Mari Arul, Kalyan post victories

FEBRAURY 3: VIJAYAWADA: Former under-25 national champion Tamil Nadu’s Mari Arul (Elo 2222), West Bengal Champion Deep Charavarthi and FIDE-rated Y Kalyan Kumar (ONGC) posted victories in their first round encounters in the third Sibar All-India International Ranking chess tournament.
First round results: Mari Arul (TN) 1 bt Ch Raj Kumar (AP) 0; V Srinivas (AP) 1 bt D Lakshmana Rao (AP) 0; Y Kalyan Kumar (ONGC) 1 bt G Rohit (AP) 0; M V Ramdoss (Rajasthan) 0.5 d/w Akshaya Raj (Maharashtra) 0.5; K Sai Krishna (AP) 1 bt G V Srinivas (AP) 0; M Y Raj (Railways) 1 bt T Arvind Lochani (AP) 0; T Purushotham (AP) 0.5 d/w L Siva Kumar (AP) 0.5; G Srinivas (AP) 1 bt Sk Khasim (CCA) 0; J Malleswara Rao (AP) 1 bt K Chandrahasa (AP) 0, Deep Chakravarthi (West Bengal) 1 bt Y Sandeep (AP) 0.