Date:10/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/10/stories/2008061059971800.htm

Sport - Chess

Sandeep shocks Ramakrishna

VIJAYAWADA: Kakinada’s Sandeep Naidu defeated top-seeded J. Ramakrishna in the third round of the State open chess tournament organised jointly by Krishna District Chess Association and Nandamuri Balakrishna Charitable Trust here on Monday.

As many as 21 players are in joint lead with three points each.

Important results (third round): Sandeep Naidu (3) bt J. Ramakrishna (2), T. Purushothaman (3) bt K.J.K. Karthik (2), Praveen Prasad (3) bt S.S. Raju (2), S.Vikramjit Singh (3) bt Y.V.K. Chakravarthy (2), K. N. Gopal (3) bt K. Agarwal (2), N. Sambasiva Rao (3) bt Lakshmana Rao (2), G.V. Srinivas (3) bt Sk. Saidulu (2), J. Malleswara Rao (3) bt V.V. Giri (2), T. Gowtham (3) bt G. Rahul Kashyap (2).