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Indian Tournaments 2002

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Rohit emerges Champion June 15
Young Gogineni Rohith of AP emerged champion with 9.5 points ahead of big names symbolizing the surge of youth power in Indian chess, at Vijayawada here today...

Kunte Champion, Ganguly & Venkatesh share the second spot May 30
Coming for behind with three successive wins in the last day, Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte of IOC took the National Rapid title in his maiden attempt, with a final round win over R R Laxman (7.0) of Tamil Nadu, here today...

Shivanand Champion May 18
B S Shivanand of Karnataka, won the S K Vaidya title with 8.0 points followed by IM Neelotpal Das, Soman Satchidanand and IM Elect Gokhale Jayant here today...

Suvrajit Saha Champ at HDCA FIDE Rated Open, Calcutta May 17
IM Norm holder Suvrajit Saha of Railways sparkled along to clinch the title at the Second HDCA FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament arranged by Howrah District Chess Association which concluded in West Bengal on May 8, 2002

WGM Vijayalakshmi Vijayalakshmi champion, Aarthie finishes second May 13
Women International Master Vijayalakshmi of Indian Airlines made history winning her sixth National title with 9.5 points, ahead of double WGM Norm holder and WIPRO Ambassador Aarthie Ramaswamy who took the second spot with 8.0 points, here today...

Sai Srinivas leads Andhra's Rapid sweep, Bombay May 12
By now the story of A.P. Children dominating the nationals has become familiar and this trend continued here at the Ragsudha 7th National Rapid Chess Championship 2002, which concluded here at Chandrakant Patkar Vidyalalya, Dombivali, Mumbai on 11th May 2002.

Gunasekaran is the TN State Champ, Pollachi May 11
K Gunasekaran of  Integral Coach Factory, Chennai won the coveted Golden Jubilee Tamil Nadu FIDE rated chess championship after the 11th round at the Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, here today.

Priya  and Poobesh Anand emerge Champions May 05
Chennai girl P Priya clinched the Girls title with 7.0 points ahead of Kerala's Sandhya, while Madurai star S Poobesh Anand defeated GNCA lad Sayantan Dutta taking the Boys title with a round to spare, here today...

Siddharth & Mahima emerge Champions, Dharmapuri April 27
Chennai star R Siddarth and Mahima Rajmohan of Madurai clinched the Jayam College of Engineering and Ramco Cements 28th Tamil Nadu State Sub-Junior chess championship for the V.L. Ethiraj Trophy, here today.

Arghyadip Das Champion, Kid brigade rises April 24
The West Bengal State Junior and Sub-Junior Boys Chess Tournament 2002 was held recently at Kolkata between April 17 to 24, 2002.

Laxman Champion, Meenakshi second April 21
IM Norm holder R R Laxman of Annamalai University clinched the title in style defeating B T Muralikrishnan of Southern Railways in the final round. Laxman logged in a whopping 8.5/9 score while WIM Meenakshi took the second spot with 7.5 points, here today...Photos

Vikramaditya Kamble wins Pranlal Majlani FIDE Rated, Mumbai April 16
Third seed Vikramaditya Kamble of Dombivli beat Yashraj Aidasani comprehensively from the white side of Czech Benoni in just 25 moves to pip Ramkrishna Kashelkar by half a point and clinch the title and cash prize of Rs. 10000.

Anup Deshmukh wins Global Network title, Delhi
Anup Deshmukh of Life Insurance Corporation of India, Nagpur, won the Global Networks Ranking Chess Tournament which concluded here on Wednesday. He won with an aggregate of 10.5 points out of a maximum of 13 and received a cash prize of Rs 7,000.

Sulskis Champion, Sasikiran finishes on a high note Mar 27
Grandmaster Sarunas Sulskis of Lithuania clinched the title with a 8.5/11 score, drawing with Grandmaster Alexei Kuzmin in the final round, while Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran took the second spot with 8.0 points. Sasikiran finished on a high note defeating Russian Grandmaster Shariyazdanov in the final round, here today...Paritosh Bhattacharyya reports

Sasikiran beats Kotsur, makes it five-in-a-row Mar 15
Second seed Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran defeated top seed Kazakh Grandmaster Pavel Kotsur in the final round, taking the title with 8.5 points. This gives Sasikiran his fifth straight title after Calicut, Hastings (shared), Nagpur and Bikaner...

Ramakrishna edges Nikilesh for title Mar 09
Former Global Trust Bank Champion J Ramakrishna (2193) of Guntur, took the title with 9.0 points ahead of Nikilesh Kumar at Andhra Gymkhana here today...

Prakash emerges Champion, Indian Bank wins team title Mar 04
Indian Bank retained the title in a cliff hanger, finishing ahead of hosts Union Bank of India in a tie break, while Grandmaster Elect G B Prakash completed a double for Indian Bank, clinching the individual title ahead of top seed Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay...

Sasikiran is the National Champion, Harikrishna finishes second Feb 04
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran won his second National title in style beating IM Koshy, while Grandmaster Harikrishna took the second spot...

Sandipan, Murali and Anup share top honors-Hyderabad
Eighteen-year-old Sandipan Chanda of Goodricke National Chess Academy, Calcutta emerged champion logging in 9.0 points along with B T Muralikrishnan of Southern Railways and Anup Deshmukh of LIC, in the sixth GTB All-India FIDE- rated chess tournament at Arya Vysya Abhyudaya Bhavan here today.

Kidambi is the National Junior Champion
Second seeded International Master Sundararajan Kidambi pocketed the second national title of his career when he annexed the 31st National Junior Chess Championship crown here today. Trailing Kidambi, who finished on nine points after 11 rounds, were R Preetham Sharma of Tamil Nadu and S Satyapragyan of Indian Airlines on 8.5 points apiece.

Madras wins Inter University (Women) title, Hissar
Madras University led by Elo Rated International player, Y Prathiba, won the inaugural All-India Inter-University Chess Championship organized by the Guru Jambheswar University at Hissar, Haryana recently...

Sankar wins Nanjundiah title, Mettupalayam
Experienced Southern Railway star A Sankar won the 102 player Swiss event, a clear half a point ahead of Ram S Krishnan and T Abhay who both finished with 7.0 points....S Nagarajan reports

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