Date:16/01/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/01/16/stories/2006011606301800.htm

Sport - Chess

Muralidharan held

DINDIGUL: M.B. Muralidharan (Kerala) was held to a draw by O.S. Sankar (Kanchipuram) in the second round of the Sri Gopalakrishna Naidu Kaveriammal memorial Fide rated open chess tournament here on Sunday.

Important results (second round): B.T. Muralikrishnan (S. Rly) 2 bt K. Muthuraman (Che) 1; O.S. Sankar (Che) 1.5 drew with M.B. Muralidharan (Ker) 1.5; P. Mithrakanth (NLC) 2 bt V. Aathayam(NK) 1; N.B. Abdul Rahim (Tri) 1 lost to S. Mari Arul (Che) 2; Ram S. Krishnan (Che) 2 bt R.V. Adit (CBE) 1; N. Aditya (Che) 1.5 drew with V. Subramaniam (Che) 1.5; R. Pounraj (CBE) 2 bt A.S. Krishna (T.V. Puram) 1; S.N. Anand Swamp (KAR) 1 lost to S.G. Vijendra (Mysore) 2; Naveen S. Hegde (Kar) 2 bt S. Arul Kumar (TCR) 1; Chamil Sampath Dissanayak (SL) 1 lost to M. Kunal (NLY) 2. — Sports Correspondent