Date:06/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/06/stories/2008090660032100.htm

Sport - Chess

Venkatesh among leaders

KOZHIKODE: Ten players, including top seed M.R. Venkatesh, shared the lead with three points each at the end of the third round of the S.K. Pottekkat Gold Medal all-India FIDE rating chess tournament here on Saturday.

Important results (third round): U.C. Mohanan 2 lost to M.R. Venkatesh 3; S. Nithin 3 bt K. Lakshminaryanan 2; K.R. Madhusoodanan 2.5 drew with Praveen Kumar 2.5; Ram S. Krishnan 3 bt Sathyanarayana 2; A. Niji 2 lost to Phoobalan 3; E.P. Nirmal 3 bt Sanjit Saha 2; Paranisamy 2 lost to Debasis Mukherjee 3; Joy Lazer 2.5 drew with M.C. Manoj 2.5; M.V. Lakshminarayanan 3 bt Salil Kumar 2; T.V. Subramanyan 3 bt Linda Rangarajan 2; S Ganesh Babu 3 bt Shyjith 2; Sreeprakash 2 lost to Shankar Majumdar 3.