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Praveen, Vijay share lead

TIRUPUR: The top-seeded C. Praveen Kumar of Chennai and Vijay Keerthi of Karnataka were the joint leaders after the eighth round of the first KPK international FIDE-rated open chess tournament here on Friday.

Important results (eighth round): T.U. Navin Kanna (TN) 6.5 drew with K. Vijay Keerthi (Kar) 7; R.K. Shiva Murugan (TN) 6 lost to C. Praveen Kumar (TN) 7; Linda Rangarajan (Pud) 6.5 drew with Lakshmi Narayanan (TN) 6.5; S. Boopeash (TN) 6.5 drew with P. Lokesh (TN) 6.5; Malla Nooka Raju (AP) 6 lost to P. Phoobalan (TN) 6.5.

N. Vigneshwaran (TN) 6 drew with Muthu Alagappan (TN) 6; Akash Pc Iyer (TN) 6.5 bt D. Ashraf Subhani (AP) 5.5; S. Ganesh Babu (TN) 6 bt Nandhidhaa (TN) 5.5; S.N. Anand Swarup (Kar) 5 lost to M. Kunal (TN) 6; T. Atthicharan (TN) 5.5 drew with N. Surendran (TN) 5.5; C.B. Surya Bangaru Raju (AP) 5 lost to N. Lokesh (TN) 6; K. Chakravarti (TN) 6 bt Roshan Rangarajan (Mah) 5; Ramalingam Karthik (TN) 6 bt P. Dhandapani (TN) 5; M.J. Noohu (TN) 5 lost to S. Ramesh Kumar (AP) 6; B. Ahmed Anees (AP) 5 lost to Jitendria Vels (TN) 6.

Gopal Shah (Guj) 5.5 drew with P. Sivakumar (Pud) 5.5; S. Vigneshwaran (TN) 6 bt K. Ravi Kumar (TN) 5; V. Sanjeev (TN) 5 lost to J. Karthikeyan (TN) 6; V. Vignesh (TN) 5 lost to R. Visalatchi (TN) 6; J. Arun (TN) 5.5 bt M. Bharat (TN) 4.5.

Kaushik in sole lead

S. Kaushik of Chennai, with eight points, took the sole lead after the ninth round in the Tamil Nadu State under-13 chess championship for boys and girls at the Hindusthan College of Arts and Science premises in Coimbatore on Friday.

Important results (ninth round): Boys: Vasantha Ruba Varman (Chn) 7 lost to S. Kaushik (Chn) 8; G. Akash (Chn) 7.5 bt Mugil Jayavel (Chn) 6.5; S.K. Somasundaram (Slm) 6.5 drew with R. Ganesh (Cbe) 6.5; J. Eshwanth Dev Kumar (Kki) 6.5 drew with L. Barath (Tvlr) 6.5; S. Prasanna (Kan) 7 bt Osama Salim (Chn); T.K.S Arjun (Try) 6 lost to J. Nishvin (Kki) 7; V.S. Sakthivel Pandian (Vnr) 6.5 drew with R.S. Eithiresh (Erd) 6.5; S.B. Hari Pragadish (Cbe) 5.5 lost to Aravindh Chithambaram (Mdu) 7; K.G. Chaithanyaa (Bloom) 6 drew with N. Aadityan (Chn) 6; M. Jayesh (Chn) drew with K. Anushman (Kan) 6; Pranav Vijay (Shakthi) 5.5 drew with M. Siddarth (Chn) 5.5; K.R. Akash Srivaths (Chn) 6 bt R. Adethya (Kan) 5; R.V. Adith (Cbe) 5.5 drew with K. Suresh (Trr) 5.5; S. Kumar (Chn) 6 won by forfeit T. Aravindaswami (Erd) 5; R.M. Subramanian (Mdu) 5.5 drew with R. Shyam Sundar (T. Nagar) 5.5.

Girls: A. Casmier Leeth (Kki) 6 lost to P. Michelle Catherina (Chn) 8.5; R. Dharani Sree (Chn) 6 lost to Meenu Priya Se (Mdu) 7.5; V. Shvetha (Kan) 7 bt P. Sangeetha (Try) 6; R. Vaishali (Tvlr) 6.5 drew with G. Uma Bharathi (Chn) 6.5; K. Varshcine (Mdu) 6.5 drew with G. Uma Bharathi (Chn) 5.5; K. Saroja (Chn) 6 drew with V. Varshini (Tvlr); G. Aarthi (Chn) 5 lost to Srinidhi Sridharan (Tvrr) 6.5; M. Sandya (Chn) 5.5 drew with N. Akshaya (Cbe) 5.5; K. Vaisalie (Mdu) 5 lost to M. Oviyanila (Chn); S. Supraja (Ddl) 5 lost to Aarudhra Ganesh (Cbe) 6; M. Sindhu (Slm) 6 bt P.S. Deekshida (Elite) 5; R. Bala Bagavathi (Tnv) 5 drew with M. Nivedhitha (Kan) 5; Abhinaya Sen (Bloom) 5.5 bt B. Suwathy (NLC) 4.5; K. Sangeetha (Slm) 5 drew with S. Balambika (Castle) 5; D. Pritika (Cbe) 5.5 bt S. Manasa (Chn) 4.5.

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