The Hindu : Andhra players dominate

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Thursday, Oct 30, 2003

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Andhra players dominate

By Manuel Aaron

Thalambur oct. 29. Andhra players are dominating the Vel's Srinivasa College of Engineering & Technology National under-7 boys' and girls' chess championship being held here.

Six of the 11 boys who shared the lead with three points each at the end of the third round are from Andhra Pradesh.

The A.P. dominance in the girls' section is even greater, as five of the six leaders with three points are Telugu speaking.

The leaders in the boys' section: Phani Bhushan, K. Vijayakanth, Lalith Abhilash Reddy, R. Eswar (all AP), M. Ravi Teja (Chess Academy of Hyderabad), G.V. Sai Krishna (Champions CA, Vijayawada), S.V. Srinath (Chhattisgarh), Shiven Khosla (Mah), Karma Pandya (Guj), V. Prabhu (TN) and Niraj Saripalli (Goa).

The leaders in the girls' section are: S. Chandana Priya Reddy, K. Sai Nirupama, K. Vyshali (all AP), A.R. Priya (Tnagar CA, Vijayawada), Y. Sai Lakshmi (Champions CA) and Srinithi Nagarajan (TN).

Important results:

Boys (third round): Phani Bhushan (AP) 3 bt Vishnu Gopakumar (Ker) 2; Bidyananda Singh (Man) 2 lost to Lalith Abhilash Reddy (AP); R. Eswar (AP) 3 bt K. Somasundaram (TN) 2; K. Reshmanth (CA of Hyd) 2.5 drew with Y.V.K. Chekkravarthy (AP) 2.5; C. Alkondan (TN) 2 lost to S.V. Srinath Rao (Chatt) 3; Shiven Khosla (Mah) 3 bt S. Koushik 2; Shantanu Mirashi (Mah) 2 lost to Karma Pandya (Guj) 3; Niraj Saripalli (Goa) 3 bt Mohit Nitin Shenvi (Mah) 2; Deepthamsh Reddy (CA of Hyd) 2.5 drew with Raj Narayan Prasad (Bih) 2.5; Ch Madhav (AP) 2 lost to V. Prabhu (TN) 3; Deepak Patil (Mah) 2 lost to M. Ravi Teja (CA of Hyd) 3; T.V. Tirumala (Tnagar Vijayawada) 2 lost to G.V. Sai Krishna (Champions CA) 3; K. Vijayakanth (AP) 3 bt Karon Kotadia (Chatt) 1.5; Challapally Sai Aditya (AP) 1 lost to Osama Salim (TN) 2; K. Harsh (AP) 2 bt Chandrasish Majumder (Alekhine CC) 1.

Girls (third round 3): Sonakshi Rathore (Raj) 2 lost to Chandana Priya Reddy (AP) 3; Shriya Srivastava (UP) 2 lost to A.R. Priya (Tnagar Vijayawada) 3; Prutha Dubhashi (Mah) 2 lost to K. Sai Nirupama (AP) 3; Y. Sai Lakshmi (Champions) 3 bt Mahasweta Kumar (Asm) 2; Srinithi Nagarajan (TN)) 3 bt Shruti Dixit (UP) 2; Sri Sahaja (AP) 2.5 drew with Prachi Sharma (MP) 2.5; K. Vyshali (AP) 3 bt G. Umabharathi (TN) 2; B. Prathushya (CA of Hyd) 2.5 bt Veena Kumar 2; Tamishra Das (WB) 1 lost to Soumya Srivastav (Mah) 2.5; Neha Mudliyar (Mah) 1 lost to Pranati Pai (Kar) 2; Nirupama Panglijan (Man) 2 bt Pushpita Singh (Goa) 1; M. Priadarshini (Kar) 2 bt N. Abarna (Pon) 1; R. Priyadarshini (Aaron CA) 2 bt Priyanka Atre (MP) 1; Shravya N. Kolavara (Mysore CA) 2 bt Jasmine Choudhary (Del) 1; Vaisakhi Pilarntar (Goa) 1 lost to J. Pavitra Rani (Chennai CA) 2; C.K. Abinaya Swathi 1 lost to Preetha K. Ganesh 2.

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