Delphin, Deepan win

KOZHIKODE, AUG 27: For Madurai girl C.Delphin the under-14 girls National Rapid title was her first in any chess competition at the Natio...

KOZHIKODE, AUG 27: For Madurai girl C.Delphin the under-14 girls National Rapid title was her first in any chess competition at the National level. She won it with a round to spare at the Indoor Stadium here today with a score of five points from six rounds in the National Rapid Chess Championships u-12 and u-14.

8220;I should have won in Calcutta,8221; she said of her miss in the under-14 competition in classical chess earlier this year. Delphin defeated teammate Priyadarshini in English Opening in the fifth round and then lost to Amrutha Mokal of Maharashtra in the final round.

Deepan Chakravarthy made it a double for Madurai when he too won the under-12 boys title with a round to spare. Deepan took a draw with Rahul Sangma of Bihar in the penultimate round to score 6.5 points from seven rounds and finished off with another draw with R S Prasanna of TN in the last round for seven points from eight rounds.

Top seed Valay Parikh of Gujarat also won the title in under-14 boys category with a round to spare.He split the point with his nearest rival Somak Palit of West Bengal in Caro-Kann Defence in the sixth round and then drew with Somak Palit of West Bengal in the last round to finish off his engagements with 5.5 points from seven games.

In the under-12 girls category, teammates Kruthika Nadig and Eesha Karvade of Maharashtra took the contest to the last round. Eesha Karvade triumphed in the last round against Mahima of TN and tallied 6.5 points from seven rounds.

TOPBOARD RESULTS

Under-12 boys Round-7: Deepan Chakravarthy TN 6.5 drew with Rahul Sangma Bih 5.5; R S Prasanna TN 5.5 bt R.Siddharth TN 4.5; Sunil Rangarajan Kar 4.5 lost to Yogesh Mapari Mah 5.5; Abhijit Gupta Raj 4 lost to D Krishna TN 5; A Arun TN 5 bt Nikhileshkumar AP 4.

FINAL PLACINGS AFTER ROUND 8

1. Deepan 7 pts, 2. Rahul Sangma 6.5, 3. R.S.Prasanna 6, 4. D.Krishna 6, 5. Yogesh Mapari 5.5.

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Under-12 girls: Round-6: M Kasthuri TN 4 lost to Kruthika Nadig Mah 5.5; EeshaKarvade Mah 5.5 bt Saheli Nath WB 3.5; Mahima TN 4.5 bt Silpa AP 3.5; Harika AP 4.5 bt Rajadarshini TN 3; Rucha Karvade Mah 4 bt Namitha Kar 3. Final placings: after Round-7: 1.Eesha Karvade 6.5, 2. Kruthika Nadig 5.5, 3. Harika 5.5, 4. Kasthuri 5, 5. Silpa 4.5.

Under-14 boys Round-6: Somak Palit WB 4.5 drew with Valay Parikh Guj 5.5; Poobesh Anand T Nagar 4.5 drew with K G Apoorva Kar 4.5; Girijakumar AP 3.5 lost to Saptarshi Roy GNCA 4.5; Naveen TN 4 drew with Byomakesh Naik Ori 4; Srinivas TN 4.5 bt Kumaresh TN 3. Final placings after Round-7: 1. Valay Parikh 6, 2. Poobesh Anand 5, 3. Somak Palit 5, 4. Saptarshi Roy 5, 5. Srinivas 5.

Under-14 girls Round-5: Priyadarshini TN 3 lost to Delphin TN 5; Swetha AP 3.5 drew with Baisakhi Das WB 3; Shradha Samani Mah 3 drew with Pannaga Magal Mah 3; Anuradha Beniwal Har 3.5 bt Nimmy George Ker 2.5; Amrutha Mokal Mah 3.5 bt Nalini Pondy 2.5. Finalplacings after Round-6: 1. Delphin 5, 2. Amrutha Mokal 4.5, 3. Anuradha Beniwal 4.5, 4. M Priyadarshini 4, 5. Baisakhi Das 4.