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Raviprakash and Rajyalakshmi in lead

By Our Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM JULY 4. The eighth seed, S.M. Raviprakash of Mysore, and top-seeded Ch. Rajyalakshmi of Rajahmundry are leading the men and women events with 3.5 points and four points, respectively, at the end of the fourth round in the 36th LIC South Central Zone chess championship here on Thursday.

Ravi Prakash defeated No. 3 R. Sridhar of Nellore while R. Jayadev of Warangal defeated the No. 2 seed P. Chinnaswamy of Visakhapatnam.

The men's top seed, K. Narayana Bhatt of Mysore, was held by No. 4 R. Hanumantha Rao of Bangalore and these two players, along with No. 15 C.N. Ramasuryam of Visakhapatnam and No. 12 Ch. J. Prabhakar of Cuddapah, are behind the leader with three points each.

In the women's section, K. Syamala of Nellore, the eight seed, defeated No. 12 T. Vanisree of Hyderabad to gain second position behind Rajyalakshmi, with a tally of 3.5 points.

The results (fourth round): men: R. Hanumantha Rao (BNG, 3 points) drew with K. Narayana Bhatt (Mysore, 3), S.M. Raviprakash (Mysore, 3.5) bt R. Sridhar (Nellore, 2.5), C.N. Ramasuryam (VSP, 3) bt V.S.T. Sai (Hyd, 2), A.G. Shukla (Machilipatnam, 2) lost to Ch. J. Prabhakar (Cuddapah, 3), P. Chinnaswamy (VSP, 1.5) lost to R. Jayadev (Warangal, 2), P. Mahendrakumar (Hyd, 1) lost to R.K. Mahisi (Dharwad, 2.5), K.K.S.P.R. Sarma (RJY, 2) bt Y. Hanumantha Rao (Karimnagar, 1), K. Ashok Kumar (BNG, 2) bt B.D. Naresh Kumar (Raichur, 1), R. Ramakrishna (Udipi, 1) bt K.S. Patil (Belgaum).

Women: J. Radha Madhavi (MCP, 3) lost to Ch. Rajyalakshmi (RJY, 4), K. Syamala (Nel, 3.5) bt T. Vanisree (Hyd, 2), M.S. Nagarathna (Mysore, 3) bt S. Veena Kumari (Hyd, 2), D.N. Vijayakumari (Cuddapah, 3) bt Leela Paul (Raichur, 2), M.N. Nirmala (Dharwad, 2) bt S. Subbalakshmi (RJY, 1.5), A. Umadevi (VSP, 1) lost to Gayatri Palta (BNG, 2), Gayatri Avadhani (BNG, 1) lost to Ch. Rajani (Karimnagar, 2), Saraswathi Nadig (Mysore, 1) lost to N. Sujana Devi (Warangal, 2), A.K. Sujana (Belgaum, 1, bye).

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