M Raju defeated Gavi Siddayya in the final round to clinch the open medallist title in the 14th T Rajanna Memorial chess tournament, organised by CV Raman Chess Club, on Monday. Raju garnered a total of five points.
In the open non-medallist section, Sushrutha G won the title with 5.5 points after a win over Projnabrata Seth in the final round.
Results: Open medallist: Petros Valden (5) bt R Nagesh (4.5); Sriram Sarja (5) bt V Raghavendra (4); M Raju (5) bt Gavi Siddayya (4); HG Santosh Kashyap (4) lt to Sushrutha Reddy (5); Upendra K (4.5) bt KV Sripad (3).
Standings: M Raju (5 points) 1; Sriram Sarja (5) 2; Petros Valden (5) 3; Sushrutha Reddy (5) 4; R Nagesh (4.5) 5; Upendra K (4.5) 6.
Open non-medallist: Sushrutha G (5.5) bt Projnabrata Seth (4); Anil NJ (4.5) drew with HS Sham Sunder (4.5); Pramod More (5) bt Anurag Menon (3.5); V Parameshwaran (3.5) lt to AV Ramana Rao (4.5); Nagaraj Bhat (4) bt Sharanappa B (3).
Standings: Sushrutha G (5.5) 1; Pramod More (5) 2; Anil J (4.5) 3; HS Sham Sunder (4.5) 4; AV Ramana Rao (4.5) 5; N Bhat (4) 6.
Standings: U-15: Shah Rukh Sait (5) 1; Amit A (4.5) 2; Augustine A (4.5) 3; Vetrivel Natarajan (4.5) 4; T Amit (4) 5.
U-13: Manoj R (5.5) 1; Akshay Kashyap (5) 2; Suman Ramesh (5) 3; Rakshith R Umesh (5) 4; Keerthana Prabhu (4.5) 5.
U-11: Naren Kumar (5) 1; Pranav KS (5) 2; Nikhil R Umesh (5) 3; Sanjana R (5) 4; Athreya G (4.5) 5.
U-9: Vivek Raj (5.5) 1; Ankit N Mahesh (5) 2; Neha S (5) 3; Prakhyath (4.5) 4; Tulasi M (4.5) 5.
U-7: Ashwin J (6) 1; Vasistha (5) 2; Pranav GR (4) 3; Sudhanva B (4) 4; Deeksha S (4).
