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Sangma, Mary Ann Gomes take honours

By Our Sports Reporter

KOZHIKODE, MAY 29. Rahul Sangma, Mary Ann Gomes, K. Vijay Keerthi, H. Sowmya, S. Nitin and K.E.R. Ranjitha emerged the winners in the under-16, under-14 and under-12 sections respectively in the National children's rapid chess championship at the Chess India Complex here on Saturday.

Important results (seventh round):

Boys under-16: G.N. Gopal (Ker) 5.5 bt T. Purushothaman (AP) 5.5; Rahul Sangma (Ben) 6 bt P. Praven Prasad (AP) 4.5; S. Arun Prasad (TN) 5 drew with K. Prasanna (TN) 5; K. Nikhilesh Kumar (AP) 4.5 bt C.V. Raghuram Balaji (TN) 4; Akshat Kamparia (MP) 4 drew with P. Saravana Krishnan (NT) 4.

Boys under-14: M. Suraj (Kar) 5.5 drew with K. Vijaya Keerthi (Kar) 6; K.S. Srikar (AP) 5.5 drew with Aswin Jayaram (TN) 5.5; Debaditta Sinha Biswas (Ben) 5.5 bt Sankalp Modwal (Del) 4.5; K. Narayanan (TN) 4.5 lost to M.R.L. Babu (AP) 5; C.R.G. Krishna (AP) 5 bt P. Karthikeyan (TN) 4. Boys under-12: S.P. Sethurman (TN) 6 bt Parimarjan Negi (Del) 5; S. Nitin (TN) 6 bt B. Adhiban (TN) 5; N. Srinath (TN) 5.5 bt K. Priyadarshan (TN) 4.5; G. Madhukiran (AP) 4.5 lost to P.A. Mohammad Fawaz (Ker) 5; Tejas Chandra (AP) 4.5 drew with P.P. Prachura (AP) 4.5.

Girls under-16: Meenu Rajendran (Ker) 4 drew with Mary Ann Gomes (Ben) 5.5; N. Raghavi (TN) 4.5 lost to J. Rajasurya (TN) 5.5; P. Sivasankari (TN) 5 bt G. Apurva (TN) 4.5; Kiran Monisha Mohanty (Ori) 4.5 bt Gayathri Balu (Ker) 3.5; K. Nayana (AP) 3.5 lost to M. Rajadarshini (TN) 4.5.

Girls under-14: Gomathy (TN) 4 drew with H. Sowmya (TN) 6; R. Preethi (TN) 5 drew with Anjana N. Sowjanya (TN) 5.5; S. Harini (TN) 5 bt K. Manasa (Kar) 4; Sruthi Ratnakar (Mah) 4.5 bt Saba Mhate (Mah) 3.5; Dhyani Dave (Guj) 4.5 bt M. Karthika (Ker) 3.5.

Girls under-12: G. Madanashri (AP) 5.5 lost to Y. Niharika (AP) 6; K.E.R. Ranjitha (TN) 6 bt Devangi Patankar (Mah) 4.5; Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) 4.5 lost to Pon. N. Krithika (TN) 5.5; Padmini Rout (Ori) 4.5 lost to C.P. Athira (Ker) 5.

The placings:

Boys: Under-16: 1. Sangma 6, 2-3. Purushothaman and Gopal 5.5, 4-5. Arun and Prasanna 5. Under-14: 1. Vijay 6, 2-5. Srikar, Aswin, Biswas and Suraj 5.5. Under-12: 1-2. Nitin and Sethuraman 6, 3. Srinath 5.5, 4-6. Abhiban, Negi and Fawaz 5.

Girls: Under-16: 1-2. Mary and Rajasurya 5.5, 3. Sivasankari 5, 4-7. Raghavi, Rajadarshini, Kiran and Apurva 4.5. Under-14: 1. Sowmya 6, 2. Anjana 5.5, 3-4. Harini and Preethi 5, 5-8. K. Sruthi, Sirisha, Dhyani and Sruthi Ratnakar 4.5. Under-12: 1-2. Ranjitha and Niharika 6, 3-4. Madanashri and Krithika 5.5, 5-8. Athira, Chaitanya, Priyanka Kumari and Pavithra Jagtap 5.

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