Rohit shock for Rajesh

The game between RS Prasanna TNCA and Syed Anwar Shazuli TN ended in a draw in 54 moves.

Manish Joshi MP playing black against unseeded N Raju AP registered a win in 34 moves. Raju, who lost on time, failed to complete his 40 moves in stipulated two hours time, in a game which began in Reti opening and converted into Kings Indian defence.

RESULTS

Dinesh Kumar Sharma LIC 6.5 bt Pankaj Joshi Venus 5, RS Prasanna TNCA 5.5 drew with Syed Anwar Shazuli TN 5.5, Manish Joshi UP 6 bt N Raju AP 4.5, K Gunusekharan TN 5.5 bt Pradeep Pathak UP 4.5, J Ramakrishna AP 5 bt S Raghvendra Ker 4, Banik Somanth WB 5 bt M Srinivasa Rao AP 4, J Malleswara Rao AP 5 bt SR Misra Ori 4, G Rohit AP 5 bt P Rajesh TNCA 4, D Sai Srinivas AP 4 drew with Pranjal Das WB 4, Ganesh Bhatt Ker 4.5 bt Smeeru Thakar HP 3.5, Ch K Krishna Rly 4 bt Ajay Pande UP 3.5, TL Shaji Ker 4 bt S Satyakam Ori 3, GN Gopal Ker 3.5 drew with D Dinesh Kumar TN 3.5, Amarnath AP 4 bt K Vedadri AP 3, L Basantha Singh EMA 4 bt KS Krishna Capa 3, P Srikanth EMA 4 bt Atul Pareek Bihar 4, T Keerthi Rana AP 3.5 bt N Vinuthna AP 3, M Abhinav AP 3.5 bt Dev Karan Bhatti Mah 2.5, LD Rao IAF 3 drew with T Vennala AP 3, K Girija Kumar AP 3.5 bt Mukesh Jain Raj 2.5, Ch Kavitha AP 3 bt Gururajan IAF 2, KN Kumar EMA 3 bt S Sanjay KumarChrome 2, J Karthik Capa 3 bt P Kranthi Kiran Chrome 2, Gaurav Nangia Mah 2.5 bt P Satyanarayana AP 2, D Harika AP 2.5 bt Neeraj Sharma Raj 1.5, G Inao Sharma Mani 2.5 bt S Praneeth AP 1.5, Jagan Mohan Reddy Kar 2 bt G Naveena AP 1.5, KB Choudary AP gets a bye.