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Cusat Open crown for Laxman

KOCHI, AUG. 30. Top seed R.R. Laxman from Chennai won the 16th Cusat Open all-India FIDE-rated chess tournament at the Cochin University here on Monday. The 21-year-old, who collected 9.5 points from 10 rounds, received Rs 15,000 for his effort. Second seed K. Ratnakaran (8 pts) of Southern Railway finished second.

The FIDE vice-president, P.T. Ummer Koya, gave away the prizes.

The results (final round):

B.S. Shivananda (7.5) lost to R.R. Laxman (9.5), R. Siddarth (7) lost to K. Ratnakaran (8), M.S. Thej Kumar (7.5) drew with S. Arun Prasad (7.5), Varghese Koshy (6.5) lost to M. Vinoth Kumar (7.5), Roktim Bandyopadhyay (7) drew with S. Nasir Ali (7), T.J. Suresh Kumar (6.5) lost to N. Sanjay (7.5), O.T. Anilkumar (6.5) lost to M.B. Muraleedharan (7.5), D.P. Singh (7.5) bt M.A. Joy Lazar (6.5), P. Sreekumar (7) drew with G.N. Gopal (7), K. Alex Thomas (7) drew with Sriram Sarja (7). P. Phoobalan (7.5) bt S. Nitin (6.5), U.C. Mohanan (7) drew with B. Niladri Shekhar (7), V. Saravanan (7) bt Aswin Jayaram (6), S.P. Sethuraman (7) bt Arindam Mukherjee (6), Akshat Khamparia (7) bt N.Santhosh Kumar (6).

Final placings (top 10): R.R. Laxman (TN, 9.5 pts), 2. K. Ratnakaran (S.Rly, 8), 3. N. Sanjay (I.Tax, 7.5), 4. M.S. Thej Kumar (Kar, 7.5), 5. B.S. Shivananda (Kar, 7.5), 6. S. Phoobalan (TN, 7.5). 7. D.P. Singh (Jkd, 7.5), 8. M. Vinoth Kumar (TN, 7.5), 9. S. Arun Prasad (TN, 7.5), 10. M.B. Muraleedharan (Ker, 7.5). — Our Principal Correspondent

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