School teacher and Chess candidate master Manoj Kumar has retained the Rajnesh Parmeshwar Memorial Open Chess championship title.

Kumar says the competition was tough and they played at a very high level.
He has retained the title for the seventh time with four points out of five games.

“I managed to beat our national champion and be on power with him and then the last round when i played the junior champion I managed to win and I think that I feel my victory there but inclusion start with the lost and so it’s up bit an battle to win the games.”

Kumar adds this is his build up towards the Chess Olympiad next month.