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Shashaank, Bharathi take honours

Salem: D.S. Shashaank of Chennai and R. Bharathi of Anna Nagar Chess Academy, Chennai emerged the boys’ and girls’ champions in the Tamil Nadu State sub-junior chess championship here on Saturday.

A. Nagaraajuna of Sivakasi held Shashaank to a draw in the final round, while Ramnath Bhuvanesh pulled off an interesting win over co-leader Tejas Ravichandran.

The duo finished their engagements with 8.5 points each. However, Shashaank with a better progressive score was declared the winner.

In the girls’ section, Bharathi scored a comfortable win over R. Visalatchi of Sivakasi for the title.

Final standings: Boys: 1. D. Shashaank (Chn) 8.5; 2. Ramnath Bhuvanesh (Chn) 8.5; 3. N. Surendran (BCA) 8; 4. P. Lokesh (Chn) 8; 5. Tejas Ravichandran (Chn) 8; 6. A. Nagaarjuna (VNR) 8; 7. K.C. Krishna Prasad (Slm) 8; 8. R.S. Santhos B aala (MCA) 8; 9. S. Raju (Chn) 7.5; 10. J. Mathur Sathya (NCA) 7.5.

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