The Hindu : Rohit and Saheli Nath win under-14 titles

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Thursday, May 23, 2002

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Rohit and Saheli Nath win under-14 titles

By Arvind Aaron

Chennai May 22. Gogineni Rohit of Champions Chess Academy, Guntur scored a fluent penultimate round victory to win the boys' under-14 title in the 15th Ramco National under-12 and 14 boys and girls' chess championships being played here at the SBOA School, on Wednesday.

In the girls' under-14 section, Saheli Nath of West Bengal played a well-controlled game to stay in the driver's seat when Mary Ann Gomes of Goodricke National Chess Academy overstepped the time control. Saheli moved to 8.5 points, one point ahead of others, where she could be joined after the final round but arbiters declared her champion with a round to spare as her progressive tie-break score is superior to that of others.

In second place are J. Megha (Kar), N. Raghavi (TN) and M. Rajadarshini (TN) with 7.5 points.

Rohit (13), sponsored by Hero Honda, won his first national chess title today after having won four medals in international competitions. He is a ninth standard school student of Vignan High School, Guntur and started playing chess in 1996.

His father told The Hindu that the Government of Andhra Pradesh would give Rohit Rs. 30,000 cash award and a laptop computer. He had previously been runner up in two National under-12 championships.

Rohit played the Sicilian defence with the black pieces and won a vital queen bishop pawn. Thereafter, on the 38th move Akshay Raj Kore resigned while being a pawn down.

Rohit said it was imminent that white was losing a rook for bishop and decided not to continue. Rohit's quick victory in two hours took him to nine points, one clear point ahead of Deep Sen Gupta, Sriram Sarja, and Ninad Vijay Puranik who are on eight points. Since the progressive scores are always beneficial to those who take the lead, Rohit was declared winner with a round to spare.

The boys under-12 section is getting fiercer by the day with all the three overnight joint leaders scoring facile penultimate round wins. Standings thus remain unchanged for the second day running. C.R.G. Krishna, Subodh Lakhey and Vijay Keerthi will finish in that order if they tie on points on Thursday. They have 8.5 points each.

In the joint second spot with eight points and with theoretical title chances are Y. Sandheep (AP), P. Saravana Krishnan (TNGR) and S. Saikrishna (AP).

The important twist of the tournament came in the girls' under-12 section where top seed Sindhu of Tamil Nadu spoilt Ramya Krishna's undefeated run with a victory. Ramya Krishna opened up her king side pawn structure with the white pieces for an attack that backfired. Sindhu hit back through this vent and won a queen for rook.

Praneetha of Andhra Pradesh capitalised on this result by checkmating the standing sensation Mitali Patil of Maharashtra after a brilliant rook sacrifice. With the chair being too short for her, Mitali, prefers to stand or kneel on the chair for extra height to see the full board. Praneetha sailed to nine points after the win while Ramya Krishna is left in second place on 8.5 points. Under-12 girls title for one of these Andhra girls is certain. India has held sway over this section at the world championships for children.

The leading results (10th round): boys under-12: K.Vijay Keerthi (Kar) 8.5 bt Parimarjan Negi (Del) 7, Akshay Bhor (Mah) 7 lost to Subodh Lakhey (Mah) 8.5, C.R.G.Krishna (AP) 8.5 bt Debadittya Sinha Biswas (WB) 7, S.P.Sethuraman (TN) 7 lost to Y.Sandheep (AP) 8, P.Saravana Krishnan (TNGR) 8 bt Navneet Detha (Raj) 7, Souvik Chakraborthy (ACC) 6.5 lost to S.Saikrishna (AP) 8, D.Sai Srinivas (AP) 7.5 bt R.Arun Karthik (TN) 6.5, M.Suraj (Kar) 7.5 bt Rahul Gupta (CGS) 6.5, Sa Kannan (TN) 6.5 lost to Jain Shrenhik Daklia (CGS) 7.5, R.Ananth (TN) 7.5 bt Snehal Bhosale (Mah) 6.5, A.Tejdeep (CAH) 7 bt K.S.Srikar (UMMR) 6.5, Th. Gobin Luwang (Mani) 7 bt K.Narayanan (TN) 6, G.S.Sreejith (Ker) 7 bt Soumya Thakurta (WB) 6, Karan Kapoor (Pun) 6.5 drew Yuzvendar Chahal (Har) 6.5, B.Adhiban (AVC) 7 bt C.Sachin (Ker) 6, Neeraj Mor (Har) 6 lost to M.Shyam Sundar (TN) 7, Amogh Kamli (Mah) 6 lost to P.P.Prachura (MASC) 7, Nirmal Jyoti Sharma (Assm) 6.5 drew K.H.Sanjoy Singh (Mani) 6.5, N.Srinath (TN) 6.5 drew Akash Das Sarma (CVRA) 6.5, Abhishek Kelkar (Mah) 6.5 bt N.Surendran (TN) 6, Gaurav Konde (VENUS) 5.5 lost to Suman Basu (GNC) 6.5, M.Gopi Krishna (TN) 6.5 bt Aswin Jayaram (TN) 5.5, Sankalp Modwal (Del) 6 drew R.Lintu (Lak) 6, K.Pavan Teja (TNAP) 5.5 lost to S.Nitin (TN) 6.5, Sanket Sagar Dash (Ori) 5.5 lost to S.Karthikeyan (TN) 6.5, Shubham Pinge (Goa) 6.5 bt Al. Palaniappan (TN) 5.5, Salil Sunit Nitsure (Mah) 6.5 bt Saket Kamboj (Har) 5.5, Arvind Kishore (TN) 5.5 lost to R.Premnath (MONT) 6.5, Abishek Ravi (Mah) 6.5 bt K.Priya Darshan (TN) 5.5.

Girls under-12: I.Ramya Krishna (CAH) 8.5 lost to V.K.Sindhu (TN) 8, K.L.Praneetha (AP) 9 bt Mitali Patil (Mah) 7, Devangi R.Patankar (Mah) 7 drew Anjanaa N.Sowjanyaa (TN) 7.5, P.K.Jayashree (CHRC) 7.5 bt Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) 6.5, Priya Ratnam (Bih) 6.5 drew Kajri Chokshi (Guj) 6.5, Dhyani Dave (Guj) 6 lost to Kiruba Helen Arasu (TN) 7, M.Soundaram (TN) 7 bt Gayathri M.Velu (Mah) 6, P.L.Sahiti (AP) 7 bt Sriya Bhattacharjee (WB) 6, L.Sudharsana (TN) 6 lost to Payal Guha (ACC) 6.5, A.Seetha (TN) 6.5 bt M.Khushboo (TNGR) 5.5, Ch. Divyashree (AP) 6.5 bt Saba Mhate (Mah) 5.5, P.Uthra (TN) 6.5 bt J.Mohana Priya (TN) 5.5, S.Harini (AICF) 6 drew Shreyasi Parkhi (NCA) 6, Shruti Ratnakar (Mah) 6.5 bt K.Vaishnavi (TN) 5.5, S.Tulasi (Capa) 5.5 lost to G.Madanasri (AP) 6, Pon N.Krithikha (MONT) 6 bt M.Kayathri (Pon) 5, S.V.Sathya Priya (MASC) 5.5 drew V.Pragna Patavi (CHMP) 5.5, Priya Sandhya (TNGR) 6 bt K.E.R.Ranjitha (TN) 5, R.Preethi (TN) 6 bt N.S.Sindhu (Ori) 5, D.S.Maanasa Priyaa (TN) 5 lost to S.Roshni (Ker) 6, M.S.Nandhini (AVCA) 5.5 drew V.Nisha (Pon) 5.5, D.Tejasri (AP) 5.5 drew Shradha Mohanan (Goa) 5.5, Bishnu Priya Bala (Jhkd) 5.5 drew C.S.Nandhini Devi (TN) 5.5, Shalini Srivastava (Jhkd) 6 bt S.Athirai (TN) 5, M.Aruthi (TN) 5.5 bt Ch Savetha (TN) 4.5, Pallavi Dutta (Del) 4.5 lost to R.Aparna (Ker) 5.5, C.P.Aatirah (Ker) 4.5 lost to Dipanwita Dav Barman (Assm) 5.5.

Boys under-14: Akshay Raj Kore (MASC) 7 lost to G.Rohit (CHMP) 9, Sriram Sarja (Kar) 8 bt S.Arun Prasad (TN) 7, Purushothaman (CHMP) 7 lost to Ninad Vijay Puranik (Mah) 8, Joydeep Dutta (ACC) 6.5 lost to Deep Sen Gupta (AICF) 8, Abhijeet Gupta (Raj) 7.5 bt Bharat Raj Kidambi (TN) 6.5, R.Shrinivasan (CCAI) 7 drew Rahul Sangma (GNC) 7, Ved Prakash Sinha (Bih) 6.5 lost to Vipal Subhashi (Bih) 7.5, V.Karthik (TN) 7.5 bt Pratik Shriwas (NCA) 6.5, Soumitra Majumdar (Mah) 6.5 drew P.Praveen Prasad (AP) 6.5, Vishal Shah (VENU) 6.5 drew Shanmuganathanan (TN) 6.5, Aurovind Khuntia (Ori) 6 lost to T.U.Navin Kanna (AVAD) 7, V.Haribalu (TNA) 7 bt S.Sakthi Nandhan (TN) 6, M.M.Anand Raj (TN) 5.5 lost to G.N.Gopal (Lak) 6.5, Raju Singh (Mani) 5.5 lost to Debayan Majumdar (WB) 6.5, S.Shrivatsh (TN) 5.5 lost to K.Prasanna (TN) 6.5, Rajib Dhar (Assm) 6.5 bt J.Ram Kumar (TN) 5.5, Trialokya Nanda (Assm) 5.5 lost to Sankar Majumder (WB) 6.5, R.K.Ranjith (CHRC) 6.5 bt Ishan Nadkarni (Mah) 5.5, Saurav Chakraborti (ACC) 6.5 bt Anshuman Purankar (NCA) 5.5, Raghul Ghosh (WB) 5.5 drew C.Vinith (TN) 6, Aniruddha Deshpande (Mah) 5 lost to T.Abhay (TN) 6, V.S.Ram (Mah) 6 bt Souparno Ghosh (ACC) 5, T.Karthik Anand (TN) 6 bt C.V.Raghuram Balaji (CHRC) 5, S.Sri Prasanth (TN) 6 bt S.Ameya Kamli (Mah) 5, A.Taibang Nganba (Mani) 6 bt Shasang Singh (Assm) 5, Prakash V.Rao (Kar) 5 lost to Abinash Dash (Ori) 6, Faisal Farooq (J&K) 6 bt Yashas (Vara) 5, Vikram Saralaya (Kar) 6 bt Sumit Shaw (ACC) 5, S.Narendra Kumar (TN) 5 lost to R.Rajesh (Capa) 6, R.Muthu Prakash (TN) 5.5 drew Aniket Patni (MP) 5.5, Kunal Gupta (Del) 5 drew K.Abishek (Capa) 5, Nisam (Ker) 4.5 lost to Vineeth P.Kaimal (Ker) 5.5, Rahul Ved (Mah) 5 drew Pranjal (Bih) 5, Ashis Kumar (Jhkd) 5 drew C.R.Arun Hariharan (TN) 5.

Girls under-14: Mary Ann Gomes (GNC) 7 lost to Saheli Nath (WB) 8.5, J.Megha (Kar) 7.5 bt Kiran Monisha Mohanty (Ori) 7, L.Ishwarya Shobana (TN) 6.5 lost to N.Raghavi (TN) 7.5, Kruttika Nadig (VENU) 6 lost to M.Rajadharshini (TN) 7.5, T.Vennela (CHMP) 7 bt Soumya Swaminathan (Mah) 5.5, K.Nayana (AP) 5.5 lost to R.K.Shruke (AACA) 6.5, Mugdha S.Variyar (Mah) 6.5 bt E.K.A.Aarthi Lakshmi (AVAD) 5.5, R.Varsha (TN) 6 drew Banashree Banik (WB) 6, P.Sivasankari (TNA) 6.5 bt J.Rajasurya (ECC) 5.5, Abhisikta Pattnaik (Ori) 6.5 bt Meenu Rajendran (Ker) 5.5, Anoori Shah (Guj) 6 bt M.Padmashree (CHC) 5, Suchandra Chattopadyay (ACC) 6 bt Prachi Thite (Mah) 5, S.Ramya (Pon) 6 bt R.Sharanya (MOUN) 5, V.Sindhu Bhairavi (Pon) 6 bt Purva S.Variyar (Mah) 5, Radha Rani Ray (Ori) 5.5 bt H.P.Pallavi Maiya (Kar) 4.5, K.Radhika (Capa) 5.5 bt Janani Priya (CHRC) 4.5, Nisitha Balgi (Mah) 5 drew G.Apoorva (TN) 4.5, G.Pratheeka (Kar) 4 lost to K.Durga Bhavani (AP) 5, Priyanka Ved (Mah) 4 lost to M.Namitha (Kar) 5, Teenu Josia (Ker) 5 bt S.Sushma (NALA) 4, Amita Kashikar (NCA) 5 bt V.J.Niranjana Bharathi (TN) 4, S.Bharathi (NLC) 5 bt B.Shenbaga Priya (Capa) 4, Sneha Shekhar Ghatpande (Mah) 5 bt Gayatri Balu (Lak) 4, V.Jyotsna (TNA) 4.5 drew V.Tejasvi (TN) 4.5, B.Kalashree (Kar) 4 drew M.Abirami (TN) 4, D.Vidhya (TN) 3.5 lost to Uma Maheshwari (Pon) 4.5, Swati Shivan Jha (UP) 4 bt B.Lakshmi Kirthi (AP) 3, B.D.Impana (Kar) 3.5 drew Amisha Pable (MP) 3.5, Geetha Sruthi (TNA) 3 lost to K.Mrunalini (MASC) 4, Goli Sandhya (AP) 3 lost to Ail Soumyashree (Kar) 4, T.Vishnu Priya (TN) 4 bt Neha Bharadwaj (Har) 2, L.Anitha (Mah) 3.5 - bye.

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