JOIN USKarnataka’s L Vivekananda drew his tenth and final round match against Dhanush Bharadwaj of Karnataka to clinch the title in the open category with nine points in the Ist MPCA All India-rating chess championship at the Chamundi Vihar Stadium here on Friday.
Vivekananda, a student of Vidya Vardhaka FGC, took home Rs 20,000 and a trophy. Bharadwaj, with 8.5 points, secured the second place and won a cash prize of Rs 12,000 and a trophy.
Final placings: L Vivekananda (Kar, 9 pts) 1; Dhanush Bharadwaj (Kar, 8.5), 2; Ravi Kumar K (Kar, 8 pts) 3; Parthasarathy R (Kar, 8) 4; Rohit Ramanan T G (TN, 8) 5; Venkataramana P (AP) 6; Kadav Omkar (Mah, 7.5), 7; Aarudhra Ganesh (TN, 7.5) 8; Nikhil R Umesh (Kar, 7.5), 9; Sonkalan Bharati (WB, 7.5) 10.
Important results (final round): Dhanush Bharadwaj drew with L Vivekananda; Parthasarathy R drew with Rohit Ramanan T G; Ramkumar S drew with Sonkalan Bharati; Vivekraj drew with Subba Raju S; Yashaskara Jois drew with Kadav Omkar; R Muralidharan lost to Venkataramana P; Ravi Kumar K bt Potluri Supreetha.