COIMBATORE, May 25: When two equally matched opponents meet in a trial of strength, the one who has a greater courage and confidence in himself will win. And this battle royal between the World under-10 bronze medalist MR Venkatesh of Tamil Nadu and Valay Parikh of Gujarat was no exception. The Tamil Nadu lass waged a grim battle to topple his opponent in around 151 moves to remain sole leader in the under-12 boys section in the National Children's Chess Championship organised by the Coimbatore District Chess Association at the PSG Tech auditorium here on Sunday.Venkatesh, an eighth standard student of the Wesley HSS, Chennai, came out with a king-pawn opening and Parikh answered him with a Caro-Kann defence. In the opening itself, Venkatesh penetrated into the Queen side and gained a vital pawn on the b5.Results: Girls: Round IV, u-14: Neenu A George (Tal) 3-1/2 drew with M Kavana (Kar) 3-1/2; JE Kavitha (TN) 3-1/2 bt Priyanka Maity (WB) 2-1/2; Malwicka Singh (Bih) 2-1/2 lost to CV Rajalakshmi (TN) 3-1/2; G Soumya (Mah) 2-1/2 lost to TV Sindhuja (TN) 3; Sanitha Sathian (Ker) 2-1/2 drew with Manjula V James (TN) 2-1/2; Chitra Sridhar (Kar) 3 bt Namita Mhetar (Mah) 2; K Nishamathi (TN) 2-1/2 drew with Benju Shah (Guj) 2-1/2; TS Subhashini (TN) 2 drew with S Beulah Alagammal 2-1/2; K Kayalvizhy (Pon) 1-1/2 lost to Smitha Paswan (Bih) 2-1/2; K Thilagavathy (Pon) 1-1/2 lost to P Sumathi (TN) 2-1 (Round V): Ananya Sarkar 4-1/2 drew with Sharaddha Samani (Mah) 4-1/2; Baisakhi Das (WB) 4-1/2 bt Tania Sachdeva (Del) 4; Anuradha (Har) 4 bt A Deepa (Kar) 3-1/2; P Priya (TN) 3 bt K Humpy (AP) 4; P Malarselvi (TN) 4 bt P Aparnaa Krishnan (TN) 3; PN Harini (TNCA) 3 lost to Suma Sarkar (Bih) 4; Jayashree Ilango (TN) 3 lost to N Vinuthna (AP) 4; M Priyadarshini (TN) 3 lost to Nabeela Faraheen (TN) 4; M Rajadarshini (TN) 2-1/2 lost to K Charanya 3-1/2; Nimmy A George (Ker) 3-1/2 bt R Mahima (TN) 2-1 (Round V, u-14): Pradip Gosh (WB) 4-1/2 drew with SS Ganguly 4-1/2; Prathamosh S Mokal 4-1/2 bt P Harikrishna (AP) 3-1/2; RR Laxman (TN) 4 drew with Binu Balak (Ker) 3-1/2; P Mahesh Chandran (TN) 4 bt Akash Deep (Har) 3; V Aravindh (TN) 3-1/2 drew with JM Utarid (Kar) 3-1/2; Rahul K Shandilya 3 lost to S Shah Shora (Mah) 4; Sanjoy Holder (WB) 4 bt Himanshu Sharma (Har) 3; Homarghya Homeroy 4 bt Ram S Krishnan (TN) 3; P Umesh Krishnan (TN) 3-1/2 drew with P Phoobalan 2-1/2; Debaditya Dutta (WB) 2-1/2 lost to Sandipan Chanda.
