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Wednesday, May 25, 2005

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Thirtythree players share lead

RAJAPALAYAM: Thirtythree players are leading with two points each at the end of the second round of the Chennai Jaya Group of Colleges 53rd Tamil Nadu State FIDE-rated chess championship here on Tuesday.

Talented youngsters N. Srinath and R.A. Pradeep of Chennai and M. Muthu Alagappan of Tiruvallur came to the forefront as they held or beat fancied players.

Important results (second round): S. Jeyaprakash (TNEB) 1 lost to J. Deepan Chakravarthy (Mdu) 2; V. Saravanan (Che) 2 bt H. Sowmya (Erode) 1; K. Priyadharshan (Madu) 1 lost to K. Gunasekaran (Tiru) 2; N. Srinath (Che) 1.5 drew with Syed Anwar Shazuli (Kanc) 1.5; Sharma R. Preetham (S. Rly) 2 bt C.R. Arun Hariharan (SPF) 1; R.A. Pradeep Kumar (Che) 1.5 drew with B.T. Murali Krishnan (S. Rly) 1.5; C.V. Raguram Balaji (Chro) 1 lost to S. Mari Arul (S.Rly) 2; N. Surendran (Tiru) 1 lost to T. Abhay (TSCA) 2; P. Phoobalan (Cbe) 1 lost to C. Delphin (Kiru) 2; P.K. Jayashree (Slm) 1 lost to V. Haribalu (Che) 2; S. Manikandaswamy (Vell) 2 bt P. Dharmaraj (Tuti) 1; Praveen Kumar (Madu) 2 bt A. Suresh Kumar (Che) 1; M. Muthu Alagappan (Tiru) 2 bt S.P. Sethuraman (Che) 1; M. Vinoth Kumar (CAPA) 2 bt S. Gayathri (Raja) 1; S. Ramesh (Cbe) 2 bt Aswin Jayaram (Che) 1; P. Maheswaran (Vnr)2 bt R. Ramnath Bhuvanesh (Che) 1; R.Muralidharan (Cud) 1.5 drew with A. Shankar (S. Rly) 1.5; R. Balasubramanian (Sga) 1.5 drew with K.V. Shantharam (Ban) 1.5; R. Pounraj (Cbe) 2 bt N. Aravind Subramanian (SSRE) 1; S.S. Santhosh Bala (SSRE) 1 lost to T.R. Shanmuganathan (Mdu) 2; R. Muthu Kumaran (Che) 2 bt Mahima Rajmohan (Kiru) 1; S. Sathyanarayan (Sga) 2 bt Dhanasekaran Suresh (Mdu) 1.

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