Title race wide open

COIMBATORE, May 28: The race for the title is not yet over. The final day on Thursday will decide the fate of the players in the National C...

COIMBATORE, May 28: The race for the title is not yet over. The final day on Thursday will decide the fate of the players in the National Children’s Chess Championship organised by the Coimbatore District Chess Association at the PSG Tech auditorium here.

RR Laxman and Mahesh Chandran, CV Rajalakshmi, JE Kavitha (all from Tamil Nadu) and G Soumya of Maharashtra were in the hunt for the title in the under-14 section for boys and girls respectively.

MR Venkatesh of Tamil Nadu and Arghyadip Das of GNCA, Tania Sachdev of Delhi and N Vinuthna of Andhra Pradesh have brightened their chances with seven points from eight rounds in the under-12 section for boys and girls respectively.

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CV Rajalakshmi, who stunned top seed JE Kavitha of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, failed to find her form, going down to seventh seed G Soumya in 37 moves.

RESULTS:Round VIII (boys, u-12): J Deepan Chakravarthy (TN) 6 lost to M.R. Venkatesh (TN) 7; Valay Parikh (Guj) 5 lost to Arghyadip Das (GNCA) 7; Saptarshi Roy (GNCA) 5-1/2 lost to Sohan Das (WB) 6; J. Antano Solar (TN) 5 lost to G. Thang Khiew (Megh) 6; Backy Yambem (Man) 5 lost to Kumardip Chakraborty 6; Sandipan Biswas (GNCA) 6 bt R. Siddharth (TN) 5; Pratik Sengupta (Bih) 5 lost to Bharat Gupta (Raj) 6; N. Harish (Pon) 5-1/2 drew with S.M. Dikshit 5-1/2; B. Ramesh (AP) 6 bt A. Bharath (TN) 5; P. Kumaresh (TN) 5-1/2 drew with V. Srinivas (TN) 5-1/2/.

Under-14:R R Laxman (TN) 6-1/2 drew with Mahesh Chandran (TN 6-1/2; Ganguly Suryasekkar 6 drew with P. Harikrishna (AP) 6; J.M Utarid (Kar) 6 drew with Prathamesh Mokal 6; Pradip Gosh (WB) 5-1/2 drew with Himanshu Sharma (Har) 5-1/2; S. Shoven Shah (Mah) 5 bt Akash Deep (Har) 5; Sandipan Chanda (GNCA) drew with Homatghya Homeroy 5; P. Sandesh (AP) 5 drew with Adway Choudhury (WB) 5; Arjun Oberoi (Mah) 5 drew with Subir Garodia (Guj) 5; Binu Balak (Ker) 4 lost to V. Aravindh (TN) 5-1/2.

Round VII (Girls, u-14): CV Rajalakshmi (TN) 5-1/2 lost to G. Soumya (Mah) 5-1/2; Chitra Sridhar (Kar) 4-1/2 lost to J.E. Kavitha (TN) 5-1/2; T.V. Sindhuja (TN) 4-1/2 drew with P. Sumathi (TN) 4-1/2; Namita Mhetar (Mah) 4-1/2 drew with Malwicka Singh (Bih) 4-1/2; M. Kavana (Kar) 4-1/2 drew with Manjula V. James (TN) 4-1/2; Suchana Halder (WB) 4-1/2 drew with Neenu A. George (Tal) 4-1/2; M. Renuka (TN) 3-1/2 lost to Sanitha Sathian (Ker) 4-1/2; S. Beulahalagammal 4 drew with J. Aashrita (TN) 4; Priyanka Maity (WB) 4 bt T. Aravindha Lochani 3; Monalisa Malakar 3 lost to T.S. Subhashini (TN) 4.

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Round VIII, U-12: Shraddha Samani (Mah) 6 lost to Tania Sachdev (Del) 7; N. Vinuthna (AP) 7 bt Ananya Sarkar (GNCA) 5-1/2; Anuradha (Har) 6 bt P. Malarselvi (TN) 5-1/2; A. Deepa (Kar) 5 lost to K. Humpy (AP) 6; P. Aparnaa Krishna (TN) 6 bt Priya (TN) 5; Baisakhi Das (WB) 5 drew with P. Aparna (Pon) 5-1/2