Date:15/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/15/stories/2008051556372200.htm

Sport - Chess

Krithika marches ahead

Tiruchengode: State junior champion, Pon. N. Krithika of Kancheepuram, with seven points, strengthened her position at the top in the girls’ section at the end of the seventh round in the Tamil Nadu State under-17 chess championship at the SKV MHSS here on Wednesday.

Krithika had no difficulty in dispatching P. Sujitha of Coimbatore. Even as the leader was busy working on her young opponent, R. Visalatchi of Sivakasi quietly pulled off a surprise win over second seed P. Uthra of Thiruvallur to stay in contention for the second spot.

Important results (seventh round):

Boys: Ajay Srikanth (Chn) 6 drew with R.A. Pradeep Kumar (Chn) 6; P. Lokesh (Chn) 5.5 drew with M. Muthu Alagappan (Tlr) 6; B. Sekar (Bca) 4.5 lost to S. Vigneshwaran (Nam) 6; J. Arun (Chn) 5 drew with J. Bavan Kumar (TlR) 5; G. Jaswant (Chn) 5 drew with P. Ramalingam Karthik (Slm) 5; N. Surendran (TlR) 5 bt P. Ganesh (Chn) 4; N. Lokesh (Kgi) 5 bt N.R. Abhinav (Chn) 4; J. Mohana Priya (Kan) 4 lost to S. Jitendriavel (Chn) 5; J.B. Vigneshwara (Slm) 5 bt P. Uma Maheswaran (Mdu) 4; S. Anandraj (Tlr) 5 bt T. Srichand (Cud) 4; R. Ganesh (Cbe) 4.5 drew with V.S. Sakthivel Pandian (Vnr) 4.5; P. Krishnakumar 5.0 bt V. Gauthaam (Mdu) 3.5; C.M. Sugumar (Ero) 3.5 lost to Saravan Ganesh Pandian (Vnr) 4.5; K. Suresh (Trr) 4.5 bt V. Srinath (Chn) 3.5; S.A. Amalan (Trr) 3.5 lost to S. Shiva Gunal (Tnj) 4.5; R.M. Subramaniam (Mdu) 4.5 bt A. Vibushan (Kan) 3.5; T. Atthicharan (Ero) 4.5 bt M. Gokula Krishnan (Ero) 3.

Girls: Pon. N. Krithika (Kan) 7 bt P. Sujitha (Cbe) 4.5; R. Visalatchi (Vnr) 5.5 bt P. Uthra (Tlr) 4.5; R. Bharathi (Chn) 4 lost to J. Saranya (Tlr) 5; P. Priya Sandiya (Kan) 4 lost to C.H. Savetha (Chn) 5; P.V. Nandhithaa (Nam) 4 lost to Sithalatchumi Arunachalam (Mdu) 5; S. Anushya (Nlc) 4.5 drew with G. Amirthavalli (Chn) 4.5; J.G. Nivedhitha (Bca) 5 bt R. Nanduja (Vnr) 3.5; M. Vallikannu (Vnr) 3.5 lost to S.V. Sathya Priya (Slm) 4.5; M. Poojakanth (Nlc) 4.5 bt A. Akshaya (Tlr) 3.5; N. Akshaya (Cbe) 4 bt R. Bhuvaneswari (Try) 3.5; B. Jeyassri (Chn) 4 bt R. Karthikeyini (Mdu) 3; G. Uma Bharathi (Chn) 4 bt Swetha (Nam) 3; P. Varshini (Ero) 3 lost to S. Aarthi (Vel) 4; R.S. Soundarya (Kar) 3 lost to R. Abirami (Chn) 4.