Golden Jubilee Tamil Nadu FIDE - Rated Championship

Indian Tournaments 2002

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Golden Jubilee Tamil Nadu State Championship 2002, Pollachi

Gunasekaran lifts the Brahmiah Rolling Trophy May 11, 2002

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. Gunesakaran, a regular in city tournaments for the past couple of years, found his touch in the right time to hit the biggest prize of his career. His prize was Rs.16,000 plus the V J Brahmiah Rolling Trophy. Gunasekaran along with A Muthuswamy (Coimbatore), T.J.Suresh Kumar (ICF, Chennai) and P Phoobalan (Coimbatore) qualify to represent Tamil Nadu in the forthcoming National 'B' Chess Championship, scheduled to be held at Jullundar, later this year.

Dr N Mahalingam, President of Tamil Nadu Chess Association, presided over the closing function, while Dr M Ibrahim Alladin of Canada was the Chief Guest and gave away the prizes. Mr D V Sundar, Vice-President, All India Chess Federation, Mr. Rm N Karuppiah, President of Sivagangai District Chess Association, Mr G Irulappan (Mannargudi), Prof C Ramaswamy, Secretary of Dr Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology paid tributes to those who made the championship a major success.

Final Placings (Qualifiers in Red)

Rank	Name	Points	Institution
1	K.Gunasekaran	9.0	ICF, Chennai
2-4	A.Muthuswamy	8.5	Coimbatore
2-4	T.J.Suresh Kumar	8.5	ICF, Chennai
2-4	P.Phoobalan	8.5	Coimbatore
5-8	Ram S. Krishnan	8.0	Loyola College, Chennai
5-8	Sayed Anwar Shazuil	8.0	ICF, Chennai
5-8	S.Arun Prasad	8.0	Salem
5-8	C.Natarajan	8.0	ICF, Chennai
9-19	C.J.Arvind	7.5	Chennai
9-19	M.Paramasivam	7.5	Virrudhunagar
9-19	C.S.Sridhar	7.5	Southern Railways, Chennai
9-19	K.Chakaravarthy	7.5	Salem
9-19	D.R.Srinivasan	7.5	Trichy
9-19	J.Saravana Kumar	7.5	Ramco, Chennai
9-19	R.P.Senthil Kumaran	7.5	Tanjore
9-19	V.Haribalu	7.5	Chennai
20-26	Ebenezer Joseph	7.0	P & T Audit, Chennai
20-26	M.K.Alagurja	7.0	Madurai
20-26	M.R.Sangeetha	7.0	Chennai
20-26	S.Sriprasanth	7.0	Virudhunagar
20-26	M.Natarajan	7.0	Salem
20-26	Mohan Kumar	7.0	Kancheepuram
20-26	Parthiban	7.0	Salem

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