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Wednesday, Jun 16, 2004

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Siddharth, Sivasankari win

RAJAPALAYAM, JUNE 15. R. Siddharth of Chennai and P. Sivasankari of Thiruvallur were crowned as champions in the boys' and girls' sections respectively in the 15th Tamil Nadu State under-17 chess championship conducted by Virudhunagar District Chess Association at Kamarajar Kalyana Mandapam here on Tuesday.

Uttam Sharma of Thiruvallur, who finished runner-up with 7 points in boys' section and Mahima Rajmohan, who was declared runner-up in girls' section, will represent Tamil Nadu in the ensuing under-17 National Championship at Maharashtra, along with the winners.

The results (ninth round):

Boys: M. Shyam Sundar 6.5 drew with R. Siddharth 7.5; R. Uttam Sharma 7 drew with D. Krishna 6; M.M. Anandh Raj 6 drew with V. Hari Balu 6.5; C.V. Raghuram Balaji 5 lost to M. Nirmal Chandran 6; N. Surendran 5.5 bt R.K. Ranjith 5; P.S. Ramakrishnan 4.5 lost to B. Adhiban 5.5; G. Ashwin 4 lost to Vikash Raja Samuel 5.5; S. Palaniyappan 4 lost to Muthu Alagappan 5; V. Karthik 4 lost to S. Arvind 5; M. Porkko 5 bt R.B. Harshavardhan 4; S.Mathivanan 3.5 lost to S.Darwin 4.5; V.Arvind Kumar 4 drew with S. Ajay 4; K.R. Sathya Narayanan 3.5 lost to C. Anantharam 4.5; G. Vignesh Kumar 3 lost to M. Janarthan Raj 4; P.V. Sivaraman 3 lost to K. Uma Sudhan 3; A.V. Don Mohana Sundaram 3.5 bt Jai Ganesh 2; M. Prabu 2 lost to Karthikeyan 2.5.

Girls: P. Sivasankari 7.5 drew with J. Saranya 5.5; Jenitha Anto 6 lost to Mahima Rajmohan 7.5; P.K. Jeyashree 6.5 drew with R. Sharanya 5; R. Preethi 6.5 bt R. Varsha 4.5; Anjanaa N. Sowjanyaa 5 drew with P. Uthra 4.5; D. Swathi Sandhiya 4 lost to L. Ishwarya Shobana 5; L. Sudharshana 4 lost to R. Visalatchi 5; M. Vallikannu 2 lost to N. Janani Priya 5; Ashwini 4.5 bt R. Varunya 1; Karthikeyini 4 bt Bavithra 2; S. Gayathri 5 (bye). — Our Correspondent

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