Arun, Raj Kidambi share lead

By Manuel Aaron

SALEM, JAN 10: Both leaders in the boys categories, Phanindra Reddy of Thiruvallur and T. Abhay of Chennai, were defeated in the sixth round of the Philips Lighting 13th Tamil Nadu State under-12, 14 boys and girls chess championships for the Dolphin trophies.

In the under-14 category, S. Arun Prasad of Salem and Bharat Raj Kidambi of Chennai are the new leaders with 5 points each. In the under-14 girls event, R. Mahima of Madurai maintained her lead defeating M. Akila of Coimbatore.

In the under-12 also there are two joint leaders: T. U. Navin Kanna of Thiruvallur and R. Arun Karthik of Coimbatore. In the under-12 girls division, P. Sivasankari of Thiruvallur and G. Sowmya of Madurai are in the lead with 5.5 points each.

lTop results:Boys under-14: S. Arun Prasad 5 bt K. Phanindra Reddy 4.5; M. Nirmal Chandran 4.5 drew M. K. Narasimhan 4.5; R. Rajesh 4.5 drew Uttam Sharma 4.5; T. R. Ranjit 4 lost to Bharath Raj Kidambi 5; V. Haribalu 4.5 bt M. Bhuvanesh 3.5; T. Karthik Anand 4.5 bt 4.5 K. Prasanna 3.5; C. Vinith 4.5 bt Jayantt Srinivas 3.5; S. Srivatsh 4 bt B. Raghunath 3; R. T. Sreenivas 3 lost to V. Karthik 4; Vaishak Venkat 3 lost to P. S. Ramakrishnan 4; T. Vinoth Kumar 4 bt Saravanan 3.

Girls under-14: R. Mahima 5.5 bt M. Akila 4; R. Varsha 4 lost to B. Latha 5; G. Dharanya 3 lost to R. Roopini 4.5; S. Sakthilakshmi 4.5 bt Shenbagapriya 3; Trishla 3 lost to Jennitha Anto 4; R. Gayathri 3 lost to Aneeqha Tahseen 4; C. Surya 3 lost to K. Mrunalini 4; V. Krithika 3.5 bt R. Pavitra 3.

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