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Wednesday, Jul 27, 2005

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Srinath, Sahaj sole leaders

NEW DELHI: Continuing with his irrepressible form, N. Srinath defeated S. P. Sethuraman and opened up a one-point lead in the boys' under-12 category as Indians remained in hot pursuit of medals in most sections after eight rounds of the World Youth chess championship at Belfort, France, on Monday. Srinath's victory raised his tally to 7.5 points.

With fellow-Indians V.A.V. Rajesh (6.5), Parimarjan Negi and Sethuraman (6) following closely, Srinath can hope to have familiar company in the medal-bracket. With three rounds to go, Sahaj Grover stayed ahead in the boys' under-10 section by a point. After winning the first seven rounds, Sahaj settled for a draw.

The results (eighth round, involving Indians): Boys (under-10): Sahaj Grover (7.5) drew with Daniel Naroditsky (6); Tomas Laurusas (6) bt Shiven Khosla (5); K. Harsh (4) lost to Mukhil Ismailov (5); Roman Baros-Robles (5) bt Vasanta Varman (4); Jairo Hernandez (4) drew with Rishi Thariani (4); Robert White (2) lost to Sudharshan Surya (3); Suboth Shirodkar (1.5) bye.

Under-12: N. Srinath (7.5) bt S. P. Sethuraman (6); V.A.V. Rajesh (6.5) bt Angel Arriabas Lopez (5.5); Parimarjan Negi (6) bt K. Shahin (5); Prasanna Rao (5) bt Arthur Pijpose (4); Abdulla Al Malzougi (2.5) lost to Hari Hara Sudan (3.5).

Under-14: Sebastian Feller (5.5) lost to Y. Sandeep (6.5); A. Utegalieva (5) drew with Nikhil Shyam (5); Ogulcan Kanmazalp (5) bt Sankalp Modwal (4); (under-16): G. Rohit (6.5) bt Michal Olszewshi (5.5); Thibaut Maenhout (4.5) lost to D. Sai Srinivas (5.5); Rafael Teixeira (3.5) lost to K. Vijay Keerthi (4.5).

Under-18: Deep Sengupta (5.5) drew with Mark Bluvshtein (5.5); Deepan Chakkravarthy (5) drew with Stanislav Cifka (5).

Girls under-10: K. Sai Nirupama (6.5) bt Chen Yuxuan (5.5). Under-12: P. Lakshmi Sahiti (6.5) bt Vo Thi Kim Phung (5.5); Rucha Pujari (5.5) bt Gharel Hakimifard (4.5); G. Srisha (4.5) bt Trlin Narva (3.5).

Under-14: I. Ramya Krishna (6) bt Klaudia Kulon (5); Pon. N. Krithika (5.5) drew with Ana Isabel Guadamura (5.5).

Under-16: Anna Muzychuk (7.5) bt Saheli Nath (6); D. Harika (5.5) lost to Maria Ignacz (6.5); Yangav Batzaya (5) drew with Mary Ann Gomes (5).

Under-18: Valerie Maupin (3.5) lost to N. Vinuthna (4.5); Soumya Swaminathan (4.5) bt Amaia Iza Abete (3.5).

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