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Siddaiah emerges sole leader

BANGALORE, FEB. 28 . N. Siddaiah of Andhra Pradesh emerged as the sole leader, with seven points from as many rounds in the South Zone chess championship for the blind at the State Youth Centre here on Saturday.

On the top board, Siddaiah notched up an easy win over K. Muthu Raman of Tamil Nadu.

With two more rounds to go, the event is poised for a keen finish. The championship ends on Sunday.

The results (seventh round): N. Siddaiah (AP 7) bt K. Muthu Ranman (TN 5); P. Kalishekar (AP 6) bt B. Thyagarajan (TN 5); G. Rama Gangadhar Reddy (Kar 6) lost to A.M. Mallikarjun (Kar 6); K. Rajan (Kar 5) lost to B. Mahesh (AP 6); (AP 4.5) lost to Thomas Michael (Ker 6); Balaraman (Ker 5.5) bt S. Abdul Samad (Ker 4); V. Thyagrajan (TN 5) bt M. Indu Naidu (AP 4); Prabhu Swamy (Kar 4.5) drew with B. Prabhakar (AP 4.5); B.S. Surya Narayana (AP 5) bt Lakshmi Narayana (AP 4); G. Ramakrishna (Kar 4.5) drew with Hampanna (AP 4).

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