The Hindu : ICF, S. Railway in the lead

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Wednesday, Feb 25, 2004

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ICF, S. Railway in the lead

By Manuel Aaron

CHENNAI, FEB. 24. Integral Coach Factory (ICF) and Southern Railway are in the lead after the fourth round of the 14th Tamil Nadu State Team Chess Championship organised by Saranya

Chess Centre at the Nehru Stadium on Tuesday evening. The fourth round is the halfway stage of the championship as only three more rounds remain.

Two rounds were held on Tuesday. The morning round was most sensational as International Master N. Sudhakar Babu lost to K.N. Ranga of Kanchi district.

Another game that had the spectators spellbound in the morning was International Master Manuel Aaron's near defeat at the hands of Coimbatore's K. Dhanasekar.

In the black side of a Sicilian defence Aaron playing for Thoothukudi district, got his queen trapped on the queen-side.

But Aaron gave up a knight for just a pawn to extricate his position temporarily.

Dhanasekar should have won easily in a variety of ways but black thrived on white's time trouble and performed a Houdini act to eventually win.

The last three rounds would be played every morning from 9:30 A.M.

Standings after fourth round: 1-2. ICF, Southern Railway (12.5 each); 3. Indian Bank (11.5); 4. Chennai Seniors (11); 5-7. Mount Academy, Kanchi and Salem (10 each); 6. Chennai Juniors (9.5); 7-8. Bloom Academy and Thoothukudi (9); 9-10. Madurai and Coimbatore (8.5); 11-13. Income Tax, Jamalia Academy `C' and Kiruba Academy (8); 14. Chettinad `A' (7); 15-16. Chennai Kids and Sivagangai (6.5).

The results (fourth round):

ICF 12.5 drew 2-2 with Indian Bank 11.5, Kanchi 10 lost 1-3 to Southern Railway 12.5, Salem 10 drew 2-2 with Mount Chess Academy 10, Chennai Dist. Senior 11 bt 3.5-0.5 Income Tax Department 8, Bloom Chess Academy 9 lost 1.5-2.5 to Chennai Dist. Junior 9.5, Thoothukudi 9 drew 2-2 with Kiruba Chess Academy 8, Sivagangai 6.5 lost 1-3 to Coimbatore 8.5, Chennai Kids 6.5 lost 1-3 to Madurai 8.5, Jamalia Chess Academy `C' 8 bt 3-1 Capa Chess Academy 5.5, Jamalia Chess Academy `A' 5 lost 1-3 to Chettinad `A' 7, Jamalia Chess Academy `B' 3.5 lost 0.5-3.5 to Thiruvallur 6, Chettinad `B' 2.5 lost 1.5-2.5 Aaron Chess Academy 3.5.

Third round:

Southern Railway lost 1.5-2.5 to ICF, Indian Bank drew 2-2 with Kanchi, Mount Chess Academy drew 2-2 with Chennai Seniors, Kiruba Chess Academy lost 0.5-3.5 to Salem, Coimbatore lost 1.5-2.5 to Thoothukudi, Capa Chess Academy lost 0.5-3.5 to Bloom Chess Academy, Chennai Juniors bt 3-1 Jamalia Chess Academy `C', Income Tax Depart bt 4-0 Chettinad `A', Sivagangai bt 3-1 Jamalia Chess Academy `A', Thiruvallur lost 1-3 to Madurai, Aaron Chess Academy lost 0-4 to Chennai Dist Kids, Chettinad `B' lost 1-3 to Jamalia Chess Academy `B'.

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