Arjuna Awardee Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta has expressed frustration over unpaid prize money for the Odisha Open title he won earlier this year. The 16th International Grandmaster Chess Festival, organised by the All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA), was held in Bhubaneswar from January 16 to 24. The five-time Commonwealth gold medallist won the Category ‘A’ event with a score of 8.0/10, which carried a promised prize of Rs 5.5 lakh. Speaking to The Indian Express, Gupta said: “The event got over around 24th–25th January. As the winner of the tournament, I was assured by the organiser that the transfer of the prize money would be done within a couple of weeks. When that didn’t happen, I tried to chase them. They asked for some more time, and afterwards, they completely stopped responding altogether,” he added. The Indian Express has learnt that not only Gupta’s Rs 5.5 lakh prize money, but the entire Rs 45 lakh prize fund of the Odisha Open remains unpaid by the organisers.…