KOZHIKODE: Chennai-based International Master R.R. Laxman won the S.K. Pottekkat FIDE rating all-India Open chess tournament with a round to spare here on Saturday.
Important results (ninth round): R.R. Laxman 8 bt Saravana Krishnan 6.5; Santu Mondal 6.5 drew with A.K. Jagadeesh 6.5; N.S. Bhattacharya 6.5 drew with Nath Rupankar 6.5; Joy Lazer 6 drew with Syed Shazul 6; O.T. Anil Kumar 6.5 bt Derrick Pinto 5.5; Srinivasa Rao 5.5 lost to L. Chatterjee 6.5. — Principal Correspondent
