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Aswin increases lead
By Manuel Aaron

TIRUVALLUR, JAN 11. Aswin Jayaram of Chennai District increased his lead in the under-12 boys' section to a full point at the end of the eighth round of the Rotary Club of Madras Central Tamil Nadu State under-12, 14 boys' and girls' chess championship here today.

In the under-12 girls' section, Anjanaa N. Sowjanyaa of Kanchi District maintained her half point lead. On her tail is P. Uthra of Tiruvallur District.

Both leaders from Salem in the under-14 categories, L. Iswarya Shobana and R. Arun Prasath were beaten in the eighth round this evening. Despite the defeat Shobana leads the under-14 section. But, Arun Prasath lost his sole leader status in the under-14 section, where he shares the lead with Shanmuganathan of Madurai who defeated him.

Important results (eighth round):

Under-12 girls: L. Sudharshana (Slm) 5 lost to Anjanaa N. Sowjanyaa (Kan) 7; Pon N. Krithika (Kan) 5.5 lost to P. Uthra (Tvlr) 6.5; V.K. Sindhu (Mdu) 5.5 drew with M. Soundaram (Vir) 5.5; Sathya Priya (Slm) 6 bt S. Harini (Kan) 5; S. Ashwini (Tvli) 4.5 lost to S. Nandhini Devi (Kir) 5.5; A. Sitha Latchumi (Mdu) 5.5 bt J. Mohanapriya (Kan) 4.5; Priyamvadha (Ero) 4 lost to P.K. Jayashree (Slm) 5; M. Aruthi (Avadi CA) 4 lost to A. Chudar (Tvli) 5.

Under-12 boys:S. Nitin (Slm) 5.5 lost to Aswin Jayaram (Che) 7.5; S. Karthikeyan (Che) 6.5 bt Arvind Kishore (Tnj) 6; Arun Karthik (Tvlr) 6.5 bt M. Kunal (NLC) 5; Dayal K. Aditya (Tvlr) 5 lost to Gopi Krishna (Swathi CA) 6; AL. Palaniappa (Tvlr) 5.5 drew with J.J. Valeprasadh (Tut) 5.5; N. Surendran (Tvlr) 5 lost to B. Adhiban (Che) 5.5; Ashwin Balaji (Che) 4.5 lost to P. Saravanakrishnan (Kan) 5.5; Joel Modestus (Che) 5.5 bt M. Subachandran (KK) 4.5.

Under-14 girls: N. Raghavi (Che) 6 bt L. Ishwarya Shobana (Slm) 6.5; R. Sharanya (Kan) 4.5 lost to R. Varsha (Mdu) 6; P. Sivasankari (Tvlr) 5.5 bt K. Radhika (Tvlr) 4.5; G. Dharanya (Mdu) 5 drew with M. Tamilarasi (NLC) 5; G. Sowmya (Mdu) 4.5 drew with M. Padmashree (Che) 4.5; Aarthilakshmi (Teachers) 4 lost to M. Abirami (Vir) 5; J. Rajasurya (Swathi CA) 4 lost to R.K. Shruke (Cbe) 4.5; Janani Priya 4 bt R. Soundarya (Slm) 3.5.

Under-14 boys: Shanmuganathan (Mdu) 6.5 bt S. Arun Prasath (Slm) 6.5; T.U. Navin Kanna (Tvlr) 6 drew with T.R. Ranjith (Kan) 5.5; M.M. Anandraj (Che) 5 lost to Narendra Kumar (Cbe) 6; V. Karthik (Cbe) 6 bt T. Karthik Anand (Cbe) 4.5; V. Haribalu (Che) 5.5 bt C. Vinith (Cbe) 4.5; Raghuram Balaji (CCI) 5.5 bt Arun Hariharan (Avadi CA) 4.5; S. Sriprasanth 5 drew with S. Srivatsh (Che) 5; Vishak Venkat (Slm) 5 bt Sathyanarayana (Siv) 4; A.G. Ramki (Slm) 4 lost to K. Prasanna (Mdu) 5; Sakthi Nandan (Cbe) 5 bt V. Vishanth (Che) 4; T. Vinoth Kumar (KK) 5 bt K. Abishek (Che) 4.

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