The Hindu : Deepan maintains lead

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Wednesday, Jul 03, 2002

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Deepan maintains lead

KOZHIKODE JULY 2. Deepan Chakravarthy of India maintained his sole lead at the end of the sixth round of the Asian junior chess championship at Marawila (Sri Lanka) on Tuesday. Though he was held to a draw in the sixth round by teammate Preetham R. Sharma, Deepan, with 5.5 points, was still a full point ahead of S. Kidambi, Mark Paragua and Preetham.

P. Priya snatched the sole lead in the girls' section, beating fellow-Indian J.E. Kavitha. Another Indian, Tania Sachdev, was in the second position with five points.

Important results (sixth round):

Boys: Preetham R. Sharma 4.5 drew with Deepan Chakravarthy 5.5; Ghaem Maghami 3.5 lost to Mark Paragua Mark 4.5; Sundararajan Kidambi 4.5 bt Smerdon David Craig 3.5; Peyman Mohajerin 4 drew with S. Satyapragyan 4; Megaranto Susanto 3.5 lost to G. Rohit 4; Nuwan De Silva 3 drew with Edirisinghe Dulan 3.5. Fifth round: Deepan bt Megaranto; Craig drew with Sharma; Satyapragyan drew with Maghami; Paragua bt D.R.K. Dehigama; Athula Russell lost to Kidambi; Peyman bt Jude.

Girls: (sixth round): J. E. Kavitha 4 lost to P Priya 5.5; Tania Sachdev 5 bt Chaturi Hettige 3.5; Y. Prathiba 4.5 bt M. Kasturi 3.5; D. Harika 4 drew with Mary Ann Gomes 3.5; Samanthi Wettesinghe 3 lost to Siti Zulaikha 4; Anupama Konara 3 lost to Huynh Mai Phuong Dun 4.Fifth round: Priya bt Harika; Kasturi drew with Tania; Zulaikha lost to Kavitha; Mary lost to Prathiba; Chathuri bt Dhanushi Abeynayake; Dona Darshi Muheepa lost to Eesha Karavade.

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