After sweeping the field with a 9/9 score, National amateur girls champion V Varshini of Velammal School, Chennai won the individual gold medal in the Under-15 girls section in the Velammal-2nd National Schools Chess Championship, at Nehru Stadium, here on Tuesday.
RESULTS: (Medal winners): Girls: Under-5: 1. Sree Patil (Mah) 8, 2. Shraddha Somanath (Kar) 6.5, 3. Freeyah Golia (Mah) 6. Under-7: 1. Ananya Arumbakkam (Kar) 7.5, 2. Sanskruti Wankhade (Mah) 7, 3. MS Darsana (TN) 7. Under-9: 1. Garima Gaurav (Bih) 7.5, 2. BS Samyuktha (TN) 7, 3. Jiya Shah (Mah) 7. Under-11: 1. C Lakshmi (TN) 8, 2. Bommini Mounika Akshaya (AP) 7.5, 3. Aashna Makhija (Mah) 6.5. Under-13: 1. Hilmi Parveen (Ker) 7, 2. NG Sneha (Pon) 6.5, 3.Potluri Supreetha (AP) 6.5. Under-15: 1. V Varshini (TN) 9, 2. M Mahalakshmi (TN) 7.5, 3. P Thamaraiselvi (TN) 6. Under-17: 1. P Michelle Catherina (TN) 7.5, 2. P Bala Kannamma (TN) 7, 3. M Sandhya (TN) 5.5.
Boys: Under-5: 1. Nikhil Ramakrishnan (Ker) 9, 2. M Rohan (TN) 7, 3. Ananth Ramdas (TN) 6. Under-7: 1. M Pranesh (TN) 8, 2. Nikhil Magizhnan (TN) 8, 3. Leon Mendonca (Goa) 7.5. Under-9: 1. R Raja Rithvik (AP) 7.5, 2. Nihal Sarin (Ker) 7.5, 3. Karthik Kumar Pradeep (AP) 6.5. Under-11: 1. P Iniyan (TN) 7.5, 2. Arjun Kalyan (TN) 7.5, 3. P Yutesh (TN) 7.5. Under-13: 1. Siva Mahadevan (TN) 7, 2. Y Grahesh (AP) 7, 3. A Abhishek (Ker) 7. Under-15: 1. Rajarishi Karthi (TN) 7.5, 2. S Ajay Krishna (TN) 7.5, 3. NR Vignesh (TN) 7. Under-17: 1. Akash PC Iyer (TN) 7, 2. J Nishvin (TN) 7, 3. KG Chaithanyaa (TN) 6.
Angles beat Eagles
Ed6 Skill Angels defeated Erode Eagles 3-2 in an closely-fought league round of the Tamil Nadu Badminton League (TNBL), organized by SunSportz group, in association with the Tamil Nadu Badminton Association.
RESULTS: Ed6 Skill Angels bt Erode Eagles 3-2 (Mixed Doubles: Vijay/Stacy (Ed 6 Skill Angels) lost to Sanave/Shama (Erode Eagles) 12-21, 13-21; Men Singles: Ekiring Edwin (Ed 6 Skill Angels) lost to Bjorn Siguen (Erode Eagles) 11-21, 13-21; Junior Boys Doubles: Aswin/SriTeja (Ed 6 Skill Angels) bt Siddharth Rajan/Lokesh (Erode Eagles) 21-17, 15-21, 25-23; Women Singles: Sara Naqvi (Ed 6 Skill Angels) bt Gokulalakshmi (Erode Eagles) 21-11, 21-9; Men’s Doubles: Vijay/Raghavan (Ed 6 Skill Angels) bt VN Sathyanarayana/Karthik (Erode Eagles) 21-15, 21-16).
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Sport / by Express News Service – Chennai / June 12th, 2013