Sai Meera Wins National B Title

Sai Meera Ravi of Indian Bank Chennai won the National Women’s ‘B’Chess Championship organized by Mount Chess Academy at St.Joseph’s College of Engineering from 19.9.2006 to 26.8.2006. In the eleventh and final round she defeated Saheli Nath of West Bengal and took her tally to 9 points. Other Chennai players to qualify from Chennai are: P.Priya, M.R.Sangeetha, N.Raghavi and H.Nilavoli.

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S.P.Sethuraman earns his maiden IM norm

S.P Sethuraman of chennai earned his first IM norm in penaltimate round of Dubai international open.

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P.Karthikeyan wins U 16 Rapid title

P.Karthikeyan of chennai won the U 16 Rapid Chess Campionship organised by Virudhunagar district chess association at rajapalayam on 22nd and 23rd april 2006.

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Ajay srikanth wins TN State U11 Title

Ajay srikanth of jawahar vidyalaya chennai won the TN State U 11 title organised by Coimbatore District Chess Association from 21st to 27th april 2006.

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Michelle and Lokesh win titles

Michelle Catherina (Good Shepherd) and P.Lokesh (SBOA MHS School) emerged as champions in the Under-12 Girls’ and Boys’ sections respectively of the Chennai District Under-12 and 14 Rapid Chess Championships organized at Russaian Cultural Centre in commemoration with 45th Anniversary of First Space Flight of Yuri Gagarin. Both Michelle and Lokesh scored 5 points out of five rounds in their respective sections. Mr. Stanislav I. Simakov, Director of Russian Cultural Centre distributed the prizes to the winners in the Prize Distribution function held at the premises on Thursday evening. List Of Prize Winners: Under-12 Boys: I. P.Lokesh (SBOA MHS School) 5 points II. Vamsikrishna .C. (GRT School) 4.5 III. Jerome George Ebenezer (Don Bosco Primary School) 4 IV.P.Ganesh (JRM School) 4 Under-12 Girls: I. Michelle Catherina (Good Shepherd) 5 II. R.Nivetha (Holy Angels) 4.5 III. Alagusala (Chettinad Vidyashram) 4 IV. Veena Kumar (PSBB) 4 Under-14 Boys: I. R.S.Santhos Baala 4.5 II. Mugil Jayavel (Don Bosco) 4.5 III. N.R.Sai Manivannan (National Public School) 4 IV. Ajay Srikanth (Jawahar Vidyalaya) 3 Under-14 Girls: I.Nivedhitha J.G.(Vivekananda Vidyalaya) 2 points out of 3 rounds II.Aarthi Ranganathan(CSI Bain School) 1

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Kumar and Monnisha Win Blitz Titles

S.Kumar (Anitha Matriculation School) and G.K.Monnisha (Amrutha Vidyalaya) won the titles in Under-8 Boys and Girls categories respectively of the AIBEA Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Blitz Chess Tournament jointly organized by Central Bank Employees’ Union and UCO Bank Employees’ Union at P.S.Higher Secondary School, Mylapore today. About 130 players took part in this tournament in which each player was allotted only 10 minutes to complete all the moves of his/her game. Earlier Mr.E.Arunachalam, General Secretary, Tamil Nadu Bank Employees’ Federation inaugurated the event. Mr.Arunachalam and Mr.C.H.Venkatachalam, General Secretary, All India Bank Empolyees’ Association gave away the prizes to the winners. List of Prize Winners: Under-8 Boys: 1. S.Kumar 5 points out of 5 rounds 2. V.P.Anirudh Kannan(PSBB) 4 3. P. Moulik (SBOA) 3.5 4. N.Jayesh (St.John’s) 3.5 Under 8 Girls 1. Monisha G.K. Amrutha Vidyalaya 4 points 2. Dharanishree Chettinad 4 points Under 10 Boys 1. Akash PC Iyer DAV Public School, Velacherry, 5 Points 2. Anirudh V Sridharan Hindu Sr. Sec. School, 4 Points 3. Winston Gnanaraj, St. Michaels, 4 Points 4. Praveen Anand, Vivekanda Vidyalaya, 4 Points Under 10 Girls 1. Niranjiny V. Sindhi Model School, 4 Points 2. Veena Kumar, PSBB, 4 Points Under 12 Boys 1. Lokesh P. SBOA School, 4.5 Points 2. Ganesh P JRM School, 4.5 Points 3. Saimanivannan N.R. National Public School, 4 Points 4. James Stephen, Dowton Corrie School, 4 Points Under 12 Girls 1. Nivetha R., Holy Angels School, 5 Points 2. Sakthisree J, NDJA Vivekananda Vidyalaya, 3 Points Under 14 Boys 1. Shyam Sundar, SDC Vivekanda School, 4.5 Points 2. Ramnath Bhuvanesh, SBOA School, 4.5 Points 3. Adhiban. B, Cambridge Hr. School, 4 Points 4. Santos Baala R.S, Modern Sec. School, 4 Points Under 14 Girls 1. Ishrat Ameena Taj, Alagappa Mat. School, 4 Points 2. Bharathi R, Bakthavatsalam School, 4 Points

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