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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

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Duggal wins title

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: Karun Duggal benefited from a blunder by Sandeep Singh in the ninth and final round and went on to claim the Delhi State rapid chess title at the Bapu Samaj Sewa Kendra. Duggal, tied at 7.5 points with Gagan Chitkara, was adjudged champion thanks to his superior progressive score.

The results:

Rapid (Ninth round): Karun Duggal (7.5) bt Sandeep Singh (6.5); Khakhai Zou (6.5) lost to Gagan Chitkara (7.5); Sandeep Chitkara (7) bt Sankalp Modwal (6.5); Saket (6.5) drew with Avinash Sharma (6.5); Manoj Sharma (6.5) drew with Navneet Sharma (6.5); Prince Bajaj (7) bt Abhinav Gola (6); Akram Baig (6) lost to Harish Sharma (6.5).

Boys (Fourth round): Under-13: Aman Jakhar (3) lost to Rishi Thariani (4); Prince Bajaj (4) bt Jhujhar Singh (3); Rishabh Jain (3) lost to Vaibhav Suri (4); Nirvaan (2.5) lost to Ram Gupta (3.5); Arjun (2.5) lost to Akshat Aggarwal (3.5). Under-15: Sankalp Modwal (4) bt Prince Bajaj (3); Hemant Sharma (3.5) drew with Sandeep Singh (3.5); Hitesh Marwah (3) lost to Navneet Sharma (4); Hemant Tewatia (3) lost to Rishi Thariani (4). Under-17: Navneet Sharma (3) lost to Sankalp Modwal (4); Hemant Sharma (3.5) drew with Rishi Thariani (3.5); Jhujhar Singh (2) lost to V. Sandheep (3); Prince Bajaj (2) lost to Sahil Arora (3); Akshat Aggarwal (3) bt Shikhar Dhall (2).

Girls (Fourth round): Under-13: M. Sravya (3) lost to Preetika Tayal (4); R. Mathura Priya (3.5) bt Mahima Gupta (2); R. Mathura Vani (3) bt Upasana Mahajan (2). Under-15: Preetika Tayal (4) bt M. Sravya (3); Bhavya Khattar (2.5) drew with Pallavi Dutta (2.5); R. Mathura Priya (3) bt Ashi Gupta (2); Purnima Jakhar (3) bt Arunima Dutta (2). Under-17: Pallavi Dutta (2.5) lost to Dhara Gupta (3.5); Preetika Tayal (3.5) bt Himani Gupta (2); Ashi Gupta (1.5) lost to M. Sravya (2.5); Upasana Mahajan (1) lost to Kanika Saxena (2); Bhavya Khattar (1.5) bt Purnima Jakhar (0).