Date:18/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/18/stories/2008071861792400.htm

Sport - Chess

Navin ahead

Arvind Aaron

Chennai: T.U. Navin Kanna shot into sole lead in the SRM Tamil Nadu junior chess championship being played at the SRM University premises in Kattankulathur on Thursday.

Having taken the lead in the morning session, former National U-14 champion Navin kept the top position with a 40-move win over K.V. Venprakash. Navin is on five points after five rounds.

Important results (round five):

Boys: T.U. Navin Kanna (Tvlr) 5 bt K.V. Venprakash (SRM) 3.5; V.A.V. Rajesh (Che) 3 lost to R. Arun Karthik (SRM) 4.5; Shyam Nikhil (SRM) 4 bt Bavankumar (Tvlr) 3; C.S. Rajesh (Cbe) 3.5 drew with R. Premnath (SRM) 3.5; M. Muthu Alagappan (Tvlr) 4 bt N. Surendran (Tvlr) 3.

Girls: J. Saranya (Tvlr) 4.5 drew with N. Raghavi (Che) 4.5; P.K. Jayashree (Elite) 4 bt N. Hema Priya (Che) 3; C.H. Savetha (Che) 4 bt M. Khushboo (Tvlr) 3; R. Visalatchi (Vir) 4 bt J.G. Nivedhitha (Bloom) 3; J. Janani (Bloom) 3 lost to G. Apurva (Kan) 4; S. Harini (SRM) 3.5 bt M. Poojakanth (NLC) 2.

Round four: Boys: S. Ganesh Babu lost to Navin; Arun Karthik bt Rajesh; N. Aravind Subramanian drew with Shyam Nikhil.

Girls: Raghavi bt Savetha; Saranya bt Harini; A. Sithalatchumi lost to P.K. Jayashree.