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Nitin shocks Anilkumar

KOCHI, AUG. 27. Eleven-year-old S. Nitin, the National under-12 rapid champion from Salem, jolted defending champion O.T. Anilkumar (Kerala) in the sixth round of the Cusat Open all-India FIDE-rated chess tournament at the Cochin University here on Friday.

The results (seventh round): R.R. Laxman (TN, 6.5) bt N. Sanjay (Income Tax, 6), K. Ratnakaran (S.Rly, 6) bt D.P. Singh (Jkd, 5), Ravikumar (TN, 5.5) drew with Roktim Bandyopadhyay (WB, 5.5), B.S. Shivananda (6) bt Arindam Mukherjee (5), Aswin Jayaram (TN, 5) lost to M.S. Thej Kumar (Kar, 6), S. Nitin (TN, 5.5) drew with P. Sreekumar (Ker, 5), S. Arun Prasad (TN, 5.5) bt T.R. Shanmuganathan (TN, 4.5), G.N. Gopal (Ker, 5) drew with R. Ganesh Bhat (Ker, 5), T.J. Suresh Kumar (ICF, 5.5) bt Rathod Gopal Ashok (0), M. Vinoth Kumar (TN, 5.5) bt B. Adhiban (4.5), Sriram Sarja (Kar, 5) drew with Akshat Khamparia (MP, 5), P.V.V. Sheshu (4.5) drew with R. Preetham Sharma (4.5), R. Utham Sharma (4) lost to M.B. Muraleedharan (Ker, 5), U.C. Mohanan (Ker, 5) bt K.R. Madhusoodanan (Ker, 4), Hitesh Singh Jariya (4) lost to O.T. Anilkumar (Ker, 5).

Sixth round: N. Sanjay bt K. Ratnakaran, R.R. Laxman bt P. Phoobalan, Roktim Bandyopadhyay bt R. Siddarth, Varghese Koshy drew with Sriram Sarja, R. Preetham Sharma lost to Ravikumar, M.B. Muraleedharan lost to Aswin Jayaram, K. Haridas lost to B.S. Shivananda, M.S. Thej Kumar lost to Naveen Hegde, D.P. Singh bt D. Prabakaran, Akshat Khamparia drew with G.N. Gopal, Arindam Mukherjee bt Avinash Sethi, O.T. Anilkumar lost to S. Nitin, Mandar V. Tahmankar drew with T.J. Suresh Kumar, P. Sreekumar drew with T.S. Pradeep, V. Saravanan drew with P.V.V. Sheshu. — Our Principal Correspondent

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