National amateur girls champion V Varshini scored her fifth consecutive win in the Under-15 Girls section moving into sole lead after the fifth round in the Velammal 2nd National Schools Chess Championship, at Nehru Stadium.
Also sharing the lead with 5/5 score were Siva Mahadevan (U-13 Boys), P Iniyan (Under-11 Boys), M Pranesh, Nikhil Maghizhnan (both U-7 Boys), Nikhil Ramakrishnan (U-5 Boys), Saee Patil (U-5 Girls) and N G Sneha (U-13 Girls) respectively.
Results: Round 5 - Girls: U-5: A Mrunal Bhagat (3) lost to Saee Patil (5); S Deshpande (3) lost to S Shivani (4); S Somanath (3.5) bt S Swetha (2.5); U-7: S Wankhade (3.5) lost to S Tanisha Boramanikar (4.5); P Gupta (4) bt A Arumbakkam (3.5); Mahi Amit Doshi (3) lost to N Yashavishree (4); U-9: G Gaurav (4.5) bt B S Samyuktha (4); V Rindhiya (4.5) bt D Deshmukh (3.5); M K Poorna Sri (3) bt R Ravi (3.5); U-11: C Lakshmi (4.5) drew with B M Akshaya (4.5); A Makhija (4.5) bt D Jishitha (3); S Pooja (3.5) drew with N Mayil N (3.5); U-13: N G Sneha (5) bt A Harshini (4); P Jasper Jothi (3) lost to Hilmi Parveen (4); K Krithigga (3) lost to Potluri Supreetha (4); U-15: U Ashwini (3) lost to V Varshini (5); M Mahalakshmi (4) bt R Dharani Sree (3); P Thamaraiselvi (4) bt B Jayesh (3).
Easy Victory for Chetan Anand
One of India’s top ranked players, Chetan Anand of Dazzle Force, defeated Yuhan Tan of Chennai Singam 21-16, 21-12 in a league match of the Tamil Nadu Badminton League organized by SunSportz in association with Tamil Nadu Badminton Association.
Results: Mixed Doubles- Sanave Thomas/Shama Aboobakker (Erode Eagles) bt Manikandan /Kritteka Gregory (Jhaver Smashers) 21-16, 21-10; V Anand/Dhanya Nair (Dazzle Force) bt Oliver/Tara Pilven (Chennai Singam) 15-21, 21-17, 21-13; Men Singles: Bjorn Seguin (Erode Eagles) bt Velavan (Jhaver Smashers) 21-16, 11-21, 21-16; Chetan Anand (Dazzle Force) bt Yuhan Tan (Chennai Singam) 21-16, 21-12.
