Tuesday, 24 April 2012 14:41
Written by cyberchessmanager
NMDC All India Fide Rated Chess Tournament
Press Release
Five players have scored four points each, in as many rounds of the NMDC All India Fide Rated Chess Tournament , organised by Cyber Chess Academy at Suchithra Academy, here, today. Four more players are following the leaders with 3.5 points each. In a Sicilian defence game, Asian Under 18 champion Debashis Das of Orissa played a patient game to win in 42 moves against Praveen Prasad of Hyderabad. IM V Koshy of ONGC employed Pirc defence against former Asian under 16 champion K Priyadharshan of TN. The game slowly drifted away from Koshy, as he lost two valuable pawns and the game ended in favour of Priyadharshan after 51 moves.
In another Sicilian defence game between thirteen year old national under 19 champion Aravindh Chithambaram of TN and former national champion P Konguvel of ONGC, both could not gain supremacy and agreed to split the point after 42 moves. Hyderabad youngster K Praneeth Surya was forced to give up his queen for a rook against national under 25 champion Rahul Sangma of Railways. The rest was routine for Rahul to pocket a point. Experienced T Purushothaman of AP, who met with a minor accident on his way to the tournament hall played with bandages and lost to N Krishna Teja, another youngster from Hyderabad in just 16 moves.
Important results of Round 4
Praveen Prasad P AP 3 lost to Debashis Das ORI 4
Priyadharshan K TN 4 beat Koshy Varugeese ONGC 3
Aravindh Chithambaram Vr ONGC 3½ drew with Konguvel Ponnuswamy ONGC 3½
Sangma Rahul Rly 4 beat K Praneeth Surya AP 3
Deepthamsh Reddy M AP 3 lost to Krishna C R G AP 4
Ravi Teja S AP 4 beat Abhilash Reddy M L AP 3
Krishna Teja N AP 3½ beat Purushothaman T AP 2½
Srikanth K SSCB 3½ beat Durga Prasad V AP 2½
Cholleti Sahajasri AP 3 beat Dhar Rajib ASM 2½
Venkateswara Reddy M AP 2 lost to Trailokya Nanda ASM 3
Nishi Mahalaxmi Iyer WB 2 lost to Saranya J ONGC 3
Dave Kantilal RAJ 3 beat Naga Shashank D AP 2
Praveen Veeramalla AP 2 lost to Roshan Rangarajan MAH 3
Chakravarthi Y V K AP 3 beat Krishna Chaitanya G S AP 2
Karthik V Ap AP 3 beat Potluri Saye Srreezza AP 2
Kandula Durga Kaushik AP 2 lost to Srija Seshadri TN 3
Aditya S S V AP 2 lost to Harsha Bharathakoti AP 3
Raja Rithvik R AP 2 lost to Chakravarthi Reddy M AP 3
Kandi Ravi AP 2 lost to Anudeep V AP 3
Rohith Svs AP 2½ drew with Jayesh M TN 2½
Karthik J C AP 2½ drew with Sai Agni Jeevitesh J AP 2½
Lakshmi Krishna Bhushan D AP 2 lost to J Akshith Kumar AP 3
Aryan BIH 3 beat Sai Sumedha S AP 2
Prabhat Koutha AP 3 beat Mohan T V S R AP 2
Anurag Kuruvada AP 2 lost to Sai Akshay Y AP 3
Srikar Yerrabati AP 3 beat Anigani Kavya AP 2
Thaman Sai Chillakuru AP 2 lost to M Tulasi Ram Kumar AP 3
Dhanunjaya Rao L SSCB 2½ beat Mohammad Mubashir AP 1½
K Ashleesh AP 1½ lost to Priya Vss AP 2½
Aphale Kanaad MAH 1½ drew with Vigna Shree T AP 1½
Toshali V AP 2½ beat Gudla Shanth Kumar AP 1½
Kandasamy K TN 1½ lost to Mohammad Mudassir AP 2½