Date:14/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/14/stories/2008051453572000.htm

Sport - Chess

Sushruta triumphs

Bangalore: Sushruta Reddy won the 64th square semi classical chess tournament recently here at the State Youth Centre.

Though Sushruta and Santosh Kashyap were tied for the first place with five points each and had an equal progressive score, the former prevailed in the three blitz tie-breaker.

The standings:

Open section: 1. Sushruta Reddy, 5 pts; 2. Santosh Kashyap, 5; 3. Prachura, 4.5; 4. Naren Kumar, 4.

Under 8: 1. Siddharth, 5; 2. Srijan Chakravarthy, 4; 3. Sudhanva Bharadwaj, 3.5; 4. Aaron Fernandes, 3; 5. Sagar Krishnan, 3.

Under 12: 1. R. Srikanth, 5; 2. R. Dhanush, 5; 3. Shree Nahata, 4.5; 4. S. Nishanth, 4; 5. Vishnu Ram, 4.

Under 16: 1. Arjun Bharat, 6; 2. Arjun Govind, 4.5; 3. Ashwin, 3.5; 4. Lokith, 3.5; 5. Palash Goel, 3.