Thejkumar, N. Sanjay remain in contention.
Karnataka's M.S. Thejkumar and N. Sanjay remained in contention for qualification with only two rounds to go in the National "B" Chess Championship being played at the Karnavati Club in Ahmedabad.
In the 11th round, Thejkumar (2347) drew with WGM Dronavalli Harika (2359) to notch 8 points out of the 11 possible. He will next play triple GM Norm holder G.B. Prakash (2403). His compatriot, Karnataka State Champion N. Sanjay (2324) beat M. Vinaykumar (2231) to take his tally to 7.5 points. He will play Gurpreetpal Singh (2264)in the twelfth round.
In some other results, World Under 12 Champion N. Srinath (2166) shocked IM Rahul Shetty (2304) and Prasanna Rao (2104) beat another upcoming youngster Debashish Das (2205). They have no chance of qualifying however as do the other players from Karnataka - Sriram Sarja, Aniket Pawse and Naveen Hegde (6 pts) and Girish Kaushik (5.5 pts). Fenil Shah (2064) gave the home crowd something to cheer about when he held veteran Nasir Ali (2214) to a draw.
In the 11th round, Thejkumar (2347) drew with WGM Dronavalli Harika (2359) to notch 8 points out of the 11 possible. He will next play triple GM Norm holder G.B. Prakash (2403). His compatriot, Karnataka State Champion N. Sanjay (2324) beat M. Vinaykumar (2231) to take his tally to 7.5 points. He will play Gurpreetpal Singh (2264)in the twelfth round.
In some other results, World Under 12 Champion N. Srinath (2166) shocked IM Rahul Shetty (2304) and Prasanna Rao (2104) beat another upcoming youngster Debashish Das (2205). They have no chance of qualifying however as do the other players from Karnataka - Sriram Sarja, Aniket Pawse and Naveen Hegde (6 pts) and Girish Kaushik (5.5 pts). Fenil Shah (2064) gave the home crowd something to cheer about when he held veteran Nasir Ali (2214) to a draw.
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