Date:02/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/02/stories/2008070253351800.htm

Sport - Chess

Anandraj, Dinesh in joint lead

Sports Reporter

Udhagamandalam: S. Anandraj (Tiruvallur) and R. Dinesh Kumar (Salem) were in joint lead with four points each after the fourth round in the 34th Tamil Nadu State sub-junior chess championship for boys at the CSI College of Engineering here on Tuesday.

In the 22nd State championship for girls, R. Visalatchi of Vinayaka MS (Sivakasi) and J. Mohana Priya (Kancheepuram) shared the lead with four points.

The results (fourth round): Boys: Ramalingam Karthik 3.5 drew with K.C. Krishna Prasad 3.5; S. Anand Raj 4 bt P. Ganesh 3; J. Bavankumar 3 lost to R. Dinesh Kumar 4; S. Jitendria Vel 3 lost to P. Lokesh 3.5; K. Sai Prahlad 3 drew with V.S. Sakthivel Pandian 3; S. Siddharth 3 drew with S.S Manigandan 3; P.C. Akash Iyer 3 drew with K. Anshuman 3; Tejas Ravichandran 3 bt V. Gautham 2; Ganesh Venkat 2 lost to M. Harihara Sudan 3; Jermiah Praveen 2 lost to P. Uma Maheswaran 3; J. Nishvin 2.5 drew with S. Ragunanthan 2.5; S.R. Sakthi 2 lost to N. Rajkumar 3; V. Radhakrishnan 3 bt R. Ganesh 2; R.M. Subramanian 2 lost to Vasantha Ruba Varman 3; T.K.S. Arjun 2.5 drew with T. Srichand 2.5.

Girls: J. Mohana Priya 4 bt U. Ashwini 3; P. Priya Sandhya 3.5 drew with C.H. Savetha 3.5; J. Saranya 2.5 lost to R. Visalatchi 4; J. Janani 2.5 drew with S. Anushya 2.5; A. Akshaya 2 bt Srinidhi Sridharan 2; J.G Nivedhitha 2 bt Alagusala 2; P. Roshini 2 lost to V. Janu 3; R. Bhuvaneshwari 2 lost to R. Abirami; R. Abirami 1.5 lost to P. Balakannamma 3; N. Akshaya 1.5 bt K. Saroja 1.5.