Date:14/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/14/stories/2008051456391800.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Krithika sitting pretty at the top

Tiruchengode: Pon. N. Krithika of Kancheepuram is sitting pretty at the top with six points from as many rounds in the 19th Tamil Nadu State under-17 chess championship at the SKV MHSS here on Tuesday.

Top seed R.A. Pradeep Kumar, Ajay Srikanth (from Chennai) and Muthu Alagappan of Thiruvallur, with 5.5 points, are in joint lead in the boys’ section.

Important results (sixth round):

Boys: Ajay Srikanth (Chn) 5.5 bt J. Arun (Chn) 4.5; M. Muthu Alagappan (Tlr) 5.5 bt G. Jaswant (Chn) 4.5; R.A. Pradeep Kumar (Chn) 5.5 bt J. Mohana Priya (Kan) 4.

S. Vigneshwaran (Nam) 5 bt N. Surendran (TlR) 4; P. Lokesh (Chn) 5 bt S. Anandraj (Tlr) 4.

J. Bavan Kumar (TlR) 4.5 drew with J.B. Vigneshwara (Slm) 4; Saravan Ganesh Pandian (Vnr) 3.5 lost to B. Sekar (Bca) 4.5.

P. Ramalingam Karthik (Slm) 4.5 bt C.M. Sugumar (Ero) 3.5; V.S. Sakthivel Pandian (Vnr) 4 bt R.M. Subramaniam (Mdu) 3.5.

K.C. Hariharan (Vnr) 3 lost to N. Lokesh (Kgi) 4; R.S. Einthiresh (Ero) 3 lost to P. Ganesh (Chn) 4; N.R. Abhinav (Chn) 4 bt R. Harish (Cbe) 3; K.K. Gowtham (Ero) 3 lost to S. Jitendriavel (Chn) 4.

P. Uma Maheswaran (Mdu) 4 bt V. Karthick (Mdu) 3; S. Pradheep (Ero) 3 lost to P. Krishnakumar 4.

K.N. Rajesh (Trr) 3 lost to R. Ganesh (Cbe) 4; S. Shiva Gunal (Tnj) 3.5 drew with K. Suresh (Trr) 3.5; T. Srichand (Cud) 4 bt S.R. Rajasekar (Vel) 3.

Girls: J. Saranya (Tlr) 4 lost to Pon. N. Krithika (Kan) 6; R. Visalatchi (Vnr) 4.5 drew with P. Sujitha (Cbe) 4.5; P. Uthra (Tlr) 4.5 bt M. Poojakanth (Nlc) 3.5.G. Amirthavalli (Chn) 4 drew with R. Bharathi (Chn) 4; C.H. Savetha (Chn) 4 drew with P.V. Nandhithaa (Nam) 4; S.V. Sathya Priya (Slm) 3.5 lost to P. Priya Sandiya (Kan) 4.

S. Arunachalam (Mdu) 4 bt N. Akshaya (Cbe) 3; R. Abirami (Chn) 3 lost to S. Anushya (Nlc) 4.

R. Nanduja (Vnr) 3.5 drew with M. Vallikannu (Vnr) 3.5; Srinidhi Sridharan (Trr) 3 lost to J.G. Nivedhitha (Bca) 4.

CDBBA gets past BSNL

Host Coimbatore District Basketball Association (CDBBA) got past a fighting BSNL (New Delhi) 67-61 in a men’s league match of the 50th all India basketball tournament for men for the Nachimuthu Gounder Cup at the VOC Park Corporation Sports Complex courts at Coimbatore on Tuesday.

Ramkumar (27), Harshvardhan (19) and K. Karthik (14) worked hard for the winner, while Ulas Jose (16) was the top contributor for BSNL.