Date:27/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/27/stories/2008052760171800.htm

Sport - Chess

Six share lead

Chennai: Six players — Shyam Nikhil, Ganesh Babu, Ajay Srikanth, R. Siddharth, R. Arun Karthik, and R. A. Pradeep Kumar — share the lead with 4.5 points from five games in the Jawahar Vidyalaya State Under-25 FIDE-Rated chess championship for the Annapragada Trophy.

Meanwhile, J. Saranya of Thiruvallur took the sole lead in the State under-25 women’s championship for the Nivarthi Trophy, which is being played simultaneously.

Important results:

Fifth round:

Men: Ganesh Babu 4.5 drew with Shyam Nikhil 4.5; Ajay Srikanth 4.5 drew with R. Siddharth 4.5; V.A.V. Rajesh 3.5 lost to R. Arun Karthik 4.5; R.A. Pradeep Kumar 4.5 bt Stanley Samson 3.5; Ram Krishnan 4 bt Muthu Alagappan 3.5; T.U. Navin Khanna 4 bt Hariharasudhan 3; P. Maheswaran 4 bt J. Bavan Kumar 3; G. Santosh Kumar 3 lost to Ramnath Bhuvanesh 4; N. Surendran 4 bt R. Vishnu Sharon 3.

Women: J. Saranya 5 bt R. Bharathi 4; S. Harini 4 drew with Visalatchi 4; R. Preethi 4 bt J. Vaishnavi 3; V. Janu 3 lost to P. Sivasankari 4; Nabeela Farheen 4 bt G. Amirthavalli 3; Priya Sandhya 3.5 drew with Akshaya 3.5; R. Karthikeyini 4 bt J. Janani 3; Hemapriya 2.5 lost to P. Uthra 3.5.

Fourth round:

Men: Shyam Nikhil 4 bt P. Maheswaran 3; S. Ganesh Babu 4 bt Ram S. Krishnan 3; R. Arun Karthik 3.5 drew with R.A. Pradeep Kumar 3.5; Ajay Srikanth 4 bt T.U. Navin Khanna 3; R. Siddharth 4 bt N. Surendran 3; P. Dharmaraj 2.5 lost to V.A.V. Rajesh 3.5; M. Muthu Alagappan 3.5 bt C.S. Rajesh 2.5; P. Stanley Samson 3.5 bt V. Radhakrishnan 2.5; Ramnath Bhuvanesh 3 bt R.S. Santosh Bala 2; S.S. Manigandan 2 lost to J. Arun 3.

Women: J. Saranya 4 bt Syed Nabeela Farheen 3; R. Bharathi 4 bt V. Janu 3; P. Sivasankari 3 drew with Priya Sandhya 3; P. Uthra 2.5 lost to S Harini 3.5; M. Khushboo 2.5 lost to R. Visalatchi 3.5; J.G. Niveditha 2 lost to R. Preethi 3; J. Janani 3 bt Michelle Catherina 2.