Om Prakash Mohanty has emerged as the clear winner of AICCF Championship 1516 with 12/14 points, followed by Lalit Kapoor (10.5). Mohan Turaga (10/14) is currently third. Arghyadip Das (9/13) is likely to feature in the prize list depending upon Das’ result against his pending game versus Anil Anand. R K Chauhan and Ranjeet Hegde have completed all their games and scored 9/14.

AICCF Championship 1517 commenced in March this year. Top seed Om Prakash Mohanty is the runaway leader in this strong event with 9/12 points. Om has just 2 games remaining in the tournament versus Arghyadip Das and Satyajit Das. Lalit Kapoor is currently second (7.5/12) in total score. However, several significant results are yet to come in and the tournament is wide open. The frontrunners would be strong contenders from previous championships, such as Mohan Turaga (5/7), R.K. Chauhan (3/4), Arghyadip Das (2/3) and Gautam De (2/4). The dark horses are newcomers Ganesh Hegde (5/6) and Ajith Jose (3/5), both of whom have already drawn with the tournament leader Om Prakash.