Kunal M of Tamil Nadu emerged champion in the all-India FIDE-rated chess tournament here on Monday.
Kunal drew with Karnataka’s Kishan Gangolli in the 10th and final round to end up with 9 points.
Ram S Krishnan of BSNL finished second with 8.5 points. He beat Prachura P P of Karnataka in the final round.
South Western Railway’s Joydeep Dutta, Kerala’s O T Anilkumar and Andhra Pardesh’s Priya V S S all garnered 8 points. However, Joydeep took the third spot on the basis of better progressive score, while Anilkumar and Priya finished in that order.
Karnataka’s Vinayak Kulkarni, Prachura, Kishan, Gavi Siddayya and Augustine A ended up with 7.5 points and took the sixth to 10th spots.
Important results (Round X): Kunal M (TN, 9) drew Kishan Gangolli (Kar, 7.5); Ram S Krishnan (BSNL, 8.5) bt Prachura P P (Kar, 7.5); Joydeep Dutta (SWR, 8) bt Varma Shabdhik (Kar, 7); Aravinda B R (Kar, 7) lt to O T Anilkumar (Ker, 8); Priya V S S (AP, 8) bt Barath M (Goa, 7); Ananya S (Kar, 6.5) lt to Augustin A (Kar, 7.5); Vinayak Kulkarni (Kar, 7.5) bt Durgesh K (Kar, 6.5); Nikhil R Umesh (Kar, 6.5) lt to Gavi Siddayya (Kar, 7.5); Nithin S Shetty (Kar, 7) drew Visveshwar A (TN, 7); Ajeesh Antony (Ker, 6) lt to Ojas Kulkarni (Kar, 7).
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