Sangeetha, Shazuli in lead

CHENNAI, NOV. 9. Chennai's M.R. Sangeetha, with five points, defeated Sai Meera Ravi (Chennai) (3.5 points) to emerge the leader in the girls' section at the end of six rounds in the Jaya-Tamil Nadu State under-25 chess championship, being organised by Avadi Chess Academy, at Jaya Engineering College, Tiruninravur, here. H. Nilavoli (4.5 points) is in second place.

In the boys' section, Y. Syed Anwar Shazuli (5 points) (Kanchipuram) beat Navaneetha Krishnan also of Kanchipuram (4 points) to be in sole lead after six rounds. He is closely followed by Ram S. Krishnan, K. Gunasekaran, T.U. Navin Kanna and C. Delphin, all with 4.5 points each.

The results:

Boys: Sixth round: Navaneethakrishnan (Kanchi) 4; bt Y. Syed Anwar Sazuli (Kanchi) 5; Ram S. Krishnan (Che) 4.5 drew with K. Gunasekaran (Tvlr) 4.5; T.U. Navin Kanna (Tvlr) 4.5 bt Karthik Babu (Mad) 3.5; C. Delphin (Mdu) 4.5 bt M. Vinoth Kumar (Che) 3.5; S. Sanjai Kumar (Che) 3 lost to R. Praveen Kumar (Vel) 4; H. Venkatesh (Kan) 4 bt F.A. Ashfaq (Che) 3; D. Prabhakaran (Tiruchi) 3.5 bt S. Venkatsundar (Kan) 2.5; G. Dinesh Kumar (Che) 2.5 lost to Nandakumar (Mdu) 3.5; K. Enose (Tvlr) 2.5 lost to Devendrakumar (Tvlr) 3.5; Vijayasarathy (Mdu) 3.5 bt K.K. Lochan (Che) 2.5; R. Uttamsharma (Tvlr) 3 bt T.U. Kiran Kanna (Tvlr) 2; M.J. Jaffarali (Tvlr) lost to Adam Anand (Kan) 3; Arun Hariharan (Kan) 2.5 bt G. Gnanasekaran (Tvlr) 2.5.; Fifth round: Y. Syed Anwar Shazuli (Kanchi) 4 drew with Ram S. Krishnan (Che) 4; C.J. Aravind (Che) 4 bt C. Delphin (Mdu) 3.5; K. Gunasekaran (Tvlr) 4 bt H. Venkatesh (Kanchi) 3; M. Vinoth Kumar (Che) 3.5 drew with T.U. Navin Kanna (Tvlr) 3.5; F.A. Ashfaq (Che) 3 lost to Naveenathakrishnan (Kanchi) 4; S. Venkatasundaram (Kanchi) 2.5 lost to R. Preethamsharma (Tvlr) 3.5; Karthik Babu (Mdu) 3.5 bt D. Prabhakaran (Tiruchi) 2.5; D. Devendrakumar (Tvlr) 2.5 drew with G. Dineshkumar (Che) 2.5; R. Praveenkumar (Vellore) 3 bt R. Uttamsharma (Tvlr) 2; G. Gnanasekar (Tvlr) 2 lost to S. Sanjaykumar (Che) 3; E.R.S. Vijayasarathy (Mdu) 2.5 bt C.R. Arun Hariharan (Kanchi) 2; K.K. Lochan (Che) 2.5 bt S. Balakrishnan (Tiruchi) 1.5; K. Enose (Tvlr) 2.5 bt P. Ramesh (Che) 1.5; T.S. Nandakumar (Mdu) 2.5 bt G. Sampath Kumar (Che) 1; Adam Anand (Kanchi) 2 bt S. Rathinakumar (Ramnad) 1; V. Suresh Balaji (Tvlr) 1 lost to M.J. Jaffar Ali (Tvlr) 2; T.U. Kiran Kanna (Tvlr) 2 bt M. Kiran Kumar (Tvlr) 1; Md. Etheshamuddin (Che) bye 1.5.;

Important results (fourth round): C. Delphin (Mdu) 3.5 drew with Y. Syed Anwar Shazuli (Kanchi) 3.5; Ram S. Krishnan (Che) 3.5 bt M. Vinoth Kumar (Che) 3; D. Prabhakaran (Tiruchi) 2.5 drew with T.U. Navin Kanna (Tvlr) 3; R. Uttam Sharma (Tvlr) 2 lost to C.J. Aravind (Che) 3; D. Devendra Kumar (Tvlr) 2 lost to K. Gunasekaran (Tvlr) 3; R. Praveen Kumar (Vellore) 2 lost to Navaneetha Krishnan (Kanchi) 3; G. Dinesh Kumar (Che) 2 lost to F.A. Ashfaq (Che) 3; H. Venkatesh (Kanchi) 3 bt K.K. Lochan (Che) 1.5.

Girls: Sixth round: Sai Meera Ravi (Che) 3.5 lost to M.R. Sangeetha (Che) 5; H. Nilavoli (Che) 4.5 drew with Y. Prathiba (Kan) 4; P. Sivasankari (Tvlr) 3.5 drew with P.L. Sivakami (Sivagangai) 4; T.T. Lakshmipriya (Che) 3.5 drew with S. Harini (Kan) 3; R. Sharanya (Kan) 2 lost to C.V. Rajalakshmi (Kan) 3.5; S. Kavitha (Che) 1.5 drew with P. Uthra (Tvlr) 2.5; M. Padmashree (ACA) 1 lost to P. Sangeetha (Tvlr) 3; M. Aruthi (Tvlr) 2.5 lost to S. Sujatha (Che) 3; M. Padmashree (ACA) 1 lost to P. Sangeetha (Tvlr) 3; M. Aruthi (ACA) 0.5 lost to S. Sujatha (Che) 3.

Important results: (fourth round): P.L. Sivakami (Sivagangai) 3 lost to M.R. Sangeetha (Che) 4; H. Nilavoli (Che) 3 bt C.V. Rajalakshmi (Kanchi) 2.5; P. Sangeetha (Tvlr) 2 lost to Sai Meera Ravi (Indian Bank) 3; P. Sivasankari (Tvlr) 2 lost to Y. Prathiba (Kanchi) 2.5; S. Sujatha (Che) 2 drew with S. Harini (Kanchi) 1.5; T.T. Lakshmipriya (TNCA) 2 bt R. Sharanya (Kanchi) 1; M. Padmashree (ACA) 1 drew with P. Uthra (Tvlr) 1; S. Kavitha (Che) 1 bt M. Aruthi (ACA) 0.5.

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