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Karthikeyan beats Ven Prakash

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SIVAKASI: P. Karthikeyan of Chennai, who was held to a draw by T.U. Navin Kanna in the eighth round, beat K.V. Ven Prakash in the ninth round and continues to be the sole leader with 8 points in the boys' section of the T.P. Textiles Tamil Nadu State junior (under-19) chess championship here on Friday. M. Shyam Sundar of Chennai, who beat defending champion P. Maheswaran, is in second spot with 7 points.

In the girls' section, P. Sivasankari of Tiruvallur despite being beaten by Nabeela Farheen of Chennai in the ninth round continues to be the sole leader with seven points. R. Preethi and S. Athirai are closely following the leader with 6.5 points.

The results (ninth round): Boys: K.V. Ven Prakash (5) lost to P. Karthikeyan (8); M. Shyam Sundar (7) bt P. Maheswaran (6); T.U. Navin Kanna (6) drew with M.M. Anandhraj (5.5); S. Venkat Sundaram (6.5) bt J. Mathur Sathya (5); K. Priya Dharshan (5) lost to R.A. Pradeep Kumar (6); R. Uttam Sharma (5) drew with M. Dustagir Ibrahim (5.5); C.R. Arun Hariharan (4.5) lost to V. Hari Balu (5.5); R.K. Ranjith (5.5) bt S.A. Kannan (4.5); S.S. Manigandan (4) lost to N. Surendran (5.5); A.D. Jaya Anantharam (4.5) drew with S. Darwin (4.5); S. Narendra Kumar (5) bt A. Nagarjuna (4); A. Naga Karthik (3.5) lost to S. Ajay Srikanth (4.5); A. Ketharnath (3.5) lost to M.G. Giri Selvam (4.5); N.R. Sai Manivannan (4) bt R Vasudev (3.5); P. Venkat Raghavan (4.5) bt S. Prasanna Ganesh (3); M. Prabu (2.5) bt T.R.S. Vithun (1); S. Ajay (2) lost to J. Harish (3); B. Neethi Rajan (3) bye.

Girls: Nabeela Farheen (6) bt P. Sivasankari (7); S. Athirai (6.5) bt S. Harini (6); R. Preethi (6.5) drew with R.K. Shruki (5.5); P. Akshathaa (6) drew with K. Jennitha Anto (5.5); P.K. Jayashree (5) drew with A. Sitalatchumi (5); P. Uthra (4.5) lost to Mahima Rajmohan (5.5); C.S. Nandhini Devi (5) bt S. Gayathiri (4); V.C. Harshinee (4) lost to Lalitha Raghavender (5); S. Ashwini (5) bt M. Aruthi (4); R. Sneha (4) bt R. Visalatchi (4); Ishrath Amina Taj (4.5) bt A. Poonkuzhali (3); G. Susmitha (1) lost to A. Sowmia (4); R. Karthikeyini (3) bt M. Valli Kannu (2.5); R. Nandhuja (3.5) bt Suseela (1).

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