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Ajay, J. Vaishnavi win

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TIRUCHI: Ajay Srikanth of Chennai and J. Vaishnavi of Tiruchi with 9 and 10 points won the boys' and the girls' titles respectively at the 18th Tamil Nadu state under-11 years chess championship, conducted by the BHEL Community Centre, which concluded here on Sunday.

Ajay Srikanth, won the boys' title, despite losing the final round to S. Sridev of Coimbatore.

Both Srikanth and Sridev had tallied nine points and based on the progressive score, Srikanth was declared winner.

While P. Lokesh (8.5) finished third, S. Anandraj (8) was placed fourth.

In the girls' category, the top four places were won by J. Vaishnavi (10), G. Madhu of Chennai (9), R. Aarthy Sri (8) and J. Saranya (8).

The results:

Final round:

Boys: S. Sridev 9 bt Ajay Srikanth 9, M. Hariharasudan 7.5 lost to P. Lokesh 8.5, Manuvaithyaramanan 8 drew with S. Anandraj 8, S. Sashank 8 bt Sai Manivannan 7, R. Vishnu Sharon 7.5 drew with V.C. Balaji 7.5, M. Vijayram 7 lost to S. Dharwin 8, N. D. Rakeshkumar 7.5 bt P. Ganesh 6.5, Nanda Viskan 7 drew with S. S. Manikandan 7, C. Balamurugan 6.5 lost to Ratheesh 7.5, S. Anirudh 6 lost to C. Praveenkumar 7, S. Saravanan 6 lost to P. Dev Balaji 7, M.G. Giriselvam 6 lost to C. Vamsi Krishna 7, R. Tejas 7 bt D. Hariharan 6, S. Nandakumar 7 bt C. Sundarrajan 6, M. Palaniappan 7 bt Natesamaran 6, G. Jaswant 6.5 bt S. Vignesh 6, G. Amish Kushal 5.5 lost to Ramalingam Karthik 6.5, S. Sidharthan 6.5 drew with P. Arun 6.5, C. Vishnu Vasanth 5.5 lost to Gowtham Balaji 6.5, Muthiaya Premnath 5.5 lost to Srinivas Aathreya 6.5.

Girls:

J. Janani 7.5 drew with J. Vasihnavi 10, S. Saivarshini 6.5 lost to D. Madhu 9, V. Malvigha 7 drew with S. Aarthy Sri 8, V. Janu 6 lost to J. Saranya 8, D. Bhavana 6 lost to S. Gayathri 7.5, S. Aiswerya 7 bt M. Harini 6, C. Shridevi 6 lost to N. Akilaneshwari 7, A. Akshaya 6 drew with S. Sindhuja 6.5, S. Apoorva 6.5 bt K. Priyadarshini 5.5, G. Alagusala 5 lost to S. Sarvagnyaa 6.5, R. Charvee 5 lost to K. Swathi 6, A. Princy Mary 5 lost to M. Priyadarshini 6, J. Janet 5.5 drew with J. Juliet 5.5, E. Sneha Preethi 6.5 bt C. Reshma 4.5, Cheikemol Shervin 5 bt G. Thenammai 4, N. Karthi Priya 5 bt R. Gowri 4, D. Henna 5 bt J. G. Theigesvi 4, K. Rakshnama 3 lost to Harishini Devika 5, V. Srinidhi 5 bt A. Nithila 1.5.

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