Rohit emerges Champion

Indian Tournaments 2002

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Immortal Five Memorial All India FIDE Rated Open, Vijayawada

Rohit emerges Champion June15

Young Gogineni Rohith of AP emerged champion with 9.5 points ahead of big names symbolizing the surge of youth power in Indian chess, at Vijayawada here today. Finishing behind the champion were M Srinivasa Rao, Himanshu Sharma, K Ratnakaran and top seed International Master Sudhakar Babu in that order. The tournament, Immortal Five was held in the memory of five children from Andhra Pradesh who passed away in a tragic road accident in Orissa last September.

Final standings

Placing	Player	Points
1	G. Rohit (AP)	9.5
2	M.Srinivasa Rao (AP)	9
3	Himanshu Sharma (Har)	9
4	K. Ratnakaran (Ker)	9
5	N. Sudhakar Babu (Indian Bank)	9
6	L. V. Shiva Kumar (AP)	8.5
7	G. Balaji (Maha)	8.5
8	S. Maria Arul (Railways)	8.5
9	C. S. Sridhar (Railways)	8
10	Y. G. Vijendra (Kar)	8

Round 11 Results

White		Pts	Result	Black		Pts
K Ratnakaran	Ker	9	Drew with	G Rohith	AP	9.5
L V Shiva Kumar	AP	8.5	Drew with	M Srinivasa Rao	AP	9
N Sudhakar Babu	Indian Bank	9	Beat	Y G Vijendra	Kar	8
Himanshu Sharma	Har	9	Beat	M B Muralidharan	Ker	7.5
M Vinay Kumar	AP	7.5	Lost to	S Mari Arul	SRly	8.5
G Balaji	Maha	8.5	Beat	B S Shivanand	Kar	7.5
C S Sridhar	SRly	8	Drew with	Ram S Krishnan	TN	7.5
K Ramu	AP	8	Beat	R. K. Mishra	MP	7.5
Syed Anwar Sazuli	ICF	7	Lost to	M Y Raju	AP	8
S Rishipal Singh	AP	8	Beat	Vikrant Chole	MP	7
D Lakshma Rao	AP	8	Beat	K Gopalakrishnan	Indian bank	7
J Malleswara Rao	AP	7	Lost to	Akash Thakur	NCA	8
V Hariharan	Indian Bank	7.5	Drew with	P Maheshwaran	TN	7.5
O T Anil Kumar	Indian Bank	7	Lost to	Soorya Ranjan Mishra	Ori	8
M Hemant Kumar	Maha	7.5	Drew with	Vinod Bhagawath	Maha	7.5
J V Ramana	AP	7.5	Beat	Venkata Sundaram	TN	7
Manoj Mishra	MP	7.5	Drew with	Arjun Tiwari	Maha	7.5
E P Nirmal	Ker	6.5	Lost to	A Shankar	SRly	7.5
J Ramakrishna	AP	7.5	Beat	D V Ganesh	AP	6.5
S K Mukherjee	WB	6.5	Lost to	Kalyan Kumar	AP	7.5

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