Overnight leader FM
K V Shantharam (Indian Bank) was defeated at the hand of his compatriot IM N.Sudhakar Babu in the 6th and the final round to enable the latter to take title in the 11th Inter-Bank (Southern Region) Chess Tournament 2001-2002 being concluded at Indian Red Cross Society here today.
IM Sudhakar Babu scored 5.0 points and remained undefeated. Shantharam took the second spot with 4.5 points. Indeed it was great show by the players of Indian as all its six players took the first six places in the individual event. For Indian Bank, it was a foregone conclusion as far as the team tally was concerned. They scored 18.5 points far ahead of others. There were contest only for the third to fifth position between Canara Bank, Syndicate Bank and Bank of Baroda, whereas RBI took the second spot with 15 points.
Later in the evening Shri J.C.D.Prabhakaran, Vice-President, Tamil Nadu Chess Association gave away the prizes to the winners. Shri D.V.Sundar, Vice-President, AICF also spoke on the occasion. Individual
Standings 1
N Sudhakar Babu (Indian Bank) 5.0
2-4 K V Shantharam (Indian Bank) 4.5
2-4 G B Prakash (Indian Bank) 4.5
2-4 Sai Meera Ravi (Indian Bank) 4.5
5-7 V Hariharan (Indian Bank) 4.0
5-7 K Gopalakrishnan (Indian Bank) 4.0
5-7 K Jagannathan (Reserve Bank of India) 4.0 Team
Standings 1. Indian Bank 18.5
2. RBI 15.0
3. Canara Bank 12.5
4. Syndicate Bank 12.0
5. Bank of Baroda 11.5 Round
2 - Indian
bank leads
Indian Bank players barring their captain V Hariharan, scored full points in the second round of the 11th inter-bank (Southern Region) chess tournament 2001-202 being held at Indian Red Cross Society here on Friday.
Leaders Indian Bank (8 point), are closely followed by three hosts Canara Bank, RBI and Bank of Baroda with five
points. S Kesevaraj (Canara Bank) offered able resistance against Indian
Bank Captain Hariharan, when Hari employed Alekhine defense, Hari went for a rook exchange for a knight in the middle which proved unproductive without any compensation. When both were under severe pressure, they agreed to share the points. Round
2 Results R Vijayakumar (CB) 1.0 lost to GS Prakash
(IB) 2.0
N Sudhakar Babu (IB) 2.0 beat K Jagannathan (RBI) 1.0
S Kesavaraj (CB) 1.5 drew with V Hariharan (HB) 1.5
K V Shantharam (IB) 2.0 beat K Nagarajan (RBI) 1.0
Sai Meera Ravi (IB) 2.0 beat T P C Kuty (CB) 1.0
K Gopalakrishnan (IB) 2.0 beat TN Krishnaswamy (RBI) 1.0
T Shanmugam (RBI) 1.5 drew with R R Vasudevan (CB) 1.5
SM Bhagawat (Syn Bank) 1.0 lost to G Ramprasath (BOB) 2.0
K Rajaram (SBS) 1.5 beat S Vasudevan (Syn Bank) 1.0
S Ganesan (CB) 0 lost to HK Sashoo (RBI) 1.5
S Gopalakrishnan (BOB) 0 lost to PS Ravi (RBI) 1.0
R Sankar (PSB) 0 lost to D Krishna Doss (CB) 1.0
S P Kumar (AB) 0 lost to Satyanarayanan (BOB) 1.0
Shankar Bhat (Syn Bank) 0 lost to K Natarajan (BOB) 1.0
R Sundaresan (SBP) 1.0 beat S Raju (Vysya) 0
P Ramanathan (SYn Bank) 0 lost to M Swaminathan (BOB) 1.0
TV Thiagarajan (Syn Bank) 0 lost to Ramesh (AB) 1 Team standings 1 Indian Bank (8 points)
2-4 Canara Bank, RBI, Bank of Baroda (5)
5 Syndicate Bank (2)
6 State Bank of Saurashtra (1.5)
7-8 Anadhra Bank & State Bank of Patiala (1)
9-10: Punjab & Sind Bank & Vysya Bank (0) |
