Sport - Chess

Lokesh, Mohanapriya clinch titles

Udhagamandalam: Chennai’s P. Lokesh and Kancheepuram’s J. Mohanapriya clinched the boys’ and girls’ titles respectively in the State sub-junior chess championship here on Saturday.

A student of the Velammal MHSS (Chennai), Mohanapriya, who drew against J. Saranya of Thiruvallur, pocketed the title with a round to spare. Ch. Savetha, also from Chennai, finished second with 8.5 points.

Lokesh of SBOA MHSS (Chennai), unlike Mohanapriya, had to keep his fingers crossed as he rounded off his assignment with just a draw against Hariharasudhan of Chennai. Dinesh Kumaar of Salem, playing the second board, had a theoretical chance of wresting the title with a win.

Understanding the situation, Dinesh gave his all but found Jitendriavel (Chennai) too hot to handle towards the end.

Important results:

Final round: Boys: P. Lokesh (Che) 9 drew with M. Harihara Sudan (Che) 7.5; R. Dinesh Kumaar (Slm) 8 lost to S. Jitendria Vel (Che) 8; S. Anand Raj (Tlr) 7 lost to Tejas Ravichandran (Che) 8; K.C. Krishna Prasad (Slm) 8 bt J. Bavankumar (Bloom CA) 7; Akash Pc. Iyer (Che) 8 bt P. Ganesh (Che) 7; K. Sai Prahlad (Kan) 7.5 bt S. Siddharth (Che) 7; N. Rajkumar (Che) 6.5 lost to S.S. Manigandan (Mdu) 7.5; V.S. Sakthivel Pandian (Vnr) 7 bt M. Shreenath (Vel) 6; P. Uma Maheswaran (Mdu) 6 lost to M. Mukesh (Che) 7; Kavin Sundaranath (Che) 6 lost to J. Nishvin (KK)7; K. Natessa Maran (Che) 6 lost to Vasantha Ruba Varman (Che) 7; V. Radhakrishnan (Kan) 6.5 drew with Gourav Sharan (Kan) 6.5; T.K.S. Abishek (Try) 7 bt K.S. Kamal Shankar (Try) 6; Ramalingam Karthik (Slm) 6.5 bt G. Yogesh (Mdu) 6; R. Ganesh (Cbe) 6 drew with R.M. Subramanian (Mdu) 6.

Girls: J. Mohana Priya (Kan) 9.5 drew with J. Saranya (Tlr) 7; Ch. Savetha (Che) 8.5 drew with J. Janani (Tlr) 7; A. Akshaya (Bloom CA) 8 bt R. Bhuvaneshwari (Try) 6.5; R. Visalatchi (Vnr) 8 bt U. Ashwini (Che) 6; R. Abirami (Che) 6 lost to P. Priya Sandhya (Kan) 8; V. Janu (Tlr) 7 bt P. Balakannamma (Che) 6; J.G. Nivedhitha (Che) 7 bt G. Sushmitha (Che) 5.5; N. Akshaya (Cbe) 6.5 bt Ramalakshmi (Che) 5.5; A. Poonkuzhali (Vnr) 5.5 lost to R. Karthikeyini (Mdu) 6; B. Jeyassri (Che) 6 bt S. Anushya (NLC) 5; G. Thenammai (Che) 5 lost to Alagusala (Che) 6; L. Prathipa (Tlr) 4.5 lost to P. Roshini (Kan) 6; Sindhu (Slm) 5 drew with D.M. Keertana (Slm) 5; D.S. Sasirekha (Cud) 4.5 lost to Srinidhi Sridharan (Trr) 5.5; M. Oviyanila (Che) 4 lost to Aishwarya (Kan) 5.5.

Final standings: Boys: 1 P. Lokesh (Che) 9; 2. R. Dinesh Kumaar (Slm) 8; 3. K.C. Krishna Prasad (Slm) 8; 4. S. Jitendria Vel (Che) 8; 5. Akash Pc. Iyer (Che) 8; 6. Tejas Ravichandran (Che) 8; 7. S.S. Manigandan (Mdu) 7.5; 8. K. Sai Prahlad (Kanchi) 7.5; 9. M. Hariharasudhan(Che) 7.5; 10. S. Siddharth (Che) 7; 11. J. Bavankumar (Bloom CA) 7; 12. S. Anand Raj (Tiruvallur) 7.