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Sasikiran is champion

Krishnan Sasikiran, winner of the Asian individual men's championship at Doha on Sunday.

KOZHIKODE MARCH 3. Krishnan Sasikiran did no harm to his rapidly raising reputation as a high class player when he won the fourth Asian individual men's championship in Doha on Sunday night. The Chennai-based Grandmaster won the title outright, beating former World junior champion Darmen Sadvakasov of Kazakhstan in the ninth and final round.

The 22-year-old, who won $12,000 as prize-money, finished with seven points, remaining unbeaten throughout. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami of Iran took the runner-up spot with 6.5, while Mohammad Al-Modiahki of host Qatar was third with six.

Sasikiran also became one of the three Indian players to qualify for the World championship cycle, Neelotpal Das and Dibyendu Barua being the others. Sasikiran, shortly after arriving here from Doha, told The Hindu on Monday that his primary aim was to qualify for the World championship. "I felt happy to win the championship, though I did not play particularly well,'' he said.

Important results: Krishnan Sasikiran (Ind) 7 bt Darmen Sadvakasov (Kaz) 6; Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI) 6.5 drew with Utut Adianto (Ina) 6; Dibyendu Barua (Ind) 6 drew with Mohammad Al-Modiahki 6; Dao Thien Hai (Vie) 6 drew with Neelotpal Das (Ind) 6; Shukhrat Safin (Uzb) 5.5 drew with Tejas Bakre (Ind) 5.5; Sergey Kayumov (Uzb) 5.5 drew with Abhijit Kunte (Ind) 5.5; Mark Paragua (Phi) 5 lost to S.S. Ganguly (Ind) 5.5; Praveen Thipsay (Ind) 4.5 drew with N. Mohammed Al Sayed (Qat) 4.5; Bong Vilamayor (Phi) 4.5 bt S. Kidambi (Ind) 4.

The placings: 1. Krishnan Sasikiran (Ind) 7, 2. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI) 6.5, 3-10 Mohammad Al-Modiahki (Qat), Darmen Sadvakasov (Kaz), Utut Adianto (Ina), Neelotpal Das (Ind), Dibyendu Barua (Ind), Alexei Barsov (Uzb), Dao Thien Hai (Vie) and Hameed M. Ali Kadhi (Yem) 6, 11-18 S.S. Ganguly (Ind), Ziaur Rahman (Ban), Sergey Zagrebelny (Uzb), Shukhrat Safin (Uzb), Abhijit Kunte (Ind), Sergey Kayumov (Uzb), Tejas Bakre (Ind) and Enamul Hossain (Ban) 5.5, 28. Praveen Thipsay (Ind) 4.5, 35. S. Kidambi (Ind) 4.

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