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Top seeded C Natarajan (ICF) took a short draw from another FIDE rated player Navaneethakrishnan and won the
Kanchi District title in the tournament conducted by Kanchi District Chess Association at Valluvar Gurukulam, here at Tambaram,
Madras. Natarajan scored 5.0 points in six rounds and remained undefeated. Both M Muthukumar (P&T) and
K Mohan Kumar, the defending champion, tied for second spot with 4.5 points with equal progressive score of 16 each and the
organizers had to apply tie break by draw of lots. In the draw, Muthukumar and Mohan Kumar were placed second and third spot respectively.
The tournament witnessed two upsets in the initial rounds.
H Santhanam, last year runner-up, suffered at the hands of Vijayaraghavan and the veteran
K Thirukalathy, Joint Secretary, TNCA defeated Navaneethakrishnan in the second round.
Youngster Raghuram Balaji made a big impression on Santhanam in the final round by thrashing him.
In the women's section, Thavamani (St.Marks) made cent percent score of 4 points in four rounds and emerged as
District champion. Anjaana
N Sowjanya (Vivekananda), who lost to Thavamani in the final round, had to satisfy with the second place with 2.5 points.
The organizers, as token of encouragement, awarded a prize to Manuvaidyaramanan, the youngest participant of the tournament.
Top four players in the Men's section and top five players in the women's section
are qualified to represent the Kanchi District in the forthcoming Tamil Nadu State Championship to be held at Karur in the first week of May 2001.
Final Standings
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Interesting Games
C Natarajan - R Sridharan
1.d4 d5, 2.Nf3 Nf6, 3. Bf4 Bf5, 4. e3 e6, 5. c4 c6, 6. Qb3 Qb6, 7 c5 Qb3, 8. ab3 Nbd7 9.Nc3 a6, 10. h3 Be7, 11. b4 0-0, 12.Be2 Ne4, 13.0-0 h6, 14. Ra3 g5, 15. Bh2 Nc3, 16. bc3 g4, 17. hg4 Ba4, 18. Bd3 Bf3, 19. gf3 f5, 20. Rfa1 Rac8, 21. c4 dc4, 22. Bc4 Kf7, 23. e4 Rg8+, 24. Kf1 fe4, 25. fe4 Rg6, 26. d5 ed5, 27. ed5 Kg7, 28.dc R8c6, 29. Bd5 Bf6, 30. Bc6 bc6, 31. Rd1 Ne5, 32. Be5 Be5, 33. Ra6 Rf6, 34. Rd7+ Kg6, 35. b5 cb5, 36. Rf6 Kf6, 37. c6 Ke6, 38. Rh7 Bf4, 39. c7
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H Santhanam - A R Vijayaragavan
1.d4 c5, 2.dc5 e6 3. Nf3 Bc5, 4.Nc3 Nf6, 5. Bg5 Qb6, 6. Qd3 Bxf2+, 7. Kd1 Ng4, 8. Ne4 d5, 9. Qa3 f6, 10. Nd6+ Kd7, 11. Nxc8 Rxc8, 12. Bd2 Bc5, 13. Qa4+ Nc6, 14. Qxg4 Qxb2 15. Qxg7 Be7, 16. Rc1 Qxa2, 17. Qxh7 Rh8, 18. Qd3 Ba3, 19. Qb3 Qxb3, 20. cxb3 Bxc1, 21. Kxc1, e5, 22. e3 Rc8, 23. e3 Rc8, 23. Kb2 a6, 24.Ng3 Ne7, 25. Nh4 b5, 26. Bh3+ f5, 27. Nxf5 Rxh3, 28. Nxe7 Kxe7, 29. Bb4+ Ke6, 30. Ka3 Rc2, 31. Ba5 Rhxh2, 32. rf1 Rhe2, 33. Bb6 Rg2, 34. Kb4 Rxg3
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Susil Kumar
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