The Hindu : Uttam Sharma, Nilavoli win titles

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Monday, Jun 23, 2003

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Uttam Sharma, Nilavoli win titles

CHENNAI JUNE 22. R. Uttam Sharma (7 points) of Thiruvallur and H. Nilavoli (7.5) of Chennai won the boy's and girl's titles respectively in the 32nd Tamil Nadu State junior (u-19) chess championship, jointly sponsored by the Rotary Club of Madras Central and the SBOA MHSS, which concluded at the SBOA School on Sunday.

It was Uttam's maiden State title and Nilavoli's second crown this year after her success in the State under-25 meet last month.

P. Karthikeyan also finished with seven points but was placed second behind Uttam on progressive score.

The top four in each section will represent the State in the forthcoming junior Nationals.

The results (round 9):

Boys: Uttam Sharma (7) drew with R. Premnath (6.5); S. Karthikeyan (6.5) lost to P. Karthikeyan (7); Navin Kanna (5.5) lost to R. Siddarth (6.5); R. Muthukumaran (6) bt P. Poobalan (5.5); M.M. Anandraj (5) lost to V. Haribalu (6); S.M. Syed Moosa (5) lost to S. Anandkumar (6); J. Karthik (6) bt Arun Srinivas (5); A.L. Palaniappan (5) drew with Arun Karthik (5); Dyal K Ravi Aditya (4) lost to Venkat Sundaram (5); R. Ananth (4) lost to R.K. Ranjith (5); M. Shyam Sundar (4.5) drew with P. Rajasekaran (4.5); N.U. Sriram (4.5) drew with B. Adhiban (4.5); S.M. Dixit (5) bt R. Ashwath (4); Shravan Kumar Talwar (4) lost to K.V. Venprakash (5); N. Venkataraman (4.5) bt G. Suresh Kumar (4); R. Vasanth (3.5) lost to M.P. Vijay (4.5); Diwan S Babu (4) drew with I. Aquino (3.5); R. Rajesh (3) w.o. N. Surendaran (4); Chaithanya Krishna (2.5) w.o. R.K. Sivamurugan (3.5); S. Kathiresan (3.5) w.o. Vikram Viswanath (2.5); J. Arun (0.5) lost to G. Aswin (3).

Girls: S. Harini (5.5) drew with H. Nilavoli (7.5); P. Sivasankari (7) drew with J.E. Kavitha (6); P. Malarselvi (5.5) drew with S. Nabeela Farheen (6.5); P. Priya (6.5) bt P. Uthra (5); V. Tejasvi (5) lost to Lalitha Ragavender (6); Anjanaa N Sowjanyaa (5.5) bt M.S. Nandhini (4.5); K. Vaishnavi (4.5) lost to B. Uma Maheswari (5.5); S. Aneeqha Tahseen (4) lost to K. Radhika (5); K. Preethi (4.5) drew with N. Janani Priya (4.5); R. Gomathey (4) drew with P. Akshathaa (4); J. Saranya (3.5) lost to G. Amrithavalli (4.5); M. Aruthi (3.5) lost to K.E.R. Ranjitha (4.5); Shenbaga Priya (3.5) lost to M. Padmashree (4); Akshaya Lakshmi (3) drew with M. Vaishali (3.5); M. Harini (1.5) drew with S. Tulasi (3).

The final placings: Boys: 1. Uttam Sharma, Thiruvallur, 7 points, 37.5 progressive score; 2. P. Karthikeyan, Chennai, 7, 34; 3. S. Karthikeyan, Coimbatore, 6.5, 36.5; 4. R. Premnath, Kanchi, 6.5, 32.5; 5. R. Siddarth, Chennai. 6.5, 31; 6. S. Anand Kumar, Coimbatore, 6, 34.5; 7. V. Haribalu, Chennai, 6, 30.5; 8. J. Karthik, Chennai, 6, 27; 9. R. Muthukumaran, CCA, 6, 26; 10. Navin Kanna, Thiruvallur, 5.5, 33; 11. P. Poobalan, Coimbatore, 5.5, 32; 12. M. M. Anandraj, Chennai, 5, 28.5.

Girls: 1. H. Nilavoli, Chennai, 7.5, 41.5; 2. P. Sivasankari, Thiruvallur, 7, 38.5; 3. S. Nabeela Farheen, Chennai, 6.5, 36; 4. P. Priya, Chennai, 6.5, 31; 5. J.E. Kavitha, Kanchi, 6, 32; 6. Lalitha Ragavendar, Kanchi, 6, 24; 7. Anjanaa N Sowjanyaa, TNCA, 5.5, 29.5; 8. B. Uma Maheswari, Thiruvallur, 5.5, 29; 9. S. Harini, Kanchi, 5.5, 28; 10. P. Malarselvi, Chennai, 5.5, 27.5; 11. P. Uthra, Thiruvallur, 5, 28.5; 12. V. Tejasvi, Chennai, 5, 26.

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