Date:07/12/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/12/07/stories/2006120708592000.htm

Sport - Chess

Ratnakaran triumphs

KOZHIKODE: K. Ratnakaran won the Calicut Chess Academy all-India FIDE rating chess tournament with a round to spare here on Wednesday.

The top seed drew both his games with Preetham R. Sharma and M.B. Muraleedharan.

Important results (ninth round): M.B. Muraleedharan 6.5 drew with K. Ratnakaran 8; Preetham R. Sharma 7 bt Antonio 6; T.J. Suresh Kumar 6 lost to Shyam Nikil 7; P. Sreekumar 6 lost to O.T. Anil Kumar 7; C. Natarajan 6.5 drew with P.S. Ameer 6.5; P.V. Gireesh 6 drew with Joy Lazer 6.5; Vijay Kumar 5.5 lost to U.C. Mohanan 6.5; Yashas 6 drew with Saurabh 6.