National Blitz chess championship: Rithvik wins silver

Grandmaster Raja Rithvik won a silver in the National Blitz chess championship in Nashik (Maharashtra) with nine points from 11 rounds on Thursday. Rithvik, an Engineering student of KL University from Telangana, won seven games, drew four to bag the silver. He won the bronze in the rapid event on Wednesday.

For the record, GM Diptayan Ghosh of West Bengal with 9.5 points and Ethan Vaz of Goa with nine points settled for gold and bronze, respectively. Telangana State Chess Association president K.S. Prasad congratulated Rithvik, who trains under N.V.S. Rama Raju at RACE Chess Academy here.