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Muthu, Krithika win titles

Tiruchengode: Muthu Alagappan (Thiruvallur) and Pon. N. Krithika (Kancheepuram) clinched the boys’ and girls’ titles respectively in the Tamil Nadu State under-17 chess championship, organised by the Namakkal District Chess Foundation, at the SKV MHSS here on Thursday.

The final round turned out to be exciting with Muthu surviving some anxious moments before signing peace treaty with S. Vigneshwaran. The drawn encounter saw Muthu and Ajay Srikanth (Chennai) finish the day’s engagements with 7.5 points apiece. But the former, thanks to a better progressive score, outwitted the latter for the title.

Important results (final round): Boys: M. Muthu Alagappan (Tlr) 7.5 drew with S. Vigneshwaran (Nam) 7; J.B. Vigneshwara (Slm) 6 lost to Ajay Srikanth (Chn) 7.5; N. Lokesh (Kgi) 6 lost to R.A. Pradeep Kumar (Chn) 7; P. Lokesh (Chn) 6.5 drew with P. Ramalingam Karthik (Slm) 6.5; J. Arun (Chn) 7 bt G. Jaswant (Chn) 5.5; V.S. Sakthivel Pandian (Vnr) 5.5 lost to N. Surendran (TlR) 6.5; J. Mohana Priya (Kan) 5.5 drew with B. Sekar (Bca) 6; S. Anandraj (Tlr) 5.5 drew with P. Krishnakumar (Ero) 5.5; R. Ganesh (Cbe) 5 lost to J. Bavan (TlR) 6; N.R. Abhinav (Chn) 6 bt Saravan Ganesh Pandian (Vnr) 5; K. Suresh (Trr) 6 bt S. Jitendriavel (Chn) 5; T. Atthicharan (Ero) 5 lost to Uma Maheswaran (Mdu) 6; V. Radhakrishnan (Kan) 4.5 lost to P. Ganesh (Chn) 5.5; S. Boopeash (Ero) 5.5 bt George Michael Samson (Cud) 4.5; S.R. Rajasekar (Vel) 4.5 lost to K.K. Gowtham (Ero) 5.5; R.M. Subramaniam (Mdu) 4.5 lost to P. Vasanth (Nam) 5.5; M. Aravind Kumar (Vel) 5 drew with S. Shiva Gunal (Tnj) 5; V. Karthick (Mdu) 4.5 drew with Dipankar (Vel) 4.5; P. Naren (Chn) 4 lost to K.S. Kamal (Try) 5; S.A. Amalan (Trr) 4 lost to T. Srichand (Cud) 5; R. Suganthan (Vel) 4.5 drew with R. Anand (Vel) 4.5; M. Bhuvaneswaran (Nam) 4.5 drew with A. Vibushan (Kan) 4.5; K. Rajesh (Trr) 4 lost to R.S. Einthiresh (Ero) 5; V. Gauthaam (Mdu) 5 bt S. Praveen Kumar (Ero) 4.

Girls: Pon. N. Krithika (Kan) 8 drew with P. Uthra (Tlr) 6; S.V. Sathya Priya (Slm) 5.5 lost to C.H. Savetha 7; R. Visalatchi (Vnr) 5.5 lost to J. Saranya (Tlr) 7; M. Poojakanth (Nlc) 5.5 lost to Sithalatchumi Arunachalam (Mdu) 6.5; R. Bharathi (Chn) 6 bt P. Priya Sandiya (Kan) 5; J.G. Nivedhitha (Bca) 5 lost to R. Abirami (Chn) 6; P.V. Nandhithaa (Nam) 6 bt P. Sujitha (Cbe) 4.5; G. Amirthavalli (Chn) 4.5 lost to R. Bhuvaneswari (Try) 5.5; S. Anushya (Nlc) 5.5 bt G. Uma Bharathi (Chn) 4; A. Akshaya (Tlr) 5 bt R. Karthikeyini (Mdu) 4; P. Varshini (Ero) 4 lost to R. Nanduja (Vnr) 5; N. Akshaya (Cbe) 5 bt Swetha (Nam) 4; B. Jeyassri (Chn) 5 bt S. Aarthi (Vel)) 4; R.S. Soundarya (Kar) 4 lost to Srinidhi Sridharan (Trr) 5; M. Vallikannu (Vnr) 4 drew with N.K. Bavithra Midhuna (Tnv) 4; J. Kiruthiga Janani (Nam) 4 bt R. Bala Bagavthi (Tnv) 3; P. Roshini (Kan) 4 bt Manimozhi (Nam) 3; S. Sowmiya (Try) 3 lost to Priyadharshini (Nam) 4; R.S. Harini (Vel) 2 lost to S. Revathi (Kar) 4; J. Pooja (Kan) 1 lost to S. Monica Baarathi (Ero) 3; Sri Rathi (Kar) 1 lost to B. Sudharshini (Kar) 3.

Final standings: Boys: 1. M. Muthu (Tlr) 7.5; 2. Ajay (Chn) 7.5; 3. R.A. Pradeep (Chn) 7; 4. S. Vigneshwaran (Nam) 7; 5. J. Arun (Chn) 7; 6. P. Lokesh (Chn) 6.5; 7. N. Surendran (TlR) 6.5; 8. P. Ramalingam (Slm) 6.5; 9. B. Sekar (Bca) 6; 10. J.B. Vigneshwara (Slm) 6.

Girls: 1. Pon. N. Krithika (Kan) 8; 2. J. Saranya (Tlr) 7; 3. C.H. Savetha (Chn) 7; 4. Sithalatchumi (Mdu) 6.5; 5. P. Uthra (Tlr) 6; 6. R. Bharathi (Chn) 6; 7. P.V. Nandhithaa (Nam) 6; 8. R. Abirami (Chn) 6; 9. R. Visalatchi (Vnr) 5.5; 10. S.V. Sathya Priya (Slm) 5.5.

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