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Prem Kumar, Adiba Ullah Win Bihar State Junior Chess Titles in Muzaffarpur

newsyweb.com October 5, 2026 2 minutes read

All the winners of Bihar State FIDE rating junior chess championships pose for group photograph in Muzaffarpur.

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Muzaffarpur: Prem Kumar of Chhapra and Adiba Ullah of Patna emerged as the winners in the boys’ and girls’ categories respectively at the Rungta T Bihar State Junior FIDE Rating Chess Championship held at Chandra Villa Farm House in Muzaffarpur.

The championship was organised jointly by the All Bihar Chess Association and the Muzaffarpur District Chess Association. After nine rounds, Prem Kumar topped the boys’ category with 7.5 points.

In the girls’ category, Patna’s Adiba Ullah and Muzaffarpur’s Navya Goenka both finished with eight points. Adiba Ullah secured the top position on the basis of the tie-break, while Navya Goenka finished second.

At the prize distribution ceremony, chief guest Dharmendra Kumar, president of the South Asian Chess Council, along with distinguished guests Ashok Kumar Nemani, Sales Head, Rungta Tea Pvt Ltd, Bihar and Jharkhand; Ravi Dharia, Deputy Zonal Manager, Bank of India; Dr Sanjay Srivastava, MD, Aashv Hospital; Dr Amrita Srivastava; Deepak Chandra, Vice-Principal, St Xavier’s Junior/Senior School; Dr Avinash Tripathi, Senior Manager, HDFC, and other dignitaries presented trophies and certificates to the winners.

The programme was conducted and the vote of thanks was delivered by Himanshu Kumar, secretary of the Muzaffarpur District Chess Association.

Among those present were All Bihar Chess Association joint secretary Nandkishore, Vipal Subhashi, Shashinand Kumar, Shivpriya Bhardwaj, Pratyush Kumar, international arbiter Alok Priyadarshi, Muzaffarpur District Chess Association vice-president Abhash Kumar, treasurer Abhijit Kumar, joint secretary Sunil Kumar, Manish Kumar, several officials and parents.