Date:23/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/23/stories/2008072360712200.htm

Sport - Chess

Quick win for Anwar

Arvind Aaron

Chennai: Third-seeded Syed Anwar Shazuli of ICF checkmated R. Dinesh, a beginner, in twelve moves and just five minutes in the opening round of the third S.K. Narasihman Memorial FIDE-rating chess tournament at the Nehru stadium on Tuesday.

Smooth sailing

The top three seeds checkmated their opponents and had a smooth sailing. Top seed and defending champion Ram S. Krishnan (BSNL) beat Daniel Raja in 36 moves with white pieces, while second seed and former National sub-junior champion R. Ashwath beat Debarshi Pal in 22 moves with black pieces.

Favourites had a field day and are among the 72 players who have won their opening round. Ten rounds remain to be played. A total of 64 FIDE rated players are competing in this event.

Important results (round one): Ram S. Krishnan bt Daniel Raja; Debarshi Pal lost to R. Ashwath.

Syed Anwar Shazuli bt R. Dinesh; L. Duraiswamy lost to P. Maheswaran; K.V. Shantharam bt P. Elancheralathan.

Elaya Raja lost to V. Subramanian; Venkat Sundaram bt R.K. Ganesh Babu; Geetha Akhil Aditya lost to Ajay Srikanth.

R.K. Ranjith bt R. Hari Prasanth; R. Harikrishnan lost to Abhilash Reddy; K. Gopalakrishnan bt S. Harish; B. Hemanth lost to Stanley Samson.