Laxman wins National Blitz Chess Championship

Grand Master R R Laxman finished unbeaten with 10 points out of 11 to clinch the National Blitz Chess Championship here today.

Both Laxman and IM P Karthikeyan were fighting for the championship and won their respective last rounds but the former sealed the top spot by 0.5 points.

Having upset by a lower-seeded player in the initial round, the top seed kept his cool and emerged as champion after winning nerve-wracking fights against experts of Blitz format of chess.

Bengal's National Under-25 runner-up FM Mitrabha Guha finished third.

IM Anwesh Upadhyay claimed the Rapid Championship yesterday.