Daklia Among Leaders

Daklia Among Leaders

By Arvind Aaron

 

Five players including J.S. Daklia of Chhattisgarh are leading the St Joseph's National Under-25 Chess Championship with full three points at the end of the third round at Chennai on December 17.

Daklia trooped his queen into enemy territory to win material and defeat FIDE Master Nitin of Salem, Tamil Nadu. Daklia shares lead with top seed R.R. Laxman, Deep Sengupta, C. Praveen Kumar and Karthikeyan. All have posted all-win record so far.

Former Asian junior champion Karthikeyan of Chennai won a super game against Nimmy George of Kerala leaving his queen to be captured in a brilliant miniature game.

Deep Sengupta of Kolkata representing his home state, Jharkhand, spotted a tactic to win a rook for night in combinational fashion to down V.A.V. Rajesh of Chennai.

Laxman's win over Navin Kanna came with superior play in the level rook ending. Six rounds remain to be played.

 

 

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