National Sub-Junior Chess Championship, Hyderabad

Indian Tournaments 2002

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Rohit and Vinuthna emerge National Sub Junior Champions

N Vinuthna Continuing his fine form Gogineni Rohit picked up his second gold in a fortnight at Hyderabad here today. The National Sub Junior title sums up his second gold after the first one at World Youth Chess at Kuala Lumpur, a short while ago. Nalluri Vinuthna made it a glorious Andhra double winning the Girls title with a measure of comfort.

Rohit is coached by Ch. Kesavananda Krishna, while Vinuthna is coached by P. Jaganmohan. The second place went to the experienced Pune gile Eesha Karavade, while another Pune lad Akshay Raj Kore took the silver in the Boys section.

Top two from the Boys and Girls event will represent the country in the World and Asian events. The top 14 players in boys' and girls' sections here have qualified for the selection tournament to be held later to pick the Indian team for the Youth Chess Olympiad.

For the Hyderabad girl Vinuthna, it was her maiden National title and has come in her backyard. The determined 14-year-old girl should go far with her perseverance and solid playing style. High on the progressive score, Vinuthna drew her final round against Anoori Shah in just nine moves, confirming her title.

Final placings

Boys

Rank	Player	Points
1	G. Rohit	8.5
2	Akshayraj Kore	7.5
3-6	Abhijeet Gupta	7.0
3-6	Deepsen Gupta	7.0
3-6	S. Arun Prasad	7.0
3-6	S. Sai Krishna	7.0
7-15	D. Sai Srinivas	6.5
7-15	Sunil Rangarajan	6.5
7-15	P. Praveen Prasad	6.5
7-15	Joydeep Dutta	6.5
7-15	Nikhilesh Kumar	6.5
7-15	D. Krishna	6.5
7-15	Shah Vishal	6.5
7-15	Y. Sandeep	6.5
7-15	Pratik R. Shriwas	6.5

Girls

Rank	Player	Points
1	N. Vinuthna	7.5
2-3	Eesha Karvade	7.0
2-3	Saheli Nath	7.0
4-7	Anoori Shah	6.5
4-7	Kiran Monisha Mohanty	6.5
4-7	Kruthika Nadig	6.5
4-7	Laxmi Sahiti	6.5
8-15	Sowmya Swaminathan	6.0
8-15	Mary Ann Gomes	6.0
8-15	Supriya Maji	6.0
8-15	L Iswarya Shobana	6.0
8-15	M Rajadarshini	6.0
8-15	Mahima Rajamohan	6.0
8-15	Anjanaa N Sowjanyaa	6.0
8-15	Aswathi Balagopalan	6.0

Final Round Results

Boys

White	Pts	Result	Black	Pts
G. Rohit	8.5	beat	D. Sai Srinivas	6.5
Akshayraj Kore	7.5	beat	Abhijeet Gupta	7.0
S. Arun Prasad	7.0	drew	Deepsen Gupta	7.0
R. Siddarth	6.5	drew	M. Gurupreet Singh	6.5
Joydeep Dutta	6.5	drew	P. Praveen Prasad	6.5
Nikhilesh Kumar	6.5	drew	Shah Vishal	6.5

Girls

White	Pts	Result	Black	Pts
Anoori Shah	6.5	drew	N. Vinuthna	7.5
Eesha Karvade	7.0	drew	Lakshmi Sahiti	6.5
Saheli Nath	7.0	beat	Mary Ann Gomes	6.0
Iswarya Shobana	6.0	drew	Sowmya Swaminathan	6.0
Kruthika Nadig	6.5	beat	Jennitha Anto	5.5
Rajadarshini	6.0	drew	Supriya Maji	6.0
K.L. Praneetha	5.5	lost to	Kiranmonisha Mohan	6.5