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14 Indians
Still In Lead
By Arvind Aaron
Diwali did not
go too well for the Indians on October 21 at Batumi. Georgians ended the
third round dreams of many Indians as our leaders were reduced to 14
players, seven boys and seven girls. Indians continued to rule the Boys 10
section which we have won on many occasions including Belfort 2005.
Girls Under-18: Second seed Dronavalli Harika and tenth seed Mary Ann
Gomes are in the joint lead along with one American player after three
rounds in this section. Our players face each other in the fourth round on
Oct 22.
Girls Under-16: India faced a serious setback in this section with all
three players, P.Uthra, Ramyakrishna and Dhyani Dave being defeated by
Georgian girls. Uthra moved out of joint lead to stay at two points,
Ramyakrishna is on 1.5 points and Dhyani Dave is left on one point.
Girls Under-14: Pon N.Krithikha and P.Lakshmi Sahithi are tied for the
third place in this section with 2.5 points from three rounds. Lakshmi
beat her team-mate Bhakti Kulkarni while overnight leader Krithikha was
held to a draw. Krithikha faces the top seed Muzychuk in the next game.
Girls Under-12: Asian under-12 champion and top seed Padmini Rout of
Orissa and sixth seed J.Mohana Priya of Chennai are among the six leaders
in the under-12 section after three rounds.
Girls Under-10: Seed No.48 Bodda Pratyusha of Andhra Pradesh is one of the
four leaders in the Girls Under-10 section with full three points. Second
seed Sai Nirupama is on 2.5 points along with G.Uma Bharathi. Top seed
Nishtha Gupta and G.Aiswarya are on 1.5 points.
Girls Under-8: Mannepalli Navyavyshnavi and Gomini Shreya are among the
five leaders with full three points in this Under-8 section. M.Mahalakshmi,
U.Ashwini, Sweety Patel and Ivana Furtado are on two points.
Open Under-18: Indians continue to lag behind in this section. S.Arun
Prasad is on 1/3 and G.Rohit is on 2/3 after winning the first round and
playing two draws with lower rated players.
Open Under-16: Both the overnight Indian leaders, Aswin Jayaram and
S.P.Sethuraman of Chennai did not win. While Aswin lost, Sethuraman drew
and now shares the third place on 2.5 points with others including Sai
Srinivas of Vijayawada.
Open Under-14: Y.Sandep slipped out of lead in the third round after he
was held to a draw by unrated Jonathan Tan of the Netherlands. Now,
Sandeep is tied for the fifth place on 2.5/3. On two points are S.Nitin
(seed 4) and K.Priyadarshan (seed 13). Second seed B.Adhiban was shocked
by low rated Janiashvili (Geo). Adhiban is on 1.5 points.
Open Under-12: V.A.V.Rajesh who recently migrated to Chennai is leading
the under-12 section along with
three others with full three points. Tied for the fifth place with 2.5
points are defending champion
N.Srinath, Adith Jagadish and Fenil Shah.
Open Under-10: Four Indians are in the lead in the Under-10 event and it
includes top seed Komiri Vijaya Kanth, G.V.Sai Krishna, Girish Koushik and
Shiven Khosla. All have three full points and are tied for the first to
sixth places. Two Indians are tied for the seventh place and it includes
Y.V.K.Chakravarthi and R.Eswar (2.5 each).
Open Under-8: Two Indians, Ch Mohineesh and Soumya Sharma are among the
seven joint leaders in this section with full three points. It is a eleven
round tournament. Top seed M.Satvik is on 2.5 points.
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Published on 23.10.2006
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