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Khumukcham clinches title

Khumukcham Singh (left) and J. Mohana Priya, the title winners in the National under-9 chess championship.

KOZHIKODE DEC. 30. Khumukcham Singh of Manipur won the 17th National under-9 boys' chess championship at the Chess India Complex here on Tuesday. He beat L. Sreeharsha of Andhra in the ninth and final round and took his tally to eight points.

Samrat Ghorai of Bengal finished runner-up with 7.5 points, following his win against Sravan Kumar Dasika of Andhra.

The second place in the girls' event went to S. Gayathri of Tamil Nadu, who defeated Priyanka Kumari of Jharkand. She finished with 7.5 points, half-a-point behind her teammate J. Mohana Priya, who had won the title with a round to spare on Monday. Mohana drew her game today with Rucha Pujari of Maharashtra.

Important results (ninth and final round):

Boys: Khumukcham Singh (Man) 8 bt L. Sreeharsha (AP) 7; Prsanna Rao (Mah) 6 lost to S. Darwin (TN) 7; Y.V.K. Chakravarthy 7 bt M. Vijairam (TN) 6; N. Srinath (TN) 6.5 bt Reshmanth Kolli (AP) 5.5; L. Venkat Mahindra (AP) 5.5 lost to M. Ravi Teja (AP) 6.5; P. Rathees (TN) 5.5 lost to M. Deepthamesh Reddy (AP) 6; Niraj Saripalli (Goa) 6 bt Ajay Srikanth (TN) 5; S. Shashank (TN) 6 bt Poulasta Kar (Ben) 5; M. Vasantha Rupa Varman (TN) 5 lost to Mehar Chinna Reddy (AP) 6.

Standings: 1. Khumkchum 8; 2. Samrat 7.5; 3-10. Sumit, Sreeharsha, Viani, Murali, Kedar, Chakravarthy, Vishwanath, and Darwin 7; 11-15. Srinath, Grover, Sravan, Ankit and Ravi 6.5.

Girls: J. Mohana Priya (TN) 8 drew with Rucha Pujari (Mah) 7; S. Gayathri (TN) 7.5 bt Priyanka Kumari (Jha) 6.5; Pranali Patil (Mah) 7 bt J. Saranya (TN) 6; K. Sai Nirupama (AP) 6.5 bt A. Asha Meera (TN) 5.5; J. Ramyasri (AP) 6.5 bt R. Varshini (NT) 5.5; J. Vaishnavi (TN) 5.5 lost to Mohana Sengupta (Ben) 6.5; V. Aishwarya (TN) 5.5 bt Priyanka Somani (Mah) 4.5; G. Sirisha (TN) 5 drew with R. Geethika (AP) 5; R. Krishna Ronica (TN) 5 drew with Nandini Saripalli (Goa) 5; V. Malvigha (TN) 5 drew with B. Taraswinee (Pon) 5; Pranathi Pai (Kar) 4 lost to Vishraja Shrivastava (Mah) 5.5.

Standings: 1. Mohana Priya 8; 2. Gayathri 7.5; 3-5. Veena, Rucha and Prnali 7; 6-12. Priyanka (Jha), Mohana Sengupta, Padmini, Tejaswini, Chandana, Ramyasri and Sai Nirupama 6.5; 13-17. Saranya, Teenu, Shaati, Srividya and Vyshali 6. — Our Sports Reporter

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