PARSVNATH 21ST NATIONAL UNDER-13 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

TOP SEEDS MADE TO STRUGGLE

New Delhi (17/12/2007): The battle on the checkered board got intensified here at the ongoing Parsvnath 21st National Under-13 Chess Championship as four of the top six boards ended without a decisive result.

At the top board, top seed Vidit Santosh Gujarathi was held off to a draw by Andhra lad Vishawanth Prasad. Playing the Nimzo Indian Defence with white pieces, Vidit tried very hard to break the defenses of Vishwanath. But Vishwanath, who is rated 300 points below Vidit, proved to be a hard nut to crack. With no way of forcing a result, the two players decided to sign the peace treaty after playing just 17 moves.

The second board also delivered the same result. In a game where Scotch game was employed, the Asian under-12 bronze medalist and second seed Prasanna Rao, playing with black pieces, offered a draw in the 28th move after failing to spot a winning continuation. The offer was gleefully accepted by his lower rated opponent Gahan M G of Karnatka and both players ended up sharing the point.

However other seeds had much easier games. Ankit R Rajpara of Gujarat overcame fourth round hero Tejas Ravichandran of Tamilnadu and Pranav Shetty defeated his Maharashtra state mate Patil Pratik without much struggle.

But it was a mixed day for the host as the local favorite Commonwealth Gold medalist Vaibhav Suri was humbled by Girish A Koushik of Karnataka. On the other hand World Under-10 bronze medalist Prince Bajaj come back strongly after two draws and earned himself a full point by defeating Eshwanth Dev Kumar of Tamilnadu.

Important Results of Round-5 :- Vidit Santosh Gujarathi (4.5) drew with Vishwanth Prasad (4.5) of Andhrapradesh, Gahan M G (4.5) of Karnatka drew with Prasanna Rao (4.5) of Maharashtra, Ankit R Rajpara (4.5) of Gujarat beat Tejas Ravichandran (4) of Tamilnadu, Fenil Shah (4) of Gujarat drew with Deepthamesh Reddy (4) of Andhrapradesh, Pranav Shetty (4.5) of Maharshtra beat Patil Pratik (3.5) of Maharshtra, Das Sayantan (4) of West Bengal drew with Anurag Mhamal(4) of Goa, Girish A Koushik (4.5) of Karnataka beat Vaibhav Suri (3.5) of Delhi, Abhilash Reddy (4.5) of Andhrapradesh beat Manigandan S S (3.5) of Tamilnadu, Yashas (4.5) of Karnataka beat Adith Jagadish (3.5) of Karnataka, Sai Manivannan (3.5) of Tamilnadu lost to Lokesh P (4.5) of Tamilnadu, Naryanan Srinath (4) of Tamilnadu beat Shaati Majumder (3) of West Bengal, Jaswant G (3.5) of Tamilnadu drew with K Vijaya Kanth (3.5) of Andhrapradesh.

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