Nitin draws with Laxman to emerge champion

Nitin S secured a draw against RR Laxman in the final round of the Open category to emerge champion in the All India Open FIDE-rated rapid chess tournament on Thursday.

Both Nitin and Himanshu Sharma had scored eight points each at the end of the eighth round. However, based on better tie-break score Nitin was declared the winner.

Results: Open: Nitin S (8 points) 1; Himanshu Sharma (8) 2; Laxman RR (7.5) 3.
Boys: U-15: Shet Prajwal P (6) 1; Rohit Vassan S (6) 2; Reetish Padhi (6) 3.
U-13: Chaithanya Ganesh (6.5) 1; Navodith V Bhat (5.5) 2; Sishir B (5.5) 3.
U-11: Maiti Milind (6) 1; Keshav Kothari (5) 2; Chiranjan Kumar KS (5) 3.
U-9: Karthik Muruganantham (5) 1; Hrishikesh Rupesh Raghuvaran (5) 2; Rishabh Kumara (4.5) 3.
U-7: Ayush J Yajaman (4) 1; Rishi Baskaran (4) 2; Aryan Surya SA (4) 3.
Girls: U-15: Tulsi M (6) 1; Supraja Mahadevaswamy (5) 2; Dhanusha VS (4) 3.
U-13: Sharanya Iyengar (5.5) 1; Prachi Bharti (5) 2; Shrinidhi Jayakumar (4.5) 3.
U-11: Sanjana Raghunath (4.5) 1; Dhanyatha Corry (4) 2; Sanjana C (4) 3.
U-9: Tanmayee Reddy (4.5) 1; Amisha Loni (4.5) 2; Srivastav Manishika (4) 3.
U-7: Jahnavi Sri Lalita Mareddy (3) 1; Sharadhi Shastry (3) 2; Pranjal D (3) 3.