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Round Two Reports
Navin Kanna stuns Deep Sengupta, top seed held
By R.R.Vasudevan,FIDE
Arbiter
Grandmaster Norm holder Deep Sengputa suffered a heavy
defeat in the hands of Chennai youngster T U Navin Kanna in
the second round of the Sai Ram Engineering College Asian
Junior Chess Championships at Hotel Vijay Park, here today.
Top seed International Master SP Sethuraman dropped half a
point against Andhra junior T Purushothaman. The Sicilian
dragon game promised to be interesting but petered out to a
quick draw through perpetual checks.
In form, International Master Baskar Adhiban scored over
talented Tamil Nadu junior T Abhay. The Guicco Piano game
went as per theory, and right into the middle game the
players were about to repeat the moves. But then, Adhiban
saw a bit further than his opponent who fell for the deadly
back rank trap. Facing with a loss of the piece or mate
Abhay gave up. Adhiban along with nine others including IMs
Karthikeyan, Shyam Sundar and Aswin Jayaram lead the table
with two points from as many rounds.
Defending Champion International Master Karthikeyan scored a
hard fought victory over P Saravana Krishnan in a game
arising from a complicated middle game. Karthikeyan bold
kingside attack, as he went all out for the win, decided the
issue. Fellow International Master Shyam Sundar's game
against Sagar Shah of Mumbai went upto the wire. Shyam was a
bit lucky to snatch the full point, as his opponent
blundered and lost on time, missing out a possible draw.
In the girls section, the top seeds Kruttika Nadig and Kiran
Monisha Mohanty coasted to full points with contrasting
victories. Kruttika scored over seasoned Mohanapriya without
much ado, while Kiran was extended by Meenu Rajendiran for
more than four hours. Kruttika shares the lead with 2.0
points along with five others.
68 boys and 34 girls representing six countries complete the
line up in this International event. Seven more rounds
remain in this event, with the winner being awarded a
Grandmaster Norm along with International Master title.
Results and Pairing :
Boys -
Girls
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