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Sunderarajan Kidambi lifts title
By Raghunandan Gokhale
PANJIM, JAN. 27. International Master Sunderarajan Kidambi showed his class to win his second Junior National chess championship at Clube de Gaspar Diaz, Panaji (Goa) today. Kidambi's Chennai citymate R.Preetham Sharma finished second on a better tie-break than third seeded S.Satyapragyan (Indian Airlines).
Kidambi played very well in the final round against former National sub-junior Champion Deepan Chakravarthy (Emanuel Chess Club) from the Black side of Caro Kann Defence.lImportant results (final round): D. Chakravarthy (8, ECC) lost to S. Kidambi (9, AICF); Akash Thakur (8, NCA) drew with S.Satyapragyan (8.5, IA); Preetham Sharma (8.5, TN) bt A.M.Rajkumar (7.5, Mani); R.R. Laxman (7) TN lost to M.R.Venkatesh (8, TN); Prathamesh Mokal (7.5, Mah) drew with Poobesh Anand (7.5, Vara); Himanshu Sharma (7, Har) lost to S.Vikramjit Singh (8, Mani); Rajesh Kumar (6.5, Bih) lost to Abhijit Gupta (7.5, Raj); Ishmit Singh (6.5, Del) lost to Rishipal Sing (7.5, AP); Arun Prasad (6.5, TN) lost to S.R.Mishra (7.5, Ori); V.Haribalu (5.5, CCA) lost to P.Negi (6.5, Del).
lFinal rankings: 1. S. Kidambi (AICF, 9 pts); 2. R.Preetham Sharma (TN, 8.5); 3. S.Satyapragyan (IA, 8.5); 4. M.R.Venkatesh (TN, 8); 5. D.Chakravarthy (ECC, 8); 6. S.Vikramjit Singh (Man, 8); 7. Prathamesh Mokal (Mah, 7.5); 8. K.S.Poobesh (VARA, 7.5); 9. A.M.Rajkumar (Man, 7.5); 10. Rishipal Singh (AP, 7.5); 11. S.R.Mishra (Ori, 7.5); 12. B.P.Gupta (Raj, 7.5).
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