvik, Priyanka emerge champions

Raja Rithvik of Telangana and K Priyanka of Tamil Nadu emerged champions in the open and girls categories in the Dr N Mahalingam 28th National Under-17 chess championship, which concluded here today.
In the open category, Erigaisi Arjun of Telangana finished second while Mitrabha Guha of West Bengal took the third spot.
Coimbatore lass Priyanka topped in the girls section, followed by Arpita Mukherjee of West Bengal and Tarini Goyal of Chandigarh.
The top two players in each category (open and girls) would represent India in the world championship and Commonwealth championship in 2018.
The tournament was organised by Dr N M Chess Academy at Kumaraguru College of Technology.