A.R. Ilamparthi of Kanchipuram and R.M. Sai Neha of Trichy, emerged as Champions in the (CPAT)-TVS & Adithya Engineering 29th Tamil Nadu State Under-7 Open & Girls Chess Championship here at TVS Polytechnic College, Vanagaram.
We had 195 players from overall Tamil Nadu who took part in this championships. On the boys section we had 116 contestants and 79 girl contestants.
Final rankings
Under 7 Open – Top 10 Winners
1 A.R.Ilamparthi, Kanchipuram (9); 2 K.P.Pranav , Kanchipuram (7½), 3 Sanchith Sundararam, Chennai (7½); 4 R.S.Sujith, Tiruvallur (7); 5 Sakthivel Heamish Kanha, Chennai (7); 6 E.Viknesh Babu, Kanyakumari (7); 7 B.Aniruddh, Chennai (7); 8 N.Arul Prakash, Madurai (7); 9 G.Aakash, Coimbatore (7); 10 B.Kavin, Chennai (6½).
Under 7 Girls – Top 10 Winners
1 R.M.Sai Neha, Trichy (8½); 2 Sanjana Nagarajan, Chennai (7½); 3 Anushka Pattnayak, Trichy (7½); 4 J Faustina D Cruz, Coimbatore (7); 5 R.Aswinika Mani, Chennai (7); 6 P.Niraimathi, Coimbatore (7); 7 S.Vasanthi, Coimbatore (6½); 8 B.Akshatha, Tiruvallur (6); 9 R.Mahathi, Tiruvallur (6); 10 B.K.Luxshana, Coimbatore (6)
The Chief Guests MJF Lion R.Narasimhan and Mr. Sai Sathiya Kumar jointly distributed the prizes to the winning Children.