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Laxman claims title

Chennai Nov. 26. R.R. Laxman of Tamil Nadu drew the final round against M.B. Muralidharan (Kerala) to win the Kanchi District FIDE-rated chess tournament that concluded at the Guru Nanak College, here, on Tuesday. Laxman clinched the title on a better progressive score after tying with R. Balasubramanian (ICF) and Muralidharan, who all had 7.5 points each.

Dakshinamurthy, Retd. Railways employee, and N. Karuppaiah, vice president, Tamil Nadu Chess Association, gave away the prizes.

Final standings: 1 to 3: Laxman (7.5, progressive score 40.5), Muralidharan (7.5, 39.5), Balasubramanian (7.5, 37.5); 4-8: Anil Kumar, Girinath, Dinesh Kumar, Sethuraman, Venkatakrishnan (7 points each); 9-14: Venkataramana, Vinoth Kumar, Sankar, Saravanakumar, Venprakash, Shyam Sundar, (6.5 points); 15-25: Sandeep, Premnath, Gopalakrishnan, Kavitha, Venkatsundaram, Saravanakrishnan, Noohu, Devendra Kumar, Krithika, Senthil Kumar, Gopikrishna, Viswanath Sandilya, Santhanam, Nishanth, Narayanan, Prasad, Eugene, Chetanmithra, Adhiban (6 points).

The results (final round):

Muralidharan (7.5) drew with Laxman (7.5); Balasubramaniam (7.5) bt Vinoth Kumar (6.5); P.D.S. Girinath (6.5) drew with Anil Kumar (6.5); Sankar (6) drew with Saravanakumar (6); Dinesh Kumar (7) bt Krithika (6); Venkatakrishnan (7) bt Kavitha (6); Saravanakrishnan (6) lost to Sethuraman (7); Venprakash (6.5) bt Shantharam (5.5); Linda Rangarajan (5.5) lost to J. Venkatramana (6.5); Gopalakrishnan (5.5) drew with Sandeep (5.5); Devendra Kumar (5.5) drew with Premnath (5.5); Shyam Sundar (6.5) bt Ranga (5); Intikabalam (5) w\o Eugene (6); Noohu (6) bt Harini (5); Venkatsundaram (6) bt Lakshmi Narayanan (5); Senthil Kumar 6) bt Sridhar (5); Gopikrishna (6) bt Sanjay Kumar (5); Chetan Mithra (6) bt Surendran (5); Adhiban (5) bt Sugumar (6); Vijay Bhaskar (5) lost to Narayan (6).

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