In Chess, Grandmaster P Iniyan of Tamil Nadu won the 62nd National Chess Championship in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, yesterday. He clinched the title by remaining unbeaten in over 11 rounds, with 7 wins and 4 draws. Iniyan also won a prize money of 6 lakh rupees, despite tying with 15-year-old International Master H. Goutham Krishna of Kerala, who won 5 lakh rupees, by virtue of a better Buchholz score.
Among the six players who had scored 8.5 points each, Grand Master Sasikiran Krishnan of PSPB had the highest tie-break, to finish third, winning Rs. 4 lakhs, while International Master Aronyak Ghosh of Railways finished fourth, and Grand Master Abhijeet Gupta settled for fifth place.
