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Arun, Aishwarya triumph

SALEM April 14 . S. Arun Prasad (boys' under-18), L. Aishwarya Shobana (girls' under-16) from Salem emerged champions in the Tamil Nadu State-level rapid chess tournament conducted under the aegis of the Salem District Chess Association here recently.

The results: Boys: Under-18: S. Arun Prasad (Salem) 7.5 pts; S. Venkat Sundaram (Kan) 7; P. Maheswaran (Virudhunagar) 6; T.U. Naveen Khanna (Chn) 6. Under-16: R. Siddharth (Chn) 8.5; P. Saravana Krishnan (Kan) 6.5 points; T. Abhay (Slm) 6.5 and S. Sri Prasanth 6.

Girls: Under-18: Janani Priya (Thiruvallur) 7pts; P. Uthra (Thiruvallur) 7; Lalitha Raghavendran (Kan) 6.5; S.V. Sathya Priya (Slm) 6. Under-16: L. Aiswarya Shobana (Slm) 9; P.K. Jayasri (Slm) 6.5; R. Preethi (Mdu) 6; S. Harini (Kan) 6.

Fourth round: Boys: Under-18: P. Maheswaran (4) bt R.S. Arun Srinivas (3), S. Arun Prasad (4) bt R.Vijay Raj (2.5), S. Venkat Sundaram (3) bt Vikas Raja (2), T.U. Navin Khanna (3) bt G. Anand Kumar (2), Talwar (2.5) drew with V. Srinivas (2.5). Under-16: R. Siddharth (4) bt S.A. Kannan (3), T. Abhay bt S. Sri Prasanth (3), P. Saravanakrishnan (3.5) bt S. Nitin (2.5), S. Karthikeyan bt K. Priadarshan (2.5).

Girls: Under-18: Janani Priya (4) bt Uthra (3), S.V. Sathyapriya (2.5) drew with R. Charanya (2.5), Ponn Krithika (2.5) drew with R. Rubini (2.5), Lalitha Raghavendran (3) bt S. Anushya (2).

Under-16: L. Aiswarya Shobana (4) bt P.K. Jayasri (3), B. Gayathri (3.5) bt S. Athirai (2.5), Anajan N. Sowjanya (3) bt P. Sivasankari (2.5), K. Radhika (3) bt C.H. Savetha (2), A. Sithalatchumi (3) bt V.J. Janani (2), R. Preethi (3) bt M. Tamilarasi (2).

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